Abe Vigoda
03/22 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
03/23 Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theater *
03/25 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater *
03/26 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater *
03/27 Knoxville, TN – Tennessee Theatre *
03/29 Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion *
03/30 Toronto, Ontario – The Sound Academy *
03/31 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge &
04/01 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre *
04/02 Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory *
04/03 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall *
04/05 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium *
04/06 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel *
04/08 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle *
04/09 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
04/10 Austin, TX – Stubbs, BBQ *
04/11 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
04/13 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theater *
04/14 Pamona, CA – Fox Theater *
04/19 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater *
04/20 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater *

* w/ Vampire Weekend
& w/ Effi Briest and Cloud Nothings

Cursive
02/17 Los Angeles, CA – House of Blues *
02/18 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom *
02/19 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom *
02/20 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *
02/23 Boise, ID – Knitting Factory *
02/24 Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue *
02/25 Denver, CO – Gothic Theatre *
02/26 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater *
02/27 Chicago, IL – Metro *
02/28 Chicago, IL – Metro *
03/02 Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak *
03/03 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
03/04 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues *
03/05 Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo *
03/06 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre *
03/08 Clifton Park, NY – Northern Light *
03/09 Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre *
03/11 Philadelphia, PA – Tracadero *
03/12 New York, NY – Nokia Theatre *
03/13 Sayreville, NJ – Starland *
03/14 Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel *
03/16 Towson, MD – Recher Theatre *
03/17 Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend *
03/18 Charleston, SC – Music Farm *
03/19 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade *
03/20 Jacksonville Beach, FL – Freebird Live *
03/22 Orlando, FL – House of Blues *
03/23 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution *
03/25 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
03/26 Houston, TX – Warehouse Live *
03/27 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom *
03/28 Austin, TX – Emo’s *
03/30 Tempe, AZ – The Marquee *
04/01 San Diego, CA – House of Blues *
04/02 Los Angeles – House of Blues *
04/03 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues *

* w/ Alkaline Trio

Liars
04/10 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
04/14 Washington, DC – Rock & Roll Hotel
04/15 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
04/16 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
04/17 Boston, MA – Paradise
04/18 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
04/27 San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
04/29 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater
04/20 Vancouver, BC – Venue
05/01 Seattle, WA – Neumos

Image by Steve Gullick

Mayer Hawthorne
05/05 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Melkweg
05/07 Mulhouse, France – Le Noumatrouf
05/08 Nantes, France – Olympic
05/10 Lille, France – L’Aeronef Club
05/11 Paris, France – Trabendo
05/12 Lyon, France – Les Nuits Sonres Festival
05/13 Marseille, France – Espace Julien
05/14 Madrid, Spain – Heineken Arena
05/16 Bilbao, Spain – Kafe Antzokia
05/18 Zurich, Switzerland – Abart
05/19 Munich, Germany – Crux
05/20 Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg
05/21 Vienna, Austria – Porgy & Bess
05/22 Antwerp, Belgium – Petrol
05/23 Münster, Germany – Skaters Place
05/25 London, England – ULU
05/26 Glasgow, Scotland – King Tut’s
05/27 Manchester, England – Ruby Lounge
05/28 Leeds, England – Hifi Club
05/29 Birmingham, England – Academy

Past Lives
02/18 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
02/23 Seattle, WA – Sonic Boom Capitol Hill, In-Store 7pm
03/12 St. Augustine, FL – Harvest of Hope Festival
03/14 Portland, OR – East End $
03/15 San Francisco, CA – Elbo Room $
03/16 San Diego, CA – Casbah
03/17 Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space
03/18 El Paso, TX – Dominics Piano Bar
03/20 Austin, TX – SXSW
03/21 San Antonio, TX – Ten Eleven
03/23 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar ^#
03/24 St. Louis, MO – Firebird #
03/25 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge ^
03/26 Milwaukee, WI – Miramar Theatre ^
03/27 Grand Rapids, MI – DAAC ^
03/28 Detroit, MI – Majestic Theatre ^
03/29 Cleveland – Now That’s Class ^
03/30 Rochester, NY – The Bug Jar ^
04/01 Toronto, ON – The Garrison
04/02 Montreal, QC – Casa Del Popolo
04/03 Pittsburgh, PA – Garfield Artworks
04/04 Washington, DC – DC9
04/05 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor
04/06 Atlanta, GA – 529
04/07 Orlando, FL – The Social **
04/08 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder **
04/09 Gainesville, FL – Rion Ballroom at University of Florida **
04/10 St. Augustine, FL – Café Eleven **
04/12 Wilmington, NC – Soapbox **
04/13 Carrboro, NC – Cats Cradle **
04/14 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern **
04/15 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church Sanctuary **
04/16 Baltimore, MD – Otto Bar **
04/17 Hamden, CT – The Space **
04/18 Cambridge, MA – Middle East **
04/20 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Bowl **
04/22 Princeton, NJ – Terrace Club at Princeton University
04/23 Columbus, OH – Cafe Bourbon St.
04/25 Minneapolis, MN – 7th St. Entry

