Tour Dates: At The Zoo

You have to love a band that thinks outside the box when it comes to promoting a new release. Example A  = indie-popsters the Annuals. The band which recently released their brand new EP – Wet Zoo – have announced an interesting contest to coincide with it and their upcoming tour.

For each stop on their June run the band will be giving away not only a pair of tickets to their show, but will also throw in either passes or an animal adoption at the city’s local zoo or aquarium. Two runners-up will receive a copy of the album. Enter away and good luck!

If a winning a trip to the zoo isn’t your thing, then maybe one of these recently announced tours will be for you…

• Former BtN artist Okkervil River lines up a fall run in support of their September release (begins: 09/12)
• Nostalgia alert: 1960s rockers The Zombies hit the road this July (begins: 07/03)
• alt.roots-rockers Calexico will keep busy through the end of October (begins: 06/20)
• The band with the best reference to font style New Times Viking bring their fuzz rock to a town near you (begins: 06/07)
• Canadian art-rockers Wolf Parade put together a summer tour (begins: 07/07)
• The SoCo Music Experience will bring a rotating roster of acts – including MGMT, The Black Keys & The Roots – to selects cities

Finally, a couple weeks back we featured The Weather Underground as a Blips artists. Well, the L.A. based band recently announced they’d be embarking on their first national tour that will keep them on the road for the next month. We’re hoping to hit one of the two New York dates, but if you’re headed to Bonnaroo be sure to check them out Thursday night around 9 PM at the ‘Troo Music Lounge and let us know what you think.