Thee Oh Sees

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Thee Oh Sees are the latest incarnation of songwriter, singer, and guitarist John Dwyer's ever-evolving pop-folk psychedelic group. Dwyer, who hails from Providence, Rhode Island, has been active on the San Francisco indie scene since the late '90s, working with several bands, including the Coachwhips, Pink & Brown, Yikes, Up Its Alive, and Swords & Sandals, among others, and he formed OCS (which is an acronym for Orinoka Crash Suite, Orange County Sound, or whatever Dwyer decided it was on any given day) initially as a vehicle for the experimental instrumentals he was producing in his home studio. In time, OCS morphed into an actual band, and worked under the usual flurry of names, most notably as the Oh Sees or the Ohsees, and eventually as Thee Oh Sees, featuring Dwyer on guitar and vocals, Brigid Dawson on vocals and tambourine, Petey Dammit (sometimes listed as Petey Dammit!) on bass, and Mike Shoun on drums. Sounding a bit like the Mamas & the Papas run through a seriously bent garage blender, the band signed with the German Tomlab label and released Sucks Blood in 2007 and The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In in 2008. Thee Oh Sees' second full-length effort, Help, appeared in 2009 and featured a bit of a garage rock vibe mixed with the band's psych-pop sound. The album Warm Slime followed in 2010. Thee Oh Sees pulled double duty the following year, offering the pop-leaning Castlemania in June, followed in November by the heavier, wilder Carrion Crawler/The Dream, also the band's first recording with second drummer Lars Finberg (the Intelligence). Thee Oh Sees returned in September 2012 with Putrifiers II, an album combining Castlemania's fractured pop sensibilities and Carrion Crawler/The Dream's ferocious rock experimentation. Their next foray, 2013's Floating Coffin, saw the group stripping away all the weirdness and hitting hard with a heavy set of straight-ahead garage punk rockers. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi

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  • Jun 19 Wednesday
    Calgary, AB, Canada Sled Island Festival
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  • Jun 21 Friday
    Calgary, AB, Canada Golden Age Club
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  • Jun 22 Saturday
    Calgary, AB, Canada Royal Canadian Legion #1 Downstairs
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Keflavík, Iceland Unknown venue
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Keflavík, Iceland Ásbrú (former Nato Base)
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  • Jul 13 Saturday
    San Francisco, CA, US Potrero Del Sol Park
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Dour, Belgium Dour Fest
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  • Jul 22 Monday
    Amsterdam, Netherlands Bitterzoet
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  • Jul 23 Tuesday
    Berlin, Germany Festsaal Kreuzberg
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  • Aug 1 Thursday
    Katowice, Poland Unknown venue
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  • Aug 24 Saturday
    Los Angeles, CA, US Los Angeles State Historic Park
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Discography

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  • Floating Coffin (2013)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Floating Coffin (2013)
  • Putrifiers II (2012)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Putrifiers II (2012)
    In the Red Records
  • Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP (2011)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Carrion Crawler/The Dream EP (2011)
    In the Red Records
  • 2011 Tour Split LP (2011)
    Thee Oh Sees
    2011 Tour Split LP (2011)
    Castle Face
  • Castlemania (2011)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Castlemania (2011)
    In the Red Records
  • Warm Slime (2010)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Warm Slime (2010)
    In the Red Records
  • Help (2009)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Help (2009)
    In the Red Records
  • Dog Poison (2009)
    Thee Oh Sees
    Dog Poison (2009)
    Captured Tracks
  • The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In (2008)
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    The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending a Night In (2008)
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