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Unknown Mortal Orchestra remix SIlicon's "Cellphone," announces tour with Lower Dens (dates)

by Bill Pearis

photo: UMO @ ACL 2015 (more by Tim Griffin)
UMO @ ACL

Unknown Mortal Orchestra have announced more tour dates, including a coast-to-coast run with openers Lower Dens (who just played House of Vans in Brooklyn). The tour currently is scheduled to conclude with two NYC shows at Irving Plaza on February 19 & 20. Tickets for the NYC shows go on sale Friday at 10 AM with Music Geeks and Noisey presales starting Wednesday at 10 AM. All dates are listed below.

In other news, UMO’s Ruban Neilson has remixed “Cellphone,” the current single from Silicon — aka Ruban’s brother Kody who were both in The Mint Chicks together. (Kody previously went by Opossom post-Mint Chicks.) Ruban radically reworks it, injecting some funky muscle into the bleepy-bloopy original, and it would make a great back-to-back with UMO’s “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone.” You can stream it below.

“Cellphone” is off Silicon’s debut album, Personal Computer, which came out not too long ago on Domino-related label Weird World. You can listen to the whole thing via Silicon’s interactive website.

UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA – 2015/2016 TOUR DATES
Oct. 29-31 – Paris, FR @ Pitchfork Music Festival
Nov. 1 – Tourcoing, FR @ Le Grand Mix
Nov. 2 – Brussels, BE @ AB Box
Nov. 3 – Esch-Sur-Alzette, LU @ Kulturfabrik
Nov. 6 – Zurich, CH @ Aktionshalle
Nov. 7 – Ravenna, IT @ Bronson
Nov. 8 – Geneva, CH @ Usine
Nov. 9 – Lyon, FR @ Le Marche Gare
Nov. 11 – Barcelona, ES @ Apolo
Nov. 12 – Madrid, ES @ Penelope
Nov. 13 – Lisbon, PT @ Armazem F
Nov. 14 – Porto, Portugal @ Hard Club
Nov. 16 – Istanbul, TR @ Salon Iksv
Nov. 18 – Tel Aviv, IL @ Reading 3
Dec. 3 – Perth, AUS @ Astor Theatre
Dec. 4 – Sydney, AUS @ Metro Theatre
Dec. 5 – Berry, AUS @ Fairgrounds Festival
Dec. 6 – Brisbane, AUS @ Triffid
Dec. 8 – Richmond, AUS @ Corner Hotel
Dec. 9 – Melbourne, AUS @ 170 Russell
Dec. 11-13 – Meredith, AUS @ Meredith Music Festival
Dec. 12 – Auckland, NZ @ St. James Theatre
Dec. 14 – Wellington, NZ @ Bodega
Dec. 15 – Christchurch, NZ @ Allen St
Dec. 16 – Dunedin, NZ @ Chicks Hotel
Dec. 17 – Dunedin, NZ @ Chicks Hotel
Jan. 28 – Vancouver, BC @ The Rickshaw Theatre*
Jan. 29 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune*
Jan. 30 – Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall*
Feb. 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore*
Feb. 2 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory*
Feb. 3 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre*
Feb. 5 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace*
Feb. 6 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger*
Feb. 7 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
Feb. 8 – Houston, TX @ Numbers*
Feb. 9 – Dallas, TX @ Trees*
Feb. 11 – New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans*
Feb. 12 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn*
Feb. 13 – Nashville, TN @ Exit In*
Feb. 14 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel*
Feb. 16 – Richmond, VA @ The National*
Feb. 17 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club*
Feb. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer*
Feb. 19 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza*
Feb. 20 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza*