Austra now has an official video for their song “Painful Like,” and they’ve announced dates for their fall 2013 tour.
“Painful Like” is the second video that Austra has released for their sophomore album, Olympia, out now. The band had leaked two tracks from the album at the beginning of July, one of which was “Painful Like;” the other was “Hurt Me Now.”
Austra’s Katie Stelmanis said that the new video’s “main influence was 90’s sci-fi movies like The Ninja Turtles, Super Mario Bros and Garbage Pail Kids where all the visual effects are done by hand and look really gross.”
Olympia is the group’s sophomore album, and it is fundamentally a dance record. Austra was influenced by early Chicago house music, so they choose to record with a live band in the studio, with no loops or programming.
Their fall tour will take the band all over the U.S., with additional stops in Canada and Europe.
Austra Fall 2013 Tour Dates
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July 13: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Blues Fest
July 18: Nijmegen, Netherlands – Valkhof Festival
July 19: Ferropolis, Germany – Melt Festival
July 21: Suffolk, UK – Latitude Festival
July 25: Madrid, Spain – Nasti Club
July 26: Barcelos, Portugal – Milhoes De Festa Festival
July 30: Milan, Italy – Magnolia
July 31: Padova, Italy – Radar Festival
Aug 01: Feldkirch, Austria – PoolBar Festival
Aug 02: Salzburg, Austria – Stuck! Festival
Aug 03: Katowice, Poland – OFF Festival
Aug 04: Katowice, Poland – OFF Festival (DJ)
Aug 07: Luxembourg, Luxembourg – Conges Annules @ EXIT 07
Aug 08: Oslo, Norway – Oya Festival
Aug 09: Gothenburg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
Aug 10: Helsinki, Finland – Flow Festival
Aug 14: St. Malo, France – La Route Du Rock Festival
Aug 17: Biddinghuizen, Netherlands – Lowlands Festival
Aug 18: Hamburg, Germany – Dockville Festival
Aug 30: Detroit, MI – Crofoot Ballroom
Aug 31: Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
Sep 01: Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
Sep 04: Seattle, WA – Neumos
Sep 05: Portland, OR – MusicFest NW
Sep 09: Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
Sep 10: Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Sep 12: Dallas, TX – Trees
Sep 13: Austin, TX – Mohawk
Sep 14: Houston, TX – Fitzgeralds
Sep 15: New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
Sep 17: Atlanta, GA – The Earl
Sep 18: Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
Sep 19: Washington, DC – Black Cat
Sep 20: Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
Sep 22: New York, NY – Webster Hall
Sep 24: Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
Sep 27: Toronto, CA – Phoenix
Sep 29: Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
Oct 05: Winnepeg, MB – The Garrick Centre
Oct 06: Regina, SK – The Exchange
Oct 08: Edmonton, AB – Avenue
Oct 09: Calgary, AB – The Gateway
Oct 11: Vancouver, BC – The Commodre Ballroom
Oct 12: Victoria, BC – Sugar
Oct 22: Warsaw, Poland – Basen
Oct 23: Dresden, Germany – Beatpol
Oct 28: Berlin, Germany – Heimathafen
Oct 30: Leipzig, Germany – Werk 2
Nov 01: Linz, Austria – Posthof
Nov 02: Munich, Germany – Atomic
Nov 03: Cologne, Germany – Club Bahnhof
Nov 07: Paris, France – Les Inrocks @ Le Cigale
Nov 08: Lyon, France – Le Sucre
Nov 14: Bordeaux, France – BT59
Nov 17: Tourcoing, France – Le Grand Mix
Nov 18: Strasbourg, France – Le Laiterie
Nov 21: Glasgow, UK – CCA
Nov 22: Dublin, Ireland – Button Factory
Nov 23: Machester, UK – Manchester Deaf Institute
Nov 25: London, UK – Koko
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