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As if the forthcoming Los Campesinos!/No Age/Times New Viking triple-threat tour wasn't gonna shred enough faces on its own, things just keep getting gnarlier. The three bands have teamed up for a "super limited edition" 7" to celebrate the Shred Yr Face tour that'll be available exclusively from the Coalition group of indie record stores in the UK. What's more, there's a handful of in-stores in addition to the nighttime fun, including a truly epic run through the record racks in London on October 19. Let's begin, shall we?

Los Campesinos lend the 7" a Napoleon III remix of "Death to Los Campesinos!", of which Gareth Campesinos writes in a press release, "I'm generally not a fan of remixes, and this is easily my least favourite ever, because what Napoleon III's done here is make his rendition infinitely better than the original, subsequently rendering our version redundant. I wish we could play it like this live."

No Age offer up "Revolving Credit for Kitty", which began its life as the noise track lurking under "Sick People Are Safe" from their Deleted Art-issued EP. To close things out, TNV turn in a cover of "Anything Could Happen" by iconic New Zealand power-poppers the Clean, recorded at home on their boombox. (It's also slated to appear on the next Yeti magazine compilation.) "The Clean are our Beatles and everyone should try to find out about them, please," they write in a press release. Right you are.

As for the in-stores, the big news comes October 19, when all three bands play a trio of shops around London. They'll hit Pure Groove at 3 p.m., Beyond Retro at 5 p.m., and Rough Trade East at 7 p.m., and each band has an in-store of their own to attend to throughout the tour's span. Those you'll find snuck in each band's itineraries, listed down below.

But wait! Somehow, there's more! Seattle artist Carlos Ruiz has designed both a t-shirt and a limited edition silkscreened poster for the Shred Yr Face jaunt, both of which will be available at the shows and at Coalition stores. Sometimes I wish I was British. This is one of those times.

As we mentioned last week, Los Campesinos! have thrown an awful lot at the release of We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, which is due October 27 in the UK from Wichita and November 11 in North America from Arts & Crafts. Times New Viking have that Stay Awake 7" dropping October 21 from Matador, and both they and No Age have added a few shows since our last report.

It's nice when good bands do lots of things, innit?



Shred Yr Face tour 7":

01 Los Campesinos!: "Death to Los Campesinos! (Napoleon III Remix)"
02 No Age: "Revolving Credit for Kitty"
03 Times New Viking: "Anything Could Happen" (The Clean cover)

Shred Yr Face:

10-14 Brighton, England - Komedia
10-15 Liverpool, England - Academy 2
10-16 Leeds, England - Irish Centre
10-17 Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
10-18 Glasgow, Scotland - School of Arts
10-19 London, England - Pure Groove (in-store) (3 p.m.)
10-19 London, England - Beyond Retro (in-store) (5 p.m.)
10-19 London, England - Rough Trade East (in-store) (7 p.m.)
10-20 London, England - Electric Ballroom
10-21 Bristol, England - Fleece
10-22 Manchester, England - Academy 3

LC!:

10-08 Berlin, Germany - Popkomm
10-22 Manchester, England - Piccadilly Records (in-store)
11-09 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique !
11-10 Cologne, Germany - Luxor !
11-11 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg !
11-12 Munich, Germany - Atomic Café !
11-13 Bologna, Italy - Estragon !
11-14 Rome, Italy - Piper !
11-15 Milan, Italy - Rolling Stone !
12-18 Paris, France - Maroquinerie (Wichita Xmas Party) !

! with Sky Larkin, Lovvers

Times New Viking:

10-06 Cincinnati, OH - Gypsy Hut
10-09 New York, NY - Irving Plaza &
10-11 Philadelphia, PA - Kung Fu
10-12 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase
10-16 Leeds, England - Crash (in-store)
10-31 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse ^*
11-01 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel ^
11-02 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle ^
11-03 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar ^
11-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat ^#
11-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ^#
11-06 Princeton, NJ - Terrace F. Club ^#
11-07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^#
11-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^$
11-10 Boston, MA - Paradise ^$
11-11 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Plaza ^%
11-12 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace ^%
11-13 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom ^!
11-14 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop ^!
11-15 Chicago, IL - Metro ^!
11-16 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon ^!
11-17 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club ^!
11-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^~
11-21 Seattle, WA - Neumos ^~
11-22 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater ^~
11-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^~
11-25 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre ^~
11-28 San Diego, CA - Casbah ^
11-29 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts ^
12-01 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft ^
12-02 Austin, TX - Emo's Alternative Lounge Outside ^
12-03 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live ^
12-04 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon ^
12-05 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks ^
12-06 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree ^

& with Wire
^ with Deerhunter
* with Pylon
# with Knyfe Hyts
$ with Vivian Girls
% with Neighborhood Council
! with Disappears
~ with BARR

No Age:

10-03 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell ^
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex !
10-14 Brighton, England - Komedia
10-22 Manchester, England - Picadilly Records (in-store)
10-23 Lisbon, Portugal - ZDB Gallery
10-24 Madrid, Spain - Moby Dick @
10-25 Barcelona, Spain - Nitsa @
10-27 Ravena, Italy - Bronson
10-28 Rome, Italy - Init
10-29 Milan, Italy - Music Drome
10-30 Lyon, France - Grnd Zero @
10-31 Nancy, France - L'autre Canal @*
11-01 Paris, France - Point Ephemere @
11-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso @
11-05 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera @
11-09 New York, NY - TBA
11-10 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase
11-10 Brooklyn, NY - Market Hotel #
11-11 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
11-12 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
11-13 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern #&
11-14 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club #&
11-15 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light #&
11-16 St. Louis, MO - The Gargoyle #&
11-17 Madison, WA - Club 770
11-18 Chicago, IL - Reggies Rock Club (ticket info TBA)
11-19 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center #
11-20 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop $
11-21 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #
11-22 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Plaza #
11-23 Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University
11-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Downstairs) #
12-02 Los Angeles, CA -TBA
12-04 San Francisco, CA - TBA

^ with the Urinals, Gun Outfit, Nodzzz, Protectme
! with David Scott Stone, the Tyde
@ with White Circule Crime Club
* with Busdriver
& with Titus Andronicus
# with Soft Circle
% with Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe
$ with Matt & Kim