The Selmanaires hitting the road

I know there's been a heap of national buzz surrounding Deerhunter, Black Lips, and Snowden for the past while, but as far as I'm concerned the best rock band in Atlanta is The Selmanaires. I imagine long-time readers have seen me praise them multiple times, but I wanted to point out that they're leaving Atlanta this week for another tour. They're hitting about a dozen cities including some of the bigger markets east of the Mississippi. I've been taken with their garage/funk/rock stew (they cite The Kinks, Can, and Talking Heads as influences) for quite a while and the new material I've heard in the live setting has continued to impress.

The Selmanaires on tour:

4/13 JJ's Bohemia, Chattanooga, TN
4/15 Murphy's, Memphis, TN
4/17 The Note, Chicago, IL
4/18 The Lager House, Detroit, MI
4/19 Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
4/21 The Comet Bar, Cincinnati, OH
4/25 Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA (with Deerhunter)
4/26 Piano's, NYC, NY (with La Pieta)
4/28 Johnny Brenda's, Philadelphia, PA (with Deerhunter)
5/1 Local 506, Chapel Hill, NC
5/4 Smith's Olde Bar, Atlanta, GA (500 Songs for Kids event)
5/11 Caledonia Lounge, Athens, GA
5/17 The EARL, Atlanta, GA (with Tussle)

The Selmanaires - Selmanaire RockThe Selmanaires - In the Direction of Yes
The Selmanaires - All I Really Want to KnowThe Selmanaires - Selmanaire Rock [live 3-21-2006]
The Selmanaires - Last Great Dive [live 3-21-2006]
The Selmanaires - Psychotic Reaction [Count Five cover; live 3-21-2006]

And as their secret alter-egos, The Pee-Pees (shhh... don't tell):

The Pee-Pees - Danger [Pylon cover, live 7-8-2006]

They're hitting Chicago the day after I fly back to Atlanta. Dammit!