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Twin Shadow announces tour dates, posts Bonnaroo videos

Twin Shadow at Bonnaroo (more by Graeme Flegenheimer)
Twin Shadow

Twin Shadow announced a fall tour dubbed the ‘Clean Cuts’ tour. It hits Maxwell’s on September 6 and Webster Hall on October 7. Ticket pre-order starts today (6/16) and runs through June 21. Pre-ordering a ticket gives you the chance to get an exclusive T-shirt and 1.5″ button for most shows, though not the Maxwell’s one. General sale starts June 23. All dates are listed at the end of this post. Here are are some of them, each represented with a different haircut:

Clean Cuts

Meanwhile Twin Shadow play a few shows this month with Florence & the Machine, including the previously announced Central Park Summerstage show on June 24.

You can also catch them at a number of festivals including Sled Island, Pitchfork Fest, Hopscotch, ACL, and Moogfest. They just played Bonnaroo

“If Morrissey, Peter Gabriel, and Prince could make babies together, their progeny would almost certainly form a band and call themselves Twin Shadow. Heartfelt, heady and totally funky, the group’s live show transformed George Lewis Jr.’s intimate debut Forget — where the Twin Shadow main brain played all of the instruments — into a freewheeling full-band boogie fest. The tracks grew exponentially at every turn. Canned kits became crushing drums, bass burbles became serious bumps, sound effects became walls of synth, and Lewis transformed into a dance-driven taskmaster. Between songs, he pointed at the cameraman in front of him and addressed the fans: “If this guy doesn’t shake his ass, I want you to break down the barricade and make him.” Even spare, mellow album moments like “Tyrant Destroyed” could’ve cracked a disco ball by dint of their sheer dynamism, and on the heartbroken “Slow,” Lewis shattered a few hearts in the audience by shredding his voice on the clutch lyric, “I don’t wanna believe, or be, in love.” He followed with an arena-sized guitar solo that inspired the kind of frothing cheer usually saved for soccer matches, not chilly ’80s-inspired indie pop dreamed up in a Brooklyn bedroom.” [SPIN]

A bunch of pro-shot videos of their Bonnaroo set, some other videos, and all tour dates below…


Twin Shadow ‘Slow’ (NSFW)

Twin Shadow – Castles In The Snow

Twin Shadow – Tyrant Destroyed (Live from Bonnaroo 2011)

Twin Shadow – Shooting Holes (Live from Bonnaroo 2011)

Twin Shadow – When We’re Dancing (Live from Bonnaroo 2011)

Twin Shadow – Castles in the Snow (Live from Bonnaroo 2011)

Twin Shadow – “Tyrant Destroyed”

Twin Shadow 2011 Tour Dates
6/20 — Philadelphia, PA — Festival Pier^
6/23 — Boston, MA — Bank of America Pavilion^
6/24 — NY, NY — Central Park Summerstage^
6/25 — Calgary, AB — Sled Island Music Festival
7/16 — Chicago, IL — Pitchfork Music Festival
7/30 — Montreal, QC — Osheaga Festival
Sep 4, Making Time Warehouse Project Philadelphia PA
Sep 6 Maxwells Hoboken NJ
Sep 7 Rock and Roll Hotel Washington DC
Sep 8 Ottobar Baltimore MD
Sep 9 Hopscotch Music Festival Raleigh NC
Sep 10 The Earl Atlanta GA
Sep 12 Bottletree Birmingham AL
Sep 13 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA
Sep 15 Fitzgeralds Houston TX
Sep 17 Austin City Limits Austin TX
Sep 18 Lowbrow Palace El Paso TX
Sep 20 Casbah San Diego CA
Sep 21 Troubadour Los Angeles CA
Sep 24 Henry Miller Memorial Library Big Sur CA
Sep 25 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA
Sep 26 Doug Fir Lounge Portland OR
Sep 27 Crocodile Cafe Seattle WA
Oct 1 7th Street Entry Minneapolis MN
Oct 6 Paradise Boston MA
Oct 7 Webster Hall New York NY
^ w/ Florence + The Machine