The New Pornographers to perform on Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Article Contributed by Sacks and Company | Published on Thursday, July 13, 2017

Whiteout Conditions made its Billboard debut at #2 on the Alternative Albums Chart, #13 on the Current Album Chart and #35 on the Top 200. Additionally, the album hit #6 on Billboard’s AAA Radio Chart. The band’s world tour in support of the new album continues this summer, including shows with Spoon in select cities. Tickets for all headlining U.S. shows include a free download of the new album; see below for a list of dates.
 
Of writing the new record, founder and frontman A.C. Newman notes that, “At the beginning of this record, there was some thinking that we wanted it to be like a Krautrock Fifth Dimension. Of course, our mutated idea of what Krautrock is probably doesn’t sound like Krautrock at all. But we were thinking: Let’s try and rock in a different way.” Newman recently discussed the new record and the band’s 18-year career in a series of Salon Talks here, here and here.
 
Since their debut in 2000, The New Pornographers have released six studio albums including their most recent, Brill Bruisers, hailed as an “exuberant, synthpop-infused set” by Rolling Stone, “infectious” by Harper’s Bazaar and “the grand and purposeful hookfest that you would hope these guys would come back with” by Stereogum. Pitchfork went on to note that “with the futurist sound of Brill Bruisers, the whole band embraces a more electric version of itself—bulked-up in chrome-plated armor, firing on all cylinders, and ready to steamroll anything in its path.” The band celebrated the release with a special NPR Music “First Listen Live” concert at the legendary Brill Building, and performed songs from the album on both “Conan” and the “Late Show with David Letterman.”
 
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
1. Play Money
2. Whiteout Conditions
3. High Ticket Attractions
4. This is the World of the Theater
5. Darling Shade
6. Second Sleep
7. Colosseums
8. We’ve Been Here Before
9. Juke
10. Clockwise
11. Avalanche Alley
 
THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS LIVE
July 14
Birmingham, AL
Iron City
July 15
Louisville, KY
Headliners
July 16
Nashville, TN
Exit/In
July 18
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amph.*
July 19
Charlottesville, VA
Sprint Pavilion*
July 20
Annapolis, MD
Rams Head Live
July 21
Boston, MA
Blue Hills Bank Pavilion*
July 22
Portland, ME
State Theatre*
July 23
Montreal, QC
Metropolis*
July 25
Buffalo, NY
Asbury Hall at Babeville
July 26
Pittsburgh, PA
Stage AE*
July 27
New Haven, CT
College Street Music Hall
July 28
Portsmouth, NH
Prescott Park
August 11
Denver, CO
Velorama Festival
August 12
Lawrence, KS
Liberty Hall
August 13
St. Louis, MO
Delmar Hall
August 15
Knoxville, TN
Bijou Theatre
August 16
Bloomington, IN
The Castle Theatre
August 17
Kalamazoo, MI
Bell’s Beer Garden
August 18
Madison, WI
Majestic Theater
August 19
Omaha, NE
MAHA Music Festival
August 25
Mexico City, MX
Pabellon Cuervo
September 23
Cincinnati, OH
Midpoint Music Festival
September 28
Victoria, BC
Sugar Nightclub†
September 29
Vancouver, BC
Commodore Ballroom†
September 30
Kelowna, BC
Kelowna Community Theatre†
October 1
Nelson, BC
Spiritbar at the Hume Hotel†
October 2
Calgary, AB
MacEwan Hall†
October 4
Edmonton, AB
Winspear Centre†
October 5
Saskatoon, SK
O’Brians Event Centre†
October 6
Regina, SK
The Exchange†
October 7
Winnipeg, MB
Burton Cummings Theatre†
October 9
Detroit, MI
Crofoot Ballroom†
October 10
Cleveland, OH
Beachland Ballroom
October 11
London, ON
London Music Hall†
October 12
Ottawa, ON
Bronson Centre Theatre†
October 14
Toronto, ON
Massey Hall†

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