Pitchfork

It's a tour de horse! Sorry, let's try that again. Band of Horses are about to become Band of Tourses! OK, I'll stop.

Band of Horses kick off their summer North American tour tomorrow with a little Bigfoot fun at Washington's Sasquatch! festival. From there, the quintet canter from the Northwest through the Midwest. After a two-night stand in Chicago, Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke and crew trot towards the East Coast before dipping down into the South and then heading back towards the Northwest again. After completing that circuit, the equitable equestrians gallop back to Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival. Yee haw!

I go to the barn because I like the tour dates:

05-27 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch!)
05-30 Boise, ID - Record Exchange (in-store)
05-31 Boise, ID - Neurolux/Crazy *$
06-03 Fargo, ND - Aquarium *
06-04 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
06-06 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
06-07 Chicago, IL - Schubas *@
06-08 Bloomington, IN - Blue Bird's *@
06-09 Cincinnati, OH - Alchemize Bar *@
06-10 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *@
06-11 Cleveland Heights, Ohio - Grog Shop * @
06-13 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *@
06-15 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero #
06-16 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *@
06-17 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *@
06-18 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw *@
06-20 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern *@
06-21 West Columbia, SC - New Brookland Tavern *@
06-22 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *@
06-23 New Orleans, LA - The Parish (House of Blues) *@
06-24 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *@
06-25 Austin, TX - The Parish *@
06-26 Denton, TX - Hailey's *@
06-28 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *@
06-29 Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room *@
06-30 Los Angeles, CA - Echo *@
07-01 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *@
07-03 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *@
07-28 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-29 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival)%

* with Mt. Egypt
$ with Slow Signals
@ with the Can't See
# with Yo La Tengo, the Stills, Matt Pond PA, Todd Barry
% with Silver Jews, the Futureheads, Ted Leo/Pharmacists, Art Brut, Destroyer, Mountain Goats, Man Man, Hot Machines, Chin Up Chin Up, A-Trak, Matthew Dear, Matmos, Spank Rock, Ghislain Poirier, Tyondai Braxton, Chicago Underground Duo, Flosstradamus, 8 Bold Souls, more