M83 to join the Killers on tour

File this one under ‘Strange Bedfellows’…

For those of you waiting with bated breath for our Best of 2008 lists (and I know at least 3 of you are), I’ll give you a preview of one of my choices for album of the year – M83’s Saturdays=Youth. It’s like a fantastic window into my childhood in the 80’s, right down to my vaguely Goth-y sister (she wasn’t really Goth, but she sometimes wore a lot of mascara and listened to The Cure and what my dad called ‘Depress Mode’). I’d imagine for generations removed, it may not rate as highly as it does for me & mine. But that’s the beauty of music and opinions, right?

At any rate, the infinitely talented Anthony Gonzalez & crew (in this incarnation it’s Gonzalez on vocals, guitars and keyboards, Loic Maurin on Drums, Pierre-Marie Maulini on bass and guitar and featured album vocalist Morgan Kibby (of LA-based band The Romanovs) on vocals and keyboards.) will be hitting the interstates this January & February with Nevadans The Killers.

Now I know what you might be thinking because I thought it too – really? It sort of strikes me as being as mismatched as Katy Perry opening for Radiohead, but then again, I’ve only heard one song off of Day & Age so maybe there’s a connection I’m missing. At any rate, it’s guaranteed to get the band some exposure it may not have had otherwise, and I’ll always be in favor of that.

MP3: M83 – Graveyard Girl
STREAM: M83 – Kim & Jessie (Data Remix)

TOURDATES:
January
17 Denver, CO Magness Arena – Ritchie Center
19 Minneapolis, MN Northrop Auditorium
20 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion
22 Detroit, MI EMU Convocation Center
23 Toronto, ONT Air Canada Centre
25 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
26 Boston, MA Agganis Arena
28 Washington, DC George Mason University Patriot Center
29 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
30 Atlanta, GA Atlanta Civic Center
31 Nashville, TN Grand Ole Opry House
February
2 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
3 Austin, TX Frank Erwin Center
4 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre>

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