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Photos by Nilina Mason-Campbell

Two bands riding high on recent Best New Music-inducted releases, Cut Copy and Black Kids, just started taking the continent by storm on a joint tour. Last night found the hook-happy pairing at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge, with Cut Copy showing off their Ghost Colours and Black Kids inviting many ooohs and Ahhhs.

Still no album yet from those Black Kids, but they do have another single in the pipeline. "Hurricane Jane" tears through UK record shops June 23 on CD and two different 7"s, backed with "You Only Call Me When You're Crying" and "Power in the Blood" and courtesy of Almost Gold Recordings.

Black Kids and Cut Copy continue the whole playing live shows together on consecutive evenings in different cities thing through mid-May, and both acts have quite a few dates beyond as well.

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Cut Copy:

04-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *#
04-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Caprice Nightclub (DJ set)
04-30 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
05-01 San Diego, CA - Red Bull Air Race Pre-Party
05-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *#
05-03 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *#
05-05 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *#
05-06 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *#
05-07 Chicago, IL - The Abbey *#
05-08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *#
05-09 Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix *#
05-10 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Musée Juste Pour Rire #
05-12 Boston, MA - Paradise *#
05-13 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B *#
05-14 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #!
05-15 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
05-16 Philadelphia, PA - Pure *#
05-17 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *^
05-19 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
06-06 Melbourne, Australia - The Forum %
06-07 Hobart, Australia - WrestPoint Entertainment Centre %
06-08 Launceston, Australia - The Batman Fawkner Inn %
06-12 Adelaide, Australia - HQ Complex %
06-13 Perth, Australia - The Capitol %
06-14 Perth, Australia - The Capitol %
06-18 Byron Bay, Australia - The Great Northern %
06-19 Gold Coast, Australia - Coolangatta Hotel %
06-20 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli %
06-21 Sydney, Australia - The Enmore Theatre %
07-20 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $

* with Black Kids
# with Mobius Band
! with T&T (DJ set)
^ with Ponytail
% with the Juan MacLean, Shocking Pinks
$ with Spoon, Dinosaur Jr., Spiritualized, M. Ward, Ghostface and Raekwon, Les Savy Fav, the Apples in Stereo, Boris, Dirty Projectors, Times New Viking, Bon Iver, the Dodos, King Khan & His Shrines, El Guincho, Fuck Buttons, HEALTH, High Places, Mahjongg

Black Kids:

04-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *#
04-30 Seattle, WA - Neumos *#
05-02 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *#
05-03 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge *#
05-05 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *#
05-06 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *#
05-07 Chicago, IL - The Abbey *#
05-08 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *#
05-09 Toronto, Ontario - The Phoenix *#
05-12 Boston, MA - Paradise *#
05-13 Brooklyn, NY - Studio B *#
05-15 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
05-16 Philadelphia, PA - Pure *#
05-17 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *^
05-18 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
06-01 Middlesbrough, England - Middlesbrough Music Live
06-02 Oxford, England - Oxford Academy
06-03 Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
06-04 Glasgow, Scotland - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
06-06 Manchester, England - Academy 3
06-07 Lancaster, England - Library
06-08 York, England - Fibbers
06-09 Sheffield, England - Carling Academy
06-11 Stoke, England - The Sugarmill
06-15 Norwich, England - Norwich Arts Centre
06-16 Northampton, England - The Soundhaus
06-18 London, England - ULU
06-23 Tromoya, Norway - Hove Festival
06-25 Stockholm, Sweden - Accelerator Festival
06-28 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-29 Oxford, England - Wakestock Festival
07-02 Nottingham, England - Rescue Rooms
07-03 Leeds, England - Cockpit
07-05 Liverpool, England - Barfly
07-10 Brighton, England - Concorde 2
07-11 Canterbury, England - Lounge on the Farm
07-12 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-13 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-19 Dorset, England - Camp Bestival
08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-10 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West Festival)
08-14 Salzburg, Austria - Frequency Festival
08-15 Erfurt, Germany - Highfield Festival
08-20 Newcastle, England - Academy
08-21 Bristol, England - Thekla

* with Cut Copy
# with Mobius Band
^ with Ponytail