Hot off their sold-out tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hollywood/Kemado recording artists Elefant are returning to the road with a headlining club tour that begins May 3rd at The Social in Orlando, Florida. Opening for Elefant, from Orlando to Austin will be Austin, TX-based Sound team and Boston's Aberdeen City. Picking up the support slot from San Diego to Seattle will be Austin, TX quintet Voxtrot and Los Angeles' Silversun Pickups.
The band will be touring in support of highly anticipated new album The Black Magic Show. The album, produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Duran Duran, Dashboard Confessional), and mixed by Grammy Award winner Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth, Sheryl Crow), hits retail on April 18th. Fans can view the "director's cut" of the band's stunning black and white "Lolita" video, as directed by Philip Andelman (Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lenny Kravitz, Ginuwine) on elefantweb.com.
Elefant, who recently wowed Austin crowds with two electrifying sets at SXSW, have been drawing rave reviews. After a recent Windy City show, the Chicago Tribune wrote, ".the difference in [Elefant's] old and new material is as apparent as the gap between middle school and college. Touching on its sparse, tight and poppy repertoire from their 2003 debut Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid, Elefant was darker and more daring than during its last visit to Chicago." In a pre-release review, the Denver Post called The Black Magic Show "an intense album spanning temperatures from dance-floor-hot to creepy-ballad-cool." The Worcester Telegram praised the band for keeping its "dreamy melodicism," but also finding "the means to crank the volume and dig deeper into sonic weirdness."
The Black Magic Show comes two years after the release of Elefant's critically acclaimed full-length debut, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid. The New York-based quartet (Argentine vocalist Diego Garcia, guitarist Mod, bassist Jeff James and drummer Kevin McAdams) came together in 2001 and quickly made their mark with a dark, seductive sound that enthralled critics and fans alike. Blender gave 2003's Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid four stars, saying "Elefant's debut is so strong, you may find yourself shouting its praises from the rooftop;" Rolling Stone called it "a great album;" Nylon said it was "irresistibly catchy;" Filter praised its "refreshing mix of pop cheeriness and rock backbone;" Guitar Player wrote "Elefant prove that not only are they worthy of carrying the musical torch first lit by stalwarts like Television and Talking Heads, but furthering it as well;" and Spin applauded the disc for being "rich, smooth and sounding like a night of New York heartbreak."
Don't miss your chance to catch Elefant live. Tour dates are as follows:
05/03 - Orlando, FL - The Social
05/04 - Miami, FL - Studio A
05/05 - Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
05/06 - Atlanta, GA - Coca Cola Roxy Theatre
05/07 - Charlotte, NC - Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
05/09 - Chicago, IL - Metro
05/10 - Cincinnati, OH - Alchemize
05/11 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
05/12 - Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
05/13 - Montreal, QC - Main Hall
05/15 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts
05/16 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
05/17 - New York, NY - Webster Hall
05/18 - Boston, MA - Landsdowne Street
05/19 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
05/20 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
05/22 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
05/23 - Austin, TX - Antone's
05/25 - San Diego, CA - Epicentre
05/26 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
05/27 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's
05/30 - Portland, OR - Berbatis Pan
05/31 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room
06/01 - Vancouver, BC - Richards on Richards
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