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I'm just going to go ahead and say it: Cornelius is pretty cool, but he's even cooler for filling his MySpace Top 40 with cats. I can absolutely imagine him and his cat friends chilling at the bar, drinking milk, making meow-based beats. Pretty cool.

The Japanese master of sound released Sensurround-- a DVD chronicling his Sensuous Synchronized Show-- last year, but fans in California and Mexico can live the technicolor overload sans TV screens when he brings the tour around for a brief West Coast encore in May. As an added art-rocking bonus, equally odd (yet slightly less visually savvy) avant-weirdos Deerhoof join him on four Cali dates. (Deerhoof have no other dates scheduled right now.)

Not quite as cool: Cornelius lost the Best Surround Sound Album Grammy to Paavo Järvi & Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra on Sunday. Robbed! Nevermind.

See the pretty colors, surround the sound:Cornelius:

05-08 Mexico City, Mexico - Lunario
05-09 Guadalajara, Mexico - Festival De Mayo
05-12 San Francisco, California - The Fillmore *
05-13 Santa Cruz, California - Rio Theater *
05-14 Los Angeles, California - Mayan Theater *
05-16 Pomona, California - The Glasshouse *

* with Deerhoof