It’s hard not to like Ben Kweller. The ladies love that mop of hair, and everyone can appreciate his mad guitar skills and catchy tunes. If you can’t get enough of all of that, then prepare for Kweller overload as the Kwellinator (I do hope that’s his nickname) preps a new album and a somewhat-lengthy itinerary of tour dates for the fall (via Brooklyn Vegan).

The followup to 2009′s alt-country Changing Horses, Kweller said in an interview with The Oklahoma Daily that the new album, called Go Fly a Kite, would be “really electric — a lot of electric guitars and pianos and acoustic guitars and harmonies. It’s like a lot of electricity in the music. It’s upbeat, uptempo. But it deals with some darker stuff.” And by dark he means friends with crazy girlfriends. Also, it apparently will delve heavily into the ancient art of polka. As for a release date and other pertinent info, stay tuned for those in the near future.

As for the tour, Kweller first hits up the Land Down Under in October, before coming back to the States on November 6th in Dallas, TX. After that, it’s a string of shows throughout November, including stops in Ann Arbor, MI, Winooski, VT, and Brooklyn, NY, before the tour wraps up on December 4th in Baton Rouge, LA. The full schedule’s below, and select tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

Ben Kweller 2010 Tour Dates:
10/02 – Batemans’ Bay, UA @ Mackay Park in Bateman’s Bay
10/03 – Marrickville, AU @ The Factory Theatre
10/05 – Brisbane, AU @ The Hifi
10/06 – Melbourne, AU @ The Hi-Fi
10/07 – Hindmarsh, AU @ The Gov
10/09 – Perth, AU @ The Esplanade
11/06 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater
11/09 – Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s
11/10 – Oxford, MS @ Proud Larry’s
11/11 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
11/12 – Louisville, KY @ Zanzabar
11/13 – Bloomington, IN @ The Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
11/14 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
11/16 – Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
11/17 – Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
11/18 – Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub
11/19 – Winooski, VT @ Higher Ground
11/23 – Providence, RI @ The Met
11/27 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Rock Shop
11/29 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
12/02 – Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre
12/04 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon