So tomorrow the long awaited new Modest Mouse album "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank" drops into our collective laps (although I have a sneaking suspicion some of you may have it already...damn pirates. You stole their album, killed them AND sank their ship too? Brutal.). Well if that weren't enough, Issac and crew announced their initial tour plans as well. And here they are:
03-19 Fargo, ND - Playmakers Pavilion
03-21 Seattle, WA - South Lake Union Naval Reserve
04-15 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
04-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
04-20 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-21 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
04-22 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
04-26 Rochester, NY - Main Street Armory
04-27 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre
04-29 New York, NY - The United Palace
04-30 New York, NY - The United Palace
05-02 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
05-03 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
05-04 Greensboro, NC - Special Events Center
05-05 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park05-06 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena Concert Hall
05-08 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
05-09 Austin, TX - The Backyard
05-10 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live
05-12 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater
05-13 Los Angeles, CA - greek Theatre
05-14 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena at San Diego State University
05-16 San Jose, CA - San Jose State University
05-20 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP vs. the Fans)
05-23 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
06-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
Buy the new album at
Insound or at
Criminal Records.
So Pitchfork gave Panda Bear "Person Pitch" a very well deserved rating of 9.4. Panda Bear (and his other Animal pals...including Grizzly Bear ;-) ) has been one of the few artists trying and succeeding at pushing musical boundaries. And like anything by fellow boundary-pushers Radiohead, this album just keeps getting better & better. I can't say for sure if this will be my album of the year, but it's shaping up that way so far. I can't recommend this album enough.