Pitchfork

Having cranked out nine albums of gleeful garage-pop (with two more on the bubble), whatever's fueling Elf Power must be some high-octane stuff. The joyful Georgians-- currently hunkered down in the studio, backing their chum Vic Chesnutt on an album of his tunes-- hit the road next week for a month of Midwest and West Coast dates before taking to the booth again to follow up last year's Back to the Web.

Go go Power rangers:

04-09 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
04-16 Nashville, TN - The Basement
04-17 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
04-18 Indianapolis, MN - Centrum Live
04-19 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
04-20 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
04-21 Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room
04-22 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
04-23 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
04-24 Boise, ID - Neurolux
04-25 Missoula, MT - The Badlander
04-26 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
04-27 Bellingham - The Nightlight
04-28 Portland, OR - Dante's
04-29 Sacramento, CA - Old Ironsides
04-30 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
05-01 Visalia, CA - Cellar Door
05-02 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
05-03 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
05-04 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse #
05-05 Tucson, AZ - Solar Culture
05-07 Norman, OK - Opolis
05-08 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr.
05-09 Houston, TX - Proletariat
05-10 Baton Rouge, LA - Red Star Bar
05-11 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
05-12 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre

* with Of Montreal, Dark Meat
# with Silversun Pickups