Pitchfork: Boris Storm Through Europe

Comrade Yeltsin may have passed on (though he's still loved), but at least we have one Boris left to strike fear into the hearts of Europeans everywhere. No, not that one. Try the Southern Lord-signed, monolithic Japanese trio behind last year's envelope-obliterating Pink.

In a tour of truly epic proportions, Boris will descend upon Europe next month, joined on occasion by like-minded earth-rattlers like Isis, Pelican, and Oxbow. Indeed, the Boris/Isis/Oxbow leg that hits former Soviet satellites in mid-June is being billed as "Love's Holiday". Now isn't that just adorable?

As you're probably aware, the Boris/Michio Kurihara collaboration Rainbow recently materialized Stateside via Drag City.

Throw your shoes in the sky:

06-17 Ljubljana, Slovenia - Cvetlicarna Mediapark *
06-18 Vienna, Austria - Szene
06-19 Wroclaw, Poland - Firelej *
06-20 Warsaw, Poland - Progresja *
06-22 Prague, Czech Republic - Palace Akropolis *
06-23 Dortmund, Germany - FZW
06-24 Tilburg, Netherlands - 013 Popcentrum
06-25 Brighton, England - Engine Rooms
06-26 Manchester, England - Sacred Trinity Church
06-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice'n'Sleazy
06-28 Newcastle, England - The Cluny
06-29 Sheffield, England - Corporation
06-30 Nottingham, England - TBA
07-01 Bristol, England - The Cooler
07-02 London, England - KOKO *
07-03 Kortrijk, Belgium - De Kreun
07-04 Stuttgart, Germany - Club Schocken ^
07-05 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow Club
07-06 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival

* with Isis, Oxbow
^ with Pelican