Animals As Leaders to take the Show on the Road

I'd only heard of this group a few months ago but it's ok since the debut only came out the year before. So it's not one of those things that 10 years later and I'm scratching my head wondering how I had missed out. In a word Animals as Leaders are amazing. My generation had Joe Satriani and Tony McAlpine and it seems that this generation is still in good hands with Tosin Abasi. Animals as Leaders is a progressive in the true sense of the word instrumental band from Washington D.C. If you haven't heard them and you like fantastic musicianship do yourself a favor and check them out. In the meantime they will be at NAMM between the 13th and 15th doing signings and performing. Afterwards they hit the road with Underoath and A Skylit Drive. Check out this clip of the type of music they play and tour dates after the jump.



Their upcoming dates are:

1/20 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
1/21 Austin, TX - Emo's *
1/22 Dallas, TX - The Palladium Ballroom *
1/24 Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater *
1/25 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre *
1/26 West Hollywood, CA - House Of Blues *
1/27 Anaheim, CA - House Of Blues *
1/28 Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Café Las Vegas *
1/29 San Diego, CA - Soma *
1/30 San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom *
2/1 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
2/2 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo *
2/3 Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory Concert House *
2/4 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory Concert House *
2/5 Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue *
2/6 Denver, CO - The Summit Music Hall *
2/8 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
2/9 Chicago, IL - House Of Blues *
2/10 Cleveland, OH - House Of Blues - Cleveland *
2/11 Buffalo, NY - The Town Ballroom *
2/12 Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre *
2/13 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre *
2/14 Montreal, QC - Metropolis *
2/16 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Zoo *
2/17 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
2/18 Worcester, MA - The Palladium *
2/19 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
2/20 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place *
2/22 Washington DC - 9:30 Club *
2/23 Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend *
2/24 Knoxville, TN - Valarium *
2/25 Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade *
2/26 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues *
2/27 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution *
4/29-5/1 E. Rutherford, NJ- Meadowlands, Bamboozle 2011
* w/ Underoath/Thursday/A Skylit Drive