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Austra Announces Massive Tour, Mixes Things Up With "Spellwork"

Check out this unreleased Austra remix, and check them out on their mind-numbingly long tour.

Katie Stelmanis might not be able to write a song in a major key (or so she claims), but she is able to get us grooving to her dark dance tunes in a major way. See what I did just there?

Stelmanis and the rest of the Austra crew have been dominating soundwaves and "best of" lists (as well as our Spotify play counts) ever since the release of their debut LP, Feel It Break, in mid-May. The enigmatic electro-goth album took the Toronto trio on an international tour, situated them solidly in the summer festival circuit, birthed a remix 12" (Sparkle), and even earned them a shortlist nod from the Canada's Polaris Prize jury (who we need to have a word with; as if Arcade Fire needs to win another award for The Suburbs…).

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But there's no rest for the weary witch-poppers, who have just launched into yet another major world tour. This one takes them all over the US, back to their motherland of Canada, across the pond to Europe, and lands them in the two countries that everyone always says they'll visit because they've "heard it's SOOOOOOO beautiful" but will never actually get around to booking that 20-something hour flight (Australia and New Zealand).

Check out tour dates and deets below, and stream Baron Von Luxxury's bangin' unreleased dark disco remix of "Spellwork"!

AUSTRA TOUR DATES

Oct 26 Philadelphia PA – First Unitarian^

Oct 27 Washington DC – Rock and Roll Hotel^

Oct 28 Asheville NC – Moogfest

Oct 30 Atlanta GA – The Earl^

Nov 01 Orlando FL – Backbooth^

Nov 02 Miami FL – Grand Central^

Nov 04 New Orleans LA – The Saint^

Nov 05 Houston TX – Fitzgerald’s^

Nov 06 Austin TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest

Nov 08 Phoenix AZ – Rhythm Room^

Nov 09 Costa Mesa CA – Detroit Bar^

Nov 10 San Diego CA – The Casbah^

Nov 11 Los Angeles CA – The Echo^

Nov 12 San Francisco CA – Great American Music Hall^

Nov 14 Portland OR – Holocene^

Nov 15 Seattle WA – The Crocodile^

Nov 16 Electric Owl – Vancouver

Nov 17 Cactus Jacks – Kamloops

Nov 18 The Brixx Bar & Grill – Edmonton

Nov 19 HIFI Club – Calgary

Nov 22 Amigos Cantina – Saskatoon

Nov 23 The Exchange – Regina

Nov 24 West End Cultural Centre – Winnipeg

Nov 25 The Aquarium – Fargo, ND@

Nov 26 Triple Rock Social Club – Minneapolis, MN@

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Nov 28 Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL@

Nov 29 Pike Room at the Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI@

Dec 01 Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto

Dec 01 The Pheonix – Toronto

Dec 02 Cabaret du Mile End – Montreal

Dec 03 Ritual Night Club – Ottawa

Dec 06 Paradiso – Amsterdam, Netherlands

Dec 07 Rotown – Rotterdam, Netherlands

Dec 08 La Laiterie – Strasbourg, France

Dec 09 Charlatan – Ghent, Belgium

Dec 11 Les Docks – Lausanne, Switzerland

Dec 12 BOAT – Bordeaux, France

Dec 14 Sterolux – Nantes, France

Dec 15 La Maroquinerie – Paris, France

Dec 17 La Trinitaires – Metz, France

Dec 30 Scheune – Dresden, Germany

Dec 31 Palladium – Riga, Latvia

Jan 01 Volksbuhne – Berlin, Germany

Jan 28 Laneway Festival – Brisbane, Australia

Jan 30 Laneway Festival – Auckland, New Zealand

Feb 04 Laneway Festival – Melbourne, Australia

Feb 05 Laneway Festival – Sydney, Australia

Feb 10 Laneway Festival – Adelaide, Australia

Feb 11 Laneway Festival – Perth, Australia

Feb 12 Laneway Festival – Singapore, Singapore

^ with Grimes

@ with Young Galaxy, Tasseomancy