Purling Hiss recently announced the initial dates of their fall tour. It will open with a hometown performance at Union Transfer supporting Mission of Burma. They’ll also be spending time on with Dinosaur Jr., R. Stevie Moore and Woods. You can check out their schedule below with more dates to come. (Photo by Tim Bugbee)

Purling Hiss are headlining the last showcase that is part of R5’s Free Summer Concert series at Morgan's Pier, ushering out the summer with creaky, crackly fuzz-rock whose colors bleed together like tie-dye. Led by lo-fi acolyte Mike Polizze (also from Birds of Maya), their recent single for Weathervane Music’s Shaking Through, "Lolita," is a departure from the band's amorphous sound. Purling Hiss are still reminiscent of the early 90s, but the track sounds like it came from another band entirely. With a clear-cut swagger, and a plaintive, aggressive rant that rises above the grit of some truly raunchy guitar work, it's strange to hear Purling Hiss sans static, fuzz pedals and muffled vocals, but they've made this rock-and-roll gem pretty much irresistible. They're preceded tonight by Bandname, who definitely belong on somebody's last-beach-trip-of-the-summer playlist. Morgan's Pier, 221 N. Columbus Blvd. Doors, 6:30pm, 21+ (Photo by Tim Bugbee) - Alyssa Greenberg

Check out below the May Episode of Weathervane Music & WXPN’s Shaking Through with bluesy, psychedelic ROCKERS Purling Hiss as well as an interview with this month’s curator The War on Drugs’s Adam Granduciel, who also helped out with engineering/producing duties alongside Jon Low at Miner Street Recordings. You can take a listen to and download the fruits of their labor “Lolita” for free HERE. Enjoy! (Photo by Peter English)