El-P Takes The Road

By Quibian Salazar-Moreno

      El-P’s new album, I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, hasn’t even been out a month and is already getting nods for the best album of the year. He’s parlayed that critical acclaim to upcoming appearances on Jimmy Kimmel on May 22 and Conan O’Brien on June 11.

      But before he heads to New York and Los Angeles for those appearances he’ll be taking on the rest of the U.S. El-P’s will launch his nationwide tour on May 1 in Cambridge, Massachusetts a few days after doing a set at the Coachella Music Festival on April 27. The tour will run until June 8 ending at Club 9:30 in Washington D.C. Here’s El Producto’s current tour itinerary:

Fri 4/27/07 – Coachella Music Festival – Indio, CA 

Tue 5/1/07 – Middle East Underground – Cambridge, MA

Wed 5/2/07 –  Le National – Montreal, QC

Thu 5/3/07 – The Opera House – Toronto, ON 

Fri 5/4/07 –  Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH 

Sat 5/5/07 – Little Brothers – Columbus, OH 

Sun 5/6/07 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI 

Mon 5/7/07 – Top Cat’s – Cincinnati, OH 

Tues 5/8/07 – Abbey Pub – Chicago, IL

Thurs 5/10/07 – Granada – Lawrence, KS

Fri 5/11/07 – Bluebird Theater – Denver, CO 

Sat 5/12/07 – The Depot – Salt Lake City, UT

Mon 5/14/07 – Neumo’s – Seattle, WA 

Tue 5/15/07 – Richards on Richards – Vancouver, BC 

Wed 5/16/07 – Wonder Ballroom  – Portland, OR 

Fri 5/18/07 – Great American Music Hall – San Francisco, CA

Mon 5/21/07 – El Rey Theater – Los Angeles, CA

Wed 5/23/07 – The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ

Thurs 5/24/07 – Sunshine Theater, – Albuquerque, NM

Sun 5/27/07 – Emo’s – Austin, TX 

Mon 5/28/07 – Numbers Night Club – Houston, TX

Wed 5/30/07 – The Parish / House of Blues – New Orleans, LA

Sat 6/2/07 – Common Grounds – Gainesville, FL

Thu 6/707 – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC

Fri 6/8/07 – 9:30 Club – Washington, DC