Two giants of music will team up for what promises to be tour of the year in the States, Janelle Monae and Of Montreal.
Monae hijacked the skills of Of Montreal on her album 'The Archandroid' for the track 'Make The Bus', which sounds like something Roy Thomas Baker kept on his shelf after working with Queen only to rehash it now with some crazy drum beat from the bowels of Danger Mouse's hard drive.The favour will be repayed when Monae appears on two tracks on Of Montreal's upcoming LP 'False Priest'.
Of Montreal have gained a few admirers in the R&B world, with Questlove of The Roots tweeting video of his band in the studio with the Of Montreal crew.
Check out the bands on the road at:
Of Montreal and Janelle Monáe:
SEPTEMBER
13 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
14 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
15 - Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
16 - House of Blues, Boston, MA
17 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
18 - Terminal 5, New York, NY
19 - Town Ballroom, Buffalo, NY
21 - Madison Theatre, Covington, KY
22 - Canopy Club, Urbana, IL
23 - First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
24 - Pabst Theatre, Milwaukee, WI
26 - Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
OCTOBER
21 - Pageant
22 - Sokol Auditorium, Omaha, NE
23 - Liberty Hall, Lawrence, KS
24 - The Ogden Theater, Denver, CO
25 - The Complex, Salt Lake City, UT
27 - The Paramount, Seattle, WA
28 - Roseland, Portland, OR
30 - Palladium, Los Angeles, CA
NOVEMBER
1 - Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
2 - The Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX
3 - East Side Drive In, Austin, TX
4 - Numbers, Houston, TX
5 - The Lyrics, Oxford, MS
Janelle Monáe:
JULY
8 - Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden
9 - Bread and Butter Festival, Berlin, Germany
23 - Bushnell Park Performance Pavilion, Hartford, CT
25 - All Shook Down Festival, San Francisco, CA
AUGUST
4 - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion, Raleigh, NC
6 - Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Charlotte, NC
7 - Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
8 - Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood, Atlanta, GA
15 - Outside Lands Festival, San Francisco, CA
21 - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
OCTOBER
29 - 31 - Voodoo Music Festival, New Orleans, LA
Of Montreal:
JULY
25 - Land of Nod Experiment, Jackson, MI
30 - Osheaga Festival, Montreal, QC
31 - Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
AUGUST
2 - Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
OCTOBER
3 - Tripod, Dublin, Ireland
4 - QMU, Glasgow, Scotland
5 - Academy 2, Manchester, England
6 - Koko, London, England
7 - Cigale, Paris, France
8 - Grand Mix, Lille, France
9 - Melkweg Max, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 - Admiralspalast, Berlin, Germany
12 - Debaser, Stockholm, Sweden
13 - Rockefeller, Oslo, Norway
14 - Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark
15 - Botanique/Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
31 - The Rialto, Tuscon, AZ
NOVEMBER
6 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
7 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
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