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Banned Books

Shows on record: 3
Rooms played: 3
Cities: 2
Releases: 7
Last show: Dec 29, 2013Underground Arts

About

Banned Books is a band from Philadelphia, PA, tagged experimental, Experimental Rock, math rock by its sources. Shows on record run from 2011 to 2013, across 3 rooms in 2 cities.

Banned Books is based in Philadelphia — MusicBrainz
Banned Books has 2 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 2010–2016 — MusicBrainz
banned books is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — banned books on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Banned Books (2016-02-23) — Bandcamp
Banned Books has 1987 listeners on Last.fm — Banned Books on Last.fm
Banned Books has released 7 recordings between 2009 and 2016 — Banned Books on Discogs

The summary is assembled from the record fields and shows on this page; each fact listed names its source. See Sources & corrections for what each source supplied.

Shows

3 on record · Songkick

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Shows per year

20111 show
20132 shows

Show history
Date	Venue	Billing	With
Dec 29, 2013	Underground Arts · PhiladelphiaSupportwith Man Man	Support	Man Man
May 18, 2013	The Night Light · OaklandSupportwith Antiquia, Cash Pony, Gentleman Surfer	Support	Antiquia, Cash Pony, Gentleman Surfer
Jan 11, 2011	North Star Bar · PhiladelphiaSupportwith CANNONS, Bulletproof Tiger, Chris Kolb	Support	CANNONS, Bulletproof Tiger, Chris Kolb

Where they play

3 rooms in 2 cities

Rooms played most

North Star Bar · Philadelphia1 show
The Night Light · Oakland1 show
Underground Arts · Philadelphia1 show

Cities played

Philadelphia2 shows
Oakland1 show

Releases

7 releases, 2009–2016

Banned Books
2016 · Album
Flawless Demo
Jun 11, 2012 · Album · 6 tracks
Arches/Banned Books 10"
2011
Man Maker
2010 · Ep
Mission Creep
Sep 7, 2009 · Album · 8 tracks
Holiday 4-Way
2009
Eclectic Sessions Vol. 1

Lineup

No current lineup on record.

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 1 plays, 2016-02-17–2016-02-17 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (John Richards) — KEXP

Photos, art and posters

Banned Books — Flawless Demo — Release art · Flawless Demo — release

Banned Books — Mission Creep — Release art · Mission Creep — release

Banned Books — Underground Arts, 2013-12-29 — Poster · Underground Arts, 2013-12-29 — Songkick

Banned Books — North Star Bar, 2011-01-11 — Poster · North Star Bar, 2011-01-11 — Songkick

Sources & corrections

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What each source supplied
Source	Used for
MusicBrainz	Artist facts
banned books on Bandcamp	Artist facts
Bandcamp	Artist facts, Releases, Photos
Banned Books on Last.fm	Artist facts
Banned Books on Discogs	Artist facts
KEXP	Airplay
Songkick	Show history, Show posters
Discogs	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it
Last.fm	Credited on the record; no item on this page cites it

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. It does not confirm availability for booking.