The promotional push continues for Born Ruffians, who released Birthmarks back in the spring. The band are spreading the word about their latest LP with a North American fall tour, as well as a new music video.
The band will spend the rest of the summer playing shows and festivals in Canada before beginning the fall in Europe for a string of international shows. They will return to these shores in mid-October for another month's worth of gigs, including a number of U.S. appearances, plus some Ontario dates.
See the schedule below, and scroll past that to watch the newly unveiled video for "Needle," which takes viewers on a trip around New York City.
The clip was directed by Istoica and James Cooper, that latter of whom explained in a statement: "We like the idea of the performer being mirrored in the audience. We shot the video over several days in New York City. We followed Luke Lalonde around New York in big crowds of people, smaller groups of friends and on his own. The video takes place over a night out in New York so we left some things up to chance and kind of followed wherever the night took us. Much of the video was shot as stills and later morphed together to create a look that feels like a past memory being recalled."
Tour dates:
08/10 Kingston, ON - Wolfe Island Festival
08/17 Elora, ON - Riverfest
08/24 Vancouver, BC - Stanley Park Live at Second Beach
08/31 Sarnia, ON - Festival Of Good Things
09/06 Ottawa, ON - Hog's Back Park
09/13 Halifax, NS - Dalhousie University
09/14 Welland, ON - Rosehall Run Vineyard
09/18 Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
09/19 London, UK - Concrete
09/20 Brighton, UK - Green Door Store
09/21 Nantes, France - Scopitone Festival
09/24 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
09/26 Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahn Festival
09/27 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
09/28 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
09/30 Brussels, Belgium - Witloof Bar
10/01 Lille, France - Le Grande Mix
10/02 Paris, France - Trabendo
10/17 Waterloo, ON - Starlight
10/18 Dundas, ON - Dundas Valley Montessori School
10/20 Barrie, ON - The Clarkson Pub
10/28 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
10/29 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/30 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11/01 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11/02 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
11/03 Washington, DC - Rock N Roll Hotel
11/05 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
11/06 Boston, MA - Sinclair
11/07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/08 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
11/16 San Francisco, CA - Slims
11/22 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
The band will spend the rest of the summer playing shows and festivals in Canada before beginning the fall in Europe for a string of international shows. They will return to these shores in mid-October for another month's worth of gigs, including a number of U.S. appearances, plus some Ontario dates.
See the schedule below, and scroll past that to watch the newly unveiled video for "Needle," which takes viewers on a trip around New York City.
The clip was directed by Istoica and James Cooper, that latter of whom explained in a statement: "We like the idea of the performer being mirrored in the audience. We shot the video over several days in New York City. We followed Luke Lalonde around New York in big crowds of people, smaller groups of friends and on his own. The video takes place over a night out in New York so we left some things up to chance and kind of followed wherever the night took us. Much of the video was shot as stills and later morphed together to create a look that feels like a past memory being recalled."
Tour dates:
08/10 Kingston, ON - Wolfe Island Festival
08/17 Elora, ON - Riverfest
08/24 Vancouver, BC - Stanley Park Live at Second Beach
08/31 Sarnia, ON - Festival Of Good Things
09/06 Ottawa, ON - Hog's Back Park
09/13 Halifax, NS - Dalhousie University
09/14 Welland, ON - Rosehall Run Vineyard
09/18 Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
09/19 London, UK - Concrete
09/20 Brighton, UK - Green Door Store
09/21 Nantes, France - Scopitone Festival
09/24 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
09/26 Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahn Festival
09/27 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
09/28 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
09/30 Brussels, Belgium - Witloof Bar
10/01 Lille, France - Le Grande Mix
10/02 Paris, France - Trabendo
10/17 Waterloo, ON - Starlight
10/18 Dundas, ON - Dundas Valley Montessori School
10/20 Barrie, ON - The Clarkson Pub
10/28 Grand Rapids, MI - Pyramid Scheme
10/29 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/30 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
11/01 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
11/02 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
11/03 Washington, DC - Rock N Roll Hotel
11/05 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
11/06 Boston, MA - Sinclair
11/07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/08 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
11/16 San Francisco, CA - Slims
11/22 Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall