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Cadence Weapon (which, as we are morally obligated to mention, is the pseudonym for ex-Pitchforker Rollie Pemberton) is a rapper of significant talent and wit. And, if our Dave Maher's take on his set at SXSW is at all representative of his current live thing, Pemberton is a "restless and spastic" live performer. You may select your own well-chosen adjectives, loyal reader, should you attend one of Cadence Weapon's many July tour dates, listed as usual behind the jump.

Speaking of well-chosen adjectives, we're sure Rollie's just as excited as we are to welcome him back into Pitchfork's sinister clutches July 15, when he plays our sold-out Music Festival. After the last notes ring out over Chicago's Union Park, we'll all don ceremonial garb, chant "DOWN WITH KEANE," and gorge ourselves on the vital organs of the nonbelievers. Since that is, after all, how we do things.

Weapon of choice:

07-06 Guelph, Ontario - Club Vinyl
07-07 Toronto, Ontario - Harbourfront (UC Throwdown) *
07-08 Brantford, Ontario - The Ford Plant
07-09 St. Catharines, Ontario - L3 Nightclub
07-10 London, Ontario - The Alex P Keaton
07-12 Ottawa, Ontario - Club Heaven
07-15 Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival #
07-18 Washington, DC - Red & Black Room
07-19 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
07-20 Baltimore, MD - Sonar (TaxLo party) !
07-21 New York, NY - Galapagos

* with the Russian Futurists
# with the New Pornographers, Stephen Malkmus, De La Soul, Of Montreal, Jamie Lidell, the Sea and Cake, Junior Boys, the Field, the Cool Kids, Klaxons, Nomo, Deerhunter, the Ponys, Menomena, Craig Taborn's Junk Magic, Brightblack Morning Light, Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra
! with Juiceboxx, Dre Skull