The Magnetic Fields will be touring, starting
in April, in support of their upcoming record, i. Not a whole lot of dates yet, but
keep your ear to the ground.

4/22/04 New York, NY NYU Kimmel Center
5/22/04 Boston, MA Berklee Performance Center
6/25/04 Chigago, IL Old Town School Of Folk Music
6/26/04 Chigago, IL Old Town School Of Folk Music
6/27/04 Chigago, IL Old Town School Of Folk Music

Gramophone’s posted the new Beta Band
single, Assessment.

I hope Nick’s getting into a sort-of-regular
schedule of writing about music now, as it’s a real delight when he does it. The
Mountain Goats piece he
just posted is right on (of course, I really like WSABH, too).
Anyway, I know you’ll find it hard to believe, but listen to Grandpa for once: There really was a time when
Pitchfork posted reviews that didn’t make you want to put your boot through the monitor.

Not sure why I didn’t notice this one before: