One of my bands opened up for Pit Er Pat a while back - we sought them out because we have a healthy fixation for anything on the Thrill Jockey label. If you dig on off-kilter carnival rhythms and cryptic interlocking male/female vocals, you’ll be doing yourself a favor by clicking here.

Tour dates after the jump:

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Whoever first tagged Stephen Malkmus as a slacker did the lanky indie rock pied piper-turned-hipster jam band leader did him a great injustice. Just sayin’. His upcoming Real Emotional Trash tour will take him through parts of Canada, Japan, the UK, and a brief stop at the Lollapalooza festival. In about a month.

Not bad for a slacker, eh?

07-16 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
07-17 Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
07-19 Brooklyn, NY - Coney Island (Siren Festival)
07-27 Niigata, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-24 Brighton, England - Komedia
08-25 Bristol, England - Thekla
08-27 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
08-29 Argyll, Scotland - Hydro Connect Festival