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Touché Amore have announced a tour with mewithoutYou featuring support from Drug Church and Caravels .  TOUCHE AMORE / MEWITHOUTYOU - ON TOUR FEB 06 Denver, CO – Marquis Theater* 07 Salt Lake City, UT – Club Sound* 08 Boise, ID - The Crux* 09 Seattle, WA - Neumos* 10 Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theater* 12 San Francisco, CA - Slims* 13 San Diego, CA - Epicentre* 14 Los Angeles, CA – Ukrainian Culture Center* 15 Phoenix, AZ – Nile Theater* 17 Austin, TX - Mohawk* 18 Houston, TX - Fitzgeralds* 19 Dallas, TX – Prophet Bar* 21 Nashville, TN – Exit/In** 22 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge (early doors)** 23 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick** 24 Toronto, ON – Mod Club** 26 New York, NY – (Le) Poisson Rouge** 27 Boston, MA – The Sinclair** MAR 01 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer** 02 Washington, DC – Black Cat** 04 Carrboro, NC – Cat's Cradle** ...

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The best albums of the year, so far. 15. Death Dreams by PS, I Love You  Japandroids-esque scuzz/ noise rock duo from Ontario, Canada. Heavy on the distortion and probably the most under-rated album of the year, so far. Definitely one of the heavier albums from the list. Download: Princess Towers, Sentimental Dishes http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/death-dreams/id518437876 14. OFF! by OFF!  Ex- Black Flag/ Circle Jerks frontman, Keith Morris, still being suitably angry at the ripe old age of 56. Hardcore supergroup of sorts happily deliver short, violent blasts of old school hardcore on this fourteen track debut LP. Download: King Kong Brigade, Cracked  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/off!/id518351298 13. Plumb by Field Music  Messy British Indie album. Filled with fifteen experimental, avant, prog-pop (yeah, they're pretty un-pigeonholeable) tracks, it's not Field Music's strongest album, but it is one that shows a band developing and refusing...