In a move that will probably be somewhat polarizing for the Radiohead crowd, experimental trash rock group Liars has been slotted as main support on select US tour dates.

Liars most recent eponymous album was released in 2007 and received accolades from The New York Times, Rolling Stone and a bunch of other publications that a lot of people read, and it even impressed the austere tastemakers over at Pitchfork. Their single “Plaster Casts of Everything” made Pitchfork’s Top 100 singles of 2007 (no. 48) and the video for which also appeared on their Top 50 videos list. And look! You can watch it right here below. If you’ve had too much coffee (or heavier mind altering substances) today, you might want to hold off. Tour dates after the jump.

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Liars is kinda hit or miss for me, but I really dug that Brocken Witch album. However, I’ve heard their live shows are something of a spectacle. The group recently wrapped up an arena tour in support of Interpol and Liars frontman Angus Andrew described the experience as follows:

“When we last toured the States it was quite royally. Interpol laid out a magic carpet ride that took us from one historic venue to another. The whole experience was a mind-blowing orgy of music and memories.”

Memories, dude. The New York Times was similarly stoked on the experience.

“[Liars] worked the Garden stage like rock stars… with Andrew strutting and gesticulating in a white suit and a big, relentless beat, Liars sounded at home as arena-rock.”

For the Liars US tour, they’ll be cramming that big arena energy into smaller venues, thereby throwing it all up in your face. The group will stop at Slim’s in San Francisco, The Casbah in San Diego (great venue, by the way), Metro in Chicago and Warsaw in Brooklyn on their jaunt across the US. Los Angeles band No Age will be in support. Dates after the jump. (more…)