dance music news: thursday

-The Crystal Method will be testing out material for its fourth studio album during a North American DJ tour this fall. The Los Angeles-based duo of Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland (left to right, above) will set off on the run Oct. 9 in nearby Orange County and hit nearly thirty venues through December. The album is expected sometime early next year. The tour dates - with tix available here - follow:

10/09/08 Newport Beach, CA Tentation
10/10/08 San Diego, CA GIANT
10/11/08 Los Angeles, CA Vanguard
10/16/08 Daytona Beach, FL The Coliseum
10/17/08 Tampa, FL Green Iguna
10/18/08 New Orleans, LA Ampersand
10/22/08 Boston, MA Underbar
10/23/08 Charlotte, NC The Forum
10/24/08 Nashville, TN Limelight
10/25/08 New York, NY Webster Hall
10/31/08 Seattle, WA WAMU Theater
11/07/08 Knoxville, TN World Grotto
11/08/08 Orlando, FL Firestone
11/13/08 Denver, CO Beta
11/14/08 El Paso, TX Studio 69
11/15/08 San Francisco, CA Ruby Skye
11/21/08 Houston, TX Riches
11/22/08 St. Louis, MO Dantes
11/29/08 Chicago, IL Vision
12/02/08 Boulder, CO The Fox
12/03/08 Calgary, Alberta Warehouse
12/04/08 Vancouver, BC Celebrities
12/10/08 Las Vegas, NV Wet Republic
12/11/08 Columbus, OH Sugar
12/12/08 Philadelphia, PA TLA
12/13/08 Dallas, TX Lizard Lounge
12/17/08 Windsor, Quebec Boom Boom
12/18/08 Toronto, Ontario The Social
12/19/08 Minneapolis, MN Epic

-I have a review of the Black Ghosts' self-titled debut album in today's LA Weekly. "The songwriting, performance and sentiments here (the dramatic, string-fed 'Some Way Through This,' the regretful 'Don't Cry') are heartfelt, giving birth to an emo-tronic sound," I write.