Why? @ MidPoint Music Festival (Cincy) – 9/25

The band with the undisputed (in my mind) best album of the year, Why?, whose Alopecia garnered a undervalued 8.2 on Pitchfork, will be playing Cincinnati’s MidPoint Music Festival on September 25th. Back in March when I saw Why? with Thao Nguyen (one of the other best artists of the year), Yoni told us we’d see him again in the Fall.  While the entire schedule isn’t announced, Pomegranates, Boston Spaceships, The Purrs, Backyard the Fire, and Mystery Palace will also be there.

If you’re not yet a Why? fan, buy Alopecia, then get the entire back catalog in reverse chronological order (the albums are progressively easier to listen to).

For the full tour schedule,

07-10 Dortmund, Germany – FZW
07-12 Dornstadt, Germany – Obtwiesen Festival
07-13 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Valkhof Affaire
07-18 Grafenhainichen, Germany – Ferropolis (Melt! Festival)
07-20 Dour, Belgium – Dour Festival
07-25 Hyere, France – Midi Festival
07-26 Laval, Quebec – 3 Elephants Festival
08-02 Osnabruck, Germany – Lokpop Festival
08-08 Diepholz, Germany – Appletreegarden Festival
08-10 Erlangen, Germany – E-Werk
08-12 Vigo, Spain – Vademecum
08-14 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9
08-15 Hamburg, Germany – Uebel und Gefährlich
08-16 Saint-Malo, France – La Route du Rock
08-29 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall %
09-04 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
09-05 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
09-06 Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture
09-08 Austin, TX – Mohawk *
09-09 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater *
09-11 Pensacola, FL – Sluggo’s *
09-12 Gainesville, FL – Common Grounds *
09-13 Miami, FL – White Room *
09-14 Orlando, FL – The Social *
09-16 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle *
09-17 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church *
09-18 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom *
09-19 Boston, MA – Museum of Fine Arts
09-20 Portland, ME – Space Gallery
09-21 Providence, RI – Club Hell
09-22 Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa
09-25 Cincinnati, OH – Midpoint Music Festival
09-26 Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge #
09-27 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock #
09-29 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive
09-30 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
10-02 Vancouver, British Columbia – Richard’s on Richards
10-03 Seattle, WA – Vera Project
10-04 Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
10-22 Poitiers, France – Confort Moderne
10-23 Saint-Etienne, France – Le Fil
10-24 Dijon, France – La Vapeur
10-25 Paris, France – BB Mix Festival
10-27 Amiens, France – Pirates Cabaret
10-28 Le Havre, France – Electrique
10-29 Rennes, France – L’Antipode
10-30 Nantes, France – Festival Yamoy
10-31 Vendôme, France – Rockomotives
11-01 Dublin, Ireland – Andrews Lane Theatre
11-03 London, England – TBA
11-06 Massy, France – Centre Culturel
11-07 Metz, France – Musique Volante
11-08 Colmar, France – Super Sound Festival
11-11 Berlin, Germany – Maria am Ufer
11-12 Leipzig, Germany – UT Connewitz