Pitchfork: Mogwai Launch Tour, Prep New Single

Charge up those camera phones, bring a tape recorder, and hell, grab a net just in case, for it is once again time to follow the beast. After bursting some ear drums at Coachella on Sunday, Mogwai are revving up the tour bus and hitting Interstate pavement for the second time this year.

The Scots will rock the first official gig of this run tonight in Salt Lake City. Once again, fans can track Mogwai's progress through pictures, video clips, and even favorite points of interest on the band's tour blog/map/so much more site Follow the Beast.

After wrapping up the North American portion of this trek, Mogwai will play scattered performances (most of them at festivals) throughout Europe during the summer, including a stint at Singapore's famous Esplanade Theatre.

Roaaaaaaaaaar:

05-02 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot *
05-03 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre *
05-04 Lawrence, KS - Granada *
05-05 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom *
05-06 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa *
05-08 Athens, GA - 40 Watt *
05-09 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre *
05-10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05-11 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom #
05-12 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
05-13 New York, NY - Webster Hall #
05-14 Boston, MA - Avalon #
05-15 Montreal, Quebec - Spectrum #
05-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix #
05-18 Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall #
05-19 Chicago, IL - Metro #
05-20 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue #
05-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox ^
05-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-25 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
05-27 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore ^
07-12 Montreaux, Switzerland - Montreaux Jazz Festival
07-16 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
08-01 Singapore, Singapore - Esplanade Theatre
08-04 Haldern, Germany - Haldern Festival
08-11 St. Malo, France - La Route du Rock
09-22 London, England - Royal Albert Hall
09-26 Paris, France - Olympia
09-27 Brussels, Belgium - Cirque Royale

* with Jack Rose
# with Torche
^ with Earth

On June 19, PIAS Recordings will release the next Mr. Beast single, "Travel Is Dangerous", on June 19. It comes backed with a couple of remixes and two live tracks recorded in Tokyo in January.

Tracklist:

01 Travel Is Dangerous
02 Friend of the Night (Acid Casuals Mix)
03 Auto Rock (Errors Mix)
04 Like Herod (Live)
05 We're No Here (Live)

For more Beast-ly doings, check out the first episode of Matador's new video podcast, which features "an inside look at the making of" the album.