Elefant Take The Black Magic Show On The Road Highly Anticipated Album In Stores On April 18, 2006 Headlinging Club Tour To Begin On May 3, 2006 In Orlando, FL At The Social

(BURBANK, CA) - Hot off their sold-out tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hollywood/Kemado recording artists ELEFANT are returning to the road with a headlining club tour that begins May 3, 2006, at The Social in Orlando, FL.

Opening for Elefant, from Orlando to Austin will be Austin, TX-based SOUND team and Boston's Aberdeen City. Picking up the
support slot from San Diego to Seattle will be Austin, TX quintet
Voxtrot and Los Angeles' Silversun Pickups.

The band will be touring in support of highly anticipated new album THE BLACK MAGIC SHOW. The album, produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Duran Duran, Dashboard Confessional), and mixed by Grammy Award winner Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Jeff Buckley, Sonic Youth, Sheryl Crow), hits retail on April 18, 2006.

Fans can view the "director's cut" of the band's stunning
black and white "Lolita" video, as directed by Philip Andelman (Handsome Boy Modeling School, Lenny Kravitz, Ginuwine) on elefantweb.com.

ELEFANT, who recently wowed Austin crowds with two electrifying sets at SXSW, have been drawing rave reviews. After a recent Windy City show, the Chicago Tribune wrote, "...the difference in [ELEFANT's] old and new material is as apparent as the gap between middle school and college. Touching on its sparse, tight and poppy repertoire from their 2003 debut
Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid, ELEFANT was darker and more daring than during its last visit to Chicago." In a pre-release review, the Denver Post called THE BLACK MAGIC SHOW "an intense album spanning temperatures from dance-floor-hot to creepy-ballad-cool." The Worcester Telegram praised the band for keeping its "dreamy melodicism," but also finding "the means to crank the volume and dig deeper into sonic weirdness."

THE BLACK MAGIC SHOW comes two years after the release of ELEFANT's critically acclaimed full-length debut, Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid. The New York-based quartet (Argentine vocalist Diego Garcia, guitarist Mod, bassist Jeff James and drummer Kevin McAdams) came together in 2001 and quickly made their mark with a dark, seductive sound that enthralled critics and fans alike. Blender gave 2003's Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid four stars, saying "ELEFANT's debut is so strong, you may find yourself shouting its praises from the rooftop;" Rolling Stone called it "a great album;" Nylon said it was "irresistibly catchy;" Filter praised its "refreshing mix of pop cheeriness and rock backbone;" Guitar Player wrote "ELEFANT prove that not only are they worthy of carrying the musical torch first lit by stalwarts like Television and Talking Heads, but furthering it as well;" and Spin applauded the disc for being "rich, smooth and sounding like a night of New York heartbreak."

Don't miss your chance to catch ELEFANT live.

Tour dates are as follows:

Wed., May 3 Orlando, FL The Social

Thurs., May 4 Miami, FL Studio A

Fri., May 5 Gainesville, FL Common Grounds

Sat., May 6 Atlanta, GA Coca Cola Roxy Theatre

Sun., May 7 Charlotte, NC Casbah at Tremont Music Hall

Tues., May 9 Chicago, IL Metro

Wed., May 10 Cincinnati, OH Alchemize

Thurs., May 11 Ann Arbor, MI Blind Pig

Fri, May 12 Toronto, ON The Mod Club

Sat., May 13 Montreal, QC Main Hall

Mon., May 15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts

Tues., May 16 Baltimore, MD Ottobar

Wed., May 17 New York, NY Webster Hall

Thurs., May 18 Boston, MA Landsdowne Street

Fri., May 19 Washington, DC Black Cat

Sat., May 20 Louisville, KY Headliners Music Hall

Mon., May 22 Dallas, TX Gypsy Tea Room

Tues., May 23 Austin, TX Antone's

Thurs, May 25 San Diego, CA Epicentre

Fri., May 26 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern LG

Sat., May 27 San Francisco, CA Slim's

Tues., May 30 Portland, OR Berbatis Pan

Wed., May 31 Seattle, WA Neumo's Crystal Ball Reading Room

Thurs., June 1 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards

For more info log onto: theblackmagicshow.com.