Animal Collective are one of the best acts currently producing music. It’s a loft claim, I know, but I have the utmost faith in them and am really looking forward to seeing them at Coachella. At any rate, tonight they begin the tour that eventually lead them before me in the deserts of Indio, CA. I wish they were playing a few shows closer so I could catch them sooner than April, but I’ll take what I can get.

Lineup after the drop.

February 21st - Boston @ Avalon with First Nation and BARR - all ages

February 22nd - Montreal @ La Tulipe with First Nation and BARR - all ages

February 23rd - Toronto @ The Opera House with First Nation and BARR - 19+

February 24th - Lansing, MI @ Temple Club with First Nation and BARR - all ages

February 25th - Chicago @ Logan Square Auditorium early show with BARR and late show with First Nation - all ages

February 26th - Minneapolis @ First Avenue with First Nation and BARR - all ages

March 1st - Vancouver @ The Commodore Ballroom with First Nation and BARR - 19+

March 2nd - Seattle @ Neumos with First Nation and BARR - all ages

March 3rd - Portland @ Wonder Ballroom with First Nation and BARR - all ages

March 4th - Sacramento @ The Library with First Nation and BARR - all ages

March 5th - San Francisco @ The Fillmore with First Nation and BARR - all ages

March 7th - Los Angeles @ The Vanguard with First Nation and BARR - 18+

March 10th - Kyoto @ Metro

March 11th - Osaka @ Sansui

March 12th - Tokyo @ Shibuya O-West

March 14th - San Diego @ Epicentre with BARR - all ages

March 15th - Tucson @ Solar Culture with Mr. Fishsticks - all ages

March 17th - Austin, TX @ Fox and Hound with Ariel Pink, First Nation, Storsveit Nix Noltes, The Mutts, Tom Brosseau, and Mum DJ set.

March 19th - Atlanta @ Variety Playhouse with Storsveit Nix Noltes - all ages

March 20th - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel with Storsveit Nix Noltes - 18+

March 21st - Washington, DC @ The Black Cat with Storsveit Nix Noltes - all ages

March 22nd - Philadelphia @ Starlight Ballroom with Storsveit Nix Noltes - all ages

March 23rd - New York @ Webster Hall with Storsveit Nix Noltes - 16 +

March 24th - Towson, MD @ Recher Theatre

March 25th - New York @ Bowery Ballroom 18+

April 29th - Indio, CA @ Coachella Festival