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The Crystal Method get busy with new album and tour
Electro music pioneers and pacesetters, The Crystal Method, are back with a new album on the horizon and a supporting north american live tour. Divided By Night, the band's fourth studio album will hit stores May 12th on Tiny e Records. The album's first single, "Drown in the Now", featuring mic master Mathisyahu, is now available on iTunes.
Launched with the momentous first single “Drown in the Now,” The Crystal Method’s infectious collaboration with mic master Matisyahu, makes a unique and memorable musical statement. “We met Matisyahu at a festival in British Columbia last July,” Scott Kirkland explains...
“His tour manager approached us about him joining us onstage for a song and we thought it was a cool idea. He came by our trailer and we played him 'High Roller' off Vegas [the duo’s 1997 album] and he thought it was great. He came out with us about an hour later and his performance was magical. From there we knew we wanted to work with him. He delivered something unique that helped create a great vibe for the rest of the album.”
Elsewhere, “Kling to the Wreckage” is equally breathtaking, albeit remarkably different, as She Wants Revenge frontman Justin Warfield puts his fierce delivery atop an exhilarating soundscape. High caliber guests on Divided By Night–in addition to Matisyahu and Warfield–also include New Order bassist Peter Hook (on the groove-laden “Gloomy” and “Dirty Thirty”), Metric front-woman Emily Haines and drummer Samantha Maloney, formerly of Hole and Peaches (on the hook-injected “Come Back Clean”), indie chanteuse Meiko (on the atmospheric “Falling Hard”), one-time Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle (on the optimistic “Slipstream”) and hip-hop up-and-comers LMFAO (on the party anthem “Sine Language”).
“This new tour is going to be a completely new look,” Ken Jordan assures. “It’s like tearing down your house and rebuilding it.” Fans who attend the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival on Friday, April 17 will get to experience what their tour will be like as The Crystal Method will perform their first live show in five years.
The duo will rock the stage this Friday at Coachella, while their Spring tour kicks off May 6th.
The Crystal Method Tour Dates:
April
17 Indio, CA - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
May
6 Boston, MA - House of Blues
7 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
8 Toronto, ON - Guvernment
9 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
11 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
12 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head
14 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
15 Orlando, FL - House of Blues
16 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
17 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
18 Houston, TX - House of Blues
19 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
20 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
22 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
23 Tempe, AZ - Marquee
24 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
26 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
28 San Francisco, CA - Warfield
29 Portland, OR - Roseland
30 Seattle, WA - WaMu Theatre
June
1 Vancouver, BC - Commodore
3 Calgary, AB - Whiskey Nightclub
6 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club
7 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
8 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
9 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
12 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
13 Denver, CO - TBA
14 Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theater
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