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Casper & the Cookies have just debuted the animated music video for “Little King,” from their latest album, Modern Silence. Count the cameos, insiders!

James Husband’s excellent debut album A Parallax I, a decade in the making, is released today on Polyvinