What better way to wrap up January than with plans for the rest of your winter months? Course, your spring dates will start to fill up too, but for now be prepared to make plans for touring bands such as Smith Westerns who are touring with Yuck, Kaki King, The Fresh & Onlys, The Joy Formidable, Prince Rama and Fleet Foxes, who are debuting their next album, Helplessness Blues, on May 3. You can buy tickets for a majority of their shows tomorrow at 9 a.m. Pacific on their website, and while you calendar the weeks ahead hear the first single "Helplessness Blues" above and snag it for keeps below.
Fleet Foxes 2011 Tour Dates:
04/30 Vancouver BC @ The Vogue Theatre *
05/01 Portland OR @ Crystal Ballroom*
05/03 Seattle WA @ Moore Theatre*
05/05 Oakland CA @ Fox Theater**
05/06 San Diego CA @ Spreckels Theatre*
05/07 Hollywood CA @ Hollywood Palladium*
05/08 Tucson AZ @ Rialto Theatre*
05/10 Austin TX @ Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater*
05/11 Dallas TX @ Palladium Ballroom *
05/13 Nashville TN @ Ryman Auditorium*
05/14 Atlanta GA @ The Tabernacle*
05/15 Washington DC @ DAR Constitution Hall*
05/17 Boston MA @ Orpheum Theatre*
05/18 New York NY @ The United Palace Theatre*
05/21 Upper Darby PA @ Tower Theatre***
* On sale to general public Feb 4
** On sale to general public Feb 6
*** On sale date TBA
Smith Westerns & Yuck 2011 Tour Dates:
01/28 Nashville TN The End
01/29 Knoxville TN Pilot Light
01/30 Chapel Hill NC Local 506
01/31 Athens GA 40 Watt Club
02/01 Atlanta GA Drunken Unicorn
02/03 Orlando FL Backbooth
02/06 Houston TX Fitzgeralds
02/07 Austin TX Emos
02/08 Dallas TX The Loft
02/10 Phoenix AZ Rhythm Room
02/11 Los Angeles CA Echo
02/12 Costa Mesa CA Detroit Bar
02/13 San Francisco CA Bottom of the Hill
Smith Westerns 2011 Tour Dates:
02/04 Tallahassee FL Club Downunder
02/05 Baton Rouge Spanish Moon
02-15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
02-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret
02-17 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
02-18 Boise, ID - Neurolux
02-19 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
02-21 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
02-22 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
02-23 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
02-24 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
02-25 Madison, WI - The Frequency
02-26 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
02-28 Toronto, Ontario - Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
03-01 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
03-02 Boston, MA - Great Scott
03-04 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
03-16 - 03-19 Austin, TX - SXSW
Kaki King 2011 Tour Dates:
02/23 Museum of Modern Art: Celeste Bartos Theatre New York, New York
02/26 Salon Vive Cuervo Mexico City, Mexico
02/28 The Loft - UC San Diego San Diego, California
03/02 Largo at the Coronet West Hollywood, California
03/03 College of the Sequoias Theatre Visalia, California
03/04 Yoshi's San Francisco, CA
03/05 Ashkenaz Berkeley, California
03/06 Harlows Sacramento, California
03/08 Jambalaya Arcata, California
03/09 WOW Hall Eugene, Oregon
03/10 Mississippi Studios Portland, Oregon
03/11 The Triple Door Seattle, Washington
03/12 Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
03/24 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, Minnesota
03/25 Space Evanston, Illinois
03/26 The Old Rock House St. Louis, Missouri
03/28 Southgate House Newport, Kentucky
03/29 The Birchmere Alexandria , Virginia
03/30 World Cafe Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04/01 Center for the Arts Natick, Massachusetts
04/02 Iron Horse Northampton, Massachusetts
04/03 Infinity Hall Norfolk, Connecticut
04/07 City Winery New York, New York
04/08 City Winery New York, New York
04/09 Binghamton University Binghamton, New York
The Fresh & Onlys 2011 Tour Dates:
02/27 San Francisco, CA = Bottom of the Hill with Growlers, Pleasure Kills, Wrong Words
03/16-19 Austin, TX - SXSW
03/21 San Diego, CA - Tin Can Alehouse
03/22 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
04/12 Denver, CO - Hi Dive with Young Prisms
04/13 Lawrence, KS - The Jackpot Saloon with Young Prisms
04/14 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop with Young Prisms
04/15 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox with YYoung Prisms
04/18 Cincinnati, OH - MOTR Pub with Young Prisms
04/19 Saint Louis, MO - The Billiken Club with Crocodiles
04/20 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall with Crocodiles, Young Prisms
04/21 Toronto, ON - Parts & Labour with Young Prisms
04/22 Montreal, QC -Il Motore with Young Prisms
04/23 Brooklyn, NY- Music Hall of Williamsburg with Crocodiles, Young Prisms
04/24 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu Necktie with Crocodiles, Young Prisms
04/25 Washington, DC - Red Palace with Crocodiles
04/27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl with Crocodiles, Young Prisms
04/28 Birmingham AL - Bottletree with Crocodiles, Young Prisms
The Joy Formidable 2011 Tour Dates:
03/16 Austin, TX @ South By Southwest
03/22 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
03/24 Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse *
03/26 Albany, NY @ Valentine’s *
03/28 Providence, RI @ The Met *
03/29 Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall *
03/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
04/01 Harrisburg, PA @ The Abbey Bar *
04/02 Toronto, ON @ The Horseshoe Tavern *
04/04 Columbus, OH @ The Basement *
04/05 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
04/06 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry *
04/08 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
04/09 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court *
04/11 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios *
04/12 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile Café *
04/14 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *
04/16 Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/19 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room *
04/20 Albuquerque, NM @ Launch Pad *
04/22 St. Louis, MO @ Luminary Center for the Arts *
04/23 Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room *
04/26 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop *
04/27 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose *
04/29 New York, NY @ Webster Hall *
Prince Rama 2011 Tour Dates:
01/28 Swarthmore, PA @ Olde Club at Swarthmore College
03/02 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands * #
03/03 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks *
03/04 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College # ^
03/05 Cincinnatti, OH - CS13 *
03/06 Lexington, KY - Cosmic Charlie's *
03/07 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light *
03/08 Boone, NC - Black Cat *
03/09 Athens, GA - Farm255 * !
03/10 Charleston, SC - Receiver Fest at Tivoli Studios *
03/11 Savannah, GA - The MusicFile (KIVA Festival) *
03/12 Oxford, MS - Cats Purring Dude Ranch *
03/13 Denton, TX - 35 Conferrete Festival
03/14 Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds $
03/16 - 03/19 Austin, TX - SXSW
03/20 Marfa, TX - Marfa Book Co. +
03/23 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell + &
03/24 Santa Cruz, CA - Brookdale Lodge +
03/25 Oakland, CA - The New Parish +
* = w/ Amen Dunes
# = w/ Psychic Reality
^ = w/ Sex Worker
! = w/ Quiet Hooves
$ = w/ Toro Y Moi
+ = w/ Sun Araw
& = w/ Lucky Dragons