Rain Machine is the provocative and soulful new solo venture from guitarist/songwriter extraordinaire Kyp Malone. Renowned for his work with TV on the Radio, Malone is set to kick off a North American tour next week in support of Rain Machine's remarkable self titled debut album available September 22 on Anti- Records. Stereogum remarked after hearing Rain Machine's song "Give Blood:" "It sounds like TV on the Radio thrown into a loose and scuzzed, mystical late-night basement jam. Cool track." And Spin Magazine wrote, "Kyp Malone has always been a grand provocateur, singing, "I wanna love you all the way / I wanna break your back," on last year's "Lover's Day" (from TV on the Radio's Dear Science).So to hear Malone, with his new solo project, moaning that "it's no burnt-cork affair" on the six-and-half-minute "Smiling Black Faces" is to hear him at his most comfortable. Rain Machine doesn't have TVOTR's Berlin Wall of Sound might, but it's still an accomplished work. Quadruple-tracked vocals on the quavering "Hold You Holy" and the bone-shaking pop jangle of "Give Blood" make this the best side gig since Jack White rediscovered the drums."
The tour begins September 21st in Brooklyn.
Rain Machine Tour Dates:
Mon/Sep-21 Brooklyn NY Bell House
Fri/Sep-25 Echo Park CA The Echo
Sat/Sep-26 Los Angeles CA The Getty Center
Mon/Sep-28 San Francisco CA The Independent
Wed/Sep-30 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge
Thu/Oct-01 Seattle WA Neumos
Fri/Oct-02 Vancouver BC The Biltmore
Fri/Oct-09 Birmingham AL Bottle Tree
Sat/Oct-10 New Orleans LA One Eyed Jacks
Mon/Oct-12 Athens GA 40 Watt Club
Tue/Oct-13 Atlanta GA The Earl
Thu/Oct-15 Madison WI High Noon Saloon
Fri/Oct-16 Minneapolis MN 7th Street Entry
Sat/Oct-17 Chicago IL Double Door
Sun/Oct-18 Detroit MI Small's
Mon/Oct-19 Toronto ON Lee's Palace
Tue/Oct-20 Montreal QC Il Motore
Thu/Oct-22 Cambridge MA Middle East Upstairs
Fri/Oct-23 Philadelphia PA Johnny Brenda's
Sat/Oct-24 New York NY Bowery
Sun/Oct-25 Washington DC Black Cat
