The Ponys Tour Before Turning the Lights Out

The Ponys won't officially Turn the Lights Out until March 20, when their Matador debut of that same name is released, but with ComEd prices on the rise, they're cutting home electricity costs by hitting the road for a tour in advance of the album.

The Chicagoans will headline the previously reported Tomorrow Never Knows festival at their hometown joint, Schubas, tonight, and trot allll the way to Bloomington, Illinois tomorrow.

The Ponys will then take a break until mid-March, when they will launch a North American tour with former In the Red labelmates the Black Lips.

Turn the Lights Out:

01 Double Vision
02 Everyday Weapon
03 Small Talk
04 Turn the Lights Out
05 1209 Seminary
06 Shine
07 Kingdom of Hearts
08 Poser Psychotic
09 Exile on My Street
10 Harakiri
11 Maybe I'll Try
12 Pickpocket Song

Dates:

01-12 Chicago, IL - Schubas (Tomorrow Never Knows) *
01-13 Bloomington, IL - Paulie's
03-13 Memphis, TN - Young Avenue Deli #
03-18 Houston, TX - The Mink #!
03-19 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack's #
03-21 Atlanta, GA - Earl #
03-22 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
03-23 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #
03-24 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
03-25 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
03-26 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
03-27 Cambridge, MA - TT the Bear's #
03-28 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #
03-29 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #
03-30 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
03-31 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium #

* with Benjy Ferree, Sano, the Early Tapes, DJ Matt Fields
# with the Black Lips
! with Deerhunter

MP3: The Ponys: Double Vision [from the forthcoming Turn the Lights Out LP]