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Following the untimely passing of percussionist Charles Gocher over a year ago, folk/rock experimentalists Sun City Girls ceased functioning as an active group. Gocher and the Girls' legacy, however, will live on in the form of a tour featuring the remaining two band members, brothers Alan and Richard Bishop. The tour is called "The Brothers Unconnected: A Tribute to Sun City Girls and Charles Gocher", and on it, the Bishops will travel across North America from May into July.

Most stops on the tour will open with the viewing of a 40-minute collection of Gocher's video works called The Handsome Stranger. Following that, Alan and Richard Bishop will play two acoustic sets of tunes from across the Girls' 27-year history, including some penned by Gocher.

"The Brothers Unconnected" won't only be an occasion for commemorating Sun City Girls' live performances. These dates will also present opportunities for fans to pick up two tour-only releases: a limited-edition vinyl live album and a special "Brothers Unconnected" tour CD.

In other SCG release news, Drag City will release the soundtrack to Harmony Korine's Mister Lonely-- which features contributions from Sun City Girls and Spiritualized's J. Spaceman-- on April 22. The film itself will follow with a theatrical release in May.

Brothers:

05-18 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
05-19 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
05-21 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
05-23 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
05-25 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
05-27 Sacramento, CA - Horse Cow Art Gallery
06-08 Denver, CO - TBA
06-10 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
06-11 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
06-12 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
06-13 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
06-14 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theater
06-15 Louisville, KY - Pour Haus
06-17 Toronto, Ontario - St. Vladimir's Institute Theater
06-18 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
06-19 Cambridge, MA - The Brattle Theater
06-20 Portland, ME - SPACE
06-21 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
06-22 New York, NY - Knitting Factory
06-24 Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Gallery
06-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat
06-26 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
06-27 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
06-28 Chattanooga, TN - TBA
06-29 Memphis, TN - TBA
06-30 New Orleans, LA - TBA
07-02 Austin, TX - Emo's
07-06 San Diego, CA - Bar Pink Elephant

The Brothers Unconnected tour CD:

01 Aristocrats of Impertinence
02 Ballad of (D)Anger
03 Rookoobay
04 Six Kids of Mine
05 Mama's Milk (To Dry)
06 Cruel and Thin
07 The Shining Path
08 The Vinegar Stroke
09 The Flower
10 Papa Legba
11 Space Prophet Dogon