Better Oblivion Community Center is the duo of FADER cover star Phoebe Bridgers and Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, who shook up the folk-rock world last week with their surprise-released and very excellent LP, also titled Better Community Oblivion Center. If that name sounds a bit cult-y to you, the band apparently agrees, judging from its depiction of the titular Center in the video for "Dylan Thomas." Bridges and Oberst follow a flier into a house with spooky vibe thanks to its candles, guitar-shredding angel, blindfolded VR subjects, and a tweaked-out scientist monitoring it all. Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast (also a FADER cover star) directs.
This winter, Better Oblivion Community Center will embark on a big worldwide tour. The dates kick off in Tucson, Arizona on March 8 and conclude in Manchester, England on May 12. See the full itinerary below, and read The FADER's review of Better Oblivion Community Center here.
Better Oblivion Community Center tour dates
3/08 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater #
3/09 - Las Vegas, NV - Bunkhouse #
3/10 - San Diego, CA - Music Box #
3/11 - San Luis Obispo, CA - Fremont Theater #
3/14 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram Ballroom #
3/15 - San Francisco, CA - August Hall #
3/16 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
3/17 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's #
3/19 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro #
3/20 - Denver, CO - Bluebird # *
3/21 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown # *
3/22 - Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line # *
3/23 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall # *
3/25 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom # *
3/26 - Pittsuburgh, PA - Mr Smalls # *
3/28 - Boston, MA - The Sinclair # *
3/29 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom # *
3/30 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg # *
3/31 - Providence, RI - Columbus Theater # *
4/02 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer # . *
4/03 - Washington, DC - Black Cat # *
4/04 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle # *
4/05 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle # *
4/06 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West # *
4/07 - Nashville, TN - Basement East # *
4/09 - Austin, TX - Mohawk # *
4/10 - Dallas, TX - Trees Lounge # *
4/12 - Santa Fe, NM - Meow Wolf # *
4/13 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent # *
4/29 - Helsinki, Finland -The House of Culture
5/01 - Oslo, Norway - Rockerfeller
5/02 - Stockholm, Sweden - Berns
5/03 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
5/05 - Berlin, Germany - Columbia Theater
5/06 - Cologne, Germany - Kantine
5/07 - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
5/08 - Antwerp, Belgium - De Roma
5/10 - Bristol, UK - 02 Academy Bristol
5/11 - London, UK - Shepherd's Bush Empire
5/12 - Manchester, UK - Ritz
# - support from Christian Lee Hutson
* - support from Lala Lala
