Pitchfork

From holding down the bottom end on the first Liars record to stirring up mayhem with n0 things to plucking strings alongside former Knife Skills axelady Anna Barie, Pat Noecker's got a peerless noise-punk pedigree.

Pat, Anna, and drummer Ted McGrath's recently-cobbled These Are Powers will show just what those powers are on a tour setting off May 21 in Pittsburgh. Judging by the recently-issued "Silver Lung"/"Funeral Xylophone"/"Crows of Troy" single out now on Elsie and Jack, our guess is those powers include skronk-rocking and making the mourning process fun and plinky.

These are dates:

05-21 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
05-22 Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC
05-23 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
05-24 Ames, IA - The Practice Space *
05-25 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
05-26 Lincoln, NE - Duffy's Tavern *
05-30 Lawrence, KS - Eighth Street Taproom
05-31 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
06-01 Springfield, MO - TBA
06-02 Little Rock, AR - Whitewater Tavern
06-03 Memphis, TN - Murphy's %
06-04 Nashville, TN - Ruby Green %
06-05 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light %
06-06 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's Bar %
06-07 Atlanta, GA - Crackhouse %
06-08 Charleston, SC - 52.5 Records %
06-09 Greenville, NC - Spazzatorium Galleria %
06-10 Richmond, VA - Alley Katz
06-11 Washington, DC - Warehouse Nextdoor
06-12 Baltimore, MD - TBA
06-13 Philadelphia, PA - Queen of Sheba Pub II ^
06-14 Pawtucket, RI - Machines With Magnets
06-15 New London, CT - TBA
06-16 Brooklyn, NY - Silent Barn #

* with Head of Femur
% with SIDS
^ with King Kong Ding Dong
# with Pterodactyl