Pitchfork

With Jeff Mangum contributing to the new Apples in Stereo album New Magnetic Wonder, Elijah Wood putting it out on his record label, and frontman Robert Schneider serenading Stephen Colbert on national television, the Apples could easily be spending their time hanging out with their famous friends, drinking champagne and cavorting in hot tubs.

But instead of letting it go to their heads, they've buddied up with fellow Athens, Georgia folk Casper & the Cookies for a national tour.

The trek in support of Wonder (due February 6 via Simian/Elephant 6/Yep Roc), starts in early February and ends at SXSW. A couple of shows at the Sundance Film Festival this weekend precede the tour, and the band heads to All Tomorrow's Parties afterwards.

For the tour, the band's standard lineup will be beefed up by the addition of the Olivia Tremor Control's Bill Doss, Ulysses' John Ferguson, and Deathray Davies' John Dufilho.

For a taste of what's to come, head over to Forkcast and check out the latest Apples in Stereo video, "Energy".

Dates:

01-19 Park City, UT - Jane House
01-21 Park City, UT - Star Bar
02-08 Lexington, KY - Dame *
02-09 Cincinnati, OH - Top Cat's Club *
02-10 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
02-11 Buffalo, NY - Buffalo Icon *
02-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel *
02-13 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
02-15 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
02-16 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar *
02-17 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
02-19 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall *
02-20 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
02-21 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
02-22 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's *
02-23 Chicago, IL - Subterranean *
02-24 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater *
02-25 Madison, WI - Memorial Union *
02-27 Ames, IA - Maintenance Shop *
02-28 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *
03-01 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar *
03-02 St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill's Duck Room *
03-03 Columbia, MO - Blue Note *
03-14-18 Austin, TX - SXSW
05-18-20 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP vs. the Fans)

* with Casper & the Cookies