Elephant 6 Collective Reveals Holiday Surprise Tour

Athens, Ga.-based artist collective Elephant 6 plans to revisit its 2008 Holiday Surprise Tour idea, next year celebrating the apparently-festive spring season with songs from Elf Power, the Music Tapes, Neutral Milk Hotel and more.

Members from Of Montreal, Neutral Milk Hotel (Jeff Mangum, maybe?!?), the Olivia Tremor Control and more are slated to collaborate in a roundtable fashion.

This year’s installment of the Holiday Surprise Tour also features short films and audience participation activities led by the Music Tapes frontman Julian Koster.

Dates:

February
24 – Roswell, Ga. @ WhirlyBall Atlanta
25 – Tallahassee, Fla. @ Club Downunder (Florida State University)
26 – New Orleans, La. @ One Eyed Jacks
28 – Austin, Texas @ Emo’s Inside

March
1 – Dallas, Texas @ The LOFT at the Palladium
3 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ The Duce
4 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Satellite
5 – San Francisco, Calif. @ The Independent
8 – Portland, Ore. @ Backspace at the Someday Lounge
9 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Vera Project
11 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Kilby Court
12 – Denver, Colo. @ Larimer Lounge
14 – Minneapolis, Minn. @ Varsity Theater
15 – Chicago, Ill. @ Lincoln Hall
16 – Kalamazoo, Mich. @ The Strutt
17 – Cleveland Heights, Ohio @ Grog Shop
18 – Toronto, Ontario @ Horseshoe Tavern
19 – Buffalo, N.Y. @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab
20 – Easthampton, Mass. @ Flywheel
22 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Knitting Factory
23 – New York, N.Y. @ Le Poisson Rouge
24 – Philadelphia, Penn. @ First Unitarian Church
25 – Charlottesville, Va. @ The Southern Cafe and Music Hall
26 – Raleigh, N.C. @ Kings Royal Barcade