The LCN European onslaught continues! The reception over here is amazing right now. The Hip Hop Kemp crowd was INTENSE! One of the best crowds I’ve ever mixed for. SO inspiring.

Here’s the itinerary – as always, come say hi, I’ll be at the sound board!

22 AUG – Hip Hop Kemp, Hradec Králové, CZ
26 AUG – Rust, Copenhagen, DK
27 AUG – Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, NO
29 AUG – Elysée Montmartre, Paris, FR
30 AUG – Virgin Oil Co, Helsinki, FI

My summer is going to be all hip hop, all the time! First up is a quick trip with La Coka Nostra to Europe. It’ll be a good mixture of festivals and clubs. Here’s the itinerary:

03 JUL – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
04 JUL – Bla, Oslo, Norway
06 JUL – TBA, Gothenburg, Sweden
07 JUL – Skaters Palace, Münster, Germany
08 JUL – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 JUL – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
11 JUL – Frauenfeld Festival, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
12 JUL – Splash Festival, Bitterfeld, Germany

… then next up is House Of Pain AND La Coka Nostra, on the Rock The Bells tour:

18 JUL – Boston
19 JUL – New York City
01 AUG – Vancouver
02 AUG – TBD
06 AUG – Denver
08 AUG – Los Angeles
09 AUG – San Francisco

There will also be some more LCN dates in Europe at the end of August – I’ll post again when those are firm.

I’ve just signed on to do a few quick dates in May with Elliott Yamin, who was on American Idol a couple years back. Elliott seems like a good guy, and his band are really fun – it should be a good time! Here’s where we’ll be:

21 MAY – Annapolis, MD
22 MAY – Allentown, PA
23 MAY – Richmond, VA
24 MAY – Alexandria, VA

We’ve just started the “Bring Tha Noize” tour, which is essentially a Suburban Noize Records package tour. I’m new to this whole Sub Noize thing, and, wow, it’s a whole different world :)

The good news is, it’s a fun, supportive fanbase, and the shows are big and good! So, as always, let me know if you want to come, and I’ll put you on the list. I’m mixing La Coka Nostra and Potluck. Here are the dates:

25 Feb – Petaluma, CA
26 Feb – Chico, CA
27 Feb – Portland, OR
28 Feb – Seattle, WA
01 Mar – Spokane, WA
03 Mar – Boise, ID
04 Mar – Billings, MT
05 Mar – Rapid City, SD
06 Mar – Omaha, NE
07 Mar – St. Paul, MN
08 Mar – Fargo, ND
09 Mar – Sioux Falls, SD
11 Mar – Chicago, IL
12 Mar – Milwaukee, WI
13 Mar – Pontiac, MI
14 Mar – Cincinnati, OH
15 Mar – Columbus, OH
17 Mar – House Of Pain secret St. Paddy’s reunion show – Boston, MA
18 Mar – Cleveland, OH
19 Mar – Cheswick, PA
20 Mar – Worcester, MA
21 Mar – Baltimore, MD
22 Mar – Philadelphia, PA
23 Mar – NY, NY
26 Mar – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
27 Mar – St. Petersburg, FL
28 Mar – Atlanta, GA
29 Mar – Sauget, IL
31 Mar – Tulsa, OK
01 Apr – Kansas City, MO
02 Apr – Wichita, KS
03 Apr – Denver, CO
04 Apr – Magna, UT

Our mustachioed alter egos’ potty-mouthed black-comedy hip hop album is finally seeing the light of day after 7 years in the making. It’s epic, and its party will be too. I would love if you could come help us celebrate!

FRI 13 FEB
Shattuck Down Low
2284 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94704
10:00 PM

Flyer and details at http://kalrissianbaby.com.

I’ll be in Europe for a month! Here’s my itinerary:

29 Nov 08 Lausanne, SW
30 Nov 08 Zurich, SW
01 Dec 08 Brussels, BE
02 Dec 08 TV (Paris, FR)
03 Dec 08 London, UK
04 Dec 08 Liverpool, UK
05 Dec 08 OFF
06 Dec 08 Birmingham, UK
07 Dec 08 OFF
08 Dec 08 Paris, FR
09 Dec 08 Amsterdam, NL
10 Dec 08 OFF
11 Dec 08 Hannover, DE
12 Dec 08 Berlin, DE
13 Dec 08 Cologne, DE
14 Dec 08 Hamburg, DE
15 Dec 08 Darmstadt, DE
16 Dec 08 OFF
17 Dec 08 Nuremberg, DE
18 Dec 08 Stuttgart, DE
19 Dec 08 Heidelberg, DE
20 Dec 08 Munich, DE
21 Dec 08 Vienna, AU

Airborne Toxic Event played at the same festival as us a couple of days ago in Seattle. They didn’t have their own engineer, so I volunteered and mixed their set! It was a ton of fun – I love that record, and they’re nice folks. Lucky me :)

I’m going to be doing a bunch of work this fall with Everlast! It’s a great group of folks – I’m looking forward to it. Here is the schedule – as always, come say hi!

12 Sep 08 Eugene, OR
13 Sep 08 Redmond, WA
14 Sep 08 Spokane, WA
16 Sep 08 Salt Lake City, UT
19 Sep 08 Denver, CO
20 Sep 08 Aspen, CO
22 Sep 08 Minneapolis, MN
24 Sep 08 Cleveland, OH
25 Sep 08 Bloomington, IN
26 Sep 08 Detroit, MI
27 Sep 08 Queen Creek, AZ
29 Sep 08 New Haven, CT
30 Sep 08 New York City, NY
02 Oct 08 Philadelphia, PA
03 Oct 08 Allston, MA
04 Oct 08 Portland, ME
05 Oct 08 Burlington, VT
07 Oct 08 Towson, MD
08 Oct 08 Jacksonville, NC
09 Oct 08 Columbia, SC
10 Oct 08 St. Petersburg, FL
11 Oct 08 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
13 Oct 08 Nashville, TN
14 Oct 08 Birmingham, AL
15 Oct 08 New Orleans, LA
17 Oct 08 Dallas, TX
18 Oct 08 Austin, TX
20 Oct 08 Albuquerque, NM
21 Oct 08 Tucson, AZ
22 Oct 08 Los Angeles, CA
24 Oct 08 San Luis Obispo, CA
25 Oct 08 Orangevale, CA
26 Oct 08 San Francisco, CA
27 Oct 08 Bakersfield, CA
29 Oct 08 Solano Beach, CA

I just got hired to mix a one-off with Everlast at a street festival on July 4th in Las Vegas! Sounds like trouble. In the best of ways. Fun …

I’ve just picked up a short little July tour with a wonderful British singer-songwriter named Ed Harcourt. We’ll be doing some consistently excellent small venues – here’s the schedule!

July
10 – LA – Roxy (supporting Gutter Twins)
11 – Las Vegas – beauty bar
14 – Portland – Doug Fir
15 – Seattle – Chop Suey
17 – Nashville – 3rd & Lindsley
18 – Chicago – Schuba’s
20 – Woodstock, NY – Utopia Soundstage
21 – Hoboken – Maxwell’s
22 – New York City – Rehab
23 – Cambridge – TT The Bear’s