WHY? and Mount Eerie Touring Together/Apart - New Mount Eerie Record

Mount Eerie "Flaming Home" - mp3
Keeping up with all of Phil Elverum's projects and releases is not always the easiest thing. Along with the the reissue of his widely hailed "lo-fi masterpiece" The Glow pt. 2, Elverum has worked on various projects. What we're looking forward to most is Lost Wisdom, a collaboration with Julie Doiron and Fred Squire recorded under the Mount Eerie moniker. Mount Eerie is launching a massive tour including dates with WHY?. Lost Wisdom comes out October 7 on his own label P.W. Elverum and Sun. Check out the new mp3 above. Look for some excellent, slightly atmospheric folk that comes straight from the Northwest United States. Check out Elverum's artist page as well.

WHY?'s record Alopecia was released earlier this year to much acclaim. The record is good, but hasn't quite resonated the way I had hoped. Time for another listen I think. Alopecia just makes me think of Stan Sitwell. ("Dude can't even grow his own hair? Come on!"). According to the press release, WHY? has been touring their asses off, but somehow Yoni and Josiah Wolf managed to get the mumps - to cap it off Yoni broke his hand. Despite falling on these rough times, they booked a massive North American tour. WHY? and Mount Eerie are playing the Bowery Ballroom in NY on 9/18.

Tour dates for Mount Eerie and WHY? after the jump...
WHY?

September 4th- Los Angeles, CA Echoplex $
September 5th- Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse $
September 6th- Tucson, AZ Solar Culture $
September 8th- Austin, TX Mohawk*
September 9th- Dallas, TX Granada Theater*
September 11th- Pensacola, FL Sluggo's*
September 12th- Gainseville, FL Common Grounds*
September 13th- Miami, FL White Room*
September 14th- Orlando, FL The Social*
September 16th- Asheville, NC Grey Eagle*
September 17th- Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church*
September 18th- New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
September 19th- Boston, MA Museum of Fine Arts +
September 20th- Portland, ME Space Gallery &
September 21st- Providence, RI Club Hell
September 22nd- Montreal, QC La Sala Rossa
September 25th- Cincinnati, OH Midpoint Music Festival
September 26th- Chicago, IL Bottom Lounge#
September 27th- Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock#
September 29th- Denver, CO Hi- Dive @
September 30th- Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court (early - 7pm)@
September 30th- Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge (late)
October 2nd- Vancouver, BC Richard's On Richard @^
October 3rd- Seattle, WA Vera Project @
October 4th- Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom @^

* = w/ Mount Eerie
# = w/ Tobacco
$ = w/ Rafter
+ = w/ Alina Simone
& = w/ Alias
@ = w/ Restiform Bodies
^ = w/ Tender Forever


MOUNT EERIE

09-04 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
09-05 Denver, CO - Brooks Center Arts
09-06 Penasco, NM - The Penasco Theatre
09-07 Marfa, TX - Marfa Book Company
09-08 Austin, TX - Mohawk #
09-09 Dallas, TX - Good Records (in-store)
09-09 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater #
09-10 Ruston, LA - Louisiana Tech
09-11 Pensacola, FL - Sluggo's #
09-12 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds #
09-13 Miami, FL - White Room #
09-14 Tampa, FL - Transitions Gallery (early show)
09-14 Orlando, FL - The Social #
09-15 Athens, GA - Ciné !
09-16 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle #
09-17 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
09-18 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
09-19 Brooklyn, NY - Lutheran Church of the Messiah *^
09-20 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse Music Hall *^
09-21 Worcester, MA - The Grind at Clark University *^
09-22 Providence, RI - Building 16 *^
09-23 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase *^
09-24 Pittsfield, MA - Copperworks *^
09-25 Saratoga Springs, NY - Falstaff's *^
09-26 New Haven, CT - People's Center *^
09-27 Boston, MA - Mass Art *^
09-28 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - Bard Hall at Bard College *^
10-12 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa ^
10-13 Ottawa, Ontario - SAW Gallery *^
10-14 Toronto, Ontario - Church of the Redeemer *^
10-15 East Lansing, MI - Scene Metrospace *^
10-16 Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom *+
10-17 Cincinnati, OH - Art Damage Lodge *^
10-18 Gambier, OH - Kenyon College *^
10-19 Delaware, OH - Ohio Wesleyan University *^
10-20 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie *^
10-21 Madison, WI - Gates of Heaven *^
10-22 Louisville, KY - Skull Alley *^
10-23 Bloomington, IN - The Cinemat *^
10-24 St. Louis, MO - Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center *^
10-25 Springfield, MO - Randy Bacon Gallery *^
10-26 Norman, OK - Opolis *^
10-27 Santa Fe, NM - Warehouse 21 *^
10-28 Phoenix, AZ - Modified *^
10-29 Irvine, CA - UC Irvine Cross Cultural Center (early show)
10-29 Los Angeles, CA - SiteLA *^
10-30 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crêpe Place
11-01 San Francisco, CA - Million Fishes $
11-02 Oakland, CA - TBA
11-03 Sacramento, CA - VOX
11-04 Eugene, OR - Wandering Goat Café

# with WHY?
! with the Music Tapes
* with Julie Doiron
^ with Calm Down, It's Monday
+ with Mirah, No Kids
$ with Thanksgiving, White Fang