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Craziest Tour I’ve Ever Seen

This is the craziest route of a tour I’ve ever seen and, ZOMG, it comes through DC.

Be Your Own Pet (courtesy of Pitchfork):

03-27 Bristol, England – Thekla
03-29 Stoke-on-Trent, England – The Sugarmill
03-30 Oxford, England – Zodiac
03-31 Brighton, England – Audio
04-01 London, England – Scala
04-03 Nijmegen, Netherlands – Doornroosje
04-05 Gothenburg, Sweden – Sticky Fingers
04-06 Malmö, Sweden – KB
04-07 Hamburg, Germany – Molotow
04-08 Münster, Germany – Gleis 22
04-10 Brussels, Belgium – Recyclart
04-11 Rotterdam, Netherlands – Motel Mozaïque
04-12 Cologne, Germany – Gebäude 9
04-13 Munich, Germany – Ampere
04-15 Milan, Italy – Rainbow Club
04-17 Bourges, France – Le 22
04-18 Barcelona, Spain – Razzmatazz Popbar
04-19 Madrid, Spain – Moby Dick
05-08 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues *
05-09 Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues *
05-10 San Diego, CA – House of Blues *
05-12 Englewood, CO – Gothic Theatre *
05-13 Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club *
05-15 Austin, TX – Stubb’s Bar-B-Q *
05-16 Dallas, TX – House of Blues *
05-17 Houston, TX – Meridian *
05-18 New Orleans, LA – House of Blues *
05-20 Saint Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing *
05-21 Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution *
05-22 Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues *
05-23 Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse *
05-24 Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel *
05-25 North Myrtle Beach, SC – House of Blues *
05-27 Baltimore, MD – Ram’s Head Live *
05-28 New York, NY – The Fillmore NY @ Irving Plaza *
05-30 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
05-31 Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore at Theatre of Living Arts *
06-01 Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club *
06-02 Montreal, Quebec – Club Soda *
06-04 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix Concert Theatre *
06-05 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews Hall *
06-06 Cleveland, OH – House of Blues *
06-07 Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall *
06-09 Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s *
06-10 Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue *
06-11 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant *
06-12 Chicago, IL – House of Blues *
06-13 Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom *
06-14 Minneapolis, MN – Fine Line Music Cafe *
06-17 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom *
06-18 Seattle, WA – The Showbox *
06-19 Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom *
06-20 San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore *
06-21 Los Angeles, CA – Wiltern Theatre *

What the Kids are up to on MySpace

From the always excellent This Month In Grime by Martin Clark/Blackdown:

Flow Dan’s also been in the wars this month, in an exchange with former Roll Deep MC, Trim. The source of the beef isn’t clear, but how it’s being played out is more notable. Obviously there’s been some amiable clashing on pirate radio (, naturally) but the majority of the exchanges have been via MySpace-posted “talking dubs.”

Talking dubs are a phenomenon where MCing is abandoned for straight conversation. While these can be useful for crew members who don’t MC, ie DJs and producers, to defend themselves, it’s a little odd for people as lyrically skilled as Trim and Flow Dan to be abandoning bars, but it serves a purpose. When he appeared on Kiss, Logan reminded listeners that Flow Dan had been using the ‘talking’ approach as far back as 2003, when doing his version of Wiley’s seminal “Ice Rink” riddim. Sometimes it seems, the urge to merk a rival overrides everything, even the will to MC.

Unrelated to this, but related to the constant Jason-target MySpace, I was at a Velvet Lounge hip hop show many months ago (20070225) and heard some great MySpace-related quotes by the various MCs:

They phishing my shit yesterday on MySpace!

MySpace is about to crash!

Album Reviews

1—->3—>5
Terrible—>Fantastic

5
Bonobo – Days to Come
Burial – Untrue
High Contrast – Essential Mix [20071007]
High Contrast – Tough Guys Don’t Dance

4
Akrobatik – Absolute Value
Antipop Consortium – Antipop vs Matthew Shipp
Black Dog, The – Book of Dogma
Black Lips – Black Lips
BLack Moth Super Rainbow and The Octopus Project – House of Apples and Eyeballs, The
Blockhead – Uncle Tony’s Coloring Book
Bonobo – Animal Magic
Buck 65 – Situation
Cirez D – Horizons/Tigerstyle
Davis, Betty – Nasty Gal
Davis, Betty – They Say I’m Different
Delay, Vladislav – Whistleblower
DJ Spooky – Creation
Empire, Alec – ROBOT Love
Evans, Bill – A Simple Matter of Conviction
Evans, Bill – Symbiosis
Evans, Bill – Trio 64
Evil Nine – Fabriclive 28
V/A – Kitsune Maison Compilation 1
Pterodactyl – Blue Jay
Pterodactyl – Pterodactyl
Savath and Savalas – Golden Pollen
Sole – New Human Is Illegal, The
Sole – Poly Sci 187
Too $hort – Get Off The Stage
White Rose Movement – Kick
Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams

3
88DC – Whatevercore
Cardigans, The – Emmerdale
Cinematic Orchestra, The – Remixes, 1998-2000
DJ Mayonnaise – Still Alive
Evans, Bill – Affinity
Evans, Bill – Birdland Sessions, The
Evans, Bill – Waltz for Debyy
Fehlmann, Thomas – Honigpumpe
Feist – Reminder, The
V/A – Kitsune Maison Compilation 2
Panthers – Let’s Get Serious EP
V/A – Putumayo Presents Israel
Radiohead – In Rainbows
Tobin, Amon – Chaos Theory Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack

2
Breezy – My Construction Site
Buddha Monk – Prophecy, The
Flashbulb, The – Soundtrack To A Vacant Life
Fog – Ditherer
Ghostface Killah – Big Doe Rehab, The
V/A – Kitsune Maison Compilation Love
Evans, Bill – With Symphony Orchestra

1
Distorted Penguins – Magic
Panda Bear – Person Pitch
Panda Bear – Young Prayer