The Intelligence have relocated from Seattle to the sweat-filled dream factory that is Los Angeles (seriously, it’s hot here right now, and we don’t have AC), and so mastermind/garage rock wizard Lars Finberg (ex-The A-Frames, now-Thee Oh Sees and Wounded Lion) has put together a brand new City of Angels band lineup, and like a denim-jacket (or possibly leather, I dunno what they like) becloaked (it’s a word NOW, deal with it) P.T Barnum, Finberg’s taking his show on the road to perform daring rock ‘n’ roll feats in order to promote the band’s recent In the Red Records release, Everybody’s Got It Easy But Me. Audiences from Denver to San Diego will spend the fall The Intelligence tour oohing and aahing and clutching their pearls and their daughters.
The Intelligence have been together since 1999, and with a few handfuls’ worth of singles, splits, EPs, and albums to their name, the band has spent quite a bit of time together. And so on this latest album, Mr. Finberg’s got the Seattle lineup playing some tracks and the Los Angeles lineup playing some tracks. Yes, there are two different lineups. How baller is that? And there are even tracks that’ s just our pal Lars doing songs on his own. WHAT ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO?!?!? You just don’t know. Don’t trip out, though, it’s all cool. It’s all The Intelligence. The Intelligence, in whatever incarnation Finberg rustles onto the circus train, are touring with King Tuff, as well as playing a date or two here and there with the likes of Mike Watt, footballs, Poor Moon, and Man or Astroman?.
10.04.12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Satellite
10.06.12 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
10.08.12 - Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
10.09.12 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club
10.10.12 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10.11.12 - Detroit, MI - The Lager House
10.12.12 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
10.13.12 - Montreal, QC - Il Montore
10.14.12 - Quebec City, QC - Le Cercle
10.15.12 - Burlington, VT - Signal Kitchen
10.18.12 - New York, NY - CMJ
10.19.12 - New York, NY - CMJ
10.20.12 - Providence, RI - AS220
10.21.12 - Purchase, NY - Whitson’s
10.22.12 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s
10.23.12 - Washington, DC- Black Cat (backstage)
10.24.12 - - Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse
10.25.12 - Atlanta, GA - Earl
10.26.12 - St. Augustine, FL - Nobby’s
10.28.12 - Orlando, FL - Will’s Pub
10.30.12 - Tallahassee, FL - Retrofit Records
10.31.12 - Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree
11.01.12 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
11.02.12 - Beaumont, TX - Victoria House
11.05.12 - Albuquerque, NM - Low Spirits
11.06.12 - Tucson, AZ - Topaz Tundra
11.07.12 - Phoenix, AZ - Yucca Tap Room
11.08.12 - San Diego, CA - The Griffin
• The Intelligence: http://www.intheredrecords.com/pages/intelligence.html
• King Tuff: http://www.subpop.com/artists/king_tuff.html
• In The Red: http://www.intheredrecords.com