Pitchfork

Lo-fi-by-way-of-laptop duo I Am the World Trade Center have just left New York soil in support of their freshly released Kindercore LP, Out of the Loop. After hitting the lesser-known hamlets of Brooklyn and Pittsburgh, the anti-stars move westward toward such American metropolises as Murfeesborough, San Luis Obispo and, we pray, to a city near you.

For the uninitiated, or those alarmed at stylistic typecasting, Out of the Loop, which tackles "the excitement and difficulties of living in the big city," completely dispels Kindercore's repute for saccharine pop albums, instead opting for a teen-diva-meets-unaccomplished-4-track-tweaker vibe. In shorter, grammatically correct terminology: like MTV, but cooler! Got it?

07-13 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar
07-14 Moorehead, MN - Ralph's Bar
07-16 Seattle, WA - Sit & Spin
07-17 Vancouver BC - Purple Onion
07-18 Portland, OR - The Red & Black
07-21 San Luis Obispo, CA
07-23 San Francisco, CA - Hoot
07-24 Santa Barbara, CA - TBA
07-25 Los Angeles, CA - Fais-Do-Do
07-26 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
07-27 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
07-28 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
08-01 St. Louis, MO - TBA
08-02 Bloomington, IN - TBA
08-03 Louisville, KY - TBA
08-04 Murfeesborough, TN - The Red Rose