His Name is Alive (aka “Michigan’s Finest”) will celebrate its 25th anniversary and last month’s release of Tecuciztecatl with a US tour. Tickets went on sale over the weekend for their show at Great Scott in Allston on Monday, February 9th (purchase here). Tickets are $15 (18+ show).

As one of 4AD’s signature indie collectives, the band’s sole original member Warren Defever first made a name for himself in the experimental rock scene with Livonia in 1990. Due to distribution contracts between 4AD and Warner Bros. Records at the time of recording Ft. Lake (1998), its commercially driven sound left many HNIA fans feeling alienated. Defever’s subsequent releases inspired by elements of funk and R&B further strayed from the prog rock appeal of Livonia, but its 14th album Tecuciztecatl is a rock opera rebirth for the band: Thin Lizzy-style. Defever collaborated with guitarist Dusty Jones to make a supercut of “every Thin Lizzy guitar solo from 1973 to 1983,” as “a study guide before attempting the harmony guitar solos” on the album.

His Name is Alive – 2014 Tour Dates
Feb 06 – Cleveland OH @ Grog Shop
Feb 07 – Philadelphia PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
Feb 09 – Boston MA @ Great Scott
Feb 10 – Brooklyn NY @ Rough Trade
Feb 12 – Washington DC @ Black Cat Backstage
Feb 14 – Detroit MI @ Magic Stick
Mar 29 – New Orleans LA @ Circle Bar
Mar 31 – Denton TX @ Dan’s Silverleaf
Apr 01 – Austin TX @ The Mohawk
Apr 03 – Phoenix AZ @ Valley Bar
Apr 04 – San Diego CA @ Casbah
Apr 05 – Los Angeles CA @ The Echo
Apr 07 – San Francisco CA @ Rickshaw Stop
Apr 10 – Portland OR @ Doug Fir
Apr 11 – Seattle WA @ Barboza
Apr 15 – Minneapolis MN @ 7th Street Entry
Apr 16 – Chicago IL @ Schubas