Portland, Oregon-based indie pop duo Quasi teamed singer/guitarist/keyboardist Sam Coomes and drummer Janet Weiss, who not only previously joined forces in the band Motorgoat but also married and divorced. After a 1993 split single with Bugskull, little was heard from Quasi until 1996, when the duo issued the Early Recordings collection. In 1997, Weiss joined Sleater-Kinney for their classic Dig Me Out album, but she also continued collaborating with Coomes, and that same year saw the release of the Quasi album R&B Transmogrification. 

Its 1998 follow-up, Featuring "Birds", was among the year's most acclaimed independent outings, and in 1999 Quasi resurfaced with Field Studies. By the new millennium, Weiss and Coomes found a new label home with Touch & Go. The Sword of God appeared in 2001, marking Quasi's sharpest material since their inception. 

Two years later, the band's snide sense of humor was found once more on the politics-heavy Hot Shit. In 2006, the band returned to the studio and, with the help of producer Dave Fridmann, released the rollicking When the Going Gets Dark. After adding Jicks bassist Joanna Bolme to the lineup and moving to Kill Rock Stars, the group released its seventh album, American Gong, in February of 2010. Quasi returned to being a duo in 2011 before returning with their eighth album, the sprawling Mole City, in 2013. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi

team
  • agent // Geoff McGovern // geoff@groundcontroltouring.com
  • agent // Eric Dimenstein // eric@groundcontroltouring.com
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(2022 & 2023 seasons)
Empty Bottle
Empty Bottle
Chicago
IL
400
2023
529
529
Atlanta
GA
250
2023
Sinclair
The Sinclair
Cambridge
MA
525
2023
Doug Fir Lounge
Doug Fir Lounge
Portland
OR
299
2023
Zebulon Café Concert
Zebulon Café Concert
Los Angeles
CA
300
2023
Rebel Lounge
The Rebel Lounge
Phoenix
AZ
200
2023
Club Dada
Club Dada
Dallas
TX
400
2023
Parish
Parish
Austin
TX
300
2023
White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
Houston
TX
200
2023
Neurolux Lounge
Neurolux Lounge
Boise
ID
300
2023