Alias Set to Release New LP, Tour U.S. Under Assumed Name
John Doe opening set unconfirmed at press time

[Posted Thursday, October 30th, 2003 04:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Oakland, CA's Brendon Whitney, who goes by the alias Alias, releases his latest joint, Muted, this week through Anticon. If you're really up on this sorta shit, though, you're already hip to the fact that the record has been available at anticon.com for some time and, according to label reps, was also dropped last week to local music retailers near you (um, yeah, prolly not Sam Goody though, Chachi). Alias is a veritable old hand at the East Bay label, having released an LP and an EP in the past two years while producing tracks by labelmates Sole and Sage Francis and collaborating with just about everyone else in their stable.

This time out, Alias loses the MC bit and goes fully, er, instrumental, as he crafts hip hop-electronic soundscapes sans the raps. The album features collaborations with Markus Archer of The Notwist and fellow Anticon crew member Pedestrian. Tracklist:

01 Beginagain
02 Sixes Last
03 Again for the First Time
04 Unseen Sights [featuring Markus Archer]
05 Shoes, Cars, and Soft Drinks
06 Caged In, Wasting Away
07 Full Circle Blues
08 I Would Like to Write a Song That...
09 Am I Cool Now?
10 Chew the Fat
11 The Physical Voice [featuring Pedestrian]
12 One Obvious Rule
13 Lost Friend Advice

Whitney will be hitting the road and kicking off a 21-date tour of the U.S. on Saturday, November 1st. Supporting him will be the aforementioned Sole, former Restiform Bodies MC and Sole producer Telephone Jim Jesus and Odd Nosdam, also of Anticon fame. Dates:

11-01 Boulder, CO - Boulder Theatre (w/ Sage Francis)
11-02 Kansas City, KS - Bottleneck
11-03 St. Louis, MO - Rocket Bar
11-04 Chicago, IL - Fireside Bowl
11-05 Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
11-06 Pittsburgh, PA - Rex Theatre
11-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
11-08 Providence, RI - TBA
11-09 Boston, MA - TT The Bears
11-10 New York, NY - Piano's
11-11 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar
11-12 Charlotte, NC - The Room
11-14 New Orleans, LA - Twi-Ro-Pa
11-15 Houston, TX - Fat Cats
11-16 San Antonio, TX - Sam's Burger Joint
11-17 Austin, TX - Flamingo Cantina
11-19 Albuquerque, NM - Smooch's
11-20 Tempe, AZ - Mason Jar
11-21 San Diego, CA - Epicenter
11-22 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory
11-26 San Francisco, CA - Slim's

Anticon: http://www.anticon.com