Klaxons Head to NYC, Europe, Xan Valleys

They look like ravers, they dance like ravers, they smell like ravers...but do they sound like ravers? Not exactly. As Pete Macia pointed out today, London's Klaxons are currently riding the UK buzz train on the back of some sort of alleged "new rave revolution" that seems to be based more on their candy-color aesthetic more than their non-beat-heavy choons.

Which doesn't mean that they're bad, 'cause they're not! We like their manic energy and sense of fun. Plus they seem like the kind of guys who can really party down.

Klaxons hit the U.S. for the first time this week, with two shows in NYC. Their debut EP, Xan Valleys, is in stores October 10 courtesy of Modular. Next week, they head out on a UK tour with fellow rave-not-ravers Shitdisco and Datarock.

01 Gravity's Rainbow
02 Atlantis to Interzone
03 4 Horsemen of 2012
04 The Bouncer
05 Gravity's Rainbow (Van She Remix)
06 Atlantis to Interzone (Crystal Castles Remix)

Klaxons dates:

09-19 New York, NY - Club Midway *
09-21 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B #
09-27 Norwich, England - Norwich Waterfront $
09-28 Stoke, England - Stoke Underground $
09-29 Liverpool, England - Stanley Theatre $
09-30 Sheffield, England - Plug $
10-02 Middlesbrough, England - Empire $
10-03 Manchester, England - Academy $
10-04 Aberdeen, Scotland - Tunnels $
10-05 Glasgow, Scotland - Arches $
10-07 Leeds, England - Faversham $
10-08 Nottingham, England - Stealth $
10-10 Birmingham, England - Custard Factory $
10-11 Northampton, England - Soundhaus $
10-13 London, England - KOKO $
10-14 Brighton, England - Concorde $
10-16 Oxford, England - Zodiac $
10-17 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms $
10-19 Rekjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
10-21 York, England - Fibbers !
11-13 Paris, France - Les Inrocks
11-16 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
11-17 Copenhagen, Denmark - Small Vega
11-19 Bergen, Norway - The Garage
11-20 Oslo, Norway - Bla
11-22 Hamburg, Germany - Molotov
11-23 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
11-24 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - London Calling
11-25 Manchester, England - Sankeys Soap
12-01 Brisbane, Australia - Tivoli
12-02 Melbourne, Australia - Espie
12-03 Sydney, Australia - Bondi Beach
12-05 Tokyo, Japan - Daikanyama Unit
12-08 Rennes, France - Transmusicales

* with 120 Days
# with Soulwax Nite Versions Live and 2ManyDJs
$ with Shitdisco, Datarock
! with Long Blondes

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