New Pornographers to Kick Off Tour on Monday

If this news isn't enough to put a smile on your face, the tour itself is set to be a full family and friend affair which is destined to be lively and memorable. Joining the band on most dates are opening bands Destroyer, which is part-time New Pornographers songwriter and performer Dan Bejar's main project, and Immaculate Machine, who feature one Kathryn Calder, the somewhat newly discovered long lost niece of the Pornos' ace tunesmith Carl (A.C.) Newman. Like countless others in the past, Calder has joined the band for the time being, after providing some vocals on Twin Cinema as well as sitting in for the sometime absent Neko Case.

Finally, another little something that might brighten your day would be to seek out the new pornographic (ok...not really) video for "Use It" which features the band as lumpen dummies being manipulated by not-very-well-disguised helpers, including a black-clothed David Cross, favorite potty-mouthed comedian (and Bluth family associate) of the indie rock clique. Here are the tour dates and retail performances:

08-22 Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records, Ballard, street date in-store performance, 11pm
08-24 San Francisco CA - Amoeba Music in-store performance, 7pm
08-25 Los Angeles CA - Tower Records, Sunset, in-store performance, 7pm
08-26 Santa Ana CA - Galaxy Theatre #
08-27 San Diego CA - Lou's Records in-store performance, 2pm
09-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom +
09-22 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar $
09-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom $
09-24 Seattle, WA - Showbox $
09-25 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom $
09-27 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
09-28 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club $
09-29 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater $
09-30 Solano Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern $
10-01 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre $
10-03 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre $
10-05 Lawrence, KS - Granada $
10-06 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights $
10-07 Newport, KY - Southgate House $
10-08 Kalamazoo, MI - Club Soda $
10-09 Toronto, Ontario - The Docks $
10-10 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe $
10-11 Boston, MA - The Roxy $
10-12 New York, NY - Webster Hall $
10-13 New York, NY - Webster Hall $
10-14 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero $
10-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club $
10-16 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle $
10-17 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse $
10-18 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge $
10-20 Chicago, IL - Metro $
10-21 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre $
10-22 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave $

# with Satisfaction & TBA
+ with Tim Fite
$ with Destroyer & Immaculate Machine

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