Heartless Bastards move 'The Mountain' this fall
Indie-rockers the Heartless Bastards are heading out on a US fall tour to preview material from their forthcoming album, "The Mountain."
The power-trio will start this Saturday (9/13) with a performance at the Southern Comfort Music Experience in Altamont, NY, and visit nearly 35 cities across the country through late November. Dates include a Sept. 28 performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival.
Heartless Bastards will team with Langhorne Slim & Dead Confederate in September/October and with The Broken West in November. The full itinerary is listed below.
"The Mountain," due in January, is the Heartless Bastards' third record on Fat Possum Records and features a new lineup and new instrumentation that weaves in mandolins, banjos and strings. An unmastered version of the title track is streaming at the group's MySpace page.
Last October, Ohio-bred singer/songwriter/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom moved to Austin to write the new album and work with producer Mike McCarthy (Spoon, Trail of Dead). She spent six months holed up in an apartment writing, and then assembled a new group featuring Cincinnati brethren Dave Colvin (drums) and Jesse Ebaugh (bass), who actually played on the Heartless Bastards' original demo.
The lineup on the fall outing will also include Bill Elm on lap steel and occasionally will feature Zy O. Lyn on violin.
September 2008
13 - Altamont, NY - Southern Comfort Music Experience
25 - Houston, TX - Last Concert Cafe
26 - Austin, TX - Emo's
28 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Music Festival
29 - Little Rock, AR - Sticky Fingerz
30 - St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill
October 2008
1 - Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
2 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
5 - Columbus, OH - The Basement Nightclub
7 - Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall
8 - Cambridge, MA - T.T. The Bear's
9 - York, PA - Capitol Theater
10 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
13 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
14 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
15 - Atlanta, GA - The 5 Spot
16 - Nashville, TN - Exit / In
17 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
18 - New Orleans, LA - D.B.A.
November 2008
3 - Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Company
4 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
5 - San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar
7 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
8 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
11 - Seattle, WA - The Tractor
14 - Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
15 - Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
16 - Iowa City, IA - The Picador
18 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
19 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
21 - Dallas, TX - Club DaDa
22 - Austin, TX - Stubb's
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