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Read it here on the Smoking Gun.

Damn, I’m glad I don’t have to worry about booking that show.

Yesterday Colin Meloy performed a live set on NPR station KEXP. You can download the entire set on You Ain’t No Picasso.

01 Intro
02 Devil’s Elbow (Tarkio)
03 Engine Driver
04 Interview
05 Barbara Allen (Shirley Collins)
06 Interview 2
07 Everything I Try to Do, Nothin’…
08 Clementine
09 Outro

Over on our SXSW Music Festival Blog, we have a really great discussion going on about the merits of getting a wristband over a badge.

Good read, especially for people heading out the first time this year.

• Coachella 2006 onsale info
  Tickets onsale February 4. The event is April 29-30.
  (tags: music tours coachella)

I’ve been really enjoying the new album from Metal Hearts, from your friends at Suicide Squeeze Records.

Here’s an MP3 to get you through a slightly snowy Ohio Wednesday: Socialize

Catch them on tour:

01/24/2006 The Ottobar Baltimore, MD
01/29/2006 WMUC Radio College Park, MD
02/08/2006 Knitting Factory New York, NY
03/02/2006 Talking Head Baltimore, MD
03/03/2006 Khyber Philadelphia, PA
03/04/2006 Knitting Factory New York, NY
03/05/2006 TT The Bear’s Boston, MA
03/08/2006 Quiet Storm Pittsburgh, PA
03/09/2006 Second Story Bloomington, IN
03/10/2006 Courtyard Cafe Urbana, IL
03/11/2006 Way Out Club St. Louis, MO
03/12/2006 Young Ave. Deli Memphis, TN
03/16/2006 Emo’s Austin, TX
03/17/2006 Lucky Lounge Austin, TX
03/18/2006 The Mercury Lounge Tulsa, OK
03/19/2006 Vaudeville Mews Des Moines, IA
03/20/2006 Empty Bottle Chicago, IL
03/21/2006 Turf Club St. Paul, MN
03/22/2006 Onopa Brewing Co. Milwaukee, WI
03/23/2006 Mac’s Bar Lansing, MI
03/24/2006 Horn Gallery (Kenyon College) Gambier, OH
03/25/2006 Keswic Democratic Club Louisville, KY

Each Note Secure has two new Loose Fur MP3s from their upcoming album, “Born Again in the USA.”

Here’s some mp3s to create a soundtrack for today.

Outkast have this movie coming out, called “Idlewild.” Not the Scottish band, dear reader.

Anyway, you can watch the trailer here.

The film comes out March 10th.

Set against the backdrop of a 1930s southern speakeasy, Percival (André Benjamin), a shy piano player, and Rooster (Antwan Patton), the club’s showy lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their dreams alive. (official movie website)

Matador has posted both the cover art and an mp3 from the forthcoming Pretty Girls Make Graves album Élan Vital, due for release on April 11th. You can find “The Nocturnal House” here.

The Duke Spirit will be touring in support of the domestic release of their debut LP on Star Time this March. Cuts Across The Land was released in the UK in 2005, and earned the band comparisons to PJ Harvey, Spiritualized and even “Debbie Harry fronting Sonic Youth,” as well as adoring fans the world over. Now they’ll officially attempt breaking into the world’s most stubborn music market—the U.S.

03-02 Brooklyn, NY – The Hook
03-03 Providence, RI – The Living Room
03-04 Boston, MA – Paradise
03-05 New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
03-06 Rochester, NY – Bug Jar
03-07 Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
03-08 Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
03-10 Chicago, IL – The Abbey Pub
03-11 Newport, KY – Southgate House
03-12 Nashville, TN – Exit / In
03-13 Little Rock, AR – Vinos
03-14 Dallas, TX – Gypsy Tea Room
03-15 San Antonio, TX – Sanctuary
03-19 Houston, TX – Walter’s on Washington
03-20 Baton Rouge, LA – Chelsea’s Café
03-22 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
03-23 Charlotte, NC – Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
03-24 Washington, DC – Black Cat
03-26 New York, NY – Knitting Factory