Greyboy Allstars will swing through the Southeast this October. The West Coast groove pioneers will now make stops at Charleston, SC’s The Pour House on October 23 and Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse on October 24 en route to their previously confirmed show at Live Oak, FL’s Hulaween on October 25. The musicians already have a few late-summer and early-fall stops already on the books, focused on the West Coast and Canada. Those appearances include Harlow’s in Sacramento, CA (8/27), Castro Theatre in San Francisco (8/28), Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz, CA (8/29), Revolution Hall in Portland, OR (9/17), Neptune Theatre in Seattle, WA (9/18) and Rickshaw Theatre in Vancouver, BC (9/19). 

In related news, Greyboy Allstars keyboardist Robert Walter has formed a new project, Giraffe, with Darkside guitarist Dave Harrington, drummer Kosta Galanopoulos and bassist Spencer Zahn. The quartet will issue its debut album, The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums, on August 21 via Org Music and Aquarium Drunkard. The album was produced, mixed, and mastered by Harrington and engineered by Tyler Karmen at 64 Sound. Ben Tousley handled the album design. Their first single, “Catastrophe Music,” is currently streaming.