Robbers on High Street Tour

By Team JamBase Sep 5, 2007 12:00 am PDT

ROBBERS ON HIGH STREET ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR
IN SUPPORT OF SOPHOMORE ALBUM, GRAND ANIMALS

Robbers On High Street
Robbers on High Street are excited to announce a string of national tour dates in support of their sophomore album, GRAND ANIMALS (Scratchie/New Line Records), which Spin praised for its “subtle orchestrations whose airy ambiance hints at the chameleon funk of David Bowie and the dance-foor minimalism of early B-52’s.” Beginning September 21 in Philadelphia, PA, the New York-based band will embark on back-to-back co-headlining tours with Longwave and Great Northern.

GRAND ANIMALS, which follows the band’s critically-acclaimed 2005 debut, TREE CITY, incorporates everything from jazz organs to tubas, to twangy guitars to handclaps to bolster their melodies, creating a more complex, more mature sound for Robbers on High Street’s sophomore effort. Along with Alternative Press, Playboy, Performing Songwriter, Jane and the Los Angeles Tines, The New York Daily News praised GRAND ANIMALS for “filtering fitful bits of European waltzes, Brazilian bossa novas and British music hall into their highly structured rock songs, the Robbers have devised a herky-jerky mélange that catches the ear in unexpected ways.”

Tour dates for Robbers on High Street are as follows:

With Longwave (* denotes a show not with Longwave):
September 21: Philadelphia, PA: World Café Live
September 22: Washington, DC: Black Cat
September 23: Pittsburgh, PA: Mr. Smalls
September 24: Toronto, ON: Horseshoe Tavern
September 25: Montreal, QC: Lambi’s
September 27: Northampton, MA: Iron Horse Tavern
September 28: New York, NY: Barch College * with We Are Scientists
September 29: Brooklyn, NY: Studio B
September 30: Hoboken, NJ: Maxwell’s

With Great Northern:
October 23: Chapel Hill, NC: Local 506
October 24: Mt. Pleasant, SC: The Village Tavern
October 25: Birmingham, AL: Bottletree
October 26: Atlanta, GA: The Earl
October 27: Tampa, FL: The Crowbar
October 28: Orlando, FL: The Social
October 29: Tallahassee, FL: Beta Bar
October 30: New Orleans, LA: House of Blues
November 1: Houston, TX: Venue TBC
November 2: Austin TX: The Mohawk
November 3: Dallas, TX: The Cavern
November 6: Tucson, AZ: Solar Culture
November 7: San Diego, CA: Casbah
November 8: Los Angeles, CA: EchoPlex
November 9: San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill
November 10: Portland, OR: Doug Fir
November 12: Seattle, WA: Crocodile Café
November 15: Denver, CO: Larimer Lounge
November 16: Lawrence, KS: The Jackpot
November 17: Minneapolis, MN: 7th Street Entry
November 18: Chicago, IL: Schuba’s

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