Pitchfork

Are you in the mood for something that "rocks in the most literal sense of the word"? Hell yes you are, and you're in luck because those are the exact words that a Pitchforker by the name of Brian Howe used yesterday to describe Pearls and Brass's latest album and Drag City debut, The Indian Tower. (He also added a rather critical "if that means anything to you," but let's not let his emo ass kill our buzz.)

In celebration of their new release, Pearls and Brass are playing a gazillion shows over the next two months. And it starts...today! So anyone in Philly who didn't already have plans for tonight now officially does: cheese steaks, a rock show at the Khyber, and avoiding Old City yuppie trendsters.

P&B will be playing all over the country, so if you want to see them you'll undoubtedly get a chance. Unless you live somewhere crappy, like Holland, Michigan. Oh man, would that ever suck.

Cities that are cooler than Holland:

01-27 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber *
01-28 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head
01-29 Richmond, VA - Legend Brewery
01-30 Charlotte, NC - The Milestone
01-31 Atlanta, GA - Smith's Olde Bar
02-01 Birmingham, AL - The Nick
02-02 Little Rock, AR - Downtown Music
02-03 Denton, TX - Andy's
02-04 Austin, TX - Emo's
02-05 Houston, TX - Rudyard's
02-07 Tucson, AZ - Plush
02-08 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
02-09 Goleta, CA - Hard to Find Showspace
02-10 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies #
02-11 Big Sur, CA - Fernwood Resort $
02-12 Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic %
02-13 Albany, CA - Ivy Room @
02-14 Eugene, OR - Luckey's
02-16 Bellingham, WA - Chiribins
02-17 Seattle, WA - Funhouse %
02-18 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge %
02-19 Arcata, CA - The Alibi %
02-21 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern %
02-22 Long Beach, CA - Que Sera
02-23 Pioneertown, CA - Pappy and Harriet's
02-24 Las Vegas, NV - The Cooler
02-25 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo/Ex_Plex (Arthurball) &
02-27 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
02-28 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
03-01 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
03-02 St. Louis, MO - Way Out Club
03-03 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle %
03-04 Urbana, IL - Iron Post
03-06 Nashville, TN - Springwater
03-07 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
03-08 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
03-09 Washington, DC - DC 9
03-10 New York, NY - Cake Shop

* with Jack Rose, the Photon Band, Vincent Black Shadow
# with the Fucking Champs, Boyjazz
$ with Six Organs of Admittance, Enoch Emery
% with Plastic Crimewave Sound
@ with Saviours
& with Joanna Newsom, Brightblack Morning Light, Unknown Instructors, OM, Colleen, Entrance, Mi & L'au, Starter Set, Winter Flowers, Society of Rockets