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Come for the Yo La Tengo, stay for the raconteurs. Indeed, this coming fall, innovative indie icons Yo La Tengo will regale fans with songcraft and storytelling alike as they embark on what's being billed as the Freewheeling Tour.

Using last year's excellent I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass as a departure point (and really, what could sound more inviting than that?), Georgia, Ira, and James will bring tunes and tales from across their 23-year history to some rather intimate spaces as part of this trek.

The dates are still trickling out, but as of now this thing looks to cover the Eastern half of the U.S., spanning most of October and creeping into November. Stay tuned as always for the latest.

First, as you may know, the trio will play a few gigs abroad, including a performance of their score to Jean Painlevé's The Sounds of Science in London.

The Freewheelin' Yo La Tengo:

09-09 London, England - Royal Festival Hall *
09-11 Paris, France - La Cigale
09-14 North Dorset, England - Larmer Tree Gardens (End of the Road Festival)
09-16 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-17 Austin, TX - The Parish
10-10 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater
10-11 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater (two shows)
10-13 Grand Rapids, MI - Calvin College Fine Arts Center
10-19 Port Washington, NY - Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street
10-22 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10-23 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
10-27 Mexico City, Mexico - Festival Manifest 2007
11-10 North Adams, MA - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art

* performing the Sounds of Science