Atmosphere and Brother Ali hit the UK and Ireland to promote best album title of the year

If you’ve got an evening free over the next week or so, you could a lot worse than head out to catch Minneapolis hip-hop combo Atmosphere, who are touring the UK from June 15th-June 23rd.
While support comes from Rhymesayers labelmate Brother Ali, you can apparently expect a collaborative set between the two acts.
If you’re not familiar with Atmosphere, but are fond of the odd dose of real hip-hop, you’re missing out. Rapper Slug brings intense but dexterous lyrical introspection, which is laid over ceaselessly inventive tracks from producer Ant.
Their new album is called, rather magnificently, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. It sees Slug coming from a different but no less intriguing lyrical direction, with all of the tracks focusing on the narratives of fictional characters.

When Life Gives You Lemons is the first of Atmosphere’s albums to reach the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 in the States, and the only thing stopping it doing the same over here will probably be lack of exposure.
You can check out tracks from the new album at paintthatshitgold.com, where you can also waste loads of time spraying graffiti over any website on the net thanks to the nifty “tag the web” feature they’ve added.
You can hear more Atmosphere at their MySpace, and check out the sleazetastic video for “Shoulda Known” video below. If that whets your appetite you might still be able to get tickets for one of the following dates:
June 15th - Academy 2, Liverpool
June 17th - Voodoo Rooms, Edinburgh
June 18th - Koko, London
June 19th - Komedia, Brighton
June 20th - Crawdaddy, Dublin
June 21st - Roisonh, Galway
June 22nd - Thekla, Bristol
June 23rd - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
Tickets are available from the usual outlets.
Atmosphere - Shoulda Known