3OH!3 'Want' album

3OH!3 has revealed a jam-packed tour schedule, due to keep the Boulder, Colorado-based electro duo on the road through the summer. First up is a co-headlining role on "The Alternative Press Tour 2009," slated to kick off on March 20th with an already-sold-out show at Dallas' House of Blues (see below itinerary). 3OH!3 -- who are currently featured on the cover of Alternative Press' April issue -- will be joined on the trek by a stellar multi-artist bill that also includes The Maine, Family Force 5, Hit The Lights, and A Rocket To The Moon.

In addition, the duo -- who just wrapped a tour in Europe supporting Katy Perry -- will hit Austin, Texas for a much-anticipated showcase performance at the annual South By Southwest extravaganza, slated for March 19th at Stubb's Bar-B-Q. Next, 3OH!3 will be among the line-up appearing at The Bamboozle 2009. The annual festival -- which will be headlined by the newly reunited No Doubt -- is set to rock the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 3rd.

March will also see 3OH!3 finding time in their busy schedule to travel south of the border to Cancun, Mexico, where the duo will tape a performance and appearance for the next season of MTV's blockbuster reality series, "The Real World" (slated to premiere later this year) -- for which they will also be contributing the theme song. 3OH!3 will then make their way to Panama City to perform on MTV's annual Spring Break special alongside Lil Wayne, All American Rejects, Black Eyed Peas, and Flo Rida (check local listings for air date).

Upon the AP Tour 2009's conclusion, 3OH!3 will hit the road once again, this time as headline act on the Vans Warped Tour 2009. A full itinerary and on-sale information will be announced in the coming weeks. This marks the second consecutive Vans Warped Tour for 3OH!3, whose explosive live set was unquestionably among the 2008 festival's biggest crowd-pleasers.

"Don't Trust Me," the first single from 3OH!3's full-length debut, "WANT," has proven a sensation, earning RIAA gold certification for digital sales now exceeding 700,000 and is currently blowing up the radio airwaves. Most recently added to New York's WHTZ (Z100), "Don't Trust Me" is receiving top phone requests at many stations nationwide including WEZB (New Orleans), WNOU (Indianapolis), KBKS (Seattle), KHKS (Dallas), WJBQ (Portland) and many more. The track remains a favorite on Billboard's "Hot 100," while also standing strong on the "Hot Digital Songs" and "Pop 100" charts. "Don't Trust Me" is a #2 smash on iTunes' "Top Alternative Songs" chart while "WANT" has received over 1.2 million individual track downloads to date.

The "Don't Trust Me" companion video clip is also a sales triumph, coming in as the week's #3 "Top Alternative Music Video" on iTunes. The clip -- directed by Travis Kopach (Panic At The Disco, All Time Low, Circa Survive) and newcomer Isaac Ravishankara. 3OH!3 will shoot a video for "Starrstrukk" later this month.

Produced by Matt Squire (Panic At The Disco, Boys Like Girls), "WANT" sees 3OH!3 -- a.k.a. beatmaster Nathaniel Motte and MC Sean Foreman -- unleashing tongue-in-cheek rhymes and beats that incorporate '80s pop, electronica, and crunk hip-hop to deliver a knockout punch. The album has drawn copious critical acclaim, with further features appearing in Alternative Press and Rolling Stone.

Named "Artists To Watch" by Rolling Stone, which hailed the duo's "unhinged" live sets, "tuneful emo-pop hooks," "spastic electro grooves and aggro rapping," 3OH!3 followed the release of "WANT" with a number of high-profile television performances in recent months, including NBC's "Last Call with Carson Daly" and FUEL.TV's "The Daily Habit."

Furthermore, 3OH!3 appeared on a variety of 2008 year-end lists, including Alternative Press' "Readers Poll '08," which named the duo the year's "Most Underrated New Artist." In addition, the New York Post named "Don't Trust Me" to its "208 Best Songs of 2008" ranking, hailing the single as "trashy, gimmicky, super fun."

3OH!3 tour dates
All dates w/The Alternative Press Tour 2009 except *

MARCH
19 Austin, TX SXSW - Stubb's Bar-B-Q *
20 Dallas, TX House of Blues
22 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
24 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
25 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
26 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
27 Hollywood, CA The Avalon
28 Pomona, CA The Glass House
29 San Diego, CA House of Blues
31 Bakersfield, CA The Dome

APRIL
1 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
2 Chico, CA Senator Theater
3 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
4 Seattle, WA El Corazon
5 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
7 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
8 Boulder, CO Fox Theater
9 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
10 St. Paul, MN Station 4
11 Chicago, IL House of Blues
12 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
14 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
15 Sauget, IL Pop's
16 Nashville, TN Rocketown
17 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
18 Orlando, FL House of Blues
19 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
20 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
21 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Café
23 Richmond, VA Toad's Place
24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
25 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
26 Allentown, PA Crocodile Café
28 New York, NY The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
29 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
30 New Haven, CT Toad's Place

MAY
1 Boston, MA House of Blues
2 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
3 E. Rutherford, NJ The Bamboozle - Meadowlands Sports Complex *
5 Toronto, ONT Phoenix Concert Theatre
6 Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection
7 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
8 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
9 Cleveland, OH House of Blues

3OH!3 biography
Boulder, Colorado's 3OH!3 is poised to make a lot of noise on the national scene this summer. In April, the hip-hop duo of Sean Foreman and Nathaniel Motte signed with Photo Finish Records, an imprint of Atlantic Records and their debut album Want was released on July 8th. The group garnered attention with a big showing at last year's Denver Warped Tour and by getting booked at national festivals like Bamboozle Left in California and the Pemberton Festival in British Columbia this summer. The band is named for the area code of that region, 303.

Photo Finish Records courted 3OH!3 for the past six months, finally striking a deal last month. Motte says the record will feature new material alongside the band's most popular songs, like "Holler Till You Pass Out" and "Chokechain." And though 3OH!3 plays a hard-edged variety of hip-hop, at times incorporating elements such as crunk, the group has attracted a diverse following and become a major draw in Boulder, a town not generally known as a hotbed of hip-hop.

"For one reason or another our music tends to be accessible to people from a lot of different musical backgrounds," Motte says. "Hopefully it comes from our attitude. We don't give a (damn) where we're going to appeal." We had a lot of friends in bands who chaperoned us around and got us shows, and that was enough hype or buzz to get us going on our own".

3OH!3 will be spending most of the summer performing on the 2008 Warped Tour. "We've always gotten a good response from the kids that would go to Warped," Motte says. And though he's looking forward to playing to the large festival crowds, Motte says his heart is in the small clubs where he and Foreman cut their teeth.

"Playing during the day, or even at night, in the open air, it's weird. The sound sucks. It's not the same vibe as playing in a club," he says. "There really is nothing like your bass pumping on a crazy system and the people are all sweaty. I'll play in a club any day." 3OH!3 commonly uses skits and costumes during their live concerts.

The single, "Don't Trust Me Now" is moving up the Alternative chart.

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