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Last summer, we spoke with the four future-minded folks who comprise the Anti-Pop Consortium-- Earl Blaize, M. Sayiid, Beans, and High Priest-- just as they'd announced plans to reform for both a new album and a tour.

The album, which they had planned to get to work on back in October, is still a bit of a mystery. But that tour is upon us, and soon! It kicks off tomorrow night (March 22) with two shows in New York, followed by a trip to Europe that has the Consortium warming up a few crowds for Public Enemy's recently announced, All Tomorrow's Parties-assisted spins through their seminal It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. It's for Don't Look Back, which, appropriately, is just the kind of advice Anti-Pop Consortium have always taken.

Anti-Pop Consortium:

03-22 New York, NY - Knitting Factory Tap Bar (two shows)
04-14 Brussels, Belgium - Domino Festival
04-19 Bourges, France - Le Printemps de Bourges
05-09 Lyon, France - Les Nuits Sonores
05-23 London, England - Brixton Academy *
05-26 Mancheter, England - Academy *
05-27 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 1 *
06-19-21 Barcelona, Spain - Sonar Festival

* with Public Enemy, Dr. Octagon, Edan, MC Dagha