Bell Orchestre, Clogs Post-Rocking Across America

In this corner: Clogs, featuring guitarist Bryce Dessner and violinist Padma Newsome of The National. Pitchfork's review of their 2005 album Stick Music advised readers to "head straight for the thesaurus so you can find fresh and exciting ways to say 'sublime.'"

And in this corner: Bell Orchestre, with multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry and violinist Sarah Neufeld of the Arcade Fire. According to us, their latest, Recording a Tape the Colour of Light, "rewards repeat listens and nurtures those lulled by its intoxicating spumes." Sounds like fun, unless you're the one who has to mop those spumes up.

Brought together by a common love for the work of Erik Satie, John Cage, Brian Eno, and Jim Backus, these two crack units will briefly tour the northeasterly parts of our continent together before embarking on their own separate jaunts. The elegant shit hits the ornate Victorian fan starting tonight:

11-03 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (Clogs only, with The National)
11-04 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
11-05 Brooklyn, NY - Sound Fix in store
11-07 New York, NY - Tonic
11-08 New Haven, CT - Firehouse 12
11-10 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Plaza St-Hubert
11-12 Burlington, VT - FlynnSpace at the Flynn Center

Then a few Canadian dates for Bell Orchestre alone:

11-11 Toronto, Ontario - The Music Gallery (2 shows) *
11-13 Sherbrooke, Quebec - Theatre Granada #
11-14 Quebec City, Quebec - Le Kashmir #

* with Kepler
# with Torngat

And finally, there's Clogs' already-packed schedule for 2006, which in addition to a UK tour with the Books will also include the release of their next full-length recording, Lantern, on Brassland on February 6. The gigs:

01-28 Bristol, England - Cube Cinema *
01-30 Norwich, England - Norwich Arts Centre *
01-31 North Yorkshire, England - The Shed *
02-01 Glasgow, Scotland - The Arches *
02-02 Gateshead, England - The Sage Gateshead*
02-03 London, England - The Luminaire*
02-04 Brighton, England - The Corn Exchange*
02-05 Coventry, England - Warwick Arts Centre*
03-31 New York, NY - The Kitchen
04-01 New York, NY - The Kitchen
04-11 Princeton, NJ - Princeton University Department of Music
04-26 Cincinnati, OH - Music Now Festival at Contemporary Arts Center
05-25 New York, NY - Merkin Concert Hall #

* with The Books
# with The Rachel's

If you forget these dates and are wondering where the bands are, just follow the trail of trashed hotel rooms and empty vials.

Bell Orchestre: http://www.bellorchestre.com/
Clogs: http://www.clogsmusic.com/