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This just in!
After over a decade of being impossible to find (and when found they were fetching collector’s prices) Chunklet Industries is scheduled to reissue both of The Olivia Tremor Control’s classic two double-album full lengths (Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk At Cubist Castle and Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One) this October. Lest ye think these are two barebones reissues, nothing could be further from the truth. Original art has been rescanned and retouched. Both albums come housed in sturdy deluxe Stoughton tip-in jackets. And for the first time since its original release, Black Foliage has been remastered from the original tapes!

In addition to the vinyl and artwork, the band sifted through their archives to give fans over three hours of rare, hard-to-find or previously unreleased material in a 320kps download card. Drone. Tape loops. Live tracks. And finally, for the first time, all of the rare import b-sides and compilation tracks that came out in the 90’s are in one place. The Dusk bonus material features the bonus CD that was included with initial copies of the record when it came out in ‘96.

Revien, made up of three members of the exquisitely skilled Georgia Guitar Quartet, will be playing at 8 p.m. Saturday at Hendershot’s. Two guitars, electronics and cello, making Arvo Part and Vivaldi and Duke Ellington and Radiohead sound as gorgeous as you’ve ever heard them. I’m biased, but I still think you’ll agree.

As he has each year, Dan Nettles heads up the house band for the Flagpole Athens Music Awards. In his other noteworthy occupations, he fronts the excellent, revolving cast of Kenosha Kid, which has members here and overseas, and he oversees Nuci’s Space Camp Amped during the summers, an incredible program that fosters youngsters into bands with guidance and leadership from some of the best musicians in town.

Josh McKay of Abandon the Earth Mission, who won the Flagpole Athens Music Award in the electronic category.

A little Jeff Mangum for summer (and early fall)

Jeff Mangum has announced five new shows in North America, listed below. Each show will go on sale this Wednesday, June 22nd at 12pm EDT. In addition to these new dates, a limited number of tickets will be released for the Sept 10 Boston show. These tickets will go on sale Tue, Jun 21 at 12pm EDT.

After releasing what is now one of the most loved and critically acclaimed albums of the 1990s (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea), Neutral Milk Hotel disbanded before many of those who now love their albums had a chance to see the songs performed live, so Jeff’s much anticipated return to the live stage this year will no doubt be a very special occasion for fans throughout the US and worldwide.

NEW SHOWS (click venue names for link to purchase tickets):
On Sale Wed. Jun 22 at 12pm EDT

Aug 8 Burlington, VT First Unitarian Church
Aug 10 Montreal, QC Cabaret du Mile-End
Sept 07 Northampton, MA Academy of Music Theatre
Sept 26 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church
Sept 27 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church

For these new shows, $1 per each ticket will benefit the charity, Children of the Blue Sky.

ADDITIONAL TICKETS BEING RELEASED FOR THE FOLLOWING SOLD OUT SHOW:
On Sale Tues, Jun 21 at 12pm EDT
Sept 10 Boston, MA Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory

Full List of upcoming Jeff Mangum shows:

Aug 8 Burlington, VT First Unitarian Church
Aug 10 Montreal, QC Cabaret du Mile-End
Aug 12 Toronto, ON Trinity St. Paul’s United Church SOLD OUT
Aug 13 Toronto, ON Trinity St. Paul’s United Church SOLD OUT
Sept 07 Northampton, MA Academy of Music Theatre
Sept 09 Cambridge, MA Sanders Theatre at Harvard University SOLD OUT
Sept 10 Boston, MA Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory
Sept 26 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church
Sept 27 Baltimore, MD 2640 Space at St. John’s Church w/ A Hawk and A Hacksaw
Sept 30 Asbury Park, NJ ATP America - Paramount Theatre - Three Day Passes (which include this show) are SOLD OUT
Oct 3 Asbury Park, NJ Paramount Theatre w/ A Hawk and A Hacksaw SOLD OUT
Oct 29 New York, NY Town Hall SOLD OUT
Nov 6 Jersey City, NJ Loew’s Jersey Theatre SOLD OUT
Nov 30 Dublin, IRE Whelan’s SOLD OUT
Dec 2 - Dec 4 Minehead, UK All Tomorrow’s Parties Curated by Jeff Mangum at Butlins Holiday Centre SOLD OUT
Dec 8 London, UK Union Chapel SOLD OUT
Dec 9 London, UK Union Chapel SOLD OUT