Wavves roll in ahead of "King of the Beach"
Wavves will start a 32-show tour in New York City on Aug. 2, the day before the release of the band's third album, "King of the Beach," on Fat Possum.
Wavves, as San Diego native Nathan Williams calls his music project, continues to be a three -piece with the musicians who became his touring band at the end of 2009, bassist Stephen Pope and drummer Billy Hayes. Pope and Hayes co-wrote two songs on the new album with Williams, who recorded over the course of three months at Sweet Tea Recording in Oxford, MS, with Dennis Herring, producer of the last two Modest Mouse albums.
After the record-release show at the Bowery Ballroom and two Lollapalooza sets, Wavves will return to San Diego for a hometown gig at the city's Museum of Contemporary Art. The headlining tour wraps up in Oxford, MS, though the band will be opening for Phoenix at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 20.
2 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
6 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
7 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
12 - San Diego, CA - Museum of Contemporary Art
13 - Pomona, CA - The Glass House
14 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
16 - Santa Barbara, CA - Soho
17 - Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place
18 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
25 - Seattle, WA - Neumos
26 - Vancouver, BC - Biltmore
27 - Victoria, BC - Sugar
30 - Davis, CA - Sol Collective
31 - Visalia, CA - Howie and Sons Pizza Parlor
September 2010
4 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Fest
10 - Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
11 - St. Louis, MO - Billiken Club
14 - Bloomington, IN - Rhinos
15 - Columbus, OH - Skully's
16 - Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
17 - Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub
18 - Waltham, MA - Brandeis University
20 - Providence, RI - Met Cafe
24 - Kingston, NY - 323 Wall Street
25 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
27 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
28 - Greensboro, NC - Guilford College
29 - Charlotte, NC - Milestone
30 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
October 2010
1 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In - Next Big Nashville
2 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry's
20 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
