Illinois Embark On US Tour w/ The Builders And The Butchers

“From its Tom Waits-esque pots and pans percussives to the down-home and spare or the lovelorn acoustic… to the porch-party antics… a band of constant surprises.” - Filter

Bucks County, PA rabble-rousers Illinois are packing their Irish Whiskey and broken strings and embarking on a cross-country US Tour with The Builders And The Butchers starting today, July 15, 2009. Kid Catastrophe and company kicked things off with a KEXP session yesterday, and are set to stir things up at Bottom of the Hill tonight in San Francisco. The tour runs through August 6th (full US Tour Dates below), with a brief respite to catch up with old pals The Hold Steady at WXPN's XPoNential Music Festival on July 25th.

This pan-American tour comes on the heels of Illinois' comprehensive multi-media campaign and album release, “The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe.” For six months, the band pounded the virtual pavement all across the interweb, releasing a 3-song EP & video chapter per month from November '08 – April ‘09. Then, a sprawling 20-song release hit shelves on June 9th.

KEXP Live Session
Now Available Streaming Online Here. (Enter date of July 14th and time of 8am to listen)

XPoNential Music Festival
July 25th || Wiggins Park, Camden Waterfront (XPoNential Music Festival) || Camden, NJ

US Tour (w/ The Builders And The Butchers)
July 15th || Bottom of the Hill || San Francisco, CA
July 16th || The Cellar Door || Tulare, CA
July 17th || Spaceland || Los Angeles, CA
July 18th || The Casbah || San Diego, CA
July 20th || Urban Lounge || Salt Lake City, UT
July 21st || Larimer Lounge || Denver, CO
July 22nd || Fisch Haus Studios || Wichita, KS
July 23rd || Replay Lounge || Lawrence, KS
July 28th || DC9 || Washington, DC
July 29th || Johnny Brenda's || Philadelphia, PA
July 30th || The Bell House || Brooklyn, NY
July 31st || Piano's || New York, NY
August 1st || T.T. the Bear's || Boston, MA
August 3rd || The Pike Room || Pontiac, MI
August 4th || Brillobox || Pittsburgh, PA
August 5th || Skully's Music Diner || Columbus, OH
August 6th || The Vollrath || Indianapolis, IN

For more info on Illinois, check the brand new steez:
http://www.purevolume.com/illinois
http://www.imeem.com/illinois
http://www.myspace.com/illinois
http://www.twitter.com/kidcatastrophe