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When Thurston Moore's not busy being an awesome rock star, getting his hair cut by his awesome rock star wife, running an awesome label, or doing other awesome things that people named Thurston do, he does occasionally performs live as a solo artist.

And he'll be doing just that this fall with a series of dates in support of his first solo album since 1995, trees outside the academy. As previously reported, the album comes out on September 18 via Moore's own Ecstatic Peace! imprint, and thanks to said label's website, you can download five tracks from the release: "Frozen Gtr", "The Shape Is In A-Trance", "Fri/End", "Wonderful Witches" and "Never Day."

Dates:

September
24 - Hoboken, N.J. @ Maxwell’s
26 - New York, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
27 - Boston, Mass. @ Museum of Fine Arts
28 - Princeton, N.J. @ Terrace Club
29 - Washington, D.C. @ Rock and Roll Hotel
30 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Johnny Brenda’s

October
24 - Seattle, Wash. @ Neumo’s
25 - Portland, Ore. @ Doug Fir
26 - Arcata, Calif. @ Humboldt State University
29 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Great American Music Hall
30 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echoplex