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Massive Attack adds new dates on their upcoming tour in support of their latest release, “Heligoland“. Massive Attack’s latest album was released on Feb 9th on EMI’s Virgin Records and debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200, marking the highest U.S. chart position of the duo’s career.  An all star cast join founding members Robert Del Naja (3D) and Grand Marshall (Daddy G) on their first studio album in 7 years which includes Damon Albarn, Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Elbow’s Guy Garvey and TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe.

5/7 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
5/9 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
5/11 NYC, NY Terminal 5
5/12 NYC, NY Terminal 5
5/18 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theater
5/19 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theater
5/25 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theater
5/27 San Francisco, CA Warfiled Theater
5/30 George, WA Sasquatch Festival

03/05/10 Rex Theater – Pittsburgh, PA
03/06/10 Kung-Fu Necktie – Philadlephia, PA
03/07/10 Ottobar – Baltimore, MD
03/08/10 Le Poisson Rouge – New York, NY
03/09/10 Middle East (Downstairs) – Boston, MA
03/10/10 Ii Motore – Montreal, QC
03/11/10 Wreck Room – Toronto, ON
03/12/10 Small’s Bar – Hamtramck, MI
03/13/10 Subterranean – Chicago, IL

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03/28/10 House Of Blues – San Diego, CA
03/30/10 House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
03/31/10 Galaxy Theatre – Santa Ana, CA
04/01/10 U.B.’S Bar – Mesa, AZ
04/02/10 The Rock – Tucson, AZ
04/04/10 Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO
04/06/10 Trees – Dallas, TX
04/07/10 Emo’s Lounge – Austin, TX
04/08/10 Meridian – Houston, TX

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03/22/10 Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
03/23/10 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
03/24/10 The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO
03/26/10 House Of Blues – Dallas, TX
03/27/10 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
03/28/10 The Channel @ Wired Live – Houston, TX
03/30/10 Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
03/31/10 House Of Blues Lake – Buena Vista, FL
04/01/10 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
04/02/10 Valarium – Knoxville, TN
04/03/10 The Village – Little Rock, AR
04/05/10 Aggie Theatre – Ft. Collins, CO
04/06/10 Mesa Theatre & Club – Grand Junction, CO
04/08/10 Club Nokia (Revolver Golden God Awards) – Los Angeles, CA
04/09/10 Regency Center @ The Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
04/10/10 House Of Blues – Las Vegas, NV

Kaki King is excited to release her first album on new label, Rounder Records and her fifth record to date “Junior” on April 13, 2010. Once again returning to a mature singer/songwriter and guitarist-centric sound, “Junior” was produced by Malcolm Burn (Patti Smith, Emmylou Harris) and her first after a long absence while she was hard at work on various other projects and touring in support of the generous critical acclaim she has received.

The guitarist has also recently collaborated with uber-producer Timbaland to produce a song featuring Miley Cyrus.

The first leg of the North American tour has been confirmed. The dates are below. More will be announced soon.

4/15            Williamsbury Music Hall                                    New York, NY
4/16            Bowery Ballroom                                                New York, NY
4/17            Middle East                                                            Boston, MA
4/19            Iron Horse                                                            Northampton, MA
4/20            Port City Music Hall                                    Portland, ME
4/21            Higher Ground                                                Burlington, VT
4/28            Theater of the Living Arts                                    Philadelphia, PA
4/29            The 9:30 Club                                                Washington, D.C.
4/30            Cat’s Cradle                                                            Carrboro, NC
5/1            The Variety                                                            Atlanta, GA
5/2            3rd & Lindsley                                                Nashville, TN
5/4            Beachland                                                            Cleveland, OH
5/5            The Ark                                                            Ann Arbor, MI
5/6            Park West                                                            Chicago, IL
5/7            High Noon                                                            Madison, WI
5/8            The Varsity                                                            Minneapolis, MN
5/9            The Waiting Room                                                Omaha, NE
5/11            The Fox                                                            Boulder, CO
5/12            Belly Up                                                            Aspen, CO
5/14            Neumos                                                            Seattle, WA
5/15            Wonder Ballroom                                                Portland, OR
5/16            W.O.W. Hall                                                            Eugene, OR
5/19            Knitting Factory                                                Reno, NV
5/20            Mystic Theater                                                Petaluma, CA
5/21            The Fillmore                                                            San Francisco, CA
5/22            El Rey Theater                                                Los Angeles, CA
5/24            Belly Up                                                            San Diego, CA
5/25            Glasshouse                                                            Ponoma, CA

Blue Line Highway – Almost Reel

Tremendous guitar artistry greets the ear from Richmond, Virginia’s quartet, Blue Line Highway’s newest disc, “Almost Reel” – a folk-rock mixture of Americana, Southern acoustic blues, and coffeehouse pop that gets your toes tapping and your head nodding in agreement and enjoyment.

