NY Times Snapshot + NPR First Listen For Algiers

Algiers make their self-titled debut on Matador and launch their first-ever headlining US tour next week. On Sunday the band was featured in a NY Times Snapshot piece: a Q&A and portrait with frontman Franklin James Fisher. "A striking, impeccably timed album...puts its politics over industrial drum machines and raucous southern hymns, finding common cause in the shouts and claps of punk and gospel," says the Times. Read it here.

And an exclusive NPR First Listen album stream is up this week here.

A"One foot in punk's protest and the other in gospel's resolve...'Irony. Utility. Pretext.' Is the type of scabrous protest song that also indicts its audience; it might give you pause before you shout along" - NPR Music

The band also premiered their latest music video, for "Black Eunuch," at Dangerous Minds here.

Tour Dates:
06-02 - London, UK @ Miranda at Ace Hotel
06-05 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
06-06 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
06-07 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage
06-09 - New York, NY @ The Mercury Lounge
06-10 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right
06-13 - Toronto, ON @ The Silver Dollar Room
06-15 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas Tavern
06-16 - Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
06-19 - Seattle, WA @ The Sunset
06-20 - Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
06-21 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
06-23 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
06-25 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

More info on Algiers here: http://algierstheband.com/

Pre-Order Links:
Matador: http://smarturl.it/AlgiersTheBand_LP
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/AlgiersTheBand

Hi-res album art, press releases, links, etc: http://shorefire.com/client/algiers