* w/ The Oh Sees
$ w/ Get Hustle
^ w/ Air Waves
# w/ So Cow
** w/ The Thermals

Image by Ian Ferguson

She & Him
03/15 Los Angeles, CA – Largo
03/25 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
03/27 Savannah, GA – Savannah Music Festival
03/29 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
03/30 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
04/15 Pomona, CA – The Glass House
04/16 Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
04/26 Madrid, Spain – Joy Eslava
04/27 Barcelona, Spain – Sala Apolo
04/30 Berlin, Germany – Lido
05/01 Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
05/03 Stockholm, Sweden – Kagelbanan
05/04 Oslo, Norway – Cosmopolite
05/08 Minehead, England – Butlins (ATP Festival)
06/11 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Music Festival

Image by Taea Thale

Ted Leo
03/11 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop *
03/12 Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot *
03/13 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge *
03/14 Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon *
03/15 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue *
03/18 Spokane, WA – The Blvd
03/19 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *
03/20 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
03/21 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
03/23 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall ^
03/24 Santa Barbara, CA – Soho Restaurant & Music Club #^
03/26 Pomona, CA – Glass House ^
03/27 West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour ^
03/28 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress ^
03/30 Dallas, TX – House of Blues $!
03/31 Austin, TX – Parish Room $!
04/02 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks $
04/03 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder $
04/04 Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade $
04/05 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle $
04/07 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church %
04/08 Washington, DC – 930 Club %
04/09 New York, NY – Irving Plaza %
04/10 Boston, MA – Paradise %

* w/ Title Tracks
^ w/ Bleached
# w/ Titus Andronicus
$ w/ Screaming Females
! w/ Sally Crewe & the Sudden Moves
% w/ Obits

Image by Matt Jordan

Wild Beasts
02/10 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour
02/11 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
02/13 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
02/14 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
02/17 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
02/18 Chicago, IL – Schubas
02/19 Cihcago, IL – Schubas
02/20 Detroit, MI – Pike Room
02/22 Toronto, Ontario – Horseshoe Tavern
02/23 Montreal, Quebec – Il Motore
02/24 Boston, MA – Great Scott
02/25 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas
02/26 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
02/27 Washington, DC – Black Cat
02/28 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg

Image by Tom Beard

01/29 South Bend, IN – Legends of Notre Dame
01/30 Akron, OH – Music
02/05 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Academy of Music
02/08 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
02/09 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
02/11 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre
02/13 Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
02/15 Chicago, IL – Vic Theatre
02/16 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre
02/18 Boston, MA – House of Blues Boston
02/19 New York, NY – Terminal 5
02/20 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
02/21 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
03/03 London, England – Union Chapel

Image Credit: Ben Ritter



Wilco
After a quick trip through Canada, our favorite Chicago powerhouse will hit Japan, Australia, the US, and probably many more places before the year is over. Just another average day for Wilco.

02/07 Missoula, MT – Adams Center
02/09 Portland, OR – Arlene Schnitzer Hall
02/10 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
02/12 Victoria, BC – Royal Theatre
02/13 Vancouver, BC David Lam Park *
02/15 Edmonton, CA – Northern Jubilee Auditorium
02/16 Edmonton, CA – Northern Jubilee Auditorium
02/17 Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
02/19 Duluth, MN – Decc Auditorium
02/20 Madison, WI – Overture Hall
02/21 East Lansing, MI – Wharton Cobb Great Hall
02/23 Hamilton, ON – Hamilton Place Theatre
02/24 London, ON – Centennial Hall
02/26 Quebec City, QC – Imperial De Quebec
02/27 Montreal, QC – Olympia De Montreal
03/01 Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre
03/02 Halifax, NS – Halifax Forum
03/25 Savannah, GA – Johnny Mercer Theatre
04/22 Osaka, Japan – Big Cat
04/23 Tokyo, Japan – Zepp Tokyo
04/27 Auckland, New Zealand – Civic Theatre
04/28 Wellington, New Zealand – Wellington Town Hall
04/30 Brisbane, Australia – The Tivoli
05/01 Sydney, Australia – State Theatre
05/02 Marrickville, Australia – Factory Theatre
05/05 Melbourne, Australia – Forum
05/06 Melbourne, Australia – Forum

