Remember “The Best Ever Death Metal Band in Denton” from the Mountain Goats’ 2002 album All Hail West Texas? Remember that one line about potential band names, “Satan’s Fingers and The Killers and The Hospital Bombers”? Particularly that last name — not the bombers part, just the hospital part. Nurses work in hospitals. So, it’s pretty wild that the psych pop band Nurses will join the Mountain Goats for a tour of the Southern US early next year, right?! Foreshadowing! How did John Darnielle KNOW?
He didn’t know, obviously. Fuck foreshadowing. This isn’t a high school English class. Regardless, Nurses are most definitely hitting the road with The Mountain Goats. Earlier this fall, Nurses released their third album Dracula (TMT Review) on Dead Oceans, and recently they filmed a session with Brooklyn music blog Hooves on the Turf in which they played spare renditions of “New Feelings” and “Trying to Reach You,” both off their latest record. The tour bypasses West Texas, but I have a feeling that Jeff and Cyrus and all the other death metal bands out there will be just fine.
Nurses tourdates:
12.09.11 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom * SOLD OUT
12.31.11 - Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios &
01.14.12 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court #
01.15.12 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
01.19.12 - Austin, TX - Antone’s $
01.20.12 - Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s $
01.21.12 - New Orleans, LA- Tipitina’s $
01.23.12 - Tallahassee, FL- Club Downunder $
01.24.12 - Orlando, FL - The Social $
01.25.12 - Tampa, FL - Crowbar $
01.27.12 - St. Augustine, FL - The Original Cafe Eleven $
01.28.12 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl $
01.30.12 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club $
01.31.12 - Charlotte, NC - Visulite Theatre $
02.02.12 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle $
02.03.12 - Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger $
02.04.12 - Saxapahaw, NC - The Haw River Ballroom $
* Portugal. The Man
& Radiation City
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$ The Mountain Goats
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