As we briefly mentioned, the Fruit Bats are playing Schubas on June 29. A second show, taking place one day earlier on June 28, has just been added to the band's schedule. Tickets for their new Chicago show go on sale TODAY (April 13), at noon CST. Tickets for the 29th are still up for grabs. All Fruit Bats dates and some videos, below...

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Fucked Up @ BV-night of the Brooklyn Night Bazaar (more by Alyssa Tanchajja)

Fucked Up are playing Lincoln Hall on April 8.
Tickets go on sale today (March 9), at noon CST.

Modeselektor are playing Metro on April 21.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow (March 10), at noon CST.

The Wombats are playing Park West on April 30.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at 10AM CST.

The Polyphonic Spree and Sweet Lee Morrow are playing Park West on May 16.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at 10AM CST.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros are playing the Riv on May 24.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at noon CST.

Le Butcherettes are playing Subterranean on June 1.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at 10AM CST.

Margot & The Nuclear So & So's are playing Lincoln Hall on June 2.
Tickets go on sale today, at noon CST.

Ramona Falls are playing Schubas on June 6.
Tickets go on sale today, at noon CST.

Fruit Bats are playing Schubas on June 29.
Tickets go on sale today, at noon CST.

Danielson is playing Schubas on July 6.
Tickets go on sale today, at noon CST.

As mentioned, Best Coast and Those Darlins are playing the Vic on July 27.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at 10AM CST.

Azita

today in Chicago
* Rumer, Bryn Rich @ Lincoln Hall
* JT Nero & Allison Russell @ SPACE
* Charlie Murphy @ Chicago Improv Comedy Club
* Bigcolour, Ballroom Boxer, Magic City @ Hard Rock Cafe
* Swearwords, Minor Characters, Killer Moon @ Empty Bottle
* Zion I, Psalm One, Prob Cause @ Bottom Lounge (Late Show)
* Mars Argo, Everything She Wants, Garrett Borns @ Subterranean
* Magatha Trysty, Charming People, The Love Shots @ Ultra Lounge
* Eluvietie, Revocation, Threat Signal @ Bottom Lounge (Early Show)
* Elusive Parallelograms, Rabbit Children, Brother George @ Township
* Azita, Thomas Comerford, Robbie Hamilton & Soft Ones @ Schubas
* Clara May, John Mead & The Coyotes, JB Little, Sean Magwire @ Double Door
* Carrie Rodriguez, Kelly Joe Phelps, Pieta Brown @ Old Town School of Folk Music

M. Ward has released a cool animated video for his brand new single "The First Time I Ran Away." Check it out below.

Gillian Lisee (from Fruit Bats, Roommate) will be joining Azita on stage tonight.

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Minor Characters play the Bottle tonight. Check out some live studio footage of their track "If I Were You," below.

What else?

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DOWNLOAD: Fruit Bats - Tangie and Ray (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Vetiver - Wonder Why (MP3)

Fruit Bats' leader Eric D. Johnson

As mentioned, Fruit Bats and Vetiver will play Lincoln Hall on Thursday (9/8) with Breathe Owl Breathe. Tickets are still on sale, and we've also got a pair to give away! Details on how to enter to win them are below, along with all tour dates.

Both Vetiver & Fruit Bats have new albums out now on Sub Pop, as do Male Bonding who play Chicago Thursday night too.

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Fruit Bats

Those "other" Fruit Bats...(via)

As previously announced, the Fruit Bats are set to release their new LP Tripper on August 2nd via Sub Pop Records.

They'll visit Chicago on September 8th, to play a co-headlining show with Vetiver at Lincoln Hall. Tickets are still available.

Earlier this month, the two bands announced a full on co-headlining tour.
You can view all dates over at BrooklynVegan.

Stream Tripper in its entirety via a widget below, courtesy of KCRW.

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today in Chicago
* Gillian Welch @ the Vic
* Sia, Oh Land, Ximena Sarinana @ Metro
* Other Lives, Thomas Dybdahl @ Schubas
* Wild Flag, Mickey, Radar Eyes @ Subterranean
* Sonny & The Sunsets, The Sandwitches, Michael Lux & The Bad Sons @ Empty Bottle

Fruit Bats have a new video for the track "You're too Weird." Check it out here.

Maps & Atlases have a new video for their track "Israeli Caves." View it below.

What else?

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DOWNLOAD: Fruit Bats - "Tangie And Ray" (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Fruit Bats - "WACS" (ft. J Mascis) (MP3)

As we've just recently announced, the Fruit Bats are set to release their new (and fourth) LP titled Tripper on August 2nd via Sub Pop. Tripper was recorded at WACS studio in LA, by Thom Monahan (Vetiver).

Above, you can grab their single "Tangie And Ray", and the non-LP track, "WACS" which was a collaboration with Sub Pop label mate J Mascis.

Fruit Bats, and Vetiver will play Lincoln Hall on September 8th.
Tickets go on sale tomorrow, at noon CST.

Head below to view Tripper's track listing, and all 2011 tour dates (more TBA).

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