Since Tune-Yards’ album w h o k i l l won the 2011 Pazz & Jop poll, fans like me have been anxious to hear what Merrill Garbus does next. Garbus spent time in Haiti last year to, as she wrote half-jokingly but all-seriously, “situate myself in a non-western musical tradition.” The tireless energy of those four-hour dance classes Garbus took on the island sure show in “Water Fountain,” the totally great first song to be released from her new album, Nikki Nack, out May 6. WOO-HA!
Tune-Yards 2014 tour dates:
* supporting Arcade Fire
^ support from Sylvan Esso
April
23rd - Pepsi Center, Denver, CO *
26th - Starlight Theatre, Kansas City, MO *
27th - Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, MO *
29th - Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH *
May
1st - Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN *
2nd - Aarons Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA *
5th - Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles, CA
7th - Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY
12th - Village Underground, London, UK ^
14th - Berghain, Berlin, Germany ^
15th - Nochtspeicher, Hamburg, Germany ^
16th - Les Nuits Botanique, Brussels, Belgium ^
18th - Bitterzoet, Amsterdam, Netherlands ^
19th - Cafe De La Danse, Paris, France ^
23rd - Les Schwab Amphitheater, Bend, OR
25th - Sasquatch Festival, George, WA
26th - Knitting Factory Concert House, Boise, ID ^
27th - Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT ^
30th - Granada Theater, Dallas, TX ^
June
1st- Free Press Summer Fest, Houston, TX
3rd - The Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ ^
5th - The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA ^
6th - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA ^
13th - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC ^
15th - Union Transfer , Philadelphia, PA ^
16th - Royale Boston, Boston, MA ^
18th - La Tulipe, Montreal, QC ^
19th - Massey Hall, Toronto, ON ^
21st - Firefly Music Festival, Dover, DE
22nd - Webster Hall, New York, NY ^
23rd - Webster Hall, New York, NY ^
26th - Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
30th - Gorilla, Manchester, UK
July
1st - Cockpit, Leeds, UK
2nd - Trinity, Bristol, UK
17th - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
19th - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL
20th - Forecastle Festival, Louisville, KY
September
3rd - Brixton Electric, London, UK
