New Ruins Concert History

New Ruins began in 2004 as a home recording project of Elzie Sexton and J.Caleb Means. In 2005 "The Sound They Make" was recorded in the cold back room of a Champaign house. In 2006, New Ruins was signed by A Hidden Agenda Records. "The Sound They Make" was released in 2007 and received positive critical reviews, including All Music Guide and an Emusic editor's pick. Several songs from the album have been licensed for use on tv shows. Sexton and Means are joined by Paul Chastain (multi-instrumentalist...

Date Concert Venue Location
Aug 30, 2019
Sleepshaker / Pale Ache / New Ruins / Behold, the Conqueror / Missive

East Coast 2019

The Seahorse Tavern Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Apr 07, 2012
Murder By Death / New Ruins / Grandkids
  Setlists
High Dive
Sep 16, 2009 –
Sep 19, 2009
Pygmalion Music Festival 2009
Iron & Wine / Phantogram / STRFKR / RJD2 / Ra Ra Riot / Wavves / The Antlers / Low / William Fitzsimmons / YACHT / Skream / Japandroids / Margot and the Nuclear So and So's / Lucero / My Brightest Diamond / Maps & Atlases / The Books / The Hood Internet / Company of Thieves / Autolux / Joe Pug / Paper Route / Owen / Brooke Waggoner / Princeton / Headlights / Maserati / BLK JKS / Lymbyc Systym / Solid Gold / Mazes / Empires / Pomegranates / Denison Witmer / Ganglians / The Village / The 1900s / Oceans / Curses! / Now, Now Every Children / Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band / Mason Proper / Jookabox / Elsinore / The Life and Times / The Daredevil Christopher Wright / Rock Plaza Central / Early Day Miners / So Many Dynamos / Pet Lions / Light Pollution / Drew Danburry / Decibully / Gazelle / Brighton, MA / Girls Next Door / Santa / Marmoset / So Long Forgotten / Liz Janes / Gentleman Auction House / Take Care / Ohtis / New Ruins / Bob Nanna / You & Yourn / Cameron McGill / The Common Loon / Deelay Ceelay / Angie Heaton / DJ Belly / Withershins / Good Night & Good Morning / The Horse's Ha / The Horns of Happiness / The Hathaways / Peninsula / Jiggsaw / Butterfly Assassins / Morgan Orion / Tractor Kings / DJ Czo / Ryan Groff / On Again Off Again / Lonely Trailer / Porno Galactica / Tina Sparkle / delta kings / DJ Mertz / My Dear Alan Andrews / neoga blacksmith / Zach May and the Maps / World's First Flying Machine / The Duke Of Uke / Scurvine / Pamela Machala / Sunset Stallion / Matt Wagemann / DJ Kosmo / The Number One Sons / Alpha Mile / Tracey and Tricia / Lucknow / Mordechai in the Mirror / Kilroy, Et Al. / Tyson & The Friction / jips / Post Historic Show all bands
  Setlists
Pygmalion Music Festival Champaign, Illinois, United States
Apr 29, 2009
Cameron McGill & What Army / New Ruins Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois, United States
Apr 17, 2009
Headlights / Mars / Elsinore / The Love Language / Text / Santa / New Ruins / We Landed On the Moon! / Oceans / Wildcard / Casados / Yossarian / Morgan Orion / Ruckus / Jiggsaw / The Common Loon / Megan Johns / The Hathaways / World's First Flying...
Headlights / Mars / Elsinore / The Love Language / Text / Santa / New Ruins / We Landed On the Moon! / Oceans / Wildcard / Casados / Yossarian / Morgan Orion / Ruckus / Jiggsaw / The Common Loon / Megan Johns / The Hathaways / World's First Flying Machine / Curb Service / Organic Flow / Clarabelle / Post Historic / The Kilborn Alley Blues Band / The Duke Of Uke / DJ Belly / Mordechai in the Mirror / The Diamond Stretch / Agent Mos / We Must Dismantle All This / Sunset Stallion Show all bands
  Setlists
Independent Media Center (IMC) Urbana, IL, US
Dec 17, 2008
Tractor Kings / New Ruins / Beaujolais Schubas Tavern Chicago, Illinois, United States
Rock
Indie
Folk
Screamo
2019 1 concert
2012 1 concert
2009 3 concerts
2008 1 concert
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


How many concerts has New Ruins had?

New Ruins has had 6 concerts.

What genre is New Ruins?

New Ruins is most often considered to be Rock, Indie, Folk, and Screamo.

When was the last New Ruins concert?

The last New Ruins concert was on August 30, 2019 at The Seahorse Tavern in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The bands that performed were: Sleepshaker / Pale Ache / New Ruins / Behold, the Conqueror / Missive.

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