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For those who can't get enough of The White Stripes' brand of Led Zepplin-as-punk-rock brand of blues, you can always get another fix someplace else. Namely, via the British Columbia-based duo The Pack A.D.

Like the Stripes, or The Black Keys, The Pack A.D. play the kind of back-to-bare-bones-basics brand of blues-rock so scorching that it will most likely peel the flesh off of your bones, and then try to sell your skeleton a nice, new flesh-suit, fresh off the market. The duo, consisting of Becky Black and Maya Miller, have announced the new release of a record called Funeral Mixtape, which follows 2007's "Tintype". The new album is due to arrive via Mint Records on August the 12th.

As with most bands promoting a new album, the band will be touring their asses off in order to preach the good word. Here are the tour dates:

June 27 Berbati's Pan - Portland, OR
June 28 The Axe & Fiddle - Cottage Grove, OR
June 30 Jambalaya - Arcata, CA
July 2 Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City, UT
July 3 3 Kings Tavern - Denver, CO
July 5 Barleycorn's - Wichita, KS
July 9 The Blue Fugue - Columbia, MO
July 10 JJ's Bohemia - Chattanooga, TN
July 12 The Lager House - Detroit, MI
July 13 The Boathouse - Saugatuck, MI
July 16 Pianos - New York, NY
July 18 Big V's - St. Paul, MN
July 19 The Rox - St. Cloud, MN
July 20 Deep Blues Festival - Lake Elmo, MN
July 23 The Brass Rail - Ft. Wayne, IN
July 24 The Garage - Winston-Salem, NC
July 25 Poe's Pub - Richmond, VA
July 26 The Village Tavern - Mount Pleasant, SC
July 30 Egan's - Tuscaloosa, AL
July 31 Government Street Grocery - Ocean Springs, MS
Aug 1 Finnegan's Pub - Alexandria, LA
Aug 2 Hole in the Wall - Austin, TX
Aug 4 The Ruby Room - Phoenix, AZ
Aug 6 The Filling Station - Bozeman, MT
Aug 8 The Voyeur - Olympia, WA