Birds chirping? Squirrels chattering? Joanna Newsom must be going on tour this Spring!

Joanna Newsom - This Side of the Blue Joanna Newsom - Peach, Plum, Pear

January: 16th – Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane, Australia 18th – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, Australia 20th – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, Australia 21st – The Playhouse Theatre, Canberra, Australia 23rd – Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong, Australia 30th – The Harbourlight, Christchurch, New Zealand 31st – The Paramount, Wellington, New Zealand February: 2nd – The Dorothy Winstone Centre, Aukland, New Zealand 6th – Sunsui, Osaka, Japan 7th – Unit, Tokyo, Japan March: 12th – Calvin College Chapel, Grand Rapids, MI 15th – Ukrainian Federation, Montreal, Canada 17th – Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, MA 19th – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA 20th – First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia, PA 22nd – Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC 26th – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA 27th – Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN April: 2nd – Pabst Theater, Milwaukee, WI

Dust off that old 8mm, the Dirty Projectors are coming into town!

Photo by Sarah Cass

Dirty Projectors and David Byrne - Knotty Pine Dirty Projectors - Rise Above (Black Flag Cover)

via The Music Slut:

October:
20th – Ottobar, Baltimore, MD
21st – Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA
22nd – Black Cat, Washington, DC
24th – Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
25th – Nitetown, Lafayette, LA
26th – Antones, Austin, TX
28th – Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ
30th – North Park Theatre, San Diego, CA

November:
1st – Bimbo’s, San Francisco, CA
3rd – Aladdin, Portland, OR
4th – Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
7th – In The Venue, Salt Lake City, UT
8th – Bluebird, Denver, CO
9th – Granada, Lawrence, KS
11th – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN
13th – Bottom Lounge, Chicago, IL
14th – Opera House, Toronto, Ontario
15th – National, Montreal, Quebec
17th – Paradise, Boston, MA
18th – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
19th – Music Hall, Brooklyn, NY
21st – Music Hall, Brooklyn, NY
22nd – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY

Ready your sock puppets! Thao with the Get Down Stay Down play the Earl November 9th, 2009.

Photo by Alicia J. Rose

Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Bag Of Hammers Portland Cello Project (Featuring Thao) - Tallymarks

The Portland Cello Project will be opening for Thao, though I wouldn’t be surprised if there were to be a collaboration between the two at some point later in the night. Tour dates will be listed below as they are added:

September:
12th – Monolith Festival, Morrison, CO

October:
15th – SoHo, Santa Barbara, CA **
16th – Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA **
17th – The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz, CA **
18th – Treasure Island Music Festival, San Francisco, CA
21st – Doug Fir, Portland, OR **
22nd – Chop Suey, Seattle, WA **
23rd – Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC **
24th – Empyrean Coffee, Spokane, WA **
27th – Cedar Cultural Center, Minneapolis, MN **
28th – Turner Hall, Milwaukee, WI **
29th – Canopy Club, Urbana, IL **
30th – Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL **
31st – Majestic Cafe, Detroit, MI

November:
1st – El Mocambo, Toronto, ON **
2nd – Il Motore, Montreal, QC **
3rd – Middle East (Downstairs), Cambridge, MA **
4th – Bowery Ballroom, New York City, NY **
5th – First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA **
6th – Black Cat, Washington, DC **
7th – The Canal Club (Downstairs Lounge), Richmond, VA **
9th – The Earl, Atlanta, GA **
11th – The Studio @ Warehouse Live, Houston, TX **
12th – Mohawk, Austin, TX **
13th – Lola’s, Ft Worth, TX **
14th – Jake’s, Lubbock, TX **
17th – Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ **
18th – Plush, Tucson, AZ **
19th – The Casbah, San Diego, CA **
20th – Glass House, Pomona, CA **

**with Portland Cello Project, David Shultz

Discounted tickets are available with any pre-order of a CD or LP+MP3 of Thao’s forthcoming album Know Better Learn Faster via the Kill Rock Stars website.

Prepare yourselves! John Darnielle is hitting the road with beloved violinist Owen Pallett (aka Final Fantasy) this fall.

Left to Right: Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy, John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats.

Final Fantasy - Your Light is Spent The Mountain Goats - Love Love Love

Tour dates via The Music Slut:

November
4 – Ladies Literary Club, Grand Rapids, MI
5 – The Metro, Chicago, IL
6 – High Noon Saloon, Madison, WI
7 – Cedar Cultural Centre, Minneapolis, MN
10 – The Showbox, Seattle, WA
11 – Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
14 – The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
15 – Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
18 – Antone’s, Austin, TX
19 – Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
20 – Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN
21 – The Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
23 – The Social, Orlando, FL
24 – Cafe 11, St. Augustine, FL
27 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
28 – Theater Of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
29 – Wilbur Theatre, Boston, MA

December
1 – Webster Hall, New York, NY
2 – Bell House, Brooklyn, NY

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