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In support of their upcoming album, The Air Force, due September 12 on 5RC, and not in support of the troops, Xiu Xiu will head out on an enormous North American tour. From September through November, they'll traverse the continent with Dirty Projectors, Cong for Brums, and BARR in tow for most stops along the way.

Before heading out on that adventure, however, Xiu Xiu will make their way to Guadalajara, Mexico for a slot at the Festival Internacional Sonorama. OH!-- er, OLÉ! They'll also headline one night of the Homo a Go Go fest in Olympia. Dates:

06-17 Guadalajara, Mexico - Fbolko (Festival Internacional Sonorama)
08-03 Olympia, WA - Homo A Go Go !
09-22 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court *#
09-23 Denver, CO - Climax Lounge *#
09-24 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *#
09-25 St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *#
09-27 Denton, TX - Hailey's *#
09-29 Austin, TX - Emo's *#
09-30 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington *#
10-02 Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under *#
10-03 Tampa, FL - Transitions Art Gallery *#
10-04 Sarasota, FL - Sudakoff Convention Center (New College) *#
10-05 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *#
10-06 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum *#
10-07 Charleston, SC - Map Room *#
10-10 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
10-12 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
10-13 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *^
10-14 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *^
10-16 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab *^
10-19 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *^
10-20 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo *^
10-21 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *^
10-23 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *^
10-24 Newport, KY - Southgate House *^
10-25 Cleveland, OH - Beachland *^
10-26 Gambier, OH - Horn Gallery *^
10-27 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *^
10-28 Minneapolis, MN *^
11-05 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall
11-07 Visalia, CA - Howie and Sons *
11-08 Goleta, CA - Hard to Find Showspace
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Echo
11-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *

! with Lovers, Des_Ark, Kinney Starr, Katastrophe, Rigamortis, Shelley Doty, Gina Young
* with Cong for Brums
# with BARR
^ with Dirty Projectors

In other nius, Xiu Xiu have finalized the tracklisting for The Air Force. Here it is:

01 Buzz Saw
02 Boy Soprano
03 Hello From Eau Claire
04 Vulture Piano
05 P.J. in the Streets...
06 Bishop, CA
07 Saint Pedro Glue Stick
08 The Pineapple Vs. the Watermelon
09 Save Me Save Me
10 The Fox & the Rabbit
11 The Wigmaster

Oh and remember that Xiu Xiu covers EP we told you about a few months ago? It was supposed to come out in April on Acuarela? Well, it's now coming out in July. And the tracklist has been shuffled around a bit. Here's how it looks now:

01 "He Needs Me" (Nina Simone)
02 "Don't Cha" (Pussycat Dolls)
03 "Kangaroo" (This Mortal Coil/Alex Chilton) 04 "Blue Berry Mine Shaft" (Nedelle)
05 "All We Ever Wanted Was Everything" (Bauhaus)

The Xiu Xiu lineup on the EP consists of Jamie Stewart on vocals, drum machine and "tea kettle" (!), Nedelle Torisi on guitar (so she's kinda covering herself), Dave Hoff on double bass, and Annie Lewandowski on harmonium. Verrry interesting instrumentation.