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Apparently, Elisabeth Esselink has found someone to watch over her Amsterdam record shop for a month and a half, because she'll be away having grand adventures in the U.S., the Netherlands, Germany, and Austria. Esselink, better known to audiences as Solex, is touring in support of her new album, Low Kick and Hard Bop, which was released last week by Matador Records. Prior to its release, the album was described by Esselink as "an absolute No-Bullshit record," which would put it in line with her earlier releases, Pick Up and Solex vs. the Hitmeister. Also in line with previous Solex releases, the source material for Low Kick and Hard Bop includes a mixture of "old vinyl, crappy un-sellable CDs, television (Wheel Of Fortune!), the 'better looking' talk show hosts (they seem to sound better as well), noisy deaf people, films, bootlegs (again), radio, street-noises and animals." Quite the mix.

10-25 Utrecht, NL - de Vloer
10-26 Enschede, NL - Attak
11-01 Philadelphia, PA - Northstar
11-02 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
11-03 Boston, MA - TT The Bear's
11-04 Montreal, PQ - Cafe Campus
11-05 Toronto, ON - El Mocambo
11-06 London, ON - TBA
11-07 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11-08 Detroit, MI - Detroit Cont
11-09 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
11-10 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
11-13 Seattle, WA - Graceland
11-14 Portland, OR - Berbatti's
11-16 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
11-17 Los Angeles, CA - TBA
11-29 Haarlem, NL - Patronaat
11-30 Amersfoort, NL - de Kelder
12-02 Rotterdam, NL - Rotown
12-05 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
12-06 Cologne, Germany - MTC
12-07 Recklinghausen, Germany - Brazil
12-08 Dresden, Germany - Scheune
12-09 Berlin, Germany - Roter Salon
12-11 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
12-12 Nurenburg, Germany - Desi
12-13 Schorndorf, Germany - Manufaktur
12-14 Feldkirch, Austria - Rauch
12-15 Innsbruck, Austria - Hafer