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Thao Nguyen has mixed feelings about rock ‘n’ roll tours.

“I think you have to be wired for [touring], because it makes no sense. You drive 10 hours, play for 45 minutes, you get back in the car, and you do it again,” Nguyen told Paste in our 4 to Watch spotlight piece on her.

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“At the end of the day, the only reason you do it is because you love those 45 minutes when you get to be on stage,” Nguyen concluded.

Fans all across the U.S.A. (and Canada too) will be thanking Nguyen for spreading that love, as she and The Get Down Stay Down take to the North American highways for a month-long tour. They’ll play support for Kill Rock Stars labelmates Xiu Xiu, flooding small clubs from Brooklyn to Ames, Iowa with art-folk-pop whimsy. It’s certainly going to require a lot of driving, but those magical minutes of performance time are surely worth chasing.

She braves gas prices and all:

March
10 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Urban Lounge
11 - Denver, Colo. @ Hi Dive
13 - Ames, Iowa @ Maintenance Shop
14 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ Triple Rock Social Club
15 - Chicago, Ill. @ Reggies
16 - Mount Pleasant, Mich. @ Rubble's Bar
17 - Toronto, Ontario @ Sneaky Dee's
18 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Babylon Nightclub
19 - Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
20 - Bennington, Vt. @ Bennington College
21 - Boston, Mass. @ Museum of Fine Arts
22 - Annandale, N.Y. @ Smog, Bard College
24 - Purchase, N.Y. @ SUNY Student Center
23 - Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
25 - Bronx, N.Y. @ Fordham University
26 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ First Unitarian Church
27 - Washington D.C. @ Black Cat
28 - Columbus, Ohio @ Skully's Music-Diner
29 - Newport, Ky. @ Southgate House
31 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center

April
1 - Springfield, Mo. @ Randy Bacon Gallery
2 - Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Conservatory
3 - Fort Worth, Texas @ Lola's
4 - Houston, Texas @ Orange Show Center
5 - Austin, Texas @ Mohawk
7 - Santa Fe, N.M. @ College of Santa Fe Sub
8 - Phoenix, Ariz. @ Rhythm Room
11 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Echo
12 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Bottom of the Hill