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Like Native Americans with the buffalo, Los Angeles' Busdriver-- born Regan Farquhar-- uses every piece of the animals he hits while on the road. Hence RoadKillOvercoat, his fifth solo album and first for new label Anti-. DJ Nobody and Boom Bip provided the production on the MC's follow-up to Fear of a Black Tangent, and Busdriver also coaxed a guest vocal spot out of CocoRosie's Bianca Casady.

Anti- will release RoadKillOvercoat on January 30, but Busdriver has provided us with a teaser in the form of second track "Less Yes's, More No's". He raps with a breathless, poetry-jam-for-robots flow over the track's dense electro beat, giving it a paranoid feel that eclipses the specifics of the lyrical conspiracy theories. One thing Busdriver seems sure of: we're all doomed.

The MC will take his gloomy act on the road with Deerhoof and Harlem Shakes beginning in his hometown on January 24. Then in March, he will join RJD2 and Happy Chichester on their tour of the South and the East Coast.

RoadKillOvercoat tracklist:

01 Casting Agents and Cowgirls
02 Less Yes's, More No's
03 Kill Your Employer (Recreational Paranoia Is the Sport of Now)
04 Ethereal Driftwood
05 Secret Skin
06 Sun Shower
07 Go Slow [ft. Bianca Casady]
08 The Troglodyte Wins
09 Pompous Posies! Your Party's No Fun
10 (Bloody Paw on the) Kill Floor
11 Mr. Mistake (Bested by the Whisper Chasm)
12 Dream Catcher's Mitt

Dates:

01-24 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre *#
01-26 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *
01-27 Chicago, IL - Metro *
01-30 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
02-16 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits *^
02-17 Miami, FL - The District *^
02-18 Tampa, FL - Crowbar *^
02-19 Orlando, FL - The Social *^
02-20 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds *^
02-21 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *^
02-22 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge *^
02-23 Greensboro, NC - The Warehouse *^
03-09 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center $
03-10 Lexington, KY - The Dame $
03-12 Little Rock, AR - Revolution Music Room $
03-13 Oklahoma City, OK - Bricktown Ballroom $
03-14 Denton, TX - Haileys $
03-17 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live $
03-19 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish $
03-20 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse $
03-21 Carrboro, NC - Cats Cradle $
03-22 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom $
03-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club $
03-24 Baltimore, MD - Sonar $

* with Deerhoof
# with Hella
^ with Harlem Shakes
$ with RJD2, Happy Chichester

[photo by Jessica Miller]