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About me:Don't adjust your speakers. That is the legendary riff to Led Zeppelin's "Kashmir" wailing on a tenor saxophone underneath the spitfire rhymes of Napoleon Maddox that you're hearing. And the old man getting the led out on the horn who looks one part Henry Threadgill and one part Grady Wilson is Jack Walker--a little known avant jazz sage from Lincoln Heights (a section of Cincinnati best known as the original stomping ground of the Isley Brothers). Together the unlikely pairing form ISWHAT?!, one of the most groundbreaking hip-hop groups to emerge from the Midwest in recent memory. Busting out of Cincinnati with their 2004 debut, You Figure It Out, on HYENA Records, Maddox and Walker's music was greeted by declarations like: "ISWHAT?! are going to rescue hip-hop. The trio are part of a movement that is promising to bring originality back to underground beats." (STYLUS) and "They're all about what's happenin' that a lot of people ain't even hip to yet." (Rahzel/The Roots). On August 29, 2006, ISWHAT?! attempts to match the level of such lofty praise with their highly-anticipated follow-up, The Life We Chose. While the core of ISWHAT?!'s sound is based on Maddox's human beatbox rhythms and Walker's sharp, incendiary horn lines, this time around they build upon their ideas with help from a vast cadre of friends and special guests, including Hamid Drake, Piakhan, Animal Crackers, Claire Daily, Ming & FS, Roy Campbell Jr., Fatal Prose, Lewis "Flip" Barnes and Daniela Castro among others.

Member Since:October 2, 2004

Last Login:March 21, 2010

Location:Cincinnati, OH

SHOWS FOR ISWHAT?!'s TRACKED ARTISTS

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Date Artist Venue Location

02/17/12 Fri Galactic Soul Kitchen Mobile, AL
02/17/12 Fri Saul Williams Music Hall Of Williamsburg Brooklyn, NY
02/18/12 Sat Galactic Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA
02/18/12 Sat Saul Williams Brighton Music Hall Boston, MA
02/20/12 Mon Mos Def 9:30 Club Washington, DC
02/20/12 Mon Galactic Tipitina's Uptown New Orleans, LA
02/20/12 Mon Saul Williams Maxwell's Hoboken, NJ
02/22/12 Wed Saul Williams World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA
02/23/12 Thu Galactic 9:30 Club Washington, DC
02/23/12 Thu Saul Williams Black Cat Washington, DC
02/24/12 Fri Saul Williams Cat's Cradle Carrboro, NC
02/24/12 Fri Galactic Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA
02/25/12 Sat Saul Williams The Masquerade (Hell Stage) Atlanta, GA
02/25/12 Sat Galactic Terminal 5 New York, NY
02/26/12 Sun Saul Williams The Orpheum Tampa, FL
02/26/12 Sun Galactic House of Blues Boston, MA
02/27/12 Mon Saul Williams The Social Orlando, FL
02/28/12 Tue Galactic The Westcott Theater Syracuse, NY
02/29/12 Wed Saul Williams House of Blues New Orleans, LA
02/29/12 Wed Galactic Mr. Small's Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
03/01/12 Thu Galactic Beachland Ballroom Cleveland, OH
03/01/12 Thu Saul Williams Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
03/02/12 Fri Galactic Park West Chicago, IL
03/02/12 Fri Saul Williams Sons of Hermann Hall Dallas, TX
03/03/12 Sat Galactic Cabooze Minneapolis, MN
03/03/12 Sat Saul Williams The Mohawk Austin, TX
03/04/12 Sun Galactic The Vogue Theatre Indianapolis, IN
03/05/12 Mon Saul Williams The Launchpad Albuquerque, NM
03/06/12 Tue Saul Williams Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
03/06/12 Tue The Roots Apollo Theater New York, NY
03/07/12 Wed James Blood Ulmer Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
03/08/12 Thu Saul Williams El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
03/08/12 Thu James Blood Ulmer Iridium Jazz Club New York, NY
03/09/12 Fri Saul Williams Soda Bar San Diego, CA
03/10/12 Sat Saul Williams Slim's San Francisco, CA
03/11/12 Sun James Blood Ulmer Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco, CA
03/12/12 Mon Saul Williams Doug Fir Portland, OR
03/13/12 Tue Saul Williams Neumos Seattle, WA
03/14/12 Wed Saul Williams Biltmore Cabaret Vancouver, BC
03/14/12 Wed Galactic The Pageant St. Louis, MO
03/15/12 Thu Galactic Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
03/16/12 Fri Galactic Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
03/16/12 Fri Saul Williams Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, UT
03/17/12 Sat Galactic Ogden Theatre Denver, CO
03/17/12 Sat Saul Williams The Marquis Theatre Denver, CO
03/18/12 Sun Galactic Belly Up Aspen, CO
03/19/12 Mon Saul Williams Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, MN
03/20/12 Tue Galactic Knotty Pine Victor, ID
03/20/12 Tue Saul Williams The Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL
03/21/12 Wed Galactic The Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
03/21/12 Wed Saul Williams Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
03/22/12 Thu Galactic Domino Room Bend, OR
03/23/12 Fri Saul Williams The Great Hall Toronto, ON
03/23/12 Fri Galactic Showbox SoDo Seattle, WA
03/24/12 Sat Galactic The Crystal Ballroom Portland, OR
03/24/12 Sat Saul Williams The Cabaret Montreal, QC
03/25/12 Sun Galactic Crystal Bay Club Casino Crystal Bay, NV
03/27/12 Tue Galactic Moe's Alley Santa Cruz, CA
03/28/12 Wed Galactic Belly Up Tavern Solana Beach, CA
03/29/12 Thu Galactic El Rey Theatre Los Angeles, CA
03/30/12 Fri Galactic The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
03/31/12 Sat Galactic The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
04/01/12 Sun Galactic Hard Rock Cafe Las Vegas, NV
04/13/12 Fri Galactic McDowell Mountain Music Festival
at McDowell Mountain Festival Grounds Phoenix, AZ
04/17/12 Tue Galactic Track 29 Chattanooga, TN
04/18/12 Wed Galactic The Cannery Nashville, TN
04/19/12 Thu Galactic Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
04/20/12 Fri Galactic Minglewood Hall Memphis, TN
05/06/12 Sun Galactic New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
at New Orleans Fairgrounds New Orleans, LA
05/19/12 Sat Galactic Brown's Island Richmond, VA
06/03/12 Sun Galactic Michael Arnone's Crawfish Festival Augusta, NJ