The excellent third album from British Sea Power gets an official stateside release today from Rough Trade Records. The band are gearing up for a huge tour here in the states as well, hitting nearly every city you can think they should play. That is, with the exception of our fair city of Cincinnati. Another case of a band electing to, for whatever reason, skip over the Queen City in favor of more college oriented towns like Columbus and Louisville.

I won’t speculate as to why Cincy gets hurdled, but I have some thoughts, because after all, this happens alot. At any rate, the new record, Do You Like Rock Music?, is a great listen, and I highly recommend you pick it up today at your local indie record store of choice.

British Sea Power – Waving Flags

And check out this video of BSP doing, “No Lucifer” on Jools Holland……

After the jump, see the wide array of dates……

February
25 San Diego, CA – Casbah *
27 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo *
28 Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland *
29 Visalia, CA – Cellar Door *

March
01 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill (NoisePop) *
03 Portland, OR – Doug Fir *
04 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s *
05 Vancouver, BC – Plaza Club*
08 Denver, CO – Hi-Dive *
12 New York NY – Late Show *
13-16 Austin TX – SxSW
19 Omaha, NE – Waiting Room *
20 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews *
21 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock *
22 Urbana, IL – Canopy Club !
24 Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle !
25 Pontiac, MI – Eagle Theatre !
26 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop !
27 Columbus, OH – The Basement !
28 Louisville, KY – Phoenix Hill Tavern !
29 St. Louis, MO – Billiken Club !

April
12 Austin, TX – Club Deville
13 Houston, TX – Engine Room
15 Baton Rouge, LA – Spanish Moon
16 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jacks
17 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder – Florida State University
18 Orlando, FL – The Social
19 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
20 Mount Pleasant, SC – Village Tavern
21 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
22 Birmingham, AB – Bottletree
23 Memphis, TN – Hi Tone

May
1 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s #
2 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry’s #
3 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge #
4 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle #
6 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle #
7 Charlottesville, VA – Satelite Ballroom #
8 Washington, DC – Black Cat #
9 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s #
10 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom #
11 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg #
13 Boston, MA – Paradise #
15 Montreal, QUE – La Sala Rossa #
16 Toronto, ONT – Lee’s Palace #
17 Buffalo, NY – The Tralf #

* = w/ Colourmusic
! = w/ 1900′s
# = w/ The Rosebud