Pitchfork: Jamie Lidell Plans American Tour

Jamie Lidell unleashes the artfully dodging demon lurking deep inside the electronic continuum. He doesn't do a whole lot of dodging, though, what with only two albums in the past five years. But when the whiskey+honey singer/beat boxer/performance artist makes a move, he makes it count. He makes like James Brown and makes it funky.

His 2005 retro-soul album Multiply, as well as his ever-stretching stage show (a multimedia extravaganza of props, costumes, masks, and a "Media Suit"), have turned him into the latest avant-pop heartthrob. And come April, he'll woo the masses on a lengthy North American tour.

In an interview last year, Lidell talked about the difference between listening to Multiply in the privacy of your own boudoir and the live experience. "It's chocolates versus cake. I like �em both, but the album is a morning hot chocolate. The cake is a different beast. I would never eat a layer cake in the morning. I never play in the morning. I'm not saying that I wouldn't consider a pain au chocolat in the morning. But a fancy cake...that's for when the lights go down. You get me?

Yes, we get you. You're making us hungry.

Dates:

02-25 Prague, Czech Republic - Sperm Festival #
02-26 Bucharest, Romania - Studio Martin
03-25 Miami, FL - Surfcomber Hotel (M3 Summit)
04-10 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
04-11 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour *
04-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
04-14 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
04-15 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
04-16 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Nightclub *
04-19 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre *
04-20 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
04-21 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace *
04-22 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre National *
04-24 Boston, MA - Great Scott *
04-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
04-26 Brooklyn, NY - South Paw *
04-27 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *
04-30 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) %
05-04 Barcelona, Spain - Teatre Lliure $