Introducing April Smith and The Great Picture Show, touring now with Langhorne Slim.

HearYa favorite, Langhorne Slim, is hitting the road with his high energy show and he’s bringing along April Smith and The Great Picture Show. She seems to be a natural fit as her music embodies music from a different time. Here’s what their EPK had to say about them.

April Smith and the Great Picture Show play sassy pop music informed by the 30s and 40s, juke joints and cabaret, the Andrews Sisters and Tom Waits. Smith — born and raised in Toms River, New Jersey, and now based in Brooklyn — covers a wide range as a singer and songwriter, from the heartbroken ballad “Beloved” to the cheeky tell-off “Stop Wondering” and the sexy swagger of “Wow and Flutter”. Her voice swoons and seduces, and then escalates to breathtaking peaks, backed by piano, upright bass, drums, guitar, horns, ukulele, accordion and even, when the occasion warrants, a suitcase used as a bass drum.

Their album, Songs From a Sinking Ship, will be out on February 23rd.

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April Smith – Terrible Things

Video: April Smith – Terrible Things (Live)

Tour dates:

Jan 21 2010 9:00P
Maxwell’s (w/ Langhorne Slim) Hoboken, New Jersey
Jan 22 2010 9:00P
Ottobar (w/ Langhorne Slim) Baltimore, Maryland
Jan 23 2010 9:00P
Club Cafe (w/ Langhorne Slim) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jan 25 2010 9:00P
Otto’s (w/ Langhorne Slim) Dekalb, Illinois
Jan 26 2010 8:00P
Turner Hall Ballroom (w/ Langhorne Slim) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 27 2010 10:00P
The Aquarium (Dempsey’s Upstairs) Fargo, North Dakota
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Neurolux (w/ Langhorne Slim) Boise, Idaho
Jan 31 2010 7:00P
Crystal Ballroom (w/ Langhorne Slim) Portland, Oregon
Feb 3 2010 9:00P
Crepe Place (w/ Langhorne Slim) Santa Cruz, California
Feb 4 2010 9:00P
Cellar Door (w/ Langhorne Slim) Visalia, California
Feb 5 2010 8:00P
Muddy Waters (w/ Langhorne Slim) Santa Barbara, California
Feb 6 2010 8:00P
McCabe’s Guitar Shop (w/ Langhorne Slim) Santa Monica, California
Feb 8 2010 8:00P
The Casbah (w/ Langhorne Slim) San Diego, California
Feb 10 2010 9:00P
Hi-Dive (w/ Langhorne Slim) Denver, Colorado
Feb 11 2010 8:00P
Record Bar (w/ Langhorne Slim) Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 12 2010 9:00P
Off Broadway Nightclub (w/ Langhorne Slim) Saint Louis, Missouri
Feb 13 2010 10:00P
The Summit (w/ Langhorne Slim) Columbus, Ohio