Throw Me the State, The Brunettes, Nurses announce tour, play Durham

Seattle band Throw Me the Statue, New Zealand pop duo The Brunettes and spacey Portland band Nurses are hitting the road together at the end of August for a three-week North American tour. The three bands will make a stop in Durham at the Duke Coffeehouse of Saturday, September 5. Details for the show are not available yet, but we'll keep you posted.

Throw Met the Statue's new album Creaturesque is due out on Secretly Canadian Records on Tuesday, August 4. Nurses will release their debut album for Dead Oceans titled Apple's Acre on Tuesday, August 4 too. The Brunettes are still out supporting their 2007 Sup Pop release Structure and Cosmetics. Check out mp3s from each of the aforementioned albums below. "Hi-Fi Goon" by Throw Me the Statue and "Caterpillar Playground" by Nurses are both particularly nice.


Throw Me the Statue - "Ancestors" (mp3)
Throw Me the Statue - "Hi-Fi Goon" (mp3)
The Brunettes - "Small Town Crew" (mp3)
Nurses - "Caterpillar Playground" (mp3)

Tour dates:
08.26.09 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry
08.27.09 - Urbana, IL - Courtyard Cafe @ University of Illinois
08.28.09 - Madison, WI - The Annex
08.29.09 - Chicago, IL - Subterranean [Tickets]
08.30.09 - TBA - Toronto, ON
08.31.09 - Montreal, QC - Il Motore
09.01.09 - Boston, MA - Middle East [Tickets]
09.02.09 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge [Tickets]
09.03.09 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s [Tickets]
09.04.09 - Washington, DC - Rock n Roll Hotel
09.05.09 - Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse
09.07.09 - Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
09.08.09 - Tallahassee, FL - Club Down Under
09.09.09 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon [Tickets]
09.10.09 - Houston, TX - Rudyards
09.11.09 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
09.12.09 - Dallas, TX - Cavern
09.14.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts [Tickets]
09.15.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo [Tickets]
09.16.09 - San Diego, CA - The Loft @ University of California [Tickets]
09.17.09 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw
09.18.09 - Sacramento, CA - Luigi’s Fun Garden
09.22.09 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project [Tickets]