Pitchfork

[Posted Thursday, September 18th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

In support for his upcoming album, interestingly dubbed Bazooka Tooth (Bazooka Joe is already planning tiny, wax-paper litigation), Aesop Rock will join his Def Jux labelmates for a three-month North American tour. The album, which we reported on back in May, is gettin' bizzay in bins September 23rd. Tracklist:

01 Bazooka Tooth
02 NY Electric
03 Easy
04 No Jumper Cables
05 Limelighters [featuring Camp Lo]
06 Super Fluke
07 Cook it Up [featuring PFAC]
08 Freeze
09 We're Famous [featuring El-P]
10 Babies With Guns
11 The Greatest Pac-Man Victory in History
12 Frijoles
13 11:35 [featuring Mr. Lif]
14 Kill the Messenger
15 Mars Attacks

Definitive (not Def; we don't want DMX and Jay-Z suing our po' Pitchfork asses) Jux head honcho El Producto (El-P) and DJ Wiz will accompany Aesop Rock for the first leg of the tour, which kicks off September 23rd at Virgin Records in New York City to mark the release of Bazooka Tooth (they recently did the same thing for C-Rayz' Ravipops). Fans are hoping for El-P's best NYC performances since the Ralph Nader 2000 presidential rally (no, seriously-- remember that?). Then, in mid-October, Aesop Rock departs once again for the road, this time with Mr. Lif, MURS, and DJ Fakts One. The dates:

09-23 New York City, NY - Virgin Records *
09-25 Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge *
09-26 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
09-27 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
09-29 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-01 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *
10-04 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
10-15 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club #
10-16 Providence, RI - Lupos #
10-17 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground #
10-18 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse #
10-19 Montreal, Quebec - SAT #
10-20 Toronto, Ontario - Zen Lounge #
10-21 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
10-22 Lansing, MI - Temmple Club #
10-25 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers #
10-26 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop #
10-28 Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar #
10-29 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
10-31 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase #
11-01 Worcester, NY - NY Clark University #
11-02 Boston, MA - Middle East #

* with El-P and DJ Wiz
# with Mr. Lif, MURS, and DJ Fakts One

In other Def (oops) Jux news, the recent Wake Up Show Concert in L.A. with El-P and C-Rayz "went down with more than a few hitches," according to Def Jux's official website. "Thanks to a half-ass show production and professionalism (surprising for a show of that size and profile), our boys weren't able to get off the show they spent mad long preparing for. Instead, after myriad changes in set time, fuckin up our DJ's rig, and general confusion, C-Rayz was anti-climactically thrown on stage to a less than receiving crowd... [It] was obvious that Rayz never had a chance. ...Not having it, [El-P] came out, ripped two joints, and bounced... know that you'll see Jux in full muthaf'in effect... in L.A. on September 27th."