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The New Pornographers thrive on life's little conundrums. Faced with crafting another full-tilt power-pop (er, power-folk) record, they came through with Challengers. Up against the threat of widespread pre-release leaks, they threw a ton of bonus stuff on the album and let it loose early, resulting in much glee amongst their rabid fans.

And now, they face yet another challenge: bringing the new album to the masses in the form of a fall North American tour. Thankfully, they'll have some help, from the likes of support acts like Lavender Diamond, Emma Pollock, and Pornographic side projects Immaculate Machine and Fancey.

But their two Texas dates with Spoon have us particularly excited. Is there a suggestion box where we can suggest that these two tour more together?

The New Pornographers' fourth record, Challengers, as you know, drops August 21 on Matador, though it kinda already did. And the band are playing some music festival this weekend put on by some website. Perhaps you've heard of it?

New Pornographers:

07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) *
07-29 Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Picnic
09-13 Victoria, British Columbia - McPherson Ballroom &
09-14 Seattle, WA - Showbox #!
09-15 Seattle, WA - Showbox #!
09-16 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom #!
09-17 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre #!
09-18 San Diego, CA - House of Blues #!
09-19 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater #!
09-20 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater #@
09-21 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre #@
09-22 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater #@
09-24 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater #@
09-25 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot #@
09-26 Boise, ID - The Egyptian Theatre #@
09-28 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom #!
10-11 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Event Center $
10-12 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwen Hall $
10-13 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwen Hall $
10-14 Missoula, MT - University Theater $
10-15 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Garrick Center $
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue $^
10-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre $^
10-18 Chicago, IL - The Metro $^
10-19 Chicago, IL - The Metro $^
10-20 Buffalo, NY - Riviera Theatre $^
10-21 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre $^
10-22 Montreal, Quebec - Le National $^
10-23 Boston, MA - The Roxy $^
10-24 New York, NY - Webster Hall $^
10-25 New York, NY - Webster Hall $&
10-26 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero $&
10-27 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club $^
10-28 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel $&
10-30 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse $&
10-31 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues $&
11-01 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live $+
11-02 Dallas, TX - House of Blues $+
11-03 Austin, TX - Waterloo (Fun Fun Fun Fest)
11-04 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall &$
11-05 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre &$

* with Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, the Sea and Cake, Junior Boys, the Field, Cadence Weapon, the Cool Kids, Klaxons, Nomo, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Menomena, Craig Taborn's Junk Magic, Brightblack Morning Light, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra
& with Immaculate Machine
# with Lavender Diamond
! with Fancey
@ with the Awkward Stage
$ with Emma Pollock
^ with Benjy Ferree
+ with Spoon