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Jeff Hanson, who just might be the only artist on the Kill Rock Stars roster to name-drop both John Lennon and Brett Favre, sounds a little like Elliott Smith and a lot like Jeff Buckley, especially during the warbley parts. The latter two have toured their last, but Hanson starts his next in Madison, Wisconsin tonight.

As he strums from Midwest to the West Coast and back, Hanson will be accompanied by Southerly, the anti-folk/alt-country blur known to his mother as Krist Krueger. Then he'll head to Japan for a four-day stint with the luminous Shugo Tokumaru.

Post-tour, Hanson will hit the studio to record a new album. It's set to street this fall, just in time for cardigan sweater season.

MMMBop:

01-27 Madison, WI - UWM Union @ Club 770 *
01-28 Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club *
01-29 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
01-30 Gambier, OH - Kenyon College *
01-31 Newport, KY - Southgate House *
02-01 Nashville, TN - Muse *
02-02 Baton Rouge, LA - Red Star Bar *
02-03 Denton, TX - Hailey's *
02-04 Santa Fe, NM - Warehouse 21 *
02-05 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *
02-07 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture *
02-08 San Diego, CA - Che Café *
02-10 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
02-11 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern *
02-12 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge *$
02-13 La Grande, OR - Mercantile *
02-14 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *
02-15 Boulder, CO - Outer Space *
02-16 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
02-17 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *
02-19 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
02-23 Matsumoto, Japan - Café Kurakura ^
02-24 Kyoto, Japan - Café Independants ^#
02-25 Nagoya, Japan - Tokuzo ^+
02-26 Tokyo, Japan - O-Nest ^%

*with Southerly
$ with Protest Hill
^ with Shugo Tokumaru
# with Youcan
+ with Ogre You Asshole
% with good music!

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