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Southern Californian quartet Rilo Kiley released their debut full-length record, Take Offs and Landings, this past week on Barsuk Records. According to Barsuk (actually pronounced "bar-sook," according to some guy who answered their phone like that), a nocturnal tour shall ensue this month in celebration of the emission. The indie-pop aggregation will play in support of one-hit-wonders Nada Surf, who, though not quite popular, are still hanging on to their career.

Frugal consumers take note: Take Offs and Landings is on the special discount menu this month at Barsuk. The group strum amiable arias, setting themselves apart from the rest of the twee-pop crowd with careful implementation of the enigma known in some circles as "the distorted guitar." The music of Rilo Kiley has been described as "an opus of breadth and depth worthy of repeated listenings." Repeated listenings? Isn't that a bit unrealistic in this cutthroat industry? Flying through the air, it's dates!:

08-09 Tempe, AZ - Nile Theater
08-11 Austin, TX - Mercury Jazz
08-12 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald's
08-14 Atlanta, GA - Cotton Club
08-15 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
08-16 Baltimore, MD - Sidebar
08-17 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
08-18 Rockville Center, NY - Backstreet Blues
08-19 New York, NY - Brownie's
08-21 Chicago, IL - Metro
08-22 Milwaukee, WI - Miramar Theater
08-23 Minneapolis, MN - Ascot Room
08-24 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck