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Pitchfork has announced the much-anticipated, Music Tapes-led Elephant 6 “Holiday Surprise” tour that we’ve all been waiting for.  While ostensibly celebrating the release of two Music Tapes albums–Music Tapes for Clouds and Tornadoes (released August 19th on Merge) and The Singing Saw at Christmastime (October 7th on Merge)–Music Tapes frontman Julian Koster will be joined by a big crowd of E6 veterans to celebrate “the music of Olivia Tremor Control, Circulatory System, the Music Tapes, Elf Power, the Gerbils, Scott Spillane, Nana Grizol, Nesey Gallons, and more.”  Confirmed to be on the tour, in addition to Koster, are W. Cullen Hart, Spillane, Laura Carter, Eric Harris, and the reclusive Mr. Gallons.  And that’s not all.  They’ll also be debuting the new Major Organ and the Adding Machine film on the tour, in tandem with submitting it to music festivals.  (The expanded CD/DVD set is now planned for release in fall 2009.)  You can read the Pitchfork piece here.  See you in Chicago!

The Music Tapes & Friends – Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour
10-09 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
10-11 New York, NY – Knitting Factory
10-12 Boston, MA – The Church
10-14 Portland, ME – Space Gallery
10-15 New Haven, CT – The Space
10-16 Purchase, NY – SUNY Purchase
10-17 Rochester, NY- The Bug Jar
10-18 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
10-19 Columbus, OH – Wexner Center
10-20 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Pike Room
10-21 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
10-22 Bloomington, IN – Cinemat
10-23 Lexington, KY – University of Kentucky
10-25 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge (CMJ)