Pitchfork: Maxïmo Park Announce U.S. Dates

Franz Ferdinand be damned! Spunky British outfit Max�mo Park have been hogging the fuck out of the dance-punk playlist on our iPods lately with their infectious debut LP A Certain Trigger. And while the band are currently swimming in a sea of overcrowded soundalikes (so many now that they're actually starting feuds-- how cute!), a recent Album of the Year nomination for the 2005 Mercury Prize might finally convince our younger siblings to stop insisting that Max�mo "are TOTALLY those guys who sing 'Take Me Out.'"

Regardless of the Mercury Prize outcome, which will be announced September 6, Max�mo Park will head out on a late-summer U.S. tour opening for n�-wave wanks the Bravery. The nine-city trek kicks off in early September, following a number of European appearances that include stops at the UK's hallowed Reading and Leeds festivals. Another supporting tour, this time opening up for fellow Mercury Prize competitors the Kaiser Chiefs in the UK, will also follow in October-- although all dates are reportedly sold out. We predict a riot:

08-05 Odemira, Portugal - Sudoeste Festival
08-07 Valencia, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-11 Oslo, Norway - �YA Festival
08-12 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
08-13 Aulnoye Aymeries, France - Festival Les Nuits Secretes
08-14 Saint-Malo, France - La Route Du Rock
08-17 Cannes, France - Festival Pantiero
08-18 Zurich, Germany - Mascotte Club
08-19 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpopfestival
08-20 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands
08-26 Leeds, England - Bramham Park (Leeds Festival)
08-27 Cologne, Germany - Spex Festival
08-28 Reading, England - Richfield Avenue (Carling Festival)
09-04 Bologna, Spain - Independent Days Festival
09-08 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour
09-11 Vancouver, BC - Richard's On Richards *
09-12 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
09-13 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater *
09-15 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
09-16 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre *
09-17 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
09-19 Tucson, AZ - The Rialto *
09-21 Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom *
09-22 Fayetteville, AR - Univ. Of Arkansas *
09-23 Dallas, TX - Trees *
09-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10-15 Manchester, England - Apollo #
10-16 Manchester, England - Apollo #
10-18 Leeds, England - Town Hall #
10-19 Leeds, England - Town Hall #
10-20 Leeds, England - Town Hall #
10-22 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy #
10-23 Birmingham, England - Birmingham Academy #
10-25 London, England - Brixton Academy #
10-26 London, England - Brixton Academy #
10-27 Brixton, England - Brixton Academy #
10-29 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Academy #
10-30 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow Academy #
12-04 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfran Book
12-05 Glasgow, Scotland - QMU
12-06 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
12-07 London, England - Hammersmith Palais
12-09 Liverpool, England - Academy
12-10 Newcastle, England - Academy