Pitchfork

Having recently returned from an expansive tour of Europe (including nearly a half dozen synapse-slicing days and nights in the Netherlands), Chicago's wildest stallions the Ponys are all rested up and ready to take their Matador-issued, Pitchfork-recommended Turn the Lights Out to the dim glow of North American rock clubs.

The foalsome foursome will mount up for a hometown "Eff Cancer" benefit tonight (June 20) alongside travelers from afar Superchunk and the Mountain Goats. They'll then slip up to Manitoba for a spot at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, and, finally, kick things off real proper-like July 15 at the Pitchfork Music Festival, alongside, y'know, everybody. Including you, we hope.

Come ride it, my Ponys:

06-20 Chicago, IL - Metro *
07-06 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Winnipeg Folk Festival
07-15 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) @
07-16 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop #$
07-17 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #$
07-18 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace #$
07-19 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi #$
07-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs $
07-21 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $
07-22 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes $
07-23 Washington, DC - Black Cat $
07-24 Columbus, OH - Skully's $
07-25 Newport, KY - The Southgate House $

* with the Mountain Goats, Superchunk
@ with the New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, the Sea and Cake, Junior Boys, the Field, Cadence Weapon, the Cool Kids, Klaxons, Nomo, Deerhunter, Menomena, Craig Taiborn's Junk Magic, Brightblack Morning Light, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra
# with Deerhunter
$ with Jay Reatard