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Doctors make a killing (ha), but they're lacking one important thing: friendships with cool indie rockers. Word is, however, tacking "Dog" on after the "Dr." somehow ups the cool points to mega-cool proportions, despite the fact that it makes for one of the worst phrases in alliterative history.

The moral of the story? Philly rock quintet Dr. Dog are touring with some seriously cool peeps: Cold War Kids, the Raconteurs, the Magic Numbers, and the Black Keys! Frigid!

In celebration, they will release a limited edition (only 1,000 copies, kiddos), handmade (each one's unique), six-song EP, Takers and Leavers, via Park the Van Records. The disc arrives September 12 and features four exclusive songs and two tunes-- "Ain't It Strange" and "Goner"-- that will appear on Dr. Dog's next full-length. That as-of-yet untitled disc, their fourth LP overall, will hit record store shelves on February 13, 2007. Both releases were recorded on a 24 track and produced by the Docs themselves.

Takers and Leavers tracklist:

01 Ain't It Strange
02 Goner
03 I've Just Got to Tell You
04 Die, Die, Die
05 California
06 Live in a Dream

Dates:

09-07 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
09-08 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
09-09 San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord *
09-11 Portland, OR – Music Millennium NW (in-store)
09-11 Portland, OR - Dantes *
09-12 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café *
09-14 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre ^
09-15 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Live ^
09-16 Fayetteville, AK – Gypsy ^
09-18 Athens, GA - Tasty World ^
09-19 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle ^
09-20 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live ^
09-21 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
09-22 Norfolk, VA - NorVA Theater ^
09-23 Richmond, VA - Gallery 5
09-24 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues ^
09-25 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom ^
09-26 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom ^
09-28 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel ^
09-29 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre ^
09-30 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis ^
10-20 Harrisburg, PA – Dragonfly
11-08 Glasgow, Scotland – King Tut’s
11-09 Dublin, Ireland – Crawdaddy
11-10 Liverpool, England – Liverpool University #
11-11 Manchester, England – Manchester Apollo #
11-12 Derby, England – Assembly Rooms #
11-14 Portsmouth, England – Guildhall #
11-15 Bristol, England – Carling Academy #
11-16 Cardiff, Wales – Cardiff University #
11-27 Madison, WI – Majestic Theater %
11-29 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue %
12-01 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater %
12-12 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues %
12-14 Memphis, TN – New Daisy/Young Avenue %

* with Cold War Kids
^ with the Raconteurs
# with the Magic Numbers
% with the Black Keys