Die Antwoord Is Special3

by Blogbot

It’s debatable whether Die Antwood is plain special or a bit special-ed if you catch my drift. And that’s kinda the point. It may be shit, it may be genius, it may be carefully manicured shit genius, or it may simply be genius shit. As founding member Ninja says, “Is this Die Antwoord fucking terrible, like fucking retardedly the worst thing ever or the most amazing thing in the entire universe?”

The subject of much (BoingBoing-fueled) speculation and a bizarre music vid – Enter the Ninja – which spread like Ebola over the interwebs, it’s been hard for even the most curious to decide either way. But this month the elusive Cape Town rap/rave meets “zef-so-fresh” trio (comprised of rapper Ninja, vocalist Yo-landi Vi$$er and DJ Hi-Tek) will finally drop their pants and show us what they’re made of. (For the record: District 9 director Neill Blomkamp “fucking” loves them, and Davids Lynch and Fincher are said to be fans.)

Tuesday, October 12 is the day the zipper comes down: Die Antwood’s debut full-length, $0$, will go on wide release via Interscope (it had previously hit the net as a free download) and the band will kick off a North American tour in Vancover, BC. Full tour dates are below. Further filtered rumor and disinformation may be found at DieAntwoord.com/

TOUR DATES
10/12 – Commodore, Vancouver, BC
10/13 – Paramount, Seattle, WA (w/ Deadmau5)
10/14 – Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
10/15 – Treasure Island Pre-Party, San Francisco, CA
10/16 – Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA (w/ LCD, Deadmau5, Belle & Sebastian)
10/17 – The Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA
10/22 – Congress Theater, Chicago, IL (w/ Deadmau5 , N.E.R.D)
10/23 – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
10/24 – Phoenix, Toronto, ON
10/25 – Metropolis, Montreal, QC
10/26 – Royale, Boston, MA
10/27 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
10/29 – Roseland Ballroom , New York, NY (w/ Deadmau5, Afrojack, Erol Alkan)_
10/30 – Voodoo Festival, New Orleans, LA

**UPDATE – MARCH 9, 2011**

Die Antwoord drop “Rich Bitch” video: