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Here's a pleasant surprise: Dizzee Rascal's Maths + English is a great summer record. Those comparatively straightforward beats and twinkling electro tinges make for a perfect soundtrack to warm weather driving. But you don't have to take my word for it (cue "Reading Rainbow" theme song.) Now that the album is readily available in the U.S., you can (re-)discover it for yourself.

The East London MC recently announced a run of North American shows around his Pitchfork Music Festival appearance in July. He'll also hit FUEL TV's "The Daily Habit" on June 4.

Dizzee-ness:

06-04 Paris, France - Villette Sonique Festival
06-14 Rodez, France - Festival Skabazac
06-27 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-04 London, England - ZOO8
07-05 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-12 Liege, Belgium - Les Ardentes
07-18 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-20 Toronto, Ontario - Rogers Picnic
07-21 Austin, TX - Emo's
07-22 Denver, CO - Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom
07-24 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
07-25 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
08-01 Cumbria, England - Kendall Calling
08-22 Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
08-23 Reading, England - Reading Festival

$ with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Atlas Sound, Extra Golden, Fuck Buttons, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar