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Catch Calexico's John Convertino on The Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show

This Wednesday, July 2, at 7:15 EST, Calexico’s John Convertino will appear on the CFRU 93.3 FM radio program, The Mich Vish Interracial Morning Show. It will be streaming live on the internet, or you can catch it on the radio if you live in the Guelph, Ontario area. However, if you're just not that much of a morning person, you can backtrack and catch the broadcast for the next 30 days in the CFRU Alternate Archive.

Also, Calexico tour dates:
7/05/08 - Comerica CityFest, Detroit, MI
7/06/08 - Mod Theatre, Toronto, Canada
7/07/08 - Le National, Montreal, Canada
7/08/08 - QC Summer Festival, Quebec City, Canada
7/09/08 - Ottawa Blues Fest, Ottawa, Canada
7/11/08 - Folk Festival, Winnipeg, Canada
7/25/08 - Calgary Folk Music Festiv, Calgary, Canada
7/27/08 - Robert Z Hawking Amp, Reno, NV
8/03/08 - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI
9/10/08 - Tripod, Dublin, Ireland
9/11/08 - Queens Hall, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
9/12/08 - Carling Academy, Oxford, United Kingdom
9/13/08 - Leadmill, Sheffield, United Kingdom
9/14/08 - End of the Road Festival, Dorset, United Kingdom
9/24/08 - Webster Hall, New York, NY
9/25/08 - World Music Festival, Chicago, IL
9/26/08 - The Moore, Seattle, WA
9/27/08 - Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR
9/28/08 - The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
9/29/08 - The Fonda, Los Angeles, CA
10/09/08 - Colombiahalle, Berlin, Germany
10/10/08 - E-Werk, Koln, Germany
10/11/08 - The Forum, London, United Kingdom
10/13/08 - AB Club, Brussels, Belgium
10/14/08 - La Cigale, Paris, France
10/15/08 - Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10/16/08 - Muffathalle, Munich, Germany
10/17/08 - Volkhaus, Zurich, Switzerland
10/18/08 - Rolling Stone, Milan, Italy
10/19/08 - Mousontrum, Frankfurt, Germany
10/21/08 - Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
10/22/08 - Alter Schlachtof, Dresden, Germany
10/24/08 - Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
10/25/08 - Nalen, Stockholm, Sweden
10/26/08 - Rockerfeller, Oslo, Norway

Uglysuit to play Hideout Block Party

For the past 11 years, the Hideout of Chicago, IL, has been holding some killer Block Parties. We’re not talking about the ones that include a couple of your neighbors setting up a card table and keg in the middle of your street while the neighborhood kids run around playing football and jumping up and down in one of those bouncy Moonwalks. No, those block parties are awesome too, but just not the kind we’re talking about.

We were more hinting at the 12th Annual Hideout Block Party, which we are excited to announce will include a live performance from the newish kids on the Quarterstick block, The Uglysuit! Held on September 20 and 21, the Block Party will also feature performances from Neko Case, The New Pornographers, Ratatat, and Black Mountain (and others). Additional details can be found at the Hideout website.

Friday random bits

In lieu of one huge juicy piece of news, we thought this Friday would be the perfect time for some random noteworthy nuggets of information.

-During their set at the Do Division Festival in Chicago, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists broke out a cover of Touch & Go/Quarterstick labelmates the Mekons and their song “Teeth.” The rousing interpretation elicited quite an enthusiastic crowd response, and the video is a definitely worth checking out. Thanks to You Ain’t No Picasso for providing the post.

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists played their first of nine tour dates opening for Pearl Jam last night. All remaining dates can be found here.

-The Uglysuit just finished a tour leg with Iron & Wine and are now preparing for their forthcoming self-titled album release on 8/19. The song “Chicago” is currently being featured as Insound’s Recommended Track of the Week and you can preorder the album at Insound right here.

-The New Year, in the form of the Kadane Brothers, will be playing some shows starting next Thursday at Emo’s in Austin, TX. The rest of their tour dates can be found here.

-Dead Child is going on their fifth consecutive week on MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball with the video for "Sweet Chariot", and we couldn’t be more thrilled! The Ball airs on Saturday nights from 11 PM until 1 AM, EST.

-This weekend, Polvo will be gettin’ down at sold-out shows in Cambridge, MA (tonight @ Middle East), New York (tomorrow at Bowery Ballroom), and Hoboken, NJ (Sunday @ Maxwell’s). This is an old clip, but they’ll probably look and sound something like this.

Listen to The Uglysuit on KDHX!

Currently on tour across the Midwest, The Uglysuit will be stopping by KDHX in St. Louis this afternoon to play live in their studio and perform stripped down songs from their upcoming debut album. The session will broadcast tomorrow Saturday, June 14th at 7pm CST. St. Louis natives can tune in to the radio frequency 88.1 FM to listen and the rest of us can stream over the world wide web at KDHX's website.

The Uglysuit’s remaining tour dates:

6/13 - The Pageant, St. Louis, MO - with Iron and Wine
6/14 - The Hideout, Chicago, IL
6/15 - Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH - with Iron and Wine
7/12 - Belle Isle Brewery, Oklahoma City, OK
7/25 - D-Fest, Tulsa, OK