Modest Mouse Tour, Hawk New 7"

Indie-rock colossus Modest Mouse started off making limited-edition singles for Northwest labels like Up and K, and, recently, they've been returning to those roots. After recently releasing the "Satellite Skin" 7" (initially intended for Record Store Day, though it arrived a little later than that), just this past week Modest Mouse issued another 45: "Autumn Beds" b/w "Whale Song."

In celebration of such, Isaac Brock and crew are doing something almost as old-timey as pressing up a phonographic record: touring! Modest Mouse's traveling roadshow will roll through North America in Late August, Early September, though, this time, without the added old-man bonus of legendary Smiths six-stringer Johnny Marr on guitar.

They Paid for Gas to Drive Around:
August 17: Halifax, Nova Scotia - Forum Multipurpose Room
August 19: Montreal, PQ - Metropolis
August 20: Kingston, ON - Ale House
August 21: Toronto, ON - Sound Academy
August 24: Columbus, OH - Lifestyle Pavilion
August 25: Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
August 28: San Diego, CA - Street Scene
August 30: San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
September 1: Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
September 2: Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
September 3: Billings, MT - Alberta Blair Theater
September 4: Missoula, MT - Wilma Theater
September 5: Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
September 7: Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot