Pitchfork

Make a note, fans: Linguistically speaking, "The Brokedown" is no more. Following a cease-and-desist order from an act with a "similar name," the recent Merge signees are now going by "the Broken West". Fortunately, legal action against shared birthnames isn't the norm, or our Editor-in-Chief could be facing off against a certain university newspaper editor. (Watch your back, kid!)

As previously reported, the Broken West, whose debut LP, I Can't Go On, I'll Go On, drops January 23, will romp around the U.S. with the Walkmen and Ferraby Lionheart throughout March.

Until then, the five-piece is lined up to play a string of shows, all west of the Mississippi. The festivities kick off tonight with a gig at L.A.'s Spaceland venue, where the Broken West is serving a (free!) Monday night residency through the end of the month.

Dates:

01-08 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
01-15 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
01-22 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
01-23 Los Angeles, CA - Sea Level Records
01-29 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland #
02-05 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
02-07 Eugene, OR - Sam Bond's Garage
02-08 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge #^
02-09 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
02-10 Mt. Hood, OR - Ratskeller
02-12 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
02-13 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
02-15 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts %
02-27 Austin, TX - Emo's
02-28 Dallas, TX - Cavern
03-02 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
03-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *&
03-09 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *&
03-10 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *&
03-11 Chicago, IL - Schubas *&
03-12 Newport, KY - Southgate House *&
03-13 Louisville, KY - Headliners *&
03-14 Austin, TX - South by Southwest
03-18 New Orleans, LA - Parish at the House of Blues *&
03-19 Tallahassee, FL - Beta Bar *&
03-20 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *&
03-21 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle *&
03-22 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *&
03-23 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel *&

* with Ferraby Lionheart
# with All Smiles
^ with Quasi
% with the Autumn Defense
& with the Walkmen