Mdou Moctar is on the rise. Forging his career and sound (and a
killer eponymous band), the Tuareg guitar dynamo just played
back-to-back sold out shows in Brooklyn as part of a North American
tour for his new record, Afrique Victime. The album is his
first full-length on the American indie label Matador and it has been
reviewed widely and glowingly, including a coveted “Best New Music”
kudo from Pitchfork, but the group’s sound remains very much their own:
searing desert blues jams and contemplative acoustic tunes in swaying
time.
The band released a documentary on the world that Afrique Victime was born into—a pandemic shutting down the tour, just as the band was poised to build on years of worldwide touring, playing 200 shows in 2019. The band’s American bassist, Mikey Colton, flew to Niger where the rest of the band was staying, but even touring within Niger’s borders was impossible due to guerrilla factions flourishing in the country’s power vacuum. This is where the documentary begins.
The band’s tour
continues with sold-out shows from the Midwest to the West Coast
before the band heads off to Europe in early 2022.
16.9 – Galien, MI @ The Storehouse ^ SOLD OUT
17.9 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ^ SOLD OUT
18.9 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center ^
20.9 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall ^ SOLD OUT
21.9 – Denver, CO @ Globe Hall ^ SOLD OUT
22.9 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
23.9 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
24.9 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile %
25.9 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios % SOLD OUT
26.9 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios % SOLD OUT
27.9 – Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex SOLD OUT
28.9 – San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel % SOLD OUT
29.9 – Oakland, CA @ Starline % SOLD OUT
1.10 – San Diego, CA @ The Music Box
2.10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room % SOLD OUT
3.10 – Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room % SOLD OUT
4.10
– Petaluma,CA @ The Lagunitas Brewing Company
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