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Anticon's roster of experimental beat freaks is all over the map, musically and geographically. With tours from Sole, Alias, and Thee More Shallows kicking off in the coming weeks, the Anticon army is set to invade the U.S. in full force. Add new records, a festival, an art show, and one-off dates from Dosh, Why?'s Yoni Wolf, and Bracken to the mix, and you've got an Anticon infestation to look forward to.

First up is an art exhibition called Florida Is a Death Metal Los Angeles (\m/ !) that will open at the Unitard Gallery in Los Angeles on May 12. The show is the second in an Anticon-related series of exhibits, and this installment features visual art by Doseone, Odd Nosdam, Yoni Wolf, Fog's Andrew Broder, Pedestrian, Passage, the Bomarr Monk, Telephone Jim Jesus, Ravi Zupa, Audio Dregs/Fryk Beat label head E*Rock, and Voodoo-Eros label head Militia Shimkovitz, among others.

The exhibit's opening day party will include performances by Jel and Bat Rays, along with poems from Doseone and some turntable action from Odd Nosdam. YACHT was supposed to play as well but had to bail after being asked to open the LCD Soundsystem tour.

A few days later and a couple hours north, in San Francisco on May 18, Yoni Wolf will play with Odd Nosdam (DJing), Telephone Jim Jesus, Bat Rays, and Half-Handed Cloud, with visuals by Video Savant as part of the Mission Creek Arts and Music Festival, which takes place May 10-20 at almost a dozen San Francisco venues.

Mission Creek also features sets by Lavender Diamond, RJD2, Acid Mother's Temple, Comets on Fire, Edith Frost, Daedelus, Mia Doi Todd, and a group called RRIICCEE made up of the Warlocks' Corey Lee Granet, Hole's Eric Erlandson, and Vincent Gallo (??).

In the way of more traditional projects, Alias will release his Collected Remixes on CD and limited red double vinyl on May 15. The collection includes his remixes for John Vanderslice, Lali Puna, 13 & God, and the One AM Radio, among others.

Sole will release his new Mansbestfriend album, Poly.Sci.187, on May 29, and he has a trio of dates with Skyrider left this month.

DJ Mayonnaise will return to the label on July 17 with the cheekily titled Still Alive, his first full-length in eight years.

Thee More Shallows will launched their tour in support of their Anticon debut Book of Bad Breaks last night, and Alias will start his own tour with Sage Francis and Buck 65 on May 23.

Each Anticon act's tour dates are listed below in chronological order of start date.

Alias' Collected Remixes tracklist:

01 The One AM Radio: "What You Gave Away (Remix)"
02 13 & God: "Into the Trees (Remix)"
03 John Vanderslice: "Exodus Damage (Remix)"
04 Christ.: "Marsh of Epidemics (Remix)"
05 Lali Puna: "Alienation (Remix)"
06 Lunz: "Clue (Remix)"
07 Boy in Static: "Stay Awake (Remix)"
08 Lucky Pierre: "Crush (Remix)"
09 Giardini di Miro: "Given Ground (Remix)"
10 Sixtoo: "Karmic Retribution/Funny Sticks (Remix)"
11 Alias & Tarsier: "9:24 Cigarette (Version 2)"

Mansbestfriend's Poly.Sci.187 tracklist:

01 Dedemma Speaks
02 The Teachings of Leviticus
03 Wilting Onward
04 High Noon and Sobered
05 Allieverwanted
06 Stuck in My Head Since I Was 12
07 Giant Man Eating Bird
08 Bosnian Jazz
09 Spin the Humans
10 50 at 30
11 Firefish
12 Father vs. Courage
13 Party Till We Drop
14 Missile Defense
15 How Big Is Space
16 6million Wayz 2live

DJ Mayonnaise's Still Alive tracklist:

01 Post Reformat
02 Easily Distracted
03 May Days
04 The Windham Song
05 Amp Circuit
06 Strateegery [ft. K-the-I???]
07 Dawson's Anthem 2005
08 Munjoy Moments
09 Quiet on the Set
10 The End of the Beginning
11 Untitled

Sole & Skyrider dates:

05-03 Iowa City, IA - Yacht Club
05-04 Minneapolis, MN - The Dinkytowner
05-05 Chicago, IL - Kinetic Playground
06-08 Newport Beach, CA - Hogue Barmichael's

Thee More Shallows dates:

05-04 San Francisco, CA - Café Du Nord (record release show)
05-09 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo
05-11 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
05-12 Kansas City, MO - The Record Bar
05-13 Lincoln, NE - Duffy's Tavern
05-14 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room Lounge
05-15 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
05-16 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry *
05-17 Madison, WI - Café Montmartre
05-18 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
05-19 Columbus, OH - Skully's
05-20 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern
05-21 Lansing, MI - Mac's
05-23 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
05-24 Washington, DC - Back Stage @ Black Cat
05-25 West Chester, PA - Rex's
05-26 Brooklyn, NY - Luna Lounge
05-27 Allston, MA - Great Scott
05-29 New York, NY - Piano's
05-30 Providence, RI - AS 220
05-31 New Haven, CT - Café Nine
06-01 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
06-02 Asbury Park, NJ - Asbury Lanes
06-03 Arlington, VA - TBA
06-04 Philadelphia, PA - Khyber Pass
06-06 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
06-07 Charleston, SC - The Map Room
06-09 Savannah, NC - The Sentient Bean
06-11 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

* with Fog

Bracken date:

05-04 Leeds, England - Holy Trinity Church *

* with Colleen, Triosk

Dosh date:

05-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
06-21 St. Paul, MN - Patio Nights @ Minnesota Museum of American Art

* with Andrew Bird

Why? date:

05-18 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill (Yoni Wolf solo) (Mission Creek Festival) *

* with Telephone Jim Jesus, Odd Nosdam (DJ), Bat Rays, Half-Handed Cloud, visuals by Video Savant

Alias dates (with Sage Francis and Buck 65):

05-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
05-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
05-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-26 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-27 Farmingdale, NY - Crazy Donkey
05-29 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
05-30 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
05-31 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
06-01 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle
06-02 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
06-04 Orlando, FL - Firestone
06-06 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
06-07 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
06-08 Dallas, TX - Granada
06-09 Austin, TX - Emo's
06-11 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad
06-12 Phoenix, AZ - Clubhouse
06-13 Tucson, AZ - Congress Hotel
06-15 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater
06-16 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
06-17 San Diego, CA - Soma
06-19 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
06-20 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
06-22 Portland, OR - Roseland
06-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox
06-24 Bellingham, WA - Night Light Theatre
06-25 Bend, OR - Pavillion
06-27 Boise, ID - The Venue
06-28 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
06-29 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
06-30 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
07-02 Omaha, NE - Sokol Hall
07-03 Iowa City, IA - Picadero
07-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
07-06 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
07-07 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub
07-09 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
07-10 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
07-11 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's
07-12 Providence, RI - Lupo's