If the upcoming Surfer Blood/Trail of Dead tour is a match made in absurdity, then here’s one that should fit like a warm fingerless glove: indie-pop darlings The Pains of Being Pure at Heart are hitting the road with New Wave enthusiast Twin Shadow.
The joint tour will kick off April 1st in Washington, DC. From there, it’s gigs in New Orleans, LA, Sam Francisco, CA, Chicago, IL, and beyond before the whole thing winds down on May 6th in New York, NY. And much like the Surfer Blood/Trail of Dead outing, both acts will be hitting up Europe beforehand; TPOBPAH will have a brief run from mid-February to the beginning of March, while Twin Shadow will spend much of the beginning of the year across the pond. Is Europe a good place to practice beforehand because almost no one understands them?
Check out the confirmed dates for each tour below. TPOBPAH’s second LP, Belong, hits stores in late March via Slumberland Records.
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart & Twin Shadow 2011 Tour Dates:
04/01 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat
04/02 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
04/04 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt Club
04/05 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
04/06 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe
04/07 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
04/08 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
04/09 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s
04/12 – Santa Fe, NM @ VFW
04/18 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door &
04/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall &
04/20 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge &
04/22 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
04/25 – Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
04/26 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall
04/27 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
04/28 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
04/29 – Bloomington, IN @ Rhino’s
04/30 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
05/02 – Milford, CT @ Daniel Street
05/03 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
05/06 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
& = w/ Catwalk
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart 2011 Tour Dates:
02/19 – St. Malo, FR @ La Route du Rock Festival
02/20 – Luxembourg, LU @ Exit 09
02/21 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
02/22 – Cologne, DE @ MTC
02/24 – Berlin, DE @ Magnet
02/26 – Münster, DE @ Gleiss 22
02/27 – Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet
03/01 – Kortrijk, BE @ De Kreun
03/03 – London, UK @ Kings College
03/31 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
Twin Shadow 2011 Tour Dates:
01/11 – Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
01/12 – Toronto, Ontario @ The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
01/14 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas
01/15 – Cincinnati, OH @ Motr Pub
01/16 – Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
01/25 – London, UK @ The Lexington
01/26 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
01/27 – Glasgow, UK @ Captains Rest
01/28 – Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ The Cluny
01/29 – Leeds, UK @ Cockpit
02/02 – Brest, FR @ La Carene
02/04 – Paris, FR @ Nouveau Casino
02/05 – Nijmegen, NL @ Merleyn
02/06 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow
02/08 – Cologne, DE @ Studio 672
02/10 – Berlin, DE @ Comet Club
02/11 – Munich, DE @ Feierwerk/Kranhalle
02/12 – Vienna, AU @ Badeschiff
02/14 – Zurich, CH @ Plaza
02/15 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso Kleine Zaal
02/16 – Brussels, BE @ AB
02/17 – Brighton, UK @ Audio
02/18 – Bristol, UK @ Cooler
02/19 – Dublin, UK @ Crawdaddy
02/21 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire *
* = w/ Warpaint
