Ah, the old heart-on-sleeve approach. Sometimes, nothing beats it. It worked for the Boss, it worked for U2, hell, it even worked for Jimmy Eat World in the ’90s. And now, as ever, the mantle has been passed to a new generation of “oh my god, this is what I’m feeling right now, just deal with it!” troubadours. And topping that list? The manic-depressive wunderkids of Titus Andronicus and Los Campesinos! And here in 2009, you can “just deal” with the fact that these hormone-high boys and girls will be teaming up to do a tour together!
That’s right, on the veritable eve of the re-mastered re-release of Titus Andronicus’s raucous The Airing of Grievances (due physically on [XL
Recordings->http://www.xlrecordings.com] on January 20), Titus Andronicus and Los Campesinos! will be striking out for a U.S. jaunt that will surely make you feel both incredibly excited and incurably depressed and angry, all within the span of a couple of hours. But you know who’s really going to be depressed? The poor guys who have to put “Titus Andronicus / Los Campesinos!” on all those marquees this winter. What a mouthful. And, do those plastic letter sets even come with punctuation marks, anyway?
Titus! Andronicus! Los! Campesinos! Ahhhh!
01.15.09 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
01.16.09 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
01.17.09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
01.19.09 - Jacksonville, FL Jack Rabbits
01.21.09 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
01.24.09 - Nashville, TN - Exit-In
01.25.09 - Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
01.27.09 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jack’s
01.29.09 - Houston, TX - Walter’s on
01.30.09 - Austin, TX - The Parish
01.31.09 - Dallas, TX - Club Dada
02.03.09 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
02.03.09 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
02.04.09 - St. Louis, MO - The Gargoyle
02.06.09 - Madison, WI - Der Rathskeller
02.07.09 - Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
02.10.09 - Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College Ladies Literary Club
02.11.09 - Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts
02.12.09 - Swarthmore, PA - Swarthmore College Olde Club
02.13.09 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
02.14.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
02.15.09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
