The “melding of hip-hop and indie” discussion may be getting a bit tired these days, but it’s still relevant when you talk about k-os and his fourth and most recent album, Yes!. Some facts: “1234” is a response to Feist’s song “4321”; “Wish I Knew Natalie Portman” (one of Indie-with-a-capital-I’s “it” girls, next to Zooey Deschanel) curiously takes from Phantom Planet’s “California”; and Metric’s Emily Haines contributes to “Uptown Girl.” But hip-hop and indie were never closer than when a TMT report announced in February both a Broken Social Scene song featuring k-os (“Windsurfing Nation”) and a k-os tour supporting Drake (ending May 8). Since then, k-os has announced more dates with The Flobots, beginning later in May.
And here are the updated tourdates:
05.21.10 - New York, NY - The Gramercy Theater ^
05.22.10 - Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel ^
05.23.10 - Boston, MA - Harper’s Ferry ^
05.24.10 - Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero ^
05.25.10 - Washington, DC - The Black Cat
05.27.10 - Greenville, SC - The Handlebar ^
05.29.10 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Churchill’s Pub
05.31.10 - Orlando, FL - The Social ^
06.02.10 - Nashville, TN - Exit/In ^
06.04.10 - Covington, KY - Mad Hatter ^
06.05.10 - Chicago, IL - Double Door *
^ The Flobots
* Hollywood Holt, Ill Legit
• k-os: http://www.k-osmusic.com
