Looking to add a new lefty, Rock/Hip-Hop band to your listening repertoire? News that certainly made a splash for this hard-rock, Rage-a-phile, Tom Morello has teamed up with The Coup‘s Boots Riley to create a full-on, legit Rock/Hip-Hop band by the name of Street Sweeper Social Club.

They aren’t simply legit because they have a Myspace page and a press kit. They’re legit because Street Sweeper Social Club is planning to release a self-titled debut album on June 16, 2009 and are confirmed as an opening act for Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction Tour. Music blogs are already raving that this is the hottest shiz since, well, it’s just hot.

But where does this leave Rage Against The Machine’s reunion? Does this mean a future RATM album is out of the question? Will touring completely cease? Is The Nightwatchman on hold? Just give it up for them gangstas and listen.

Dates

05-08 West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre
05-09 Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre
05-10 Atlanta, GA – Lakewood Amphitheatre
05-12 Austin, TX – Frank Irwin Center
05-14 Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion
05-15 Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Wireless Pavilion
05-16 Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
05-18 Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl
05-20 Irvine, CA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
05-21 Santa Barbara, CA – Santa Barbara Bowl
05-22 Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre
05-24 George, Washington – The Gorge (Sasquatch Festival)
05-26 Englewood, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre
05-27 Kansas City, MO – Starlight Theatre
05-29 Chicago, IL – Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
05-30 Noblesville, IN – Verizon Wireless Music Center
05-31 Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Center
06-02 Toronto, Ontario – Molson Amphitheatre
06-03 Darien Lake, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheatre
06-05 Camden, NJ – Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
06-06 Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
06-07 Wantagh, NY – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
06-09 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
06-10 Burgettstown, PA – Post-Gazette Pavilion
06-12 Charlotte, NC – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

Boots Riley + Tom Morello = Street Sweeper Social Club [via Pitchfork]
Official Band Page [via Myspace]
Image [via Myspace page]

 

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