* Part of the 2010 Winter Games
Image Credit: Michael Segal

Memory Tapes
Dayve Hawk doesn’t leave his house much, but the one-man band known as Memory Tapes will be getting out and across the pond in January, for his first-ever UK dates.

01/16 Manchester, England – The Corner
01/20 London, England – Luminaire

Girl Talk
The first of mashup master Greg Gillis’ 2010 tour dates have arrived. Expect this list of shows to double—nay, triple—in size.

01/15 Auckland, New Zealand – Big Day Out
01/17 Gold Coast, Australia – Big Day Out
01/20 Melbourne, Australia – Palace
01/22 Sydney, Australia – Big Day Out
01/23 Sydney, Australia – Big Day Out
01/25 New Town, Australia – The Enmore
01/26 Melbourne, Australia – Big Day Out
01/29 Adelaide, Australia – Big Day Out
01/31 Perth, Australia – Big Day Out
05/02 East Rutherford, NJ – Meadowlands Sports Complex

Great Lake Swimmers
Toronto’s Great Lake Swimmers will start the year in China—an unlikely indie-folk destination—before heading home to Canadian soil for several shows.

01/07 Beijing, China – Yu Gong Yi Shan
01/08 Chengdu, China – Little Bear
01/09 Wuhan, China – VOX
01/10 Shanghai, China – Yuyintang
01/26 Saskatoon, SK – House Concert
01/27 Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall
01/29 Vancouver, BC – The Vogue Theatre
01/30 Prince George, BC – Cold Snap Festival
02/06 Toronto, ON – Trinity St. Paul’s United Church
02/13 Whistler, BC – Whistler Village Stage
02/18 Montreal, QC – Meropolis Theatre

Image Credit: Candace Meyer

Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard
One fast move and they’re gone, so catch the Son Volt and Death Cab frontmen channelling Kerouac’s ghost at one of these dates.

01/23 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
01/24 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
01/27 Austin, TX – Antone’s
01/29 Ann Arbor, MI – Hill Auditorium
01/30 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
01/31 Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater

Image Credit: Andrew Youssef

Final Fantasy
Multi-instrumentalist and one-man band Owen Pallatt has a week or so of shows scheduled around the release of his new Domino album, Heartland.


01/12 Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
0/14 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
01/16 Chicago, IL – Schubas
01/18 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
01/25 London, England – Union Chapel

Image Credit: Swatch on Air

Spoon
Transference is out in January via Merge, and here are the first few in what will be many, many performances from the boys in Spoon.

02/14 Glasgow, Scotland – King Tut’s
02/15 Manchester, England – Academy 3
02/16 London, England – Electric Ballroom
02/18 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
02/19 Cologne, Germany – Luxor
02/20 Berlin, Germany – Frannz Club

Scottish indie outfit The Twilight Sad had the more harrowing experience of the two, and the band posted the following message on their blog yesterday:

Thanks again to the 2 nice men who got dressed into their fake police uniforms, put on their bullet proof vests, put their guns in their pockets, pulled us over, showed us their fake police ID, stole our money, hid our van keys, and threw our passports onto the motorway. It was very much appreciated, I hope we can do it again sometime. We’ll get moonpig to make you a nice card. fucking c**ts.

These are the only details known about the incident at this time. The band is currently on tour in Europe, and we can only hope the remaining shows aren’t affected by the downright horrible turn of events.

Dates (Hopefully):

11/17 Schorndorf, Germany – Manufactur
11/18 Heidelberg, Germany – Karlstorbahnhof
11/19 Müenster, Germany – Gleiss 22
11/20 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11/21 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
12/15 Edinburgh, Scotland – Voodoo Rooms
11/16 Glasgow, Scotland – Nice N Sleazy’s

Image Credit: Neale Smith