Little Dragon - Summer/Fall 2011 Tour Dates

Little Dragon is celebrating the release of Ritual Union this week, an album which finds futuristic, trance-like rhythms mixed with the soulful vibes of their debut LP plus upfront and danceable sounds of Machine Dreams.

The support has been unbelievable with positive support from all sides of the music industry including a "First Listen" from NPR leading up to the release and the current "Listening Party" provided by AOL's Spinner.com.

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As with each of their previous albums, Little Dragon did all of the recording themselves at the Seal Colonie, the same place where they all lived together in their early days.

"We're all about writing in our space, our bubble," Yukimi says. "We haven't really recorded in any fancy studios. We'd rather be in our junkyard."

With its unusual cover artwork (drawn by Yukimi's father in the '70s) and playful, imaginative videos (for "Twice, "Constant Surprises" and "After the Rain"), Little Dragon's self-titled debut offered a distinctive and wondrous visual aesthetic to go with its unique, enchanting sound.

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Despite their CD being available only as an import in the US, the group sold out clubs across the country during their first American tour in '08. A smattering of positive press clippings began recognizing Nagano and her understated yet unmistakable voice.

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Little Dragon's second album, Machine Dreams, a more uptempo set with '80s influences like Prince and Depeche Mode working their way into the mix, followed in 2009.

Meanwhile, Gorillaz front man Damon Albarn tapped Little Dragon to appear on their album Plastic Beach and to open-along with De La Soul-their arena-filling world tour.

Also in 2010, the group appeared on "If You Return" from Maximum Balloon, aka the solo project of Dave Sitek from TV on the Radio.

The next chapter leads to Ritual Union, their third LP out now on Peace Frog / EMI as of July 26th. A remix EP featuring contributions from Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Tensnake is out now as well.

Little Dragon also plan to do a full US tour in October with many dates to be added. For now Terminal 5 in NYC & Avalon in LA have been added proving the band's exponential growth and hard work over the years.

Little Dragon 2011 Fall tour dates:

(Dates and information subject to change.)

August 2011

08/14 @ Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival- San Francisco, CA
08/15 @ The Roxy- West Hollywood, CA
08/16 @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg- New York, NY

September 2011

09/03 @ Bumbershoot- Seattle, WA
09/04 @ North Coast Music Festival- Chicago, IL
09/06 @ Henry Miller Memorial Library- Big Sur, CA w/ Seventeen Evergreen
09/08 @ Hawthorne Theater- Portland, OR w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra
09/10 @ Next Door- Honolulu, HI
09/24 @ Parklife Melbourne- Melbourne, AUS w/ Lupe Fiasco
09/25 @ Parklife Perth- Perth, AUS

October 2011

10/01 @ Parklife Brisbane- Brisbane, AUS
10/02 @ Parklife Sydney- Sydney, AUS
10/03 @ Parklife Adelaide- Adelaide, AUS
10/06 @ Avalon- Los Angeles, CA
10/14 @ Terminal 5- New York, NY
10/28 @ Moog Fest- Asheville, NC
10/31 @ 591- Munich, Germany

November 2011

11/01 @ Luxor- Koln, Germany
11/02 @ Postbahnhof- Berlin, Germany
11/04 @ Eter- Wroclaw, Poland
11/05 @ Eskulap- Poznan, Poland
11/06 @ Palladium- Warsaw, Poland
11/08 @ Knust- Hamburg, Germany
11/09 @ Botanique- Brussels, Belgium
11/10 @ Melkweg/Max- Amsterdam, Holland
11/11 @ Tivoli- Utrecht, Holland
11/12 @ Effenaar- Eindhoven, Holland
11/14 @ La Maroquinerie- Paris, France
11/16 @ Vox Hall- Aarhus, Denmark
11/17 @ Vega- Copenhagen, Denmark
11/18 @ Tivoli- Helsingborg, Sweden
11/19 @ Gota Kallare- Stockholm, Sweden
11/25 @ Rough Trade East- London, UK
11/26 @ O2 Academy- Brixton, UK w/ Friendly Fires)
11/27 @ Ruby Lounge- Manchester, UK
11/29 @ Crawdaddy @ The Button Factory- Dublin, Ireland
11/30 @ The Arches- Glasgow, UK

December 2011

12/02 @ Thekla- Bristol, UK
12/03 @ Concorde 2- Brighton, UK

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