Video/tour – Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Quirky song. ’70s-inspired video (shades of The Beastie Boys “Sabotage” if you ask me). It’s the latest video by Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Portland-by-way-of-New-Zealand outfit led by Ruban Nielson. “Strangers are Strange” can be found on UMO’s June 2011 self-titled Fat Possum Records release.

Read Kevin Elliott’s interview from July 2011 with Unknown Mortal Orchestra at The Agit Reader.

February and March 2012 tour dates

02/24 San Francisco, CA Clift Hotel
02/25 Los Angeles, CA Echoplex*
02/26 Santa Monica, CA The Central*
02/27 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brew*
02/28 Visalia, CA Cellar Door*
03/01 Santa Cruz, CA Coconut Grove Ballroom#
03/02 San Diego, CA Birch North Park Theatre#
03/04 Vail, CO Snowball Music Festival
03/05 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad#
03/07 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit#
03/08 Austin, TX La Zona Rosa#
03/09 Dallas, TX Granada Theatre#
03/10 Monterrey, Mexico Festival NRMAL#
03/12 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack’s#
03/13 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s#
03/14 Austin, TX SXSW
03/16 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre#
03/17 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue#
03/18 Reno, NV Cargo#
05/26 George, WA Sasquatch Festival

* = w/ White Arrows
# = w/ Girls