Damien Jurado Announces Tour Dates with Ben Gibbard, Shares New Video of Haldern Pop Fest & A Playlist To Paint To

Starting later this fall, Damien Jurado heads out on the road with Ben Gibbard. They’ll stick to the West Coast, making stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and finally Damien’s hometown, Seattle. See new dates below. In addition to those shows, Damien will headline New York’s Mercury Lounge in October and then join up with Sharon Van Etten. Dates HERE. Lastly, Damien performs at Raleigh’s Hopscotch Festival in just a few weeks!

Whether with his live band or playing solo, Damien has turned his live show into quite an event. Filmed at Germany’s Haldern Pop Festival, the video above catches Damien fully immersed in his element. Singing whole-heartedly along, the crowd is right there with him from the very start. Watch above.

Damien put together Oh, How To Do Now, a Spotify playlist featuring songs he listened to while working on a recent painting series. Listen below.

11/13/12 San Francisco, CA – Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
11/14/12 Los Angeles, CA – Wilshire Ebell
11/16/12 Seattle, WA – The Showbox
11/18/12 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom

WATCH: New Damien Jurado Video, Tour Dates with Megafaun & Sharon Van Etten

Here’s a new video for Damien Jurado’s “Museum of Flight” off his album, Maraqopa. Premiering today at SPIN, the video documents Damien’s recent five-week tour of Europe. Fixated in a whirlwind of gorgeous landscapes and magnificent buildings, director Tyler Kalberg managed to capture the sincerest of moments. Watch above.

Damien joins Megafaun for a European tour in August. He’ll then come back to the States and team up with Sharon Van Etten for a handful of shows. Dates include Arco Summer, Haldern Pop, Green Man, Bumbershoot and Hopscotch festivals. See full list of dates below.
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Damien Jurado Meets Up with David Bazan on FPK After Dark

Long time friends, Damien Jurado and David Bazan, who hadn’t seen each other in over two years, recently met up while touring. They stopped in with Sean at FPK After Dark and luckily for us, the whole thing is now on tape. Listen to Damien and David reminisce through their school days together and how they arrived at where they are today. Laughter, memories and moments of sincerity fill the 45-minute conversation that gives fans a look inside Damien and David’s friendship. They’re a funny duo, that’s for sure. Stream or download the interview exclusively from FPK After Dark .

Don’t miss Damien on tour this summer! He joins The Head and The Heart at Oregon Zoo on July 20 and then heads to Europe for most of August! Check out the full list of dates HERE.

WATCH: Damien Jurado Live at WBEZ, On Tour Now

Damien Jurado returned to Chicago’s WBEZ a few days ago for an in-studio performance before playing a SOLD OUT show at Schuba’s later that night! You might have heard Damien on the show back in 2010, playing in support of Saint Bartlett. He chats it up with host Andrew Gill and plays a few songs as well. You can download the entire show HERE and watch him play “Working Titles” and “Museum of Flight,” both off of 2012′s Maraqopa, above.

Damien is currently on tour. He’ll play Somerville tonight and ANOTHER SOLD OUT show at the Mercury Lounge on Saturday! When previewing the show, The New York Times writes, “A snarling hard-core punk turned diligently bleeding heart, Mr. Jurado is a folk singer-songwriter with rare delicacy and resilience. His 10th studio album, Maraqopa (Secretly Canadian), is his most intriguing yet: acidly psychedelic and uneasily introspective, it even dips a toe into lush Wall of Sound pop (“Reel to Reel”).” Check all tour dates HERE.