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Wire's 'Red Barked Tree' Streaming In Full

2:43 p.m. · January 4, 2011 · by Julian Hattem

It's been 34 years since Pink Flag was first released, but seminal British post-punk group Wire are still inexplicably going strong, releasing an album every year or so for more than three decades. Even more inexplicably, many of those albums are actually really good. Their new release, Red Barked Tree, is out officially Jan. 11 but you can check it out in its entirety right now over at NPR.

If you like what you hear or are a fan of the band's 11 other studio albums, they'll be touring the world for the next few months. North American dates are below; full dates here. 

04.01 Toronto, ON: Lee's Palace

04.02 Montreal, QC: Le Cabaret du Mile End

04.03 Boston, MA: Middle East Downstairs

04.05 Brooklyn, NY: Music Hall of Williamsburg

04.06 New York, NY: Bowery Ballroom

04.07 Washington, DC: Black Cat

04.08 Austin, TX: Mohawk

04.09 Chicago, IL: Metro

04.10 Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue

04.12 Portland, OR: Dante's

04.14 Vancouver, BC: Rickshaw Theatre