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Monolithic, messy Japanese psych-out artistes Acid Mothers Temple have lined up yet another full North American tour, this time for their "Melting Paraiso U.F.O." incarnation.

Like Acid Mothers Temple tours before it, this one has a name you'll want to share with friends, coworkers, and random strangers at every opportunity: the "Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness Tour". It kicks off March 13 in Los Angeles, and the mobile Mothers will be joined at almost every turn by Portland's Danava.

Not just a tour, Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness is also the name of the latest Acid Mothers Temple album, due April 8 from Important Records and available for sale on this tour. Buried amid the tens of thousands of AMT releases on the merch table, you may also find a new tour CD titled Acid Mothership Live and Important's remastered edition of 2003's Magical Power From Mars.

Meanwhile, a European tour is shaping up for Acid Mothers Temple SWR (as part of the traveling Japanese New Music Festival), while Acid Mothers Guru Guru have some upcoming gigs as well.

Finally, back in their native Japan, nary a day goes by without some Acid Mothers affiliate playing live somewhere. Here's the best place to find out who's doing what when.

Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness:

CD:

01 Eternal Incantation or Perpetual Nightmare
02 Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness

Vinyl:

01 Eternal Incantation or Perpetual Nightmare Pt. 1
02 Eternal Incantation or Perpetual Nightmare Pt. 2
03 Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness Pt. 1
04 Recurring Dream and Apocalypse of Darkness Pt. 2

Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O.:

03-13 Los Angeles, CA - Echo *
03-14 San Diego, CA - Ché Café *
03-15 Tucson, AZ - Plush *
03-17 Austin, TX - Emo's Jr.*
03-18 Denton, TX - Hailey's *
03-19 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
03-20 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
03-21 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
03-22 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar*
03-23 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
03-24 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda’s *
03-25 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
03-26 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs *
03-27 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
03-28 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern *
03-29 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
03-30 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
03-31 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *#
04-01 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *^
04-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Pats Pub *
04-05 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern *
04-07 Portland, OR - Holocene *
04-08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill %

* with Danava
# with Plastic Crimewave
^ with Born Ruffians
% with Mamatus, Numinous Eye

Acid Mothers Temple SWR:

04-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
04-18 Oslo, Norway - TBA
04-20 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Worm
04-21 Amsterdam, Netherlands - TBA
04-23 Brussels, Belgium - Magasin 4
04-24 Paris, France - Point Ephemere
04-25 Barcelona, Spain - TBA
04-26 Madrid, Spain - TBA
04-27 London, England - Corsica Studio
04-28 Cardiff, Wales - TBA
04-29 Dublin, Ireland - TBA
04-30 Belfast, Northern Ireland - TBA
05-03 Vienna, Austria - Donau Festival
05-07 Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
05-08 Bern, Switzerland - Reithalle
05-09 Basel, Switzerland - Hirscheneck
05-10 Berlin, Germany - TBA

Acid Mothers Guru Guru:

02-21 Osaka, Japan - Bears
02-22 Nagoya, Japan - Tokuzo
02-23 Tokyo, Japan - Goodman
04-17-20 Tilburg, Netherlands - Roadburn Festival