Pitchfork

Touring on the strength of their freshly released Kill Rock Stars LP, Psychedelicate, the four women of Slumber Party are making a break for it. They begin a national tour in October with the ever-present Guided by Voices in New Jersey and Boston, then speed off like Thelma and Louise (if there were, like, two more of them or something) on a non-stop thrill ride across the country.

Alicia Berg, Gretchen Gonzales (Universal Indians), Marcie Bolen (Von Bondies), and Leigh Sabo started the band in Detroit. Sources say their music sounds like Their Satanic Majesties Request-era Stones with guitars haunting like sitars, and sirens and voices ringing harmoniously through hollow boxes. But man, somehow it isn't the same without the holographic cover.

10-19 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (w/Guided by Voices)
10-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (w/Guided by Voices)
10-21 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
10-22 Chicago, IL - Fireside Bowl (w/Small Brown Bike, Trocar)
10-23 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
10-24 Fargo, ND - Moose Lodge
10-26 Missoula, MT - Jays Upstairs
10-27 Seattle, WA - Local 46 (w/Gossip)
10-28 Olympia, WA - Arrowspace
10-29 San Francisco, CA - TBA
10-31 Los Angeles, CA - TBA
11-01 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
11-02 Santa Ana, CA - Koos Cafe
11-03 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
11-04 Albuquerque, NM - Golden West
11-06 Tulsa, OK - Curly's
11-07 Columbia, MO - The Ranch
11-08 Louisville, KY - Barretones (w/Half Seas Over)
11-09 Columbus, OH - TBA