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* SUNSET RUBDOWN's First Tour Ever of the UK and Europe starts May 14
* BLACK MOUNTAIN Embark On UK/European Tour, play ATP, Make "Bastards of Light" 12-inch Digitally Available, And Get Rerun on Conan O'Brien
* BON IVER Embark on UK/European Tour Starting At ATP, Release "For Emma, Forever Ago" In The UK And Throughout Europe On May 19
* LADYHAWK Stay On The Road In Support Of Their Latest Release "Shots"
* OKKERVIL RIVER Get Engorged On The Festival Season. ATP, Primavera, Lollapalooza, The List Goes On!
* PARTS & LABOR Want You To Be On Their Next Record
* MONROE MUSTANG Release New Digital-Only Album

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SUNSET RUBDOWN's First Tour Ever Of The UK And Europe Starts May 14, And Other News

To the delight of eager fans throughout the Europe, continental and otherwise, the magical Montreal rock band will finally tour many lands to the east of the Atlantic. They will be touring in support of Random Spirit Lover, their full-length opus came out in October of 2007 and garnered rave reviews, including Pitchfork's prestigious "Best New Music" distinction. For a list of comprehensive tour dates, click here:
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/shows.php

Many shows have already sold out, well in advance, including their London show at Luminaire. Some of the other highlights of the European tour include a performance at the Explosions in the Sky-curated All Tomorrow's Parties and an appearance at the Great Escape festival in Brighton. There is also some talk of Sunset Rubdown doing a Black Cab Session (http://www.blackcabsessions.com/) while in London featuring a new song.

In other Sunset Rubdown-related news, Sunset Rubdown will be contributing to David Horvitz's 7-inch Picture Disc Series, released through Brooklyn's Aagoo Records. The tentative timeframe for the Sunset Rubdown 7-inch is November. For more information on how to subscribe, please go here: http://dhpd.bigcartel.com/

David Horvitz also was the friend and mastermind behind the recent Sunset Rubdown polaroid series, where Sunset Rubdown fans all sent blank polaroid film and a self-addressed envelope to David, who then returned candid shots of the band back to the fans. Here are some of the photos that fans received (scanned and then posted):

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/50113-photos-sunset-rubdown-polaroids
http://snakesgotablog.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunset-rubdown-polaroid-project-by_12.html
http://snakesgotablog.blogspot.com/2008/04/sunset-rubdown-polaroid-project-by_14.html

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Sunset Rubdown artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=sunsetrubdown

Sunset Rubdown home page:
http://www.sunsetrubdown.net/

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BLACK MOUNTAIN: UK/European Tour, "Bastards Of Light" News, And Conan Redux!

In a desert-state-of-mind, Black Mountain were in top form at Coachella. Was that an even funkier version of Druganaut? No Bright Lights? Or was the desert sun taking us on a trip of our own.

Regardless, the real news here is: a hop, skip and a jump after they ruled at Coachella, Black Mountain have begun their UK and European tour, including an appearance at the ATP vs. Pitchfork showdown in Camber Sands this weekend. Among the many other festivals they will be involved in on this leg of their world tour is an appearance on the Mojo Stage of The Great Escape Festival. We are told that Black Mountain fans in the UK and Europe are restlessly awaiting many of these shows, this being the maximal-psych outfit's first visit to the European continent since their new album "In The Future" was released in January. So get your tickets now. See tour dates here:
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/shows.php

ALSO, the "Bastards of Light" EP is now available digitally through iTunes:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=41824629

Originally released as a tour-only 12-inch in the fall of 2007, the "Bastards of Light" EP is currently out of print in any physical format. The two songs on the EP, "Bastards of Light" and "Thirteen Walls", were both recorded in early 2007, during the same sessions that produced "In The Future". In the UK and Europe, these two songs are being digitally released through iTunes slightly later (05/20/08), with the song "Stormy High" from the "In The Future" full-length being added to them to form what is altogether called the "Stormy High" single.

FINALLY, if you missed it the first time, do not fret. Black Mountain's live performance of "Stormy High" on the Conan O'Brien show will be aired again on May 26, on your local NBC affiliate in the United States and Canada. And, yes, famed ring announcer Michael Buffer will once again be introducing Black Mountain to the masses. (Because, you know, it's a re-run.)

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Black Mountain artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=blackmountain

Black Mountain home page:
http://www.blackmountainarmy.com/

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BON IVER Crosses The Drink, Starts UK/European Tour At ATP

As licensed by Jagjaguwar and Bon Iver, Bon Iver's heralded debut "For Emma, Forever Ago" is set to be released on May 19 in the UK and throughout Europe on the respected 4AD imprint. In support of this release, Justin and the boys are kicking off a UK/European tour by playing ATP this weekend and continuing on in an opening slot for Iron & Wine. They'll be finishing up the tour (after making stops on the Jools Holland show -- sort of like our Conan O'Brien, but more music focused -- and The Great Escape Festival) at the much-loved Primavera Sound in Barcelona. You can also catch the band at this year's Pitchfork Festival in Chicago, July 18-20. More details soon on what will be another tour of North America in August.

See tour dates here:
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/shows.php

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Bon Iver artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=boniver

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LADYHAWK Stay On Track In Support Of Acclaimed "Shots"; Free MP3 Of "S.T.H.D"

Ladyhawk's "Shots" is a record adored by Carrie Brownstein of NPR (and of Sleater-Kinney fame). MOJO magazine gives the same album 4 stars and says that Ladyhawk recalls "Dinosaur Jr.'s drive as adroitly as some of Neil Young's darker notions." And their live show is renowned. The Vancouver band is coming off a sold-out romp through Canada with Jagjaguwar label-mates and good brahs (and sah) BLACK MOUNTAIN. And the United States is currently up, where they are currently touring with Saddle Creek recording artists NEVA DINOVA.

See tour dates here:
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/shows.php

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Ladyhawk artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=ladyhawk

Ladyhawk home page:
http://www.ladyhawkladyhawk.com/

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OKKERVIL RIVER: ATP. Lollapalooza. Primavera. Austin City Limits. And That's Not All.

Okkervil River is set to bring their music far and wide this festival season. With stops at ATP, The Great Escape, Borderline, Sasquatch, Primavera, Lollapalooza, Treasure Island, and topping it off with an appearance in their hometown at the Austin City Limits Festival, they will likely be in a venue near you soon. Stay tuned.

Okkervil River was also recently featured on Pitchfork.TV. They are shown performing 3 songs live on a New York rooftop, as part of the website's "Don't Look Down" series. The view is spectacular, and the set ends with some equally epic 5-part harmony on "Okkervil River Song". Watch it here:
http://pitchfork.tv/dont-look-down/okkervil-river

While we're at it, Okkervil River performed a Ukulele Session, live and acoustic in Belgium as part of the Belgian newspaper Le Soir's online Ukulele Session series in Brussels. This session took place in mid-December, during the band's last European tour. Watch the abbreviated lineup (with guitar, ukulele, and accordion) perform "A Hand to Take Hold of the Scene" and "A King And A Queen" here:
http://www.lesoir.be/video/?action=popup&v=20071122_Okkervil

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Okkervil River artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=okkervilriver

Okkervil River home page:
http://www.okkervilriver.com/

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You Can Be On The Next PARTS & LABOR Album!

Just like we can never sit still while listening to Parts & Labor, the band is eternally moving and shaking. Since the 2007 release of their last full-length, the critically acclaimed "Mapmaker", Parts & Labor have toured Europe twice, and across the U.S. three times. They have diligently worked on their own label, the ever-growing Cardboard Records (recently featured in Impose Magazine, and recommended by Pitchfork). And they just released the "Escapers Two" EP, which perfectly captures the whirlwind that is Parts & Labor with 51 songs in under 30 minutes. So what's next? Parts & Labor are recording the proper full-length follow up to "Mapmaker" and are asking you, the listening public, to contribute to the album! From the band:

Want to be on the next Parts & Labor album?

We're in the studio working on our next album. Send us some audio samples to use on the recording.

We're looking for snippets of noises, field recordings, found sounds, drones, speaking, etc.

Send audio that responds to any or all of these questions:

1. What's your favorite or least favorite sound?
2. What are you afraid of?
3. What do your parents sound like?
4. Where are you going, or where have you been?

The deadline for submissions is May 23rd.

Please keep the samples under 10 seconds. wav or aiff formats are preferred (but mp3s are okay too).

Email your submissions to partsandlaborsounds@gmail.com. Include your name for crediting purposes if you want.

Thanks,
Parts & Labor

PS: By sending us audio files you're agreeing to let us use them on our audio recordings in any way we see fit, forever and ever. Don't send lawyers at us.

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Parts & Labor artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=partsandlabor

Parts & Labor home page:
http://www.partsandlabor.net/

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MONROE MUSTANG Release New Digital-Only Album

It's been nearly eight years since this Oklahoma-originated (Austin-based) band have released an album. A product of home recording sessions spanning more than a decade, Monroe Mustang's fifth release is entitled "Monroe Mustang, The Imaginary Band, Regretfully Declines". It came out as a digital-only release on April 8th.

Very early on in Jagjaguwar's history, before the label moved to Indiana, Michael Linnen handed Jagjaguwar a cassette of demos. It was while he was on tour with Kranky recording artists Stars of The Lid. The cassette tape included Monroe Mustang songs. Correspondence ensued, and Monroe Mustang agreed to allow Jagjaguwar to release "The Elephant Sound" in 1999, which was one of the first records released on Jagjaguwar after the label's relocation to Indiana. The nine-song album found pockets of fans around the globe. It made a very distinctive impression in the Benelux. The band was invited to attend the Crossing Borders Festival there, where they recorded an EP for VPRO (Dutch Public Radio), which Jagjaguwar later released in 2000.

During "the Monroe Mustang hiatus" (which is how Jagjaguwar affectionately refers to the period of time between the year 2000 and the present day), the members of the band (Brian Barry, Taylor Holland, Christopher Linnen, Michael Linnen, and Jason Stout) kept busy with other musical projects, film scores, trying to leave the country, and raising precocious children like Sophia and Rowan Stout and Blaise Gibson Barry.

With all that's happened, and is happening, Jagjaguwar is extremely proud to release the Monroe Mustang album "Monroe Mustang, The Imaginary Band, Regretfully Declines" today. It is available on iTunes, and at all major digital retailers.

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Monroe Mustang artist page on Jagjaguwar site: http://www.jagjaguwar.com/artist.php?name=monroemustang

Monroe Mustang home page:
http://www.monroemustang.com/

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OUT NOW:
MONROE MUSTANG - Monroe Mustang, The Imaginary Band, Regretfully Declines (Digital-Only Album, JAG078)
LADYHAWK - Shots cd/lp (JAG117)
BON IVER - For Emma, Forever Ago cd/lp (JAG115)
BLACK MOUNTAIN - In The Future cd/2xlp (JAG090)

STILL FRESH:
RICHARD YOUNGS - Autumn Response cd/lp (JAG121)
SUNSET RUBDOWN - Random Spirit Lover cd/2xlp (JAG113)
OKKERVIL RIVER - The Stage Names cd/lp (JAG110)
PARTS & LABOR - Mapmaker cd/lp (JAG103)

COMING SOON:
SIMON WICKHAM-SMITH & RICHARD YOUNGS - Veil (For Greg) cd (JAG137) - June release

Thanks for reading!