Dr. Dog Sign With Anti- For Fateful Followup

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Philly rockers Dr. Dog have hitched their pony to Anti- Records, home to such iconic artists as Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Mavis Staples, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. The band will soon begin work on their next LP, the followup to last years’ philosophical concept album, Fate. Look for that in 2010.

“Each album we’ve made was the best one we could have made at the time and I don’t have any regrets,” says guitarist-vocalist Scott McMicken. “But something has changed. We’ve never really recorded as a band before. We started as a recording project but over the years we’ve become a real band. We tour all the time and we have this certain place we fall into. And I think we’re ready to use that as a reference point now.”

It all gives us an excuse to re-post our favorite, guerilla-made Dr. Dog video (below), a very groovy piece of street theater.

Go see the good Doctors on tour this summer and fall with crazed comic book artist and singer-songwriter, Jeffrey Lewis.

Dr. Dog North American Tour Dates

July 31, 2009 – Pickathon – Portland, OR
August 01, 2009 – Pickathon – Portland, OR
August 03, 2009 – Bethlehem Musikfest – Bethlehem, PA
September 18, 2009 – Nightfall Concert at Miller Plaza – Chattanooga, TN
September 19, 2009 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion – Bristol, VA
September 20, 2009 – Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion – Bristol, VA
September 28, 2009 – The Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
September 29, 2009 – The Loft – Atlanta, GA
September 30, 2009 – The Howlin’ Wolf – New Orleans, LA
October 01, 2009 – Chelsea’s Cafe Baton – Rouge, LA
October 02, 2009 – Austin City Limits Festival – Austin, TX
October 03, 2009 – Hardly Strictly Blue Grass Festival – San Francisco, CA
October 05, 2009 – The Brookdale Lodge – Brookdale, CA
October 06, 2009 – Henry Fonda Theater – Los Angeles, CA
October 07, 2009 – Club Congress – Tucson, AZ
October 09, 2009 – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT
October 10, 2009 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO
October 11, 2009 – The Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
October 12, 2009 – The Bottleneck – Lawrence, KS
October 13, 2009 – The Gargoyle Club – St. Louis, MO
October 15, 2009 – Mad Hatter – Covington, KY
October 16, 2009 – Beachland – Cleveland, OH
October 17, 2009 – Mass Moca – North Adams, MA
October 20, 2009 – Gravity – Charlottesville, VA
October 21, 2009 – Cat’s Cradle – Chapel Hill, NC
October 22, 2009 – Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
October 23, 2009 – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
October 24, 2009 – Theater of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA