Pitchfork: Posies to Hit the Road Again Soon

The reunited Posies found much success on the road this summer. In fact, in a recent interview with UK zine LeftLion, bassist Matt Harris said the band's latest tour "seems to be pretty much on fire these days." Stringfellow agrees, describing the shows as "barnstorming, cow-fucking, mother-fucking." Well, we think he was agreeing. Point is, building on momentum from that tour and from their latest LP, Every Kind of Light, the band is extending the summer tryst into a massive fall roadtrip.

With main contributors Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow back on board after having veered off into solo and side-project territory (Stringfellow still tours with R.E.M., recently joining them on stage at Live 8 in London), the Posies released Every Kind of Light on Rykodisc back on June 28. Harris, whose band Oranger will join the Posies on tour, joined up for Every Kind of Light, as did ex-Preston School of Industry drummer Darren Minwalla. Dallas-based popsters the Deathray Davies will also contribute support, ditto Earlimart, Swords, and Lou Barlow (albeit only for one-night stands). Dates:

09-04 Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot
09-07 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *#
09-08 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory *#
09-09 San Diego, CA - Casbah *#
09-10 Tempe, AZ - Last Exit Bar & Grill+
09-11 Tucson, AZ - Plush #
09-12 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad #
09-14 Dallas, TX - Trees #
09-15 Austin, TX - The Parish #
09-16 Houston, TX - Fat Cat's #
09-18 New Orleans, LA - TwiRoPa #
09-19 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder #
09-21 Birmingham, AL - The Nick #
09-22 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
09-23 Nashville, TN - Exit/In #%
09-24 Athens, GA - Tastyworld *#
09-25 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *#
09-26 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
09-27 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber *#$
09-28 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *#
09-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
09-30 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse *#
10-01 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *#
10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace %
10-04 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *#
10-05 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *#
10-06 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop *#
10-07 Chicago, IL - Double Door *#
10-08 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar *
10-09 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall *
10-10 Madison, WI - High Noon *
10-11 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis *
10-13 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *
10-19 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
10-20 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *

* with Oranger
# with Deathray Davies
+ with Swords
$ with Earlimart
% with Lou Barlow

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