February 5, 2008 20:05

Tapes 'N Tapes unveil North American dates

Tour to coincide with release of second album

Tapes ‘N’ Tapes have announced a spring tour of the US and Canada in support of their forthcoming album ‘Walk It Off’.

The album, which is the follow up to 2006’s ‘The Loon’ is scheduled to be released on April 8 and was produced by Dave Fridmann.

The band will preview the material at a number of shows at SXSW in Austin next month before kicking off the tour proper in Minneapolis, MN.

The dates are:

Austin, TX SXSW (March 12-16)
Minneapolis, MN First Avenue (April 10)
Chicago, IL Metro (11)
Detroit, MI The Magic Stick (12)
Toronto, Ontario The Opera House (14)
Montreal, Quebec Cabaret Music Hall (15)
Burlington, VT Higher Ground Showcase Lounge - So. (16)
Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club - (17)
New York, NY Fillmore @ Irving (18)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (19)
Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church (22)
Washington, D.C. Nightclub 9:30 (23)
Chapel Hill, NC Local 506 (24)
Atlanta, GA The Earl (25)
St. Augustine, FL Cafe 11 (26)
Orlando, FL The Social (28)
Gainesville, FL Common Grounds (29)
Birmingham, AL Bottletree (30)
Austin, TX Antone's (May 2)
Denton, TX Hailey's (3)
Tucson, AZ Club Congress (6)
San Diego, CA The Casbah (7)
Los Angeles, CA Troubadour (8,9)
San Francisco, CA Fillmore (10)
Eugene, OR W.O.W. Hall (12)
Vancouver, B.C Richards on Richards (13)
Seattle, WA The Showbox (14)
Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue (16)
Denver, CO Bluebird Theater (17)

--By our New York staff.
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