McCabe & Mrs. Miller – Time For Leaving

The duo is comprised of Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven) and Alison Faith Levy (The Sippy Cups, The Loud Family). Their debut “Time for Leaving” blends vocal duets with a stirred up branch off of the signature sounds of country, pop, blues, folk, and roots rock.

Libby Johnson – Perfect View

Libby does her best Aimee Mann impression without being an outright thief, stirring her own recipe for adult alternative pop and singer/songwriter with a perfect jazz backdrop.

Kristine Mills -  Bossanovafied

The untrained ear may not recognize bossa nova as anything different from contemporary or modern jazz but they’re missing the piano styles, samba-influenced rhythm guitar, and underlying percussion inspired from the Brazilian artform. Don’t miss out on what far too many Americans dismiss as “elevator music”, because talent like this transcends genres; Mills voice is divine.

The Villains – The Villains

The Villains are bland alt-rock and countrified pop pancake that’s burnt on both edges and would take an entire bottle of maple syrup to get through.

Lloyd’s Garage – From the Comfort of Your Home

Stripped down indie rock ‘n’ roll that wants hard to sound like something coming out from the late ‘60s and early ‘70s garage rock scene. They miss with an album that is a little too lo-fi and gritty for the loud punch sound that they really were striving for, not to mention they feature some of the worst distortion I’ve ever heard used intentionally on a guitar on several of the tracks. Bummer.

Lorus – Byzantine

Chicago’s Lorus is an instrumental amalgam of progressive rock, sludge, and metal. “Byzantine” picks up right where their last endeavor, “Deluge” left off. Progressive and dynamic music for drug-addled punks? Yes probably!

Exilium – A Black Vicious Path

Thrash metal from a duo in Italy that can’t sing or write a good riff to save their lives. Et tu brute!?

Fago Sepia – Aposiopese

French quartet Fago Sepia write energetic free-form progressive instrumental musical paragraphs that employ math-rock rhythms, avant-post rock nuance, and angular guitars. I like it.

EOTO – Fire the Lazers!!!

EOTO consists of an electronic-minded music duo that takes live drumming, vocals, keyboards, bass, and guitar, and then guides it through a labyrinth of effects and studio wizardry to create a sound that is part dubstep, house, and electro. Very intriguing and a great listen.

Featuring seven remixes of their “Filmezza” adventuresome album, Delicate Noise’s latest remix album casts its net wide across the globe in search of artists to re-rub their music. With young-and-upcoming electronic musical groups reaching far and wide from such places as France, Japan, Iceland, Canada, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., “Filmezza Remixes” has repaved the highways that the original concreted. Throughout the album there are elements of bleak and stripped down electro house, minimal soundtrack and psychedelic art, art-noise, atmospherics, and synthetic electro. Eclectic and essential.

Kadman sounds like a mellow Pearl Jam album at times; often melodic and meandering (in a good way), extremely lonely and trying to find its feet. “These Old Bones” shakes off stereotypes with a vocally-led drive, sparse rhythm, coffeehouse centric guitars, and intriguing lyrics. An intricate and incredible album to say the very least. Another perfect notch on the belt for Baltimore’s best indie label, The Beechfields.

Moroccan primitive electronica!?! Okay well the duo isn’t really from the Middle East but they temper the sounds of the Saharan Desert with the ethno-centric music of the Middle East while filtering it all through a mirage of experimental electronica and primitive noise ala Throbbing Gristle. Dangling elements of sonic manipulation while copulating with authentic middle-eastern textures and musical elements, Khamsa Khala (who is really Don Poe and Neville Harson with several guests), conjure a musical extraction that one rarely finds. Also the full-length disc comes packaged with a DVD of several music videos shot in Morocco and Egypt in full HD quality. Another money release from our friends at Lens Records.