Not going to SXSW? Folk favorites Vetiver are making the trip, but they’ll also swing much closer to Manhattan at the culmination of their March mini-tour.
Along with their ambitiously slated five shows in four days at the Austin festival, the San Francisco group have also charted an East Coast road trip that begins tonight at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore and concludes at the Space in Hamden, Conn., March 26. (Tickets are $12 and available online.)
The last time the group headlined a major New York show was their 2009 Bowery Ballroom gig with the Antlers--so a short train ride to outer North Haven doesn’t sound too bad in comparison, eh? (No word on if New York's own eccentric folk scion, Devendra Banhart, will sit in with the band, as he does frequently.)
There’s a reason for their Tracy Flick-like hustle: Sub Pop announced Thursday that the ramshackle folk troupe will release their fifth album, The Errant Charm, on June 14. The disc was inspired by frontman Andy Cabic’s long walks through San Francisco’s Richmond District, so anticipate a new, meandering sense of purpose to their loosely hewn jamming.
Full Vetiver tour dates:
March 11 – Baltimore, MD - Metro Gallery
March 12 – Richmond, VA - The Camel
March 13 - Asheville, NC - The Grey Eagle
March 14 - Nashville, TN - The End
March 16 - Austin, TX - French Legation Museum
March 16 - Austin, TX - St. David's Sanctuary
March 17 - Austin, TX - Hotel San Jose
March 18 - Austin, TX - Barbarella
March 19 - Austin, TX - Patagonia
March 21 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
March 22 - Orlando, FL - Social
March 23 - Mt. Pleasant - Village Tavern
March 24 - Durham, NC – The Pinhook
March 25 - Arlington, VA - Iota
March 26 - Hamden, CT - The Space
