Jenny and Johnny, the collaboration between indie-couple Jenny Lewis and Jonathan Rice, wants you to know that “This is not a Rilo Kiley record, a Jenny Lewis record, or a Johnathan Rice record. This is Jenny and Johnny. They’re having fun now, and they want you to, too.” With that in mind, the duo laid down tracks from their debut in the downtime during Lewis’ Acid Tongue tour, and the resulting work will come out in the form of an LP, I’m Having Fun Now (if Lewis’ Tweet is to be believed) August 31. Lewis and Rice laid down some initial tracks with Rilo Kiley’s Pierre De Reeder and Jason Boesel before moving out to Nebraska to work with Mike Mogis on the rest of the record. With a tour with dates with Pavement and Belle & Sebastian approaching, Jenny and Johnny have a song, “Scissor Runner” available for download on their website for the price of an email address, and it’s catchy as hell. Tour dates below:
09-01 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theater
09-02 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
09-03 Oakland, CA – The New Parish
09-05 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
09-06 Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09-08 Salt Lake City, UT – The State Room
09-11 Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
09-12 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
09-13 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
09-14 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
09-16 Washington, DC – Black Cat
09-18 Boston, MA – Agganis Arena !
09-19 Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront !
09-21 Hoboken, NJ – Maxwell’s
09-22 Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero Center ^
09-23 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
09-24 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
09-25 Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
10-03 Los Angeles, CA – Palladium @
! with Pavement
^ with Superchunk
@ with Belle & Sebastian
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