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Of Montreal: Are they the zaniest kids to come out of Athens, Ga., since the B-52's? Kevin Barnes and his posse are heading out on a second string of dates in support of his latest work, The Sunlandic Twins, which came out April 12 via Polyvinyl Records.

The LP-- a dancy, electro-fused change of pace from its psych-pop predecessor Satanic Panic in the Attic-- has also yielded a new single of sorts. The Kangaroo Alliance (aka Lauren Gregg and Craig Sheldon) created an animated music video for "Wraith Pinned to the Mist", and got it played on MTV2's "Subterranean" on June 26. And so continues our alabee:

08-13 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club (Popfest 2005)
08-23 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
08-24 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *
08-25 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
08-26 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
08-27 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix *
08-28 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
08-30 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
08-31 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig *
09-01 Champaign, IL- Canopy Club *
09-02 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *
09-03 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club *#
09-04 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *
09-05 Madison, WI - Club 770 Union South *
09-07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
09-08 Pittsburgh, PA - The Andy Warhol Museum *
09-09 Buffalo, NY - The Buffalo ICON *
09-10 Albany, NY - Valentine's *
09-11 Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Downstairs *
09-14 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-15 New York, NY - Knitting Factory (CMJ Music Marathon)
09-16 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
09-17 Charlotte, NC - The Casbah at Tremont Music Hall *

* with the Management
# with Grand Buffet

A short tour of Japan and a longer tour of Europe will start in mid-October if all goes according to plan.