Tatsuya Yoshida from Ruins and Atsuya Tsuyama and Makoto Kawabata of the Acid Mothers Temple are currently on the road in North America with another tour of their Japanese New Music Festival. They'll play Chicago tomorrow night at the Empty Bottle. Here are the rest of the dates:

9/02 New York, NY - Tonic
9/03 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix
9/04 Atlanta, GA - Eyedrum
9/05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
9/06 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
9/07 Seattle, WA - Wooden Octopus Festival (venue TBA)
9/08 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
9/09 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
9/10 Mexico City - Alicia

For details of all the permutations of Acid Ruin madness, check Brooklyn Vegan. For just a small taste, see them here as ZUBIZUVA, a self-described eccentric, polyrhythmic a cappella ensemble: