Rain Machine: Album, Fall Tour

TV On The Radio at Treasure Island Festival 2008, from the HAD Archive

You may recall that we were super excited to hear about Kyp Malone(of TV On The Radio)'s new solo project Rain Machine. Well, we're happy to say that even more news is starting to become available, and it's all looking super good.

First off, Rain Machine's eponymous debut drops on Anti Records on September 22nd (cover are above). We have the first released track from the record ("Give Blood") for you to check out below, and we have to say: we likey. The track mixes some killer percussives with Malone's trademark vocals to create a track that is not only danceable, but begging for remixes. Do not pass this one up.

What's more, Malone is planning a tour in support of the record, and will be touching down not just on both coasts, but in the middle as well! In New York, that means a hometown stop in Brooklyn at the Bell House, while in San Francisco it'll be an evening at the ever-lovely Independent. Check out all the dates below - excitement!

Rain Machine Fall 2009 Dates
Sep-21 Brooklyn NY Bell House
Sep-25 Echo Park CA The Echo
Sep-26 Los Angeles CA The Getty Center
Sep-28 San Francisco CA The Independent
Sep-30 Portland OR Doug Fir Lounge
Oct-01 Seattle WA Neumos
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

mp3: Rain Machine - Give Blood

Kyp Malone (Of TV On The Radio) Has A Solo Project - Rain Machine

To be frank, we had no idea that Kyp Malone had a side project outside of his band TV On The Radio, much less that he was touring in its support. Well, turns out both are the case: Malone's project is called Rain Machine, and he just got signed to Anti Records this week. What's more, turns out that Malone played at the Henry Miller Library on Sunday night, and we were none the wiser. Seriously bummed!

Nonetheless, we managed to dig up some video for you (above) of Malone's project - think more mellow, acoustic TVOTR and you're on the right track. We have to say, it definitely sounds pretty fine to our ears - we're looking forward to hearing the record.

And just for the record, if anyone caught the Henry Miller Library show, we'd love to hear how it was!