The Features heading out on tour next month!

Freaking excellent news from my inbox - absolute OtO local faves (and the band responsible for my favorite album of 2009, Some Kind of Salvation) The Features are heading out on a co-headlining tour next month with Tuscaloosa's The Dexateens! File under: HELL to the YES.

It's funny - I get spoiled so here in Nashville, where I get to see the Features pretty much on the regular. After seeing them play a show last month in my friend's basement (!!!), I was trying to tally how many times I've seen the band play since I moved to Nashville, and I couldn't even come up with a count. But I forget that there are all kinds of people who haven't caught the Features live yet, and seeing them perform is absolutely the reason I love them so much.  So to a bunch of those people: howdy from Nashville. How 'bout we loan you the Features?

Here's what's currently on their schedule (per myspace and my inbox):

April 30 - Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia w/ Glossary
May 1 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl w/ Glossary
May 2 - Birmingham, AL - Bottle Tree w/ Glossary and Dead Confederate
May 8 - Birmingham, AL - Zydeco opening for Dexateens
May 11 - Charlotte, NC - The Milestone w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 12 - Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 13 - Charlottesville, VA - iS Venue w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 14 - New York, NY - Pianos w/ Dexateens
May 15 - Cambridge, MA - TT the Bears w/ Dexateens
May 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Khyber w/ Dexateens
May 17 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall w/ Dexateens
May 19 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 20 - Chicago, IL - Schuba's Tavern w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 21 - Newport, KY - Southgate House-The Parlour w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 22 - Lexington, KY - The Dame w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
May 23 - Knoxville, TN - Barley's w/ Dexateens and Those Darlins
June ? - Bonnaroo (details TBA)
June 19 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge w/ Black Hollies

Mark your calendars appropriately, kids.

And let me give you three excellent reasons to go see them live:

"Lions"
"The Temporary Blues"
"Exorcising Demons (Mike McCarthy mix)"

You can nab their latest, Some Kind of Salvation, over on their website, along with their previous full-length, two EPs and a Christmas 7". Buy 'em all. No, really. They're ALL worth it.