Northern State's Single "Better Already" on Grey's Anatomy/ US Tour With Tegan and Sara In Support of 'Can I Keep This Pen?' starts Oct. 29 in L.A.

Video for “Better Already”: http://www.ipecac.com/northern_state/

The Onion (A.V. Club) - The group's defiantly loose new disc once again kicks it independent-style, with a sparkling
new set that augments signature old-school flows and girlish good humor with electro and new-wave flourishes.

Entertainment Weekly A- : Northern State has crafted a legitimately trilling third album. It's an audacious leap forward,
and one that should finally earn them the unimaginable: respect

Spin *** 3 Stars: Energetic political jams such as "Cold War" make it easy to forget that it's been three years since
anyone heard from Le Tigre

Alternative Press *** 3 1/2 Stars: “The former partners in rhyme frequently drop the mics to explore everything from
pointy-shoed new wave to soft flutter electro-rock...the results are unexpected and lethal”

The ladies of Northern State are thrilled that their song "Better Already" was chosen to lead off last week's episode
of 'Grey's Anatomy'. Northern State are huge fans of the show and have been obsessively watching season 2 on DVD in
the back of their van while on tour in Canada with Tegan and Sara. According to Spero, " We are such huge fans of the
show that we refuse to watch the episode featuring our song because we don't want it to give away any plotlines. We just
finished season 2 on Dvd. We now need to get through all of season 3 on our US tour and THEN..and ONLY THEN..will
we watch the episode featuring "Better Already". It was a tough decision but Dr. Potash (aka Hesta Prynn), Dr. Goodmark
(aka Sprout) and I all agreed this was the best course of action given the circumstances."

Northern State begin their US tour with Tegan and Sara in support of 'Can I Keep This Pen?' in L.A at the Orpheum next
week..see tour dates below!

Northern State US TOUR w / Tegan and Sara

Oct 29 - Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles, California
Oct 30 - Spreckles Theatre San Diego, California
Oct 31 - Lobero Theatre Santa Barbara, California
Nov 1 - Rialto Theatre Tucson, Arizona
Nov 3 - Boulder Theatre Boulder, Colorado
Nov 5 - The Granada Lawrence, Kansas
Nov 7 - Stubbs Austin, Texas
Nov 9 - House of Blues - Dallas Dallas, Texas
Nov 10 - House of Blues - New Orleans New Orleans, Louisiana
Nov 12 - Plaza Theatre Orlando, Florida
Nov 13 - The Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Nov 14 - Jannus Landing Tampa, Florida
Nov 16 - Roxy Theater Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 17 - Cats Cradle Carrboro, North Carolina
Nov 19 - Webster Hall New York, New York
Nov 20 - Calvin Theatre Northhampton, Massachusetts
Nov 21 - The Berklee Performance Center Boston, Massachusetts
Nov 23 - The Commerce Bank Arts Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 24 - Lisner Auditorium Washington, Washington DC
Nov 25 - HOB - Cleveland Cleveland, Ohio
Nov 26 - Newport Music Hall Columbus, Ohio
Nov 28 - St. Andrews Detroit, Michigan
Nov 29 - Portage Theater Chicago, Illinois
Nov 30 - Pantages Theater Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dec 3 - Showbox Seattle, Washington
Dec 4 - Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon
Dec 5 - The Senator Chico, California
Dec 6 - Zellerbach Auditorium Berkeley, California

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