King Khan & The Shrines Release What Is?! Album + Tour Dates (SXSW)

NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Vice Records) - King Khan and The Shrines seminal 'What Is?!' album will finally be made available domestically come April 21, 2009 by Vice Records.

Already legendary for their insane live show, 'What Is?!' shows the band harnessing their live power into 14 blasts of pure punk-soul. Originally released on Germany's Hazlewood imprint in July 2007, 'What Is?!' shows The Shrines at their best.

Their unique Sun Ra cum Stooges take on psychedelic big band soul is full on here, a literal aural middle finger to the calculated garage rock taking over the malls of America. Time to re-do those best of lists from a few years ago.

'What Is?! is goofy, affecting, nostalgic, and cathartic all at once, at every moment.' - PITCHFORK

Track Listing for What Is?!:
1 (How Can I Keep You) Outta Harms Way
2 I Wanna Be A Girl
3 Welfare Bread
4 Land of the Freak
5 I See Lights
6 69 Faces of Love
7 No Regrets
8 Cosmic Serenade
9 Le Fils Du Jaques Dutronc
10 Let Me Holler
11 In Your Grave
12 Take A Little Bit
13 Fear & Love
14 The Ballad Of Lady Godiva

King Khan March 2009 tour dates:
(Dates and information subject to change.)
3-06 Elkton, FL @ Harvest of Hope
3-07 Miami, FL @ The Vagabond
3-10 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
3-12 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
3-13 Nashville, TN @ Exit In
3-14 Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
3-15 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
3-16 Dallas, TX @ Palladium Loft
3-17 San Antonio, TX @ The Warhol
3-20 Austin, TX @ Emo's Vice Records SXSW Showcase to Shame all Other Showcases