Minus The Bear

Originally posted by Matthew Solarski at Pitchforkmedia.com:

From the Planet of Ice to this planet of Earth, Minus the Bear will bring the hits (and those hits' unwieldy titles) on a continent-spanning North American tour they've scheduled for the months of March and April.

Along the way the Seattle quintet will meet up with Frenchkissers the Big Sleep, whose Sleep Forever somnambulated into our lives just this week, and Portugal. The Man, who hail from the ice planet of sorts known as Alaska. I hear they use weird punctuation up there.

Speaking of non-contiguous U.S. States, the next Minus the Bear date is February 23 in Honolulu, Hawaii, although the tour proper won't kick off until March 24. That gives you plenty of time to scheme to steal their beloved white tiger. Just kidding, you shouldn't do that. That would be mean.

Ooh, and the Big Sleep have dates minus Minus the Bear too. Catch all the hottt tour date listing action below.

• the Bear:

02-23 Honolulu, HI - Pipeline Cafe 03-09 South Florida Everglades, FL - Langerado Festival 03-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards 03-26 Calgary, Alberta - Warehouse Night Club 03-27 Edmonton, Alberta - The Starlite 03-29 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Royal Albert 03-31 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig 04-01 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House 04-02 Rochester, NY - The Club at Water Street 04-03 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel 04-04 Hamden, CT - Alumni Hall at Quinnipiac University 04-05 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street 04-06 Waltham, MA - Great Lawn (early show) 04-06 Boston, MA - Paradise 04-07 New York, NY - Webster Hall 04-08 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts 04-09 Towson, MD - Recher Theatre 04-10 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom 04-12 Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's 04-13 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues

04-15 Bloomington, IN - Bluebird Nightclub

04-16 Chicago, IL - House of Blues 04-17 Madison, WI - Club 770 04-18 Columbia, MO - Blue Note 04-21 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre 04-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue 04-23 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues 04-26 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) 04-29 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club 06-13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo