My band Earlimart is leaving for a West Coast tour this week and I thought I might let you all in on the dates. Please think of it not as shameless self-promotion, but as a chance to throw back a couple of beers with a fellow lister and support the indiest of indie rock. If anyone can make it, please, please say hi to the guy on the right. And because I know you'll ask: For fans of...The Pixies, Sonic Youth, Fuck, Hank Williams, X, & Sparklehorse. (We're not quite as epic as Modest Mouse - That's a funny pun.) tue. 9/21 - LOS ANGELES, CA @ The Silverlake Lounge w/Irving & Crooner thur. 9/23 - MODESTO, CA @ Charley's w/Fiver sat. 9/25 - FRESNO, CA @ Club Fred w/Sparkle Jet sun. 9/26 - S.F., CA @ Bottom of the Hill (5:00pm) w/Fiver, Cole Marquis, Zmrzlina, The Snowmen & Half Film tue. 9/28 - CHICO, CA @ Duffy's w/ The iMps wed. 9/29 - EUREKA, CA @ The Vista w/The Bar Feeders thur. 9/30 - EUGENE, OR @ Sam Bond's Garage w/Fiver fri. 10/1 - PORTLAND, OR @ The Tonic Lounge NXNW/D.I.W. Showcase sun. 10/3 - PORTLAND, OR @ The Paris Theatre* mon. 10/4 - BELLINGHAM, WA @ The Showoff w/The Bar Feeders, Johnny Vomit & The Armpits and Stalin's Order tue. 10/5 - SEATTLE, WA @ The Showbox w/Lincoln & Hafacat wed. 10/6 - VANCOUVER, CANADA @ The Brickyard w/Bossanova thur. 10/7 - OLYMPIA, WA @ The Midnight Sun* fri. 10/8 - STOCKTON, CA @ The Seifert Teen Center sat. 10/9 - SACRAMENTO, CA @ Dimple Records (4:30pm) afternoon in-store w/Slow Car Crash sat. 10/9 - FRESNO, CA @ Tokyo Gardens w/ The Sleepover Disaster *tentative. Thanks guys.