The Low Anthem performed at Boston's House of Blues on Saturday for the multi-artist Hot Stove Cool Music concert, a benefit for the Red Sox Foundation's Foundation to Be Named Later. The Boston Globe included The Low Anthem's set among the highlights of the evening, calling the group "a dazzlingly talented bunch." Now comes word that the band will be headlining its first North American tour in March and April and making its US television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman this Thursday, January 14. It will also spend much of February supporting The Avett Brothers on the road.
Last year was a benchmark one for The Low Anthem: the band toured for the larger part of it behind its Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, which was named Magnet's No. 1 Album of 2009, Uncut's Americana Album of the Year, and Boston Music Awards' Album of the Year. The record figured prominently on year-end lists in Paste, MOJO, Q, and Uncut. It was also a New York Times Critic's Pick, and NPR's Bob Boilen coined the song "Charlie Darwin" one of the best of the year. The nearly constant tour included stints with Ray Lamontagne, Elvis Perkins, and Josh Ritter, as well as festival stops at Bonnaroo, Glastonbury and Newport Folk, among others.
On a short break from the road, the band has been busy working on the followup to Charlie Darwin, holing up in an abandoned pasta sauce factory in Central Falls, Rhode Island. The band is no stranger to recording in unique spaces, having ferried 27-plus instruments over to Block Island, Rhode Island, in January 2008 for the recording of Darwin. You can follow their updates at the band's website. As reported last week in the Nonesuch Journal, on January 31, The Low Anthem will also premiere its new weekly radio show on WOXY called the Trala-Lala Radio Hour w/ The Low Anthem. The show will be at 10 AM ET on Sundays, 8 PM ET Mondays. The group will keep up its radio streak with a performance on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic when the band members make their way through Los Angeles on the upcoming tour.
Below are the band's currently scheduled tour dates. For more information and venue links, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour.
THE LOW ANTHEM ON TOUR
| Jan 15 |
Abrons Art Center |
New York, NY |
| Jan 27 |
Black Box Theatre (SOLD OUT) |
Belfast, N. IRELAND |
| Jan 28 |
Old Fruitmarket |
Glasgow, SCOTLAND |
| Jan 30 |
Ancienne Belgique |
Brussels, BELGIUM |
| Jan 31 |
Vera |
Groningen, NETHERLANDS |
| Feb 1 |
Mousontrum |
Frankfurt, GERMANY |
| Feb 2 |
Paradiso |
Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS |
| Feb 3 |
Frannz Club |
Berlin, GERMANY |
| Feb 4 |
Beatpol |
Dresden, GERMANY |
| Feb 5 |
Culture Podium Roepaen |
Ottersum, NETHERLANDS |
| Feb 7 |
O2 Academy Birmingham |
Birmingham, ENGLAND |
| Feb 8 |
Whelan's (SOLD OUT) |
Dublin, IRELAND |
| Feb 9 |
Manchester Academy |
Manchester, ENGLAND |
| Feb 11 |
Shepherds Bush Empire |
London, ENGLAND |
| Feb 23 |
Club Cafe |
Pittsburgh, PA |
| Feb 24 |
Memorial Auditorium, Ohio University* |
Athens, OH |
| Feb 26 |
State Theatre* |
Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 27 |
House of Blues* (SOLD OUT) |
Cleveland, OH |
| Feb 28 |
Egyptian Room* |
Indianapolis, IN |
| Mar 2 |
Missouri Theatre* |
Columbia, MO |
| Mar 3 |
Rose State College* |
Midwest City, OK |
| Mar 5 |
First Avenue* (SOLD OUT) |
Minneapolis, MN |
| Mar 6 |
Turner Hall Ballroom* |
Milwaukee, WI |
| Mar 7 |
House of Blues* |
Chicago, IL |
| Mar 9 |
Michigan Theatre* |
Ann Arbor, MI |
| Mar 11 |
Kennedy Center (free) |
Washington, DC |
| Mar 11 |
9:30 Club |
Washington, DC |
| Mar 12 |
First Unitarian Church |
Philadelphia, PA |
| Mar 13 |
Cat's Cradle |
Carrboro, NC |
| Mar 14 |
Variety Playhouse |
Atlanta, GA |
| Mar 15 |
Belcourt Theatre |
Nashville, TN |
| Mar 22 |
Santa Fe Brewing Company |
Santa Fe, NM |
| Mar 24 |
Largo at the Coronet Theatre |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Mar 25 |
Bootleg Theatre |
Los Angeles, CA |
| Mar 26 |
Great American Music Hall |
San Francisco, CA |
| Mar 28 |
Doug Fir Lounge |
Portland, OR |
| Mar 30 |
St. James Hall |
Vancouver, BC, CANADA |
| Mar 31 |
Crocodile Cafe |
Seattle, WA |
| Apr 2 |
State Room |
Salt Lake City, UT |
| Apr 3 |
Fox Theatre |
Boulder, CO |
| Apr 5 |
Huckleberry's |
Rock Island, IL |
| Apr 6 |
Lincoln Hall |
Chicago, IL |
| Apr 7 |
The Ark |
Ann Arbor, MI |
| Apr 10 |
Church of the Redeemer |
Toronto, ON, CANADA |
| Apr 12 |
Eglise du Gesu |
Montreal, QC, CANADA |
| Apr 14 |
Bowery Ballroom |
New York, NY |
| Apr 16 |
The Bell House |
Brooklyn, NY |
| Apr 17 |
Iron Horse Music Hall |
Northampton, MA |
* w/ Avett Brothers
