Die Spitz is Going to Take Over the World- and They Kinda Already Know It
- Sam Kapoor
- 2 days ago
- 2 min read
Updated: 18 hours ago
You probably know what the underside of a home sized rock looks like if you haven't caught wind of Die Spitz slowly on the rise to the top for the past couple of years. The childhood best friends from Texas who have been rampaging audiences with their wall of sound since 2022 opening for bands like Amyl and the Sniffers and Viagra Boys, have cemented themselves in their own pocket of the universe after falling into the center of Austin's punk scene.
The "mayhem inciting cohort" as they call themselves have now basically been on tour since their highly anticipated debut album Something to Consume released in September last year, opening for The Strokes and then on tour with Viagra Boys towards the end of the year, performing at festivals like Shaky Knees and now they're currently hurdling through their own headline tour across the U.S. and I was lucky to catch them perform last week in Atlanta.
Die Spitz is no stranger to Atlanta, Last year after their Shaky Knees set, they then performed a late-night show at The Masquerade (Purgatory) the same night and now they're back- but this time in The Masquerade's next biggest room, Hell. It was clear this may be the smallest room this band ever plays here again as the show was completely packed and most definitely would have still sold out in a larger room like Heaven at The Masq.
The Rico Nasty enthusiasts performed songs from all over their discography, it was awesome. "Voir Dire" is my favorite song from the new record, but it isn't included in their set for this tour- it's tonally different than the rest of the album so it makes sense and I haven't actually been able to find very many videos of the band performing that song in particular. Opening with fan favorite “I hate when GIRLS die” was the perfect first song for me in the photo pit, the energy was all there right from the jump all the way through the end of the three-song encore.
Before performing "RIDING WITH MY GIRLS" near the end of the night, Ellie Livingston asked all the boys in the audience to step aside, "I would love to see my girls and gays in the front for this song." Did they move? One did I was told. Shout out to that one standup guy!
Now, Die Spitz is off and this summer they will be opening for Foo Fighters in Liverpool before coming back this fall to tour the U.S. for the rest of the year.
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