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Cute Is What We Aim For hits the trail hard

Published January 10, 2007 05:20 PM

By Kym Kilgore / LiveDaily Contributor

Up-and-coming power-pop outfit Cute Is What We Aim For [ tickets ] is starting the new year with non-stop gigs that have the band in the UK, headlining US shows and appearing on Alternative Press Magazine's "Band's You Need To Know" tour through April.

The Buffalo, NY-based foursome will launch its first-ever US headlining tour Feb. 14, appropriately, at Valentine's in Albany, NY. The month-long stint will take the bandmates, who are barely out of high school, through the East Coast and Midwest, ending in Tulsa, OK, March 14. Fueled By Ramen labelmates This Providence and All Time Low will support.

On March 16, Cute Is What We Aim For begins a six-week co-headlining slot, traversing the nation with prog-punks Circa Survive [ tickets ] for the Alternative Press outing, which kicks off in Houston. The tour coincides with the magazine's "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue. Opening acts are indie upstarts As Tall As Lions and post-hardcore newcomers Envy on the Coast.

Cute is currently preparing to head across the Pond for a 10-city UK trek that starts Jan. 23 in Nottingham. Those shows are listed at the band's website; domestic dates are listed below.

The band's debut album, "The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch," was released in July and has since landed Cute on a host of "new artists to watch" lists. The group has also seen its online presence swell with music streams now approaching 10 million, according to a press release. Tracks from the album are streaming at Cute's MySpace page.

Cute Is What We Aim For's latest single, "The Curse of Curves," is scheduled to hit radio in February and a video is currently in post-production, the press release said.

[Note: The following tour dates have been provided by artist and/or tour sources, who verify its accuracy as of the publication time of this story. Changes may occur before tickets go on sale. Check with official artist websites, ticketing sources and venues for late updates.]

February 2007
14 - Albany, NY - Valentines
15 - Portland, ME - The Station
16 - Providence, RI - The Living Room
17 - Wilton, CT - The Trackside
20 - Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
21 - Lancaster, PA - The Chameleon
22 - Allentown, PA - Crocodile Rock Cafea
23 - Huntington, VW - HYAMP
24 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
25 - Raleigh, NC - The Brewery
27 - Tampa, FL - Orpheum
28 - Tallahassee, FL - The Beta Bar

March 2007
1 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
2 - New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish
3 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
6 - Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
7 - Columbus, OH - The Basement
8 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Bar
9 - Madison, WI - The Majestic Theatre
10 - Des Moines, IA - The House of Bricks
11 - St Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
13 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater
14 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom
16 - Houston, TX - Meridian
17 - Austin, TX - Emo's
18 - Ft. Worth, TX - Ridglea Theater
20 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
21 - Pomona, CA - Glass House
22 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
23 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
24 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon Hollywood
25 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
27 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
28 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
30 - Boise, ID - The Big Easy
31 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue

April 2007
2 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
3 - Omaha, NE - The Rock
4 - Minneapolis, MN - Trocaderos
5 - Chicago, IL - Metro
6 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogarts
7 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall
8 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
10 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
11 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
12 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
13 - Jacksonville, FL - Free Bird Cafe
14 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
19 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
20 - Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
22 - Boston, MA - Avalon