Pitchfork

Gentleman-cowpunk and self-proclaimed "diva" of Bloodshot Records Alejandro Escovedo has announced a number of tour dates over the next month and a half as he continues to promote his newest album, A Man Under the Influence. Escovedo is well-known for playing the sorts of bitter ballads that Nashville would still make if the damn town had any balls, or that Jay Farrar would still be writing if he hadn't been replaced by pod people five years ago. If Escovedo's live recordings are any indication, he can also do covers of Stooges songs with fiddle sections that work a whole lot better than you'd think. Plus, he's one of the few people walking the earth with a name written in perfect trochaic tetrameter, so William Blake would have loved him.

11-16 Austin, TX - Cactus Cafe
11-24 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
11-29 Birmingham, AL - B & A Warehouse
11-30 Chattanooga, TN - The Attic
12-01 Atlanta, GA - Star Bar
12-02 Carrboro, NC - Go Rehearsal Space
12-03 Arlington, VA - The Iota
12-05 Pittsburgh, PA - The Rosebud
12-07 Lexington, KY - Lynaghs
12-08 Louisville, KY - Jim Porters