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Ratatat "Classics" | 2006 Tour Dates & MP3s

Ratatat ClassicsRatatat‘s new album “Classics” (out Aug 22, 2006) is, though instrumental, instantly enjoyable – accessible – danceable. It made cleaning my apartment the other day easier than ever. The song “Wildcat” is streaming at their MySpace, or download it here, and then get another track here. You can pre-order the CD at Insound.

Classics is an expansion of the typical Ratatat sound and features some acoustic and slide guitar, sleigh bells and cello. It’s a much more rounded out instrumental sound, moving away from the over-the-top Monsters of Rock (not completely of course) toward a more progressive, expansive pallete of sounds [scissorkick]

Ratatat kick off a tour with Envelopes and Panther at Bowery Ballroom in NYC on September 5th (tix). They’re also DJing at Hiro Ballroom on August 17th (early album release party – see flyer below), and then again at The Guggenheim Museum’s First Fridays on October 6th. All dates below…

RATATAT | 2006 DJ DATES
Aug 17 2006 Hiro Ballroom New York City, NY (album release party)
Sep 10 2006 five star bar chicago, IL
Oct 6 2006 The Guggenheim Museum New York, NY

RATATAT | 2006 TOUR DATES (w/ The Envelopes & Panthers)
Sep 5 2006 Bowery Ballroom New York City, NY
Sep 6 2006 The Middle East/ Downstairs Boston, MA
Sep 7 2006 Les Saints montreal
Sep 8 2006 Lee’s Palace Toronto
Sep 9 2006 Blind Pig ann arbor, MI
Sep 11 2006 empty bottle chicago, IL
Sep 12 2006 7th st. entry minneapolis, MN
Sep 15 2006 el corazon seattle, WA
Sep 16 2006 berbatis pan portland, OR
Sep 18 2006 Great American Music Hall San Fransisco, CA
Sep 20 2006 Troubador Los Angeles, CA
Sep 23 2006 Glass House Pomona, CA
Sep 24 2006 Casbah San Diego, CA
Sep 25 2006 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ
Sep 27 2006 gypsy tea room dallas, TX
Sep 28 2006 emo’s austin, TX
Sep 29 2006 TBA Houston, TX
Sep 30 2006 The Republic New Orleans, LA
Oct 2 2006 The Earl Atlanta, GA
Oct 3 2006 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC
Oct 4 2006 Black Cat Washington D.C., DC
Oct 5 2006 The Khyber Philadelphia , PA

Oct 7 2006 Alfred University Alfred, NY

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