Junkie XL New Album 'Today' @ crobar April 28th with Steve Porter & Astro&Glyde

Los Angeles, CA. (Junkie XL Official Website) - With his signature poor boy cap and tie, JUNKIE XL aka Tom Holkenborg is one of electronic music's most celebrated musicians. An often gorgeous journey through Holkenborg's musical interests, Today is occasionally shot through with riff-rock immediacy, and more often recalls the melodic beauty of New Order, while sometimes throbbing and pulsing like a house record. It's an album born out of the early winter months of 2005 when Holkenborg relocated from Amsterdam to the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles to concentrate on film, video game and commercial projects.

The predecessor to Today, 'Radio JXL - A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin' (2002) was a virtual, dream-like pirate radio station with the voices of Solomon Burke, Peter Tosh, Chuck D, Dave Gahan, Robert Smith and others strewn across clever, beat-laden JUNKIE XL creations. On b]Today[/b] Holkenborg goes back to basics by reverting to the more guitar-based sound (yes, he also plays guitar and lots of it!) of his first two discs- 'Saturday Teenage Kick' (1997), 'Big Sounds of the Drags' (1999)-and the use of just one singer, newcomer Nathan Mader who also co-wrote the lyrics for 'Drift Away,' 'We Become One,' and 'Even In This Moment.' Long-time friend and collaborator Lucas Banker was also involved in writing the album.

Feels Like Today Tour'
Currently JUNKIE XL is on his 'Feels Like Today Tour' – titled after a verse from 'Today.'
Fri 4/21 Detroit, MI Bleu
Sat 4/22 Atlanta, GA Eleven 50
Sun 4/23 Jacksonville, FL Blue Room
Fri 4/28 New York, NY Crobar
Sat 4/29 Dallas, TX Lizard Lounge
Fri 5/5 San Diego, CA 4th & B
Sat 5/6 Los Angeles, CA The Avalon
Thu 5/11 San Francisco, CA Ruby Skye
Fri 5/12 Houston, TX Meridian
Sat 5/13 Denver, CO Vinyl
Fri 5/19 Nashville, TN Cannery Ballroom
Sat 5/20 Las Vegas, NV Ice
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