Dustin Wong and Takako Minekawa Announce North American Tour, Share New Animated Video

BY Gregory AdamsPublished Sep 25, 2014

Earlier this week, onetime Ponytail six-stringer Dustin Wong and Japanese electro-pop performer Takako Minekawa delivered their second full-length collaboration, Savage Imagination. Now, they've revealed that they'll be taking their glitchy soundscapes to concert venues later this fall on a North American tour.

The partnership revealed their tour plans in a press release, which confirms that their upcoming trip kicks off in November. Primarily, they'll be hitting the U.S. club circuit, but they Wong and Minekawa will make it up to Canada for a pair of appearances. They'll hit Toronto's Handlebar on November 10, with a show at Montreal's Casa Del Popolo taking place the next night.

You'll find all of the show info down below.

Additionally, the act have revealed a new video for Savage Imagination's "Pastel Ice Date." Placing itself in the annals of music history alongside A-ha and Tom Waits, the video utilizes Rotoscope animation technology, tracing live action shots of the group and a figure skater onto a white backdrop.

Check it out below those tour dates.

Tour dates:

11/07 Northfield, MN - The Cave at Carleton College

11/08 Chicago, IL - The Hideout

11/09 Detroit, MI - MOCA Detroit

11/10 Toronto, ON - Handlebar

11/11 Montreal, QC - Casa Del Popolo

11/12 Pawtucket, RI - Machines With Magnets

11/13 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club

11/14 Brooklyn, NY - Palisades

11/15 New York, NY - Cake Shop

11/16 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's

11/17 Baltimore, MD - Floristree

11/19 Durham, NC - The Pinhook

11/20 Atlanta, GA - 529

11/21 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder

11/24 Austin, TX - Mohawk

11/26 Tempe, AZ - 51 West

11/28 Los Angeles, CA - Club Los Globos

11/29 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern

12/01 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios

12/03 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern

12/04 Boise, ID - The Crux

12/06 Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge

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