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Getting a jump on that hallowed season of "urges", frisky critters Animal Collective embark tonight on a 26-date search for the perfect mate. Will they find him/her/it in sleepy Boston? Lively Lansing? Exotic Kyoto? In the California desert to the tune of "Personal Jesus"? Or maybe that special someone has been there all along-could it be tour-buddy BARR??? Ah, the drama:

02-21 Boston, MA - Avalon *#
02-22 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe *#
02-23 Toronto, Ontario - The Opera House *#
02-24 Lansing, MI - Temple Club *#
02-25 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium (two shows) *#
02-26 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *#
03-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *#
03-02 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
03-03 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *#
03-04 Sacramento, CA - The Library *#
03-05 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *#
03-07 Los Angeles, CA - The Vanguard *#
03-10 Kyoto, Japan - Metro
03-11 Osaka, Japan - Sansui
03-12 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-West
03-14 San Diego, CA - Epicentre #
03-15 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture ^
03-17 Austin, TX - Fox and Hound *%$
03-19 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %
03-20 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel %
03-21 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
03-22 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom %
03-23 New York, NY - Webster Hall %
03-24 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre
03-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
04-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella Festival) &

* with First Nation
# with BARR
^ with Mr. Fishsticks
$ with Ariel Pink, The Mutts, Tom Brosseau, Múm (DJ set)
% with Storsveit Nix Noltes
& with Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Rós, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power, Devendra Banhart, The Walkmen, Lady Sovereign, Deerhoof, et al

As previously reported, your beloved bringers-of-the-pandemonium have a new single ("Grass") dropping March 21. That puppy's padded out with hot multimedia accoutrements, thereby allowing Animal Collective to stimulate pretty much every nook and cranny of your anatomy. And oh, how they will.

Animal Collective's latest signing to their Paw Tracks label, the trio First Nation, will release their debut 7", "Coronation", on March 7. Their first full-length is slated for June.

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