Black Tusk Stream New Song, Announce New Live Dates

Black Tusk, a band as mighty and dark as… well… a black tusk… have announced that they’ll release their next album, T.C.B.T., on August 17. The title apparently stands for Taking Care of Black Tusk, but I personally prefer to pretend it’s short for The Country’s Best Tushies.

ANYWAY, you can jam the first single, “Burn the Stars,” below. It’s a solid mix of snotty rawk and obnoxious grind, like Motörhead might have sounded if someone tried to take Lemmy’s drugs and alcohol away. As a bonus, it provides you with the opportunity to ponder the question of how one would burn a star, since stars are already burning.

But wait! There’s more! The group has also announced a whole batcha live dates with Whores and/or White Nails. If they’re not calling it ‘The Black and White Whores Tour,’ they’re really wasting an opportunity.

Here are the dates:

Aug. 9 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/White Nails
Aug. 10 Lexington, KY @ The Green Lantern w/White Nails
Aug. 11 St Louis, MO @ Fubar w/White Nails
Aug. 12 Omaha, NE @ *** Festival Stoned Meadow Of Doom Festival
Aug. 14 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club w/White Nails
Aug. 15 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 16 Chicago, IL @ Reggies w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 17 Canton, OH @ Buzzbin w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 18 Columbus, OH @ Space Bar w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 19 Hamtramck, MI @ Small’s w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 20 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 22 Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 23 Ottawa, ON Maveicks @ w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 24 Montreal, QC @ Foufounes Electriques w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 25 Montague, MA @ *** Festival RPM Fest Festival
Aug. 26 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 28 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 29 Washington DC @ DC9 Whores, w/White Nails
Aug. 30 Charleston, WV @ The Bakery w/Whores, White Nails
Aug. 31 Wilmington, @ NC Reggies 42nd Street w/Whores, White Nails
Sep. 1 West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern w/Whores, White Nails
Sep. 2 Asheville, NC@ *** Festival Heavy MTN Festival Festival

*** = Without Whores

[via Revolver]