Time to get your pre-order on for the new sonic youth LP, The Eternal. Insound has a cool deal on both the double lp and cd versions of the record. Both get you streams of the album in advance of the June 9 release date, along with exclusive MP3′s, a live album, early ticket deals, and posters. Not bad.

Check out the Youth’s current summer tour dates after the jump!

05/17 No Fun Fest / Brooklyn, NY Music Hall Of Williamsburg [get tickets]
05/30 Estrella Damm Primavera Sound w/Neil Young Barcelona, Spain Parc del Forum
06/28 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre [get tickets]
06/29 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre
07/02 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory [get tickets]
07/03 New York, NY United Palace [get tickets]
07/07 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
07/08 Richmond, VA The National [get tickets]
07/10 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
07/11 Nashville, TN War Memorial Auditorium
07/12 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnaces Nat’l Hist. Landmark [get tickets]
07/13 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse [get tickets]
07/15 Dallas, TX House Of Blues [get tickets]
07/16 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
07/18 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater [get tickets]
07/20 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
07/21 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue [get tickets]
07/23 Boise, ID Knitting Factory Concert House [get tickets]
07/25 Seattle, WA Capitol Hill Festival Grounds
07/28 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
07/30 Salt Lake City, UT TBA
07/31 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre [get tickets]
08/02 Oakland, CA Fox Theater [get tickets]

Our masters at eXtra Large Recordings have decided that the audiotory elements of Titus Andronicus are not doing the job as far as moving units is concerned, and so we must enter the visual world in the form of a music video for our forthcoming UK single, “Upon Viewing Brueghel’s ‘Landscape and the Fall of Icarus.’”

Since the men of Titus Andronicus are all ugly bastards, we humbly request yr presence at Silent Barn on this coming Monday (this is where we are going to make the video), so that you, in all yr beauty, can dance and throw confetti and pretend that Titus Andronicus are actually playing music instead of just pretending. In this way, perhaps we can manipulate the record-buying public into allowing us to seperate them from their hard-earned money, the fools.

The prancing around will begin at around 4:30 PM and continue long into the evening. If any of you still have jobs for some reason, or some other obligation to see to, it will be perfectly fine in you want to come at a time after 4:30 PM. Nobody will think ill of you. We just desire yr presence in whatever way it may manifest itself.

We ask with the utmost humility that you come equipped with either a white or black t-shirt and pants.
No print on them please – a shirt turned inside out would be okay!

Also, please feel free to invite all yr friends so that we can create the illusion that everyone loves us.

This is all happening at Silent Barn, which can be reached by taking the L Train to Halsey, or by taking the M to Myrtle/Wyckoff. Here is Silent Barn on Google Maps.

Okay, that’s all. Please come, or our self esteem will suffer irreparable damage.

Try having that on yr conscience!”

Sounds like fun! Of course, the boys are on tour. Read on after the jump for dates with Lucero and Ted Leo (separately)!

Apr 9 Off Broadway St. Louis, Missouri * [get tickets]
Apr 10 Metro Chicago, Illinois *
Apr 11 The Majestic Theatre Detroit, Michigan *
Apr 12 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, Ontario *
Apr 14 Mohawk Place Buffalo, New York *
Apr 15 Pearl Street Downstairs Northampton, Massachusetts *
Apr 16 The Paradise Boston, Massachusetts *
Apr 17 We are not playing at the First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ???? [get tickets?]
Apr 18 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York *
Apr 19 Black Cat Washington, Washington DC *
Apr 21 Outback Lodge Charlottesville, Virginia *
Apr 22 123 Pleasant Street Morgantown, West Virginia *
Apr 23 Southgate House Newport, Kentucky * [get tickets]
Apr 24 Radio Radio Indianapolis, Indiana * [get tickets]
Apr 25 Headliners Louisville, Kentucky * [get tickets]
Jun 8 Ottobar Baltimore %
Jun 9 Canal Club Richmond, Virginia %
Jun 10 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina %
Jun 11 40 Watt Club Athens, Georgia %
Jun 12 Bottle tree Birmingham, Alabama %
Jun 15 Southgate House Newport, Kentucky %
Jun 16 Diesel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania % [get tickets]
Jun 19 Toads Place New Haven, Connecticut %
Jun 20 AS220 Providence, Rhode Island %

* w/Lucero
% w/Ted Leo and The Pharmacists

Dinosaur Jr. are on tour for the next month (including a stop right here in Portland, Maine this Friday!). Your ticket to the show comes with a tour-only 7″ or a digital download code. These tracks were recorded during the sessions filmed by Pitchfork. Michigan’s Awesome Color (who I’ve been looking forward to seeing live for some time now) will be opening the shows through April 11. Tour dates after the jump.

Apr 1 @ Daniel Street Milford, Connecticut
Apr 2 @ Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island
Apr 3 @ The Station Portland, Maine
Apr 4 @ Higher Ground So. Burlington, VT, Vermont
Apr 6 @ The Town Ballroom Buffalo, New York
Apr 7 @ Lulu’s State College, Pennsylvania
Apr 8 @ Musica Akron, Ohio
Apr 9 @ The Small Planet East Lansing, Michigan
Apr 10 @ Bluebird Nightclub Bloomington, Indiana
Apr 11 @ Otto’s Nightclub DeKalb, Illinois
Apr 13 @ Rhythm and Brews Chattanooga, Tennessee
Apr 14 @ Minglewood Hall Memphis, Tennessee
Apr 15 @ The Varsity Theatre Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Apr 16 @ Revoloution Music Room Little Rock, Arkansas
Apr 17 @ George’s Majestic Lounge Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr 18 @ Proud Larry’s Oxford, Mississippi
Apr 20 @ 40 Watt Club Athens, Georgia
Apr 21 @ Sky City Augusta, Georgia
Apr 22 @ Common Grounds Gainesville, Florida
Apr 23 @ The Moon Tallahassee, Florida
Apr 24 @ Freebird Live Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Apr 25 @ The Music Farm Charleston, South Carolina
Apr 26 @ The Orange Peel Asheville, North Carolina
Apr 27 @ Cat’s Cradle Carboro, North Carolina
Apr 29 @ Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, North Carolina
Apr 30 @ The National Richmond, Virginia
May 1 @ Chameleon Club Lancaster, Pennsylvania
May 2 @ Ottobar Baltimore, Maryland