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Yours Truly Blacks Up With This Shabazz Palaces Session

Some people prefer their "take away" shows delivered.

It's not that difficult to pick up an HD camera, film some shakey, out-of-focus footage of a singer-songwriter moseying through the streets of Paris with a guitar slung over his shoulder, and make it look beatiful. Don't believe us? Check out one of the thousands of Vincent Moon rip offs clogging up Youtube (or Vimeo, if you're really fancy). But forgoing the all-too-overdone "take away" show route, Yours Truly opts for delivery in the form of live, in-studio sessions that are still, somehow, just as captivating.

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In this latest video, Yours Truly teamed up with Gorilla vs. Bear and headed to Texas, where they caught our favorite freak hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces for an intimate, borderline claustraphobic rendition of "The King's New Clothes Were Made By His Own Hands". Peep the video below.

And don't forget to Black Up with Ish and Tendai on their fall tour! Dates and details:

9/24 -- Beirut, Lebanon @ Beirut Indie Sessions

9/25 -- Paris, France @ Point Ephémère w/ Mein Sohn William

9/27 -- London, UK @ Madam JoJo's

9/29 -- Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Melkweg Sufar Factory

9/30 -- Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg w/ Infinite Livez

10/01 -- Prague, Czech Republic @ Radio Wave Stimul Festival

10/15 -- San Francisco, CA -- Treasure Island Music Festival

10/17 -- San Diego, CA @ The Casbah

10/18 -- Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo w/ Theesatisfaction

10/19 -- Costa Mesa, CA @ Detroit Bar

10/21 -- Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door

11/17 -- London, UK @ Jazz Cafe

11/18 -- Birmingham, UK @ HMV Institute - The Temple

11/19 -- Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute

11/22 -- Antwerp, Belgium @ TRIX Centrum voor Muziek

11/24 -- Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who? Festival

11/29 -- Munich, Germany @ Backstage

11/30 -- Cologne, Germany @ Luxor

12/01 -- Berlin, Germany @ Frannz Club