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So it looks like Birdmonster jinxed themselves. A recent entry in their blog reads, "I was half-way to the office and suddenly, my hand was wet. And discolored. And disgusting. I looked up and, if pigeons could smile, that pigeon smiled, flapped its bubonic plagued wings, and flew away, doubtlessly to crap on other unsuspecting bystanders."

How monstrous!.

Despite this roadblock, the San Francisco four-piece has no intentions of ditching its name, especially now that "Birdmonster" is scribbled on venue calendars across the continent.

The band launches a tour this weekend in support of their debut album No Midnight, which will be released by SpinArt on August 29.

No Midnight:

01 Skeleton Suit
02 Balcony
03 'Cause You Can
04 Alabama
05 The Bar in the Back of the Basement
06 No Midnight
07 Sparrow
08 Of Mice
09 What's With Your Brain?
10 All the Holes in the Walls
11 Ice Age
12 Ball of Yarn
13 Spaceman

Dates:

08-12 Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro
08-15 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
08-16 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
08-17 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
08-18 Tucson, AZ - Plush *
08-19 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *
08-21 San Antonio, TX - Limelight *
08-22 Houston, TX - Proletariat *
08-23 Dallas, TX - Double Wide *
08-24 Austin, TX - Stubb's *
08-26 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues #
08-29 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar %
08-31 East Atlanta, GA - The Earl %
09-01 Athens, GA - 40 Watt %
09-02 Charlotte, NC - Visulite %
09-03 Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre %
09-04 Washington, DC - Black Cat %
09-05 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #$
09-07 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge %
09-08 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
09-09 Boston, MA - Middle East #$
09-10 Montreal, Quebec - TBA
09-11 Toronto, Ontario - TBA
09-12 Rochester, NY - TBA
09-13 Pittsburgh, PA - TBA
09-14 Cleveland, OH - TBA
09-15 Detroit, MI - TBA
09-16 Chicago, IL - Double Door #$
09-18 Minneapolis, MN - Nomad World Pub $
09-21 Spokane, WA - TBA
09-22 Portland, OR - Lola's *
09-24 Seattle, WA - El Corazon *
09-26 Eugene, OR - TBA
09-30 San Francisco, CA - Slim's

* with Division Day
# with Catfish Haven
% with the Sammies
$ with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin