Unicorns Keep Riding North America
Like "Video Rock", still capitalizing on lucrative mid-80s Trapper Keeper appearances

We try to be thorough, we really do. But there's only so much we can do when a band decides, for one reason or another, that they've had enough of home for a while, and decides to just keep on touring. The Unicorns do seem to love the road, as they're extending their latest jaunt through all of April, a good part of May, and even added one June date: Columbus, Ohio's annual Springfest show, where they are, so far as we can tell, the only band confirmed thus far. Better get cracking, Columbus!

The good thing about all this is that it gives those of you who are American and/or Canadian (don't knock dual citizenship until you've tried it!) a significant number of additional opportunities to catch these guys. What fun it will be, diddle-di diddle-dee, to see one of the hottest bands in independent music right now in their natural habitat, the smoky club. Except, of course, in California, where cigarettes are very bad for you. Pick a date, any date:

03-24 Claremont, CA - Pitzer College *
03-25 Fullerton, CA - The Pub
03-25 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
03-26 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *
03-27 San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord *
03-28 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
03-29 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe *
03-31 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
04-01 Denver, CO - Rock Island *
04-02 Kansas City, MO - Spitfire *
04-03 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock *#
04-04 Chicago, IL - Logan Auditorium *#
04-05 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *#
04-06 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House (w/ Blonde Redhead)
04-07 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod Beeblebrox
04-08 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda (w/ Blonde Redhead)
04-09 Boston, MA - Roxy ^&
04-10 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street ^&
04-11 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church ^&#
04-12 New York, NY - Knitting Factory ^&#
04-13 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #
04-14 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw ^#
04-15 Annandale, NY - Bard College #(w/ 90 Day Men)
04-16 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase Fest
04-17 Providence, RI - The Call
04-18 Medford, MA - Private College Show
04-30 Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College Springfest
05-01 Clinton, NY - Hamilton College
05-06 Kitchener, Ontario - The Starlight
05-07 Hamilton, Ontario - The Underground
05-08 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel (CBC Radio Sonic Party)
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - O Patro Vys (CBC Radio Sonic Party)
05-14 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon (CBC Radio Sonic Party)
06-04 Columbus, OH - OSU Springfest

* with Beans
# with The Ponys
^ with Chromeo
& with Arcade Fire

Additionally, The Unicorns have just released a seven-inch via Suicide Squeeze Records, featuring the new songs "2014" and "Emasculate the Masculine". It's available now at the band's shows, as well as direct through the Suicide Squeeze website.

Suicide Squeeze: http://www.suicidesqueeze.net
Alien8: http://www.alien8recordings.com
The Unicorns: http://www.theunicorns.net