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North Carolina, come on and raise up! Your very own Bowerbirds are flocking your way to benefit their hometown of Raleigh's Lump Gallery before setting out on a full-fledged tour through the early fall.

The makers of many handsome Hymns for a Dark Horse (released by Pitchfork contributor Grayson Currin's label, truth told) will be joined in large part on said tour by fellow songsmiths John Vanderslice and the Mountain Goats, causing folk sophisticates continent-wide to break from growing their beards and step out. Taking your shirt off and spinning it like a helicopter is, as always, optional.

Bowerbirds:

08-17 Raleigh, NC - Lump Gallery (benefit show)
08-29 Chicago, IL - Schubas #
09-01 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ^
09-02 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
09-04 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord
09-06 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour %$
09-07 San Diego, CA - Casbah %
09-08 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts %
09-09 Tucson, AZ - Plush %
09-11 Austin, TX - The Parish %
09-12 Norman, OK - The Opolis %
09-14 Dallas, TX - The Loft %
09-15 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon %
09-20 Washington, DC - The Black Cat *
09-21 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
09-22 Philadelphia, PA - Northstar Bar *
09-24 Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Icon *
09-25 Toronto, Onatario - Lee's Palace *
09-27 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre *
09-29 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street *
09-30 Boston, MA - Middle East *
10-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
10-02 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B *

# with Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Papercuts
^ with Califone
% with John Vanderslice
$ with Bodies of Water
* with the Mountain Goats