Since the album hit our doorstep, I can’t stop listening to Heartless Bastard‘s [Myspace] The Mountain. It is pretty damn good, so when their team hit me up to say “Hey Shawn, here’s some footage from ACL 2008 that you might like,” I wasn’t going to pass up the chance to talk about the band a bit more. Check out this previously unreleased footage of Heartless Bastards performing “The Mountain” at Austin City Limits 2008; Erika and the band are rocking hard, but this should give you an idea of what to expect from Heartless Bastards at SXSW as well as the rest of their national tour.

Check out the clip and more “after the jump”

Here’s what I said about them two weeks ago [link]

“The Mountain” [mp3]

Heartless Bastards performing “The Mountain” off of ‘The Mountain’, out February 3, 2009, at Austin City Limits 2008. Also, here are some new shows including stops in Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Oregon, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, and Florida.

Tour Dates

01.30.09 – Young Ave Deli – Memphis, TN *
01.31.09 – Martyr’s – Chicago, IL *
02.03.09 – Great Scott – Boston, MA *
02.04.09 – Maxwell’s – Hoboken, NJ *
02.05.09 – Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA +
02.06.09 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY +
02.07.09 – Terminal 5 – New York, NY +
02.11.09 – Gravity Lounge – Charlottesville, VA *
02.12.09 – Bottle Tree – Birmingham, AL *
02.13.09 – Government Street Grocery – Ocean Springs, MS *
02.14.09 – Last Concert Café – Houston, TX *
02.26.09 – Sam’s Burger Joint – San Antonio, TX *
02.27.09 – Langhorn Saloon – Fort Worth, TX *
02.28.09 – Hailey’s – Denton, TX *
03.15.09 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO @
03.16.09 – Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS @
03.17.09 – Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK @
03.18.09 – SXSW – Austin, TX
03.19.09 – SXSW – Austin, TX
03.20.09 – SXSW – Austin, TX
03.21.09 – House of Blues – Houston, TX @
03.23.09 – The Lyric – Oxford, MS @
03.25.09 – Madison Theater – Cincinnati, OH *
03.27.09 – Webster Hall – New York, NY #
03.28.09 – Trocadero – Philadelphia, PA #
03.29.09 – Mr. Smalls – Pittsburgh, PA #
03.30.09 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH #
04.01.09 – St. Andrew’s Hall – Detroit, MI #
04.02.09 – Turner Hall – Milwaukee, WI #
04.03.09 – The Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL #
04.04.09 – Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN #
04.07.09 – The Warehouse – Calgary, AB #
04.08.09 – The Starlite Room – Edmonton, AB #
04.10.09 – Plaza Club – Vancouver, BC #
04.11.09 – Crocodile Café – Seattle, WA *
04.13.09 – Berbati’s Pan – Portland, OR #
04.15.09 – The Boardwalk – Sacramento, CA #
04.16.09 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA #
04.21.09 – The Clubhouse – Phoenix, AZ #
04.22.09 – Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM #
04.23.09 – Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO #
04.24.09 – Gothic Theater – Denver, CO #
04.25.09 – Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO #
04.28.09 – Granada Theatre – Dallas, TX #
04.29.09 – Antone’s – Austin, TX #
05.02.09 – The State Theatre – Tampa, FL #
05.03.09 – The Social – Orlando, FL #

* Heartless Bastards headlining
+ Show with The Black Keys
@ Show with Andrew Bird
# Show with Gaslight Anthem

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