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Jesse Dangerously, Adam WarRock, Mikal kHill and Tribe One are uniting for a nation-wide, nerdcore tour, which will carry the aptly nerdy moniker of ‘ The NOFRIENDS 2012 tour’.
And as the tour name suggests, Top 40 rappers most nerdcore musicians ain’t (at least not yet). Thus the quartet have decided to put together their own compilation/mash-up album called Fun Razor, with each artist rapping over the others’ beats and exchanging songs. While it’s a labor of musical love, the quartet is also doing this to cover their touring expenses.
Razor totals 12 songs for $10, available for download in pretty much every available format, on the webpages of kHill and others: “Proceeds go to covering our expenses on tour, once we have exceeded our goal of 200 copies sold the tour will be completely financed! Thank you for your support!
“As we geared up to announce our tour in September, the idea of a new album of material to help cover gas and random expenses occurred to us. Jesse was big on doing it as a concept-heavy affair, so we decided that doing something beyond a simple mixtape or industry-beat-laden compilation would be the way to go. As such, we decided instead to rap on each others’ most coveted beats. Enjoy.”
Hey, our second piece today on a good cause! Being around 3 of even your closest buds for a few weeks can be hell, let alone touring around the country in a station wagon/van — and since this tour helps spread the gospel of such talented nerdcore chaps, we’re all the more for it. Via NerdcoreNow, here’s a complete list of tour dates. You can also hear a few samples from the album below.
9/2 Chicago, IL – Burlington Bar
9/3 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Pike Room w/ Sample the Martian
9/4 Cleveland, OH – Roc Bar w/ MC Cool Whip
9/5 Philly, PA – M-Room w/ DevoSpice & Zilla Persona
9/6 Worcester, MA – That’s Entertainment! w/ Shane Hall
9/7 New Haven, CT – Cafe Nine w/ Ceschi Ramos
9/8 Brooklyn, NY – Grand Victory w/ Schaffer the Darklord
9/9 Baltimore, MD – Metro Gallery w/ Super Art Fight!
9/10 Chesapeake, VA – Chicho’s Pizza w/ Nerdlucks
9/11 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
9/12 Atlanta, GA – Drunken Unicorn
9/13 W. Columbia, SC – The Conundrum
9/14 Charlotte, NC – The Milestone w/ Sulfur & friends
Jeff Nau – who has written 1264 posts on The Jace Hall Show.
Jeff Nau is a main contributor to the Jace Hall Show covering pop culture and music trends in the nerd community. He has contributed to San Diego City Beat, 944, and Ill Literature, amongst others, and spends his spare time working as an artist and photographer.

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