In the best news we’ve heard in ages, shapeshifting San Francisco electronic duo Matmos will be playing the Triple Door October 21. Their new album, The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of the Beast, is one of their best and most involving (see Nick Scholl’s fine piece on it here).

Back in 1998 or ‘99, I shared a bill with Matmos, spinning records before and after their set at Cleveland’s now-defunct Speak In Tongues club. Following Matmos’ devastating performance, I put on Jon Hassell’s “Dream Theory”� off his amazing Dream Theory in Malaya LP. M.C. Schmidt of Matmos rushed the DJ area and gushed to me, “That’s my favorite album of all time.”� It may not seem like much, but this encounter was the highlight of my non-illustrious DJ career and validated my feeble efforts behind the turntables.

So, anyway. Let’s get excited about this Matmos show. You have four months to save money and build anticipation.