Rainbow Arabia formed less than a year ago, but the experimental, Middle Eastern-influenced act is speeding towards 2009, first with the release of The Basta EP and now with a tour that will keep them busy right up to the holiday season. The duo will wind down its slew of live performances by joining Brooklyn experimental dance outfit Gang Gang Dance, currently gearing up for their own tour, and will also do time on the road with God’s Gang and Gangi. It’s possible that’s not a coincidence.

Dates
10/03 Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour*
10/08 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge^
10/09 Denver, CO – Rhineceropolis^
10/11 Iowa City, IA – Public Space One^
10/12 Kansas City, MO – Record Bar^
10/13 Chicago, IL – Empty bottle^
10/16 Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar College^
10/18 Providence, RI – Firehouse 13^
10/19 Brooklyn, NY – Grasslands#
10/21 New York, NY – Cakeshop†
10/22 New York, NY – Cakeshop (Terrorbird Party)
10/23 Baltimore, MD – Windup Space#
10/24 Philadelphia, PA – Inciting HQ#
10/26 Richmond, VA – The Triple^
10/28 Atlanta, GA – The Drunken Unicorn^
10/30 Houston, TX – Mink Backroom^
10/31 Austin, TX – Rancho Relaxo^
11/02 Santa Fe, NM – The Process
11/10 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
11/16 San Diego, CA – The Casbah**
11/20 Fort Worth, TX – Lola’s**
11/21 Austin, TX – The Mohawk**
11/24 Atlanta, GA – The Earl**
11/26 Chapel Hill, NC – Cat’s Cradle**

* = w/ God’s Gang
^ = w/ Gangi
† = w/ Ariel Pink, Gangi, Hecuba
# = w/ Gangi, Hecuba
** = w/ Gang Gang Dance, Growing

MP3: “Omar K”