ATMOSPHERE ANNOUNCES "WHEN GOD GIVES YOU UGLY" NORTH AMERICAN TOUR

 

P.O.S Direct Support On Select Dates

 

Atmosphere plans to bring their brand of literate, forward-thinking hip-hop to the masses this spring with the announcement of their upcoming "When God Gives You Ugly" tour (dates below).  Slug and Ant will be rocking venues throughout the continent in celebration of the reissue of their critically acclaimed record God Loves Ugly and the recent release of their sixth studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold.  The Atmosphere live show testifies to what devotees already know: Slug and Ant are the real deal. They bring the same passionate lyricism and hard hitting beats that critics have been singing the praises of for years. The 34-date tour kicks off in Missoula, Montana on April 9^th. P.O.S will be direct support through Seattle on 4/24.

 

P.O.S's new album Never Better debuted at #1 on Billboard’s New Artists Chart a few week backs. The album packaging for Never Better has already been labeled packaging of the year by magazine's like Giant and Vapors and now Rhymesayers has launched a user friendly site where you can create your own panels and designs for your Never Better album. Plus, the album is streaming in its entirety and if you create your own panel, you get rewarded with a free download of the first P.O.S single "Drumroll."  Check it out here: www.rhymesayers.com/neverbetter 

 

PRESS ON ATMOSPHERE: 

"One can feel Atmosphere loosening modern hip-hop from its moorings and yanking it into some weirder and far more interesting place." - ROLLING STONE

 

"Slug is, without a doubt, the most legitimately poetic emcee ever saddled with the credibility killing "back pack hip-hip" label" - XLR8R

 

"With passionate inflection and pristine delivery, Slug toggles neatly among the poetic, preachy, and provocative, sometimes hitting all at once."

- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

 

"As a front-man, the charismatic Slug has matured into one of hip-hop's best performers." - LOS ANGELES TIMES

 

PRESS ON P.O.S:

"Few artists succeed where P.O.S. does: He's proof that hip-hop and rock make for pleasant bedfellows." - URB

 

"P.O.S. has saved hip hop. Never Better is amazing and likely to be the best hip-hop album of 2009." - Alarm

 

“[Never Better]... is subtly infused with a smart-assed insight and a thing for folding pop culture touchstones into unrecognizable shapes.” - Pitchfork 

 

“When God Gives You Ugly” TOUR DATES:

w/P.O.S as Direct Support

04.09                Missoula, MT                             Wilma Theatre

04.10                Spokane, WA                            Knitting Factory

04.11                Boise, ID                                   Knitting Factory

04.12                Salt Lake City, UT                      In The Venue

04.14                Flagstaff, AZ                              Orpheum Theater

04.15                Tempe, AZ                                Marquis Theatre

04.17                Tucson, AZ                                Rialto Theatre

04.18                Indio, CA                                   Coachella Music and Arts Festival

04.19                Santa Cruz,                               Catalyst

04.20                San Francisco, CA                     Warfield Theatre

04.21                Lake Tahoe, NV                         Montbleu Resort and Casino

04.23                Portland, OR                             Crystal Ballroom

04.24                Seattle, WA                              Showbox SoDo

Without P.O.S

04.25                Vancouver, BC                           Commodore Ballroom

04.26                Victoria, BC                               Element

04.28                Edmonton, AB                           The Starlite Room

04.29                Calgary, AB                               MacEwan Ballroom

05.01                Saskatoon, SK                          The Odeon

05.02                Regina, SK                                The Riddell

05.04                Thunder Bay, ON                       Rockhouse

05.06                Toronto, ON                               The Phoenix

05.07                London, ON                               Music Hall London

05.08                Montreal, QC                             Theatre Plaza

05.09                Ottawa, ON                               Ritual Nightclub

05.10                Burlington, VT                            Higher Ground

05.12                Portland, ME                             The Asylum

05.13                Boston, MA                               House of Blues

05.15                Philadelphia, PA                        Trocadero Theatre

05.16                Washington, DC                        9:30 Club

05.17                Richmond, VA                           Toad's Place

05.18                Cleveland, OH                            Beachland Ballroom

05.19                Indianapolis, IN                          The Vogue

05.21                St. Louis, MO                            The Pageant

05.22                Omaha, NE                               Slowdown

 

 

ATMOSPHERE ON MYSPACE:

http://www.myspace.com/atmosphere

 

P.O.S on MYSPACE:

http://www.myspace.com/pos