Photos: Diplo / Simian Mobile Disco / Switch [Seattle, WA; 09/20/07]

Photos by Nilina Mason-Campbell

That whole "indie kids don't dance" thing seems about as outdated right now as "Walk the Dinosaur", what with Girl Talk, Dan Deacon, M.I.A., Spank Rock, and this guy, Wesley "Diplo" Pentz, touring pretty much non-stop.

For this gig late last week at Seattle's Neumos, Diplo was joined by a couple more terpsichorean-friendly acts, including tourmate Switch and Simian Mobile Disco (who were giving their skinny varicolored Stonehenge lighting setup a rest and rocking this one as a straight DJ duo). And in case you haven't seen it before, do scope Diplo's namesake diplodocus tattoo above and below. Tight!

Dates and photos aplenty lie just ahead.

DIPLO




SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO




Backstage






DIPLO


SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO


SWITCH




Diplo:

09-26 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom *!
09-28 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *
10-05 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom #
10-17 Buenos Aires, Argentina - Zizek
10-18 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Multiplicidade
10-27 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - TIM festival
11-04 Austin, TX - FunFunFun Fest

* with Switch
! with Blaqstarr
# with Nick Catchdubs

Simian Mobile Disco:

09-26 Leeds, England - The Cockpit
09-27 London, England - Scala
09-28 Marseilles, France - Marsatac
09-29 Strasbourg, France - Ososphere
10-05 Sheffield, England - The Plug (DJ set)
10-06 London, England - Wang (DJ set)
10-18 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg %
11-17 Manchester, England - Warehouse Project
11-21 Osaka, Japan - Zepp ^
11-22 Osaka, Japan - Zepp ^
11-24 Tokyo, Japan - Makuhari Centre ^
11-25 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador *
11-26 Manchester, England - Apollo *
11-27 Edinburgh, Scotland - Corn Exchange *
11-28 Newcastle, England - Academy *
11-30 Southampton, England - Guildhall *
12-01 Leeds, England - University *
12-02 Cardiff, Wales - University *
12-04 Birmingham, England - Academy *
12-05 London, England - Brixton Academy *
12-06 Manchester, England - Apollo #
12-07 Birmingham, England - NIA #
12-09 Liverpool, England - Aintree Pavillion #
12-11 Brighton, England - Brighton Centre #
12-13 London, England - Brixton Academy #
12-14 London, England - Brixton Academy #
12-15 London, England - Brixton Academy #

% with Crystal Castles, Invisible Conga People
^ with Underworld
* with Klaxons
# with the Chemical Brothers