Sparklehorse is/are (delete as you like) to tour the US for the first time in five years.
Mark Linkous will be joined by Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter for the tour, which begins in Austin on February 2. Linkous is already at work on new material, following the release of last year's Dreamt For Light Years In The Belly Of A Mountain LP. He's been working with Danger Mouse in Los Angeles.
Those tour dates, for our US readers...
February
2 Austin Antone's
3 Dallas Gypst Tea Room
5 Santa Fe Brewing Company
6 Tempe Clubhouse
7 Solana Beach, California Belly Up
9 Los Angeles Henry Fonda Theatre
10 San Francisco Fillmore
13 Portland Wonder Ballroom
14 Seattle Showbox
15 Vancouver Richard's On Richards
17 Englewood Gothic Theatre
19 Minneapolis Fisrt Avenue
20 Madison High Noon Saloon
21 Chicago Metro
22 Detroit Saint Andrews Hall
23 Toronto Mod Club
24 Montreal Club Soda
26 Boston Paradise
27 New York Webster Hall
March
1 Baltimore Ram's Head
2 Carrboro Cat's Cradle
3 Charleston Music Farm
4 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
Sparklehorse are also due to perform at ATP's May event, in Minehead, from 18-20 of said month.