The Morning Benders Hit The Road

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By Jim Shearer on 01/29/2009

Today--in what I'm calling the Feel-Good-Tour-Of-The-Year-Thus-Far--The Morning Benders kickoff their co-headlining tour with The Submarines.

If you're not familiar with The Submarines by now, I can give you my standard spiel: You know, the band that has a song in that one iTunes commercial.

(left: Hopefully this won't happen out on tour.)

The Morning Benders are also set to play SXSW. They are confirmed for two performances, but because a band ain't a band unless they play 12 or more shows down in Austin, I'm sure more will follow.

To get friendly with their tour mates The Morning Benders and The Submarines each covered a song from one another. Both can be downloaded for free HERE.

And in other Morning Benders news (what can I say? I'm a fan), they will be releasing a new EP on February 24, Grain Of Salt, featuring the song "Grain of Salt," an alternate version of the tune, and some B-sides.

01.29.09 San Diego, CA - The Loft
01.30.09 Costa Mesa, CA - Detroit Bar
02.01.09 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
02.03.09 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ
02.04.09 Dallas, TX - Pontiac Garage
02.06.09 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
02.07.09 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
02.08.09 Washington, DC - Black Cat
02.09.09 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
02.10.09 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
02.11.09 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House
02.13.09 Boston, MA - Middle East
02.14.09 Montreal, QC - Il Motore
02.15.09 Toronto, ON - Drake Hotel
02.17.09 Chicago, IL - Schuba's
02.18.09 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
02.20.09 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
02.21.09 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
02.23.09 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
02.24.09 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
02.25.09 Portland, OR - Doug Fir
02.27.09 San Francisco, CA - Slims (Noise Pop)
02.28.09 Los Angeles, CA - The Troubadour