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Tour Dates

Tour Dates: The Flaming Lips 2009 Tour, New Album Due in Sept.

June 30, 2009
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The Flaming Lips are going out on tour this summer starting at the Pitchfork Music Festival’s Write the Night awesomeness. They’re releasing their first double album ever called, Embryonic, which will be featuring members of MGMT and Karen O. from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Not bad.
Read on for the dates.

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Tour Dates: Sunny Day Real Estate Announce 2009 Reunion

June 23, 2009
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For all the emo fans in the room, big news today going around that Sunny Day Real Estate has announced a reunion tour and reissues of the first releases from their catalog. I kind of came up into this scene with my high school friends, but this was around the time that the tides [...]

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Tour Dates: Grizzly Bear Do Pitchfork, Japan and Europe

June 21, 2009

If you’re not hitting either of the sold-out Grizzly Bear shows here in San Francisco, your only chances to catch the band in the states will be at the Pitchfork Music Festival and the Austin City Limits Music Festival. The band is also playing a few famous international festivals like Summer Sonic in Japan [...]

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Tour Dates: The Slip and Surprise Me Mr. Davis East and West Coast Dates

June 21, 2009
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I’m booked for my first year at High Sierra and I’m super excited that I’ll be getting a chance to see both The Slip as well as Surprise Me Mr. Davis (The Slip with Nathan Moore) at the festival. The band is hanging out in California for a while surrounding the festival and playing [...]

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Pinback Announce Fall 2009 Tour Dates

June 19, 2009
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Pinback is one of those bands that I felt like I got to way too late, like I had already missed their indie glory years and that they were going to be this band that I had to go see in arenas now. I’m not sure that ever totally came true, but when I [...]

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Marco Benevento: Carnegie Hall, New Solo Dates and New Trio Dates

May 28, 2009
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When I think of favorite overall musician these days, the first person that comes to my mind is Marco Benevento. The residency I saw this February at the Yoshi’s in Oakland are easily four of the best concerts I’ve seen all year, all for completely different reasons. And I was just constantly blown [...]

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Disco Biscuits: New Summer Tour Dates and Podcast

May 15, 2009
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Mas Bisco? Si, por favor!
We posted an update on a bunch of Disco Biscuits news the other day, but the band has since announced a number of additional summer dates in the lead-up to Camp Bisco.  The tour, aptly titled “The Road to Camp Bisco Tour,” includes dates in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and a two-night run [...]

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Jay-Z Announces 2009 Tour Dates (w/ Ciara)

May 13, 2009
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Jigga what?!? Jay-Z has announced the first round of tour dates with the beautiful Ciara, which she confirmed via her Twitter account the other day.

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Tour Dates, Girl Power Edition: Blondie, Pat Benatar, The Donnas, Tori Amos

May 13, 2009
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The summer concert season is definitely gearing up feminist style with the announcement of a bunch of tours in the past few days. Plus, Lilith Fair is returning in 2010, so you all can get excited for that and read on for the dates just announced by Tori Amos and the “Call Me Invincible” [...]

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Disco Biscuits: Camp Bisco VIII, Bisco Inferno and Side Project Dates

May 12, 2009
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The Disco Biscuits just capped off a Winter/Spring Tour that many fans feel was one of their strongest and most consistent tours in the last few years. The band also finalized plans for the eighth incarnation of their signature music festival, Camp Bisco, which takes place July 16-18, returning again to the Indian Lookout Country [...]

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Tour Dates: The Dead Weather, Marco Benevento

May 11, 2009
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The third major music project featuring Jack White is called The Dead Weather, and they just announced their first U.S. tour starting on July 13th in D.C. at the 9:30 Club. I’ve got money down that NPR will be webcasting that show, so I’ll be hoping on that to get a sample of what [...]

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Backyard Tire Fire: 2009 Tour Dates, Festivals

May 8, 2009
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Backyard Tire Fire, the boys from Bloomington, IL, are heading out on the road this summer right after they finish a local residency in their hometown. I’ll always plug this band given how close I was to them as they were coming up musically. Their drummer used to serve me pizza slices regularly [...]

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Tour Dates: Sonic Youth 2009 Summer Dates

May 6, 2009
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Sonic Youth are heading out on tour soon to support the release of their new album, The Eternal. Presale info for all of the dates will be updated here; they start this Thursday and Friday before the public on-sale dates coming up this Saturday. Go here for tickets.

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Animal Collective: 2009 Tour Dates, Live In Concert from All Songs Considered

May 5, 2009
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Happy Cinco De Mayo, dudes! I’m just hanging out in my living room, writing some blog posts and jamming to an Animal Collective live show on my stereo system. Just as this exact version “Brother Sport” started, I get an email from NPR Music announcing that their next live webcast on Monday, May [...]

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Tour Dates: Fleet Foxes Summer Dates

May 5, 2009
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Fleet Foxes are following up a fantastic spring tour with Blitzen Trapper with dates scheduled across the country, including some festivals like Sasquatch and Lollapalooza. I totally love this band and I’ve gotten a chance to see them a few times now, once at the Independent and then a few weeks back at the [...]

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Tortoise – New MP3, 2009 Tour Dates

May 4, 2009
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Tortoise has put out a new mp3 from their upcoming album, Beacons of Ancestership, and Stereogum has the exclusive first-listen from the album. I’m definitely not hearing anything familiar in this track — and yet it sounds so much like Tortoise it really couldn’t be anybody else. I’m hoping to discover some of [...]

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