Lauren Records will host Growing Up Is Dumb on April 5, a one-day multi-band festival at The Echo and Echoplex in Los Angeles, CA. The lineup has been announced, with one more headliner still to be named, including reunions from Dogs On Acid and Shinobu, plus shows form Tokyo band Ging Nang Boyz (on tour in the US soon), Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra and more.
The fest previously took place 2013-2015.
Speaking of Ging Nang Boyz, the band is about to embark on their first US tour, joined by Shinobu. The band will release a best-of compilation on Lauren in March, Blew Blue. Listen to a brand new pre-tour single below. The compilation is their first non-Japan release since Libido EP (2007).
Lineup:
- Algernon Cadwallader
- Ariella
- Babebee
- Dogs On Acid
- F.Y.P.
- Frown Line
- GING NANG BOYZ
- Good Luck
- Merry Christmas
- Sad Park
- Shinobu
- Short Fictions
- Star 99
- Sunday Cruise
- Superworld
- The Taxpayers
- Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra
- Whatever, Dad
- + Special Guests and an unannounced headliner
- Algernon Cadwallader
- Ariella
- Babebee
- Dogs On Acid
- F.Y.P.
- Frown Line
- GING NANG BOYZ
- Good Luck
- Merry Christmas
- Sad Park
- Shinobu
- Short Fictions
- Star 99
- Sunday Cruise
- Superworld
- The Taxpayers
- Walter Mitty and His Makeshift Orchestra
- Whatever, Dad
+ Special Guests and an unannounced headliner
Blew Blue Tracklist:
- Juventus
- Angel Baby
- Amen, Semen And Mary Chain
- Nikaisen
- The Shining
- Boi Meets Girrrl
- Poredom
GING NANG BOYZ + Shinobu Tour Dates:
March 28 - Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
March 30 - Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Fest
April 1 - Reno, NV @ Holland Project
April 2 - San Jose, CA @ OPEN Gallery
April 4 - Berkeley, CA @ 924 Gilman
April 5 - Los Angeles @ The Echo / Echoplex
April 6 - Los Angeles @ GOING UNDERGROUND RECORDS (Acoustic In-Store)
