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Of Montreal announce tour dates with Janelle Monáe

As if you didn’t need another reason for summer to end (number one being it’s SO HOT WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING IN MY APARTMENT I WANT TO DIE), amazing art rockers of Montreal will be touring this fall with the one and only queen of weirdo soul Janelle Monáe. The tour kicks off right […]

Jon

The National announce fall tour dates with Owen Pallett

Hey guys, guess what? The National rules. Besides the sure-to-be ridonkulous tour dates they have scheduled this summer with The Antlers (who are a truly phenomenal live act in their own right, seriously), the band just announced a slew of fall dates with Owen Pallett — the artist formerly known as Final Fantasy […]

Jon

Slow Six to go east coast tourin’

Slow Six is a NYC-based post-rock outfit that doesn’t rely on crazy climaxes as much as it does on an intricate combination of violins, rhodes piano and guitar. The songs don’t really follow the quiet/loud dynamic so prevalent in the genre, but instead establish a pace (usually pretty quick) and see how all […]

Jon

Toro Y Moi to go on tour with Caribou with new live band

Great news, fellows! Toro Y Moi, who we may have covered on this site once or twice, is going on tour with Caribou, who released an album we just reviewed. We are totally on top of things. You should check your things, or more accurately the top of your things. That’s where you’ll find […]

Lee

matt pond PA announces new tour dates with Wintersleep

Hot on the heels of my review of their forthcoming album, The Dark Leaves, matt pond PA has announced a new set of tour dates in June with Wintersleep. Should be a whole bunch of accessible indie goodness with head bops and a teensy bit of melancholy. See the full set of tour […]

Jon

Mumford & Sons is coming stateside

Mumford & Sons, the totally not-American band who received #19 on our top albums of 2009 list, is totally coming to America for a string of dates in May and June. Personally, I find this exciting, even if the indie Illuminati don’t. To them I say — and excuse my French — please […]

Jamie

Girls announce MORE tour dates

Look, Girls. We really love you and all, but you’re touring A LOT. Don’t get me wrong, I love it! I’m just concerned for your mental health. People have a tough time after touring so much, ya know? You still have a booked February to finish up, and now you’re playing a little […]

Jon

Frightened Rabbit is lining up a big ol' American tour

You heard me. Frightened Rabbit is going on an extensive American tour in support of their forthcoming third full-length, The Winter of Mixed Drinks, due out March 9. This doesn’t happen particularly often, so don’t miss it. Seriously, don’t. If I hear any more about this negligence of yours, I’m really […]

Jamie

Toro Y Moi announces Spring tour dates, moves up album release

Are you not all about South Carolina bedroom artist Toro Y Moi yet? Previous posts haven’t convinced you? Well maybe you need to see him live. I have no idea how good a show he puts on, but his recorded material is so good that I’m completely optimistic. Now, […]

Lee

Nada Surf to release album of covers; announce spring tour dates

Intriguing much? Nada Surf is releasing an album of 12 covers of their favorite songs, titled if i had a hi-fi. The songs are all over the place genre-wise, including blues, spanish music, power-pop, and everything in between.

Although a great deal of thought went into the song selections, the band’s intent is not to make an overarching musical statement. Singer-guitarist Matthew Caws says, “We really just wanted to do it organically, whatever we felt like covering in the moment, rather than trying to sum up our influences or something. It’s whatever we were excited about in the months before making it. And I think we got to everything we wanted to.”

The news comes as a bit of a surprise considering they were looking to take some time off after an extensive tour for their 2008 album Lucky. Nada Surf aren’t strangers to this whole “covers” thing – their version of “If You Leave” (originally by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) garnered plenty of publicity.

Nada Surf – “If You Leave” (OMD Cover) [MP3] (not on if i had a hi-fi)

A pretty monstrous tour is lined up for the guys as well, and the only way to get the physical album (initially) is by attending one of the shows. You can pre-order tickets here, starting January 6. Dates after the jump (NYC and D.C. are both listed!).

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