The end of 2013 brought some exceptional news for the new year: the Black Lips will return on March 18 with their seventh studio album, Underneath the Rainbow. We’ve already heard “Boys in the Wood,” a swaggering blues groove indicative of the forthcoming LP’s helping hands: Black Keys man Patrick Carney, and Charles Bradley’s music director, Tommy Brenneck. While we don’t have any more sounds to share just yet, the Atlanta crew has let loose a slew of new tour dates and their next record’s cover, shot by revered British photographer Mick Rock (David Bowie, Queen, Iggy Pop). Check it all out below.
The Black Lips tour dates:
March 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse (w/ Deerhunter)
March 11-16 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
March 20 – Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy and Harriet’s *
March 21 – Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre *
March 22 – Santa Ana, CA @ Burgerama @ The Observatory
March 23 – Felton, CA @ Don Quixote’s *
March 24 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall *
March 25 – Sacramento, CA @ Assembly *
March 27 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre *
March 28 – Seattle, WA @ Neumo’s *
March 29 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater *
March 30 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux *
March 31 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge *
April 2 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater *
April 3 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar *
April 4 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom *
April 5 – Solana Beach, CA @ Belly Up Tavern *
April 14 – Richmond, VA @ The National ^
April 15 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat ^
April 17 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall ^
April 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
April 19 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club ^
April 21 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre ^
April 22 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre ^
April 24 – Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick ^
April 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom ^
April 26 – Chicago, IL @ TBA ^
April 27 – St, Paul, MN @ Turf Club ^
April 28 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room ^
April 29 – St Louis, MO @ The Firebird ^
April 30 – Kansas City, MO @ The Riot Room ^
May 2-4 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest
* w/ The Coathangers
^ w/ Natural Child
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Underneath the Rainbow album cover:
