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Mute Math frontman Paul Meany may indeed be silenced if his vocal chords wave the white flag this fall, during what will be his band’s biggest tour ever. Hopefully he’ll have plenty of salt water to gargle, in case the band wants to try its hand at another album.

The New Orleans-based group released its eponymous debut in January 2006 before re-releasing it on Warner Brothers last September. Since then, Mute Math has done well for itself, particularly by scoring the latest Transformers theme.

September
4 - Boston, Mass. @ The Paradise
5 - Montreal, Quebec @ Le National
6 - Ottawa, Ontario @ Capitol Music Hall
7 - London, Ontario @ Rum Runners
8 - Toronto, Ontario @ Virgin Festival
11 - Winnipeg, Manitoba @ West End
12 - Regina, Sask. @ The Distrikt
13 - Edmonton, Alberta @ Dinwoodie Lounge
14 - Calgary, Alberta @ The Warehouse
16 - Victoria, B.C. @ Legends Night Club
17 - Vancouver, B.C. @ Commodore Ballroom
19 - Boise, Idaho @ The Big Easy
21 - Portland, Ore. @ Roseland Theatre
23 - Del Mar, Calif. @ San Diego Street Scene/Del Mar Racetrack
24 - Orangevale, Calif. @ The Boardwalk
25 - San Francisco, Calif. @ The Fillmore
27 - Hollywood, Calif. @ Avalon Theatre
29 - Glendale, Ariz. @ WestGate Live
30 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

October
2 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ Club Sound
4 - Denver, Col. @ Gothic theatre
5 - Lawrence, Kansas @ Granada Theatre
6 - Omaha, Neb. @ The Rock
7 - Madison, Wis. @ The Barrymore Theatre
8 - Milwaukee, Wis. @ The Eagles Club
9 - Chicago, Ill. @ House of Blues
11 - Columbus, Ohio @ Newport Music Hall
12 - Grand Rapids, Mich. @ The Intersection
13 - Detroit, Mich. @ St. Andrew's Hall
14 - Cincinnati, Ohio @ Bogart's
16 - Cleveland, Ohio @ House of Blues
18 - New York, N.Y. @ The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
19 - Baltimore, Md. @ Sonar
20 - Charlottesville, Va. @ Satellite Ballroom
23 - Norfolk, Va. @ The NorVa
25 - Myrtle Beach, S.C. @ House of Blues
26 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Amo's Southend
27 - New Orleans, La. @ Voodoo Fest
28 - Nashville, Tenn. @ City Hall
30 - Charleston, S.C. @ Music Farm

November
1 - Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. @ Revolution
2 - Orlando, Fla. @ House of Blues
3 - Atlanta, Ga. @ The Tabernacle
4 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Workplay Soundstage
6 - Memphis, Tenn. @ New Daisy Theatre
8 - Austin, Texas @ La Zona Rosa
9 - Tulsa, Okla. @ Cain's Ballroom
10 - Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
11 - Houston, Texas @ Warehouse Live

Related links:
MuteMath.com
Mute Math on MySpace
WarnerBrosRecords.com

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Mute Math hits the road this March for a two-month headlining tour with The Cinematics and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.

The March tour comes after the New Orleans band opens February spots for the Fray and headlines a set of its own shows in Europe. The band is supporting its self-titled album released this past September.

For the unitiated,The Cinematics are a neo new wave group from Glasgow and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin is a group of Missourians steeped in hooky pop.

Tour dates for the three bands:

March
07 - Toronto, ON @ The Drake (Next Big Thing radio show)*
08 - Toronto, ON @ Canadian Music Fest
09 - London, ON @ Salt
10 - Montreal, QB @ Club Soda
11 - Boston, MA @ Axis
13 - New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre
14 - Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
15 - Austin, TX @ SWSW
16 - Austin, TX @ SXSW
17 - Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
19 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club
20 - Winston Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
22 - Charlotte, NC @ Neighborhood Theatre
23 - Knoxville, TN @ The Bijou Theatre
24 - Atlanta, GA @ The Variety Playhouse
25 - Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
27 - Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century Theater
28 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
29 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
30 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall
31 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection

April
01 - Urbana, IL @ The Canopy Club
03 - Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
05 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
06 - Omaha, NE @ The Rock
10 - St. Louis, MO @ Gargoyle Club
12 - Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theatre
13 - Little Rock, AR @ Revolution Room
14 - Norman, OK @ Univ. of OK-Union Court
16 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
18 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
20 - Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards
21 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
22 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's
24 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's
25 - Los Angeles, CA @ House Of Blues
26 - San Diego, CA @ House Of Blues
29 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Clubhouse

May
01 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
03 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
04 - Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Ballroom
06 - Houston, TX @ The Meridian
07 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
* denotes Mute Math solo show

Related links:
Paste article on Mute Math
Mute Math homepage
The Cinematics homepage
Somebody Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin homepage

Hometown: New Orleans, La.
Members [l-r]: Darren King (drums, samples), Greg Hill (guitar), Paul Meany (vocals, keyboards), Roy Mitchell-Cardenas (bass)
Fun fact: Meany, Mitchell-Cardenas and King previously played together in Earthsuit, a band that combined rock, reggae, funk, hip-hop and jazz.
Why they’re worth watching: Mute Math is a grassroots, Internet-fueled sensation, selling more than 30,000 albums from their van, without a label. And their live show has tongues wagging.
For fans of: Radiohead, The Police, U2

Mute Math’s story already has the narrative arc of a TV melodrama. The quartet was confronted with the destruction of its hometown of New Orleans, then turned around to face label woes, with Warner Brothers sitting on the band’s completed full-length in a struggle for creative control.

“A lot of us had lost our day jobs, and our wives were out of work, and they were holding down the bills while we were off playing rock band,” says keyboardist Paul Meany of Mute Math’s Fall 2005 tour. “When the whole Katrina thing happened, it felt like a sink-or-swim time in our lives. We had finished the record and we were forced to dive into it full-time because we had no other choice.”

Fortunately the band has built a staggering cult fanbase with its swirling anthems and pristine atmospherics—full of fractured shards of guitar distortion, complex tempo changes and sparkling keyboards. Live shows, which begin with Meany’s classically pop, soaring vocals, often take an experimental direction, with extended codas, homemade instruments and occasional crowd surfing.

Meany is at a loss to explain the band’s rabid following. “People try to poke and prod, like, ‘What exactly are you doing?’”

While waiting for the lawyers to resolve its label issues, (“Hopefully this thing will end pretty soon,” Meany says.) Mute Math is hitting the summer-festival circuit, with scheduled slots at Lollapolooza, the Warped Tour and Bonnaroo. “We’d play in an open field if that was our only option,” Meany laughs. “As long as people are still interested, we’ll keep going.”