The Whigs are pleased to announce a February 20th performance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien in support of their new album, MISSION CONTROL. Since the release of the band’s ATO Records debut (Radiohead, My Morning Jacket), The Whigs have been featured on NPR’s Weekend Edition and have performed on the “Late Show with David Letterman.”

MISSION CONTROL debuted on Billboard’s Alternative New Artists Chart at #4 and #10 on the Heatseekers chart. Before heading out with The Drive By Truckers for a string of dates beginning March 16th in Newport, Kentucky, the Athens, GA trio will join My Morning Jacket & Yo La Tengo for a special SXSW show at The Austin Music Hall on March 13th.

The Whigs have been praised by Rolling Stone, Alternative Press, Maxim, People, Elle and The New York Daily News among countless others, for their fierce intensity and explosive punk rock energy. Spin Magazine recently featured The Whigs in their “Breaking Out” section and praised MISSION CONTROL as “a collection of rousing rock n roll fundamentals … tightly constructed tunes, wiry guitar shards and ecstatic, beer-soaked choruses.” Paste Magazine declared the band as one of “4 Artists To Watch” who “specialize in a blend of brash garage rock with a heartfelt Southern charm … MISSION CONTROL finds the band upping the rock ante and cranking the volume.” Entertainment Weekly goes on to say “they deliver on the hype … unabashedly hook-filled, the album will leave you aching to see this group live” while Performing Songwriter raves MISSION CONTROL is “a batch of songs that calls to mind the left-field pop of Guided By Voices, Nirvana grunge, Pet Soundsmelodicism and points between.” Newhouse News Service adds MISSION CONTROL “blasts off with a sound that’s reminiscent of earlier acts ranging from The Replacements to The Clash, with traces of Foo Fighters and even the rhythm section torrent of the early Who … there’s a raw-edged urgency and energy that flows through … consider this the first great rock album of 2008.”

MISSION CONTROL is a raucous thirty-seven minutes produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliott Smith).

TOUR DATES (more to be announced):HEADLINING:

February 5th Horseshoe Toronto, ON
February 6th Crofoot Pontiac, MI
February 7th Madhatter Cincinnati, OH
February 8th Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
February 9th Schubas Chicago, IL
February 12th Varsity Minneapolis, MN
February 13th Majestic Madison, WI
February 14th Creepy Crawl St. Louis, MO
February 15th Birdy’s Indianapolis, IN
February 16th Rave Bar Milwaukee, WI
February 22nd Majestic Fayetteville, AR
February 23rd Mercy Lounge Nashville, TN
February 26th Grey Eagle Asheville, NC
February 27th Visulite Charlotte, NC
February 28th Satellite Ballroom Charlottesville, VA
February 29th Duke Coffee Shop Durham, NC
March 1st The Dame Lexington, KY
March 3rd The Granada Lawrence, KS
March 4th Waiting Room Omaha, NE
March 6th Larimer Lounge Denver, CO
March 7th Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO
March 9th Launch Pad Albuquerque, NM
March 11th Rock Bottom San Antonio, TX

SXSW (more shows / parties to be announced soon):

March 13th Austin Music Hall Austin, TX

WITH THE DRIVE BY TRUCKERS:

March 16th Southgate House Newport, KY
March 18th Mr. Smalls Theatre Millvale, PA
March 19th Opera House Toronto, ON
March 20th Cabaret Music Hall Montreal, QC
March 21st Pearl Street Northampton, MA
March 22nd Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA
March 25th Toads Place New Haven, CT
March 26th Terminal 5 New York, NY
March 27th The Fillmore @ The TLA Philadelphia, PA
March 28th The National Richmond, VA
March 29th Orange Peel Asheville, NC

Listen to the Whigs performing in Memphis on Live from the Hitone!

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