Pitchfork

Echo-laden equine epic-makers Band of Horses are by all accounts putting the final coat of reverb on the follow-up to last year's monster debut Everything All the Time, but they've found the time to rope in a handful of tour dates this summer.

They'll stick to the left side of the North American continent for a week or so starting June 30, ultimately saddling up with the Decemberists (and Andrew Bird) for their orchestratal Hollywood Bowl show. In August, the Horse whisperers hit Coney Island with Modest Mouse and Clipse (!) and then make their way to a couple of stops on the roving Download Festival.

Band of Horses:

06-30 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar's Nightclub %
07-01 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards %
07-02 Seattle, WA - Showbox %*
07-03 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom %*
07-05 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall %*
07-06 San Diego, CA - Cane's Ballroom %*
07-07 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl $
08-08 Brooklyn, NY - Keyspan Park #!
08-18 Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center (Download Festival) #
09-02 East Troy, WI - Alpine Valley Music Theater (Download Festival)

% with A Decent Animal
* with Stardeath & White Dwarfs
$ with the Decemberists, Andrew Bird
# with Modest Mouse
! with Clipse, Love as Laughter