Bay Area brethren New Monsoon and the Hot Buttered Rum String Band will mount a joint west coast tour in January 2006, climaxing with a homecoming performance at San Francisco’s Fillmore Auditorium on February 4. Along the way the longtime friends will also appear in Denver, CO (1/20), Ft. Collins, CO (1/21), Ketchum, ID (1/23), Eugene, OR (1/25), Seattle, WA (1/26), Seattle, WA (1/27), Portland, OR (1/28) and Bend, OR (1/29) with collaborations aplenty expected along the way. Before then, fans can catch both bands in California tomorrow when New Monsoon performs at Santa Cruz’s Moes Alley tomorrow, while Hot Buttered Rum holds court at Santa Barbara’s SoHo.