News Black Lips Announce US Tour, Confirm ‘Underneath The Rainbow’ Art
New record is due out in March, backed by several North American dates.
From March 2014, Black Lips are taking their 'Underneath the Rainbow' album - the follow-up to 2011's 'Arabia Mountain' - on the road. Shows include a Georgia date with Deerhunter and a two month jaunt across North America. Support for the dates comes from Coathangers and Natural Child and the Atlanta group also make a quick stopover at Austin Texas' SXSW festival (they return for a show at Austin Psych Fest in April).
Further to this, the band have unveiled some grunge-era channelling artwork that could be mistaken for belonging to a savage metal band by a cursory browser in HMV.
VICE release the new album on 18th March.
Those dates in full:
MARCH
07 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse (w/ Deerhunter)
11-16 Austin, TX - SXSW
20 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet’s *
21 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *
22 Santa Ana, CA - Burgerama @ The Observatory
23 Felton, CA - Don Quixote’s *
24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
25 Sacramento, CA - Assembly *
27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rickshaw Theatre *
28 Seattle, WA - Neumo’s *
29 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater *
30 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
31 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *
APRIL
02 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
03 Albuquerque, NM - Sister Bar *
04 Phoenix, AZ - The Crescent Ballroom *
05 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern *
14 Richmond, VA - The National ^
15 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^
17 New York, NY - Webster Hall ^
18 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^
19 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club ^
21 Montreal, Quebec - Corona Theatre ^
22 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
24 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick ^
25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom ^
26 Chicago, IL - TBA ^
27 St, Paul, MN - Turf Club ^
28 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^
29 St Louis, MO - The Firebird ^
30 Kansas City, MO - The Riot Room ^
MAY
02-04 Austin, TX - Austin Psych Fest
* with The Coathangers
^ with Natural Child
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