David Bazan: fall tour, spring album
David Bazan will be touring through the months of September, the latter half of October, and the first half of November. This will be his first stint of dates since signing with Barsuk Records and re-releasing Fewer Moving Parts. Casiotones for the Painfully Alone will be supporting Bazan for 14 shows, and All Smiles will open for 19 performances.
In Barsuk Record’s latest update, they wrote that Bazan’s tour, “will be on the road prior to his new full-length which is going to drop in early 2008.”
TW Walsh’s solo band, The Soft Drugs, will be performing with Bazan on October 27 in Cambridge, MA. Walsh, who made up the other half of 
Pedro the Lion with David Bazan, is writing the music for a movie called All for Melissa.
“I’ve had the opportunity to work on music for a couple films in the last 2 years. Currently, I’m scoring a movie produced in Oahu, Hawaii by the production company Guerilla Dojo. All for Melissa was written and directed by Gerard Elmore and will be hitting the festival circuit later this year.”
David Bazan covered Radiohead’s Let Down on OKX, the ten year anniversary of Radiohead’s The Bends. Stereogum, a leading music blog, released all of the songs as a free download, which included John Vanderslice, Cold War Kids, Vampire Weekend, My Brightest Diamond, and others. Every song on The Bend is covered by an artist, making for a very interesting compilation.
David Bazan – Cold Beer and Cigarettes
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone – Young Shields
The Soft Drugs – Borrow My Vibe
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=qUf2FYEYUI4[/youtube]
09/04 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry #
09/05 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon #
09/06 – Milwaukee, WI – Shank Hall #
09/07 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen #
09/08 – Champaign, IL – High Dive
09/10 – Bloomington, IN – Waldron Arts Center #
09/11 – Saint Louis, MO – The Billiken Club #
09/12 – Springfield, MO – Randy Bacon Gallery #
09/13 – Memphis, TN – Hi Tone Cafe #
09/14 – Little Rock, AR – Sticky Fingerz #
09/15 – Denton, TX – Dan’s Silverleaf #
09/16 – Houston, TX – Walter’s On Washigton #
09/17 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Lounge #
09/19 – Lubbock, TX – Jake’s #
09/20 – Lawrence, KS – Jackpot #
09/21 – Norman, OK – The Opolis
09/22 – Iowa City, IA – The Picador
09/23 – Omaha, NE – The Slowdown
10/23 – Detroit MI – TBA +
10/24 – Cleveland OH – The Grog Shop +
10/25 – Pittsburgh PA – Garfield Artworks +
10/26 – Buffalo NY – TBA +
10/27 – Cambridge MA – T.T. the Bear’s + %
10/29 – New York NY – Mercury Lounge +
10/30 – Brooklyn NY – Southpaw +
10/31 – Philadelphia PA – TBA +
11/01 – Washington DC – TBA +
11/02 – Charlottesville VA – TBA +
11/03 – Durham NC – Duke Coffeehouse +
11/05 – West Columbia SC – New Brookland Tavern +
11/06 – St. Augustine FL – Cafe Eleven +
11/07 – Orlando FL – The Social +
11/08 – Tallahassee FL – Club Downunder at FSU +
11/09 – Birmingham AL – BottleTree Cafe +
11/10 – Atlanta GA – TBA +
11/12 – Nashville TN – Exit In +
11/13 – Newport KY – Southgate House +
# with Casiotone for the Painfully Alone
+ with All Smiles
% with The Soft Drugs
Pre-sale for September dates starts on Wednesday, July 25 at 12pm Noon.