{"id":33639,"date":"2020-03-21T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-21T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33639"},"modified":"2020-03-10T18:28:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T22:28:03","slug":"top-nachos-share-donate-2-the-bands-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33639","title":{"rendered":"TOP nachos share \u2018Donate 2 The Bands\u2019 music video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of their upcoming tour, New York City punk duo\u00a0TOP nachos\u00a0have shared their new single\u00a0<em>Donate 2 The Bands<\/em>\u00a0with an accompanying music video, directed by Ari Zeneli.\u00a0Watch <em>Donate 2 The Bands<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKPLvH6lyZA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>Donate 2 The Bands is about the struggles that touring bands go through,\u201d <\/em>says singer, guitarist Eli Frank about the song and video. <em>\u201cThey drive a long way to play some pretty silly places. Trying to get people to buy their merch. Sometimes seems pretty silly but even in the tiniest of basements you can play the best shows of your life.&#8221;<\/em><br><br>The \u201cgoof punk\u201d duo, consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Eli Frank (they\/them) and backup vocalist Kenny Hauptman (he\/him), started in upstate New York but recently relocated to the city and quickly began breaking into the scene with their high energy and entertaining performances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since moving, they\u2019ve been named <em>Artist of the Month<\/em> by The Deli Magazine and one of <em>New York City&#8217;s Hardest-Working Bands of 2019<\/em> by Oh My Rockness who said, \u201c<em>Furiously likable punk duo Top Nachos is a dank band to go see when you&#8217;re feeling goofy and need to get it out. Go see them play. A sloppy sweaty enjoyable time will be had by all.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 In the short time TOP nachos has been together, they\u2019ve released an EP, a split, and an LP \u2018Dank Side of the Moon\u2019<em>.<\/em>\u00a0Last year <a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpsend3.net\/87892uhsysmalaehwbjapawqeanaqsyhm\/click.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">NPR Music<\/a> featured the band\u2019s Tiny Desk Contest entry for the song <em>Tour Cats<\/em> in their <em>Favorite Desks Of The 2019 Tiny Desk Contest<\/em> saying, <em>\u201cthe band made several cardboard desks and threw them around the room. The song begins with the sound of a distorted guitar and the first desk being crushed under the foot of lead vocalist Eli Frank. That energy is consistent throughout the entire performance, complete with drastic tempo changes and lively drum fills from Kenny Hauptman.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TOP nachos has toured endlessly throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia in 2019 and are looking to do the same in 2020. The band hit the road with a number of shows in Richmond, Asheville, New Orleans, Houston and more. See full list of tour dates below which includes a trip to Pouzza Fest, Montreal\u2019s Punk Festival, in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TOP nachos tour dates<\/strong><br>March 21\u00a0&#8211; Denton, TX &#8211; Centon Country Brewing Company<br>March 22\u00a0&#8211; Fayetteville, AR &#8211; House Show<br>March 23\u00a0&#8211; St. Louis, MO &#8211; KWUR Week at Washington University<br>March 24\u00a0&#8211; Indianapolis, IN &#8211; State Street<br>March 25\u00a0&#8211; Bowling Green, OH &#8211; The Summit Shack\u00a0<br>March 26\u00a0&#8211; Athens, OH &#8211; The New Happiness\u00a0<br>March 28\u00a0&#8211; Philadelphia, PA &#8211; Trafmalfadore\u00a0<br>April 3\u00a0&#8211; New York, NY &#8211; Lola Live<br>April 25\u00a0&#8211; Kingston, NY\u00a0 &#8211; Tubbys w\/ Dehd<br>May 15-17\u00a0&#8211; Montreal, QC &#8211; Pouzza Fest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Ahead of their upcoming tour, New York City punk duo\u00a0TOP nachos\u00a0have shared their new single\u00a0Donate 2 The Bands\u00a0with an accompanying music video, directed by Ari <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33639\" title=\"TOP nachos share \u2018Donate 2 The Bands\u2019 music video\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33640,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: TOP nachos share \u2018Donate 2 The Bands\u2019 music video","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29],"tags":[8983,8984],"class_list":["post-33639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-donate-2-the-bands","tag-top-nachos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/AAC4A8B1-09E0-4FD1-B615-9709B9C29F4B.jpeg?fit=550%2C366&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8Kz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13041,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=13041","url_meta":{"origin":33639,"position":0},"title":"Sneaky Dee&#8217;s unveils The Death From Above 1979 Nachos","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Toronto\u00a0restaurant and concert venue\u00a0Sneaky Dee\u2019s\u00a0has announced another new music inspired dish in collaboration with Death From Above 1979. 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