Pitchfork

Long time no see, Rapture members. This evening, indie groovers across North America will welcome the cowbell-totin' New Yorkers as they launch their previously reported, long-awaited Pieces of the People We Love-supporting trek at Washington, DC's 9:30 Club.

Sydney's Presets will stand by the Rapture all the way through the month-long jaunt, including a newly announced CMJ Music Marathon kickoff stint at NYC's Bowery Ballroom and at the Making Time party at Philly's Pure Nightclub with Hot Chip, Whitey, Justice, Digitalism, and more.

In addition to their appearance at venues across the continent, the Rapture will soon invade television sets everywhere with a slot on MTV2's "Subterranean". Rack your brain for questions to ask the band and submit them here. Then maybe, just maybe, you'll hear from the band via telephone during the show's taping! It will air very early on November 12.

Finally, we'd like to alert fans to a message posted by Mattie Safer on the Rapture's official website early this month. When discussing some low points of the foursome's (now finished) European tour, he wrote, "Waking to a spastic drug dog sniffing my bunk at the Swiss/Italian border. Getting my records and computer stolen at the Barcelona airport (more on this later)." He has yet to elaborate.

Dates:

10-26 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-27 Toronto, Ontario - Guvernment
10-28 Detroit, MI - Saint Andrew's Hall
10-30 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-31 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom (CMJ Music Marathon)
11-01 Boston, MA - Axis
11-02 Montreal, Quebec - Club Soda
11-03 Philadelphia, PA - Pure Nightclub *
11-04 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11-05 Chicago, IL - Metro
11-07 Austin, TX - Emo's
11-09 Phoenix, AZ - Old Brickhouse Theatre
11-10 Pomona, CA - Glass House
11-11 San Francisco, CA - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (Be the Riottt! Festival)
11-13 Seattle, WA - El Corazon
11-14 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
11-15 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
11-17 Las Vegas, NV - Empire Ballroom
11-18 San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick
11-20 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre

* with Hot Chip, Whitey, Justice, Digitalism