Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett Announce Tour, New Collaborative Album

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Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett have announced a North American tour. The pair will perform songs from a new collaborative record (which was teased earlier this year). The duo will be backed by the Sea Lice, a band featuring Janet Weiss (Sleater-Kinney, Wild Flag), Rob Laakso (The Violators, The Swirlies, Mice Parade), Stella Mozgawa (Warpaint), and Katie Harkin (Sky Larkin, touring member of Sleater-Kinney and Wild Beasts). Check out their dates below. The duo has also partnered with Plus 1 to donate $1 from each ticket to the ACLU. Their new album is out later this year, via Mom & Pop, Matador, Marathon Artists, and Milk!.

Vile and Barnett’s upcoming album was recorded in 8 days, spread over the span of nearly 15 months. Regarding their collaboration, Barnett says in a statement:

In 2014 I scored a support slot opening for Kurt at the Abbotsford Convent [outside Melbourne]. We met briefly after the show but I was a bit nervous and didn't wanna bother him, just grateful for the gig. Years later we started bumping into each other on the festival circuit all around the wide world and we became friends. He hit me up when he was coming to Melbourne next and said he thought we could work together.

The pair are mutual admirers. Vile says, “I love all her music but the song that really hit me was ‘Depreston’-I know it's popular but her voice is so good in that song and it's so pretty and sincere... i'm a sucker for that kinda song: instant classic.” Barnett adds, “Smoke Ring was one of my first purchases on vinyl. I was getting over a big break-up, unemployed and drifting and I would just lie on my bed and listen to 'Peepin' Tom' on repeat. One of the most beautiful and luscious albums I ever heard. Me and Jen fell in love to that album.”

Vile’s last LP was 2015’s b’lieve i’m goin down. In the same year, Barnett released Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit.

Revisit our feature “Contours: On the Road With Courtney Barnett.”

Kurt Vile:

06-18 Monterey, CA - Monterey Pop Festival
06-21 Portsmouth, NH - Prescott Park Arts Festival
06-22 Providence, RI - Columbus Theatre
06-23 Rockville Centre, NY - Cannon’s Blackthorn
06-24 North Adams, MA - Solid Sound Festival
06-25 Montauk, NY - Surf Lodge
07-03 Bloemendaal, Netherlands - Openluchttheater Caprera
07-04 Antwerpen-Deurne, Belgium - OLT RIVIERENHOF
07-06 Madrid, Spain - Mad Cool Festival
07-10 Vienna Austria - Arena
07-11 Milan, Italy - Giardino della Triennale
07-12 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
07-27 Salt Lake City, UT - Pioneer Park
10-11 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church *
10-15 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre *
10-18 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
10-20 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *
10-21 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre *
10-22 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
10-25 St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre *
10-26 Chicago, IL - Rockefeller Chapel *
10-27 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
10-28 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
10-30 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
10-31 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall *
11-01 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre *
11-03 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre *
11-04 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
11-09 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
11-10 Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium *
11-11 Austin, TX - ACL Live at the Moody Theater *

* with Courtney Barnett   

Courtney Barnett:

10-11 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
10-14 Los Angeles, CA - The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church *
10-15 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre *
10-18 Oakland, CA - Fox Theatre *
10-20 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *
10-21 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre *
10-22 Seattle, WA - The Showbox *
10-25 St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre *
10-26 Chicago, IL - Rockefeller Chapel *
10-27 Chicago, IL - Thalia Hall *
10-28 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
10-30 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
10-31 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall *
11-01 New York, NY - Beacon Theatre *
11-03 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre *
11-04 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre *
11-09 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium *
11-10 Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium *
11-11 Austin, TX - ACL Live at the Moody Theater *

* with Kurt Vile

Watch Courtney Barnett perform “Elevator Operator” at Pitchfork Music Festival:

 

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