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the Love Language played Bowery w/ Here We Go Magic (pics & setlist), Jenny & Johnny add NYC openers

photos by Jessica Amaya

Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic

Close to a year ago, Here We Go Magic presented themselves as a newly formed quintet, a group constructed around the layered songwriting and folk sensibilities of musician Luke Temple. While the band had a strong head start with Temple’s solo album, the eponymous Here We Go Magic, when they arrived at Music Hall of Williamsburg in January to play a headlining gig, the audience’s expectations derived solely from the album’s representation of a collective sound. Now, after extensively touring behind Here We Go Magic’s second album, Pigeons (though it is technically their first as a fully realized band), their listeners are familiar with the cast rather than just the director. And, on Wednesday night at The Bowery Ballroom, Temple and Co. returned to New York City with an expanded collection of songs and a reformed sense of self. [Playtonic Dialogues]

Here We Go Magic played Bowery Ballroom on Wednesday, 10/13, with The Love Language and Delicate Steve, their lone East Coast headlining date before heading across the country to meet up with Dr. Dog (who play T5 on 2/18 – tickets on sale NOW). HWGM will also team up with Broken Social Scene for a trio of Canadian dates in December. Full tour dates are below.

The Love Language have no NYC dates in the near future, though they also played Maxwell’s last night and you can catch them at Toad’s Place in CT tonight (10/15). The Raleigh band will skip around the East Coast in the coming weeks, including a couple of dates with Jenny & Johnny who play NYC on 10/19 as part of CMJ with the now-updated lineup of La Sera, Happy Birthday, Times New Viking, and Wild Nothing (but not the Love Language). Tickets are still on sale or you can try to get in with your CMJ badge. .

More pictures from Bowery Ballroom, with a video of The Love Language, setlists and dates, below…

Delicate Steve

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The Love Language performing “This Blood Is Our Own” at Bowery Ballroom 10/13/2010

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HERE WE GO MAGIC – 2010 TOUR DATES
Oct 16 2010 Phoenix (w/ Dr.Dog) Toronto, ON
Oct 18 2010 Town Ballroom (w/ Dr.Dog) Buffalo, NY
Oct 19 2010 Beachland Ballroom (w/ Dr.Dog) Cleveland, OH
Oct 20 2010 The Crofoot (w/ Dr.Dog) Pontiac, MI
Oct 21 2010 Vic Theatre (w/ Dr.Dog) Chicago, IL
Oct 22 2010 Turner Hall Ballroom w/ Dr Dog Milwaukee, WI
Oct 23 2010 First Avenue (w/ Dr.Dog) Minneapolis, MN
Oct 25 2010 The Waiting Room (w/ Dr.Dog) Omaha, NE
Oct 27 2010 Urban Lounge (w/ Dr.Dog) Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 29 2010 Showbox SoDo (w/Dr. Dog) Seattle, WA
Oct 30 2010 Vogue Theatre (w/ Dr.Dog) Vancouver, BC, CANADA
Oct 31 2010 Doug Fir Lounge Portland, OR
Nov 2 2010 Crystal Crown Club Room (w/ Dr.Dog) Crystal Bay, NV
Nov 3 2010 The Fillmore (w/ Dr.Dog) San Francisco, CA
Nov 4 2010 The Fillmore w/ Dr Dog San Francisco, CA
Nov 5 2010 The Wiltern (w/ Dr Dog) Los Angeles, CA
Nov 6 2010 Belly Up Tavern (w/ Dr.Dog) Solana Beach, CA
Nov 8 2010 Orpheum Theatre (w/ Dr.Dog) Flagstaff, AZ
Nov 9 2010 Sunshine Theatre (w/ Dr.Dog) Albuquerque, NM
Nov 10 2010 Academy of Contemporary Music (w/ Dr.Dog) Oklahoma City, OK
Nov 11 2010 Palladium Ballroom (w/ Dr.Dog) Dallas, TX
Nov 12 2010 Stubb’s w/ Dr Dog Austin, TX
Nov 13 2010 Warehouse Live Ballroom (w/ Dr.Dog) Houston, TX
Dec 16 2010 Bronson Centre, Ottawa (w/Broken Social Scene) Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA
Dec 18 2010 Metropolis (w/Broken Social Scene) Montreal, QC, CANADA
Dec 19 2010 Theatre Imperial (w/Broken Social Scene) Québec, QC, UNITED KINGDOM

THE LOVE LANGUAGE – 2010 TOUR DATES
Oct 15 2010 Lilly’s Pad (Toad’s Place) w/ Pomegranates New Haven, CT
Oct 16 2010 Blocktoberfest Philadelphia, PA
Oct 21 2010 King’s Royal Barcade w/ VeeLee and Laughing Man Raleigh, NC
Oct 23 2010 Motorco Music Hall with 12,000 Armies and Cahes Rivers Durham, NC
Oct 25 2010 Ram’s Head Live with Jenny and Johnny Baltimore, MD
Oct 26 2010 Jefferson Theater with Jenny and Johnny Charlottesville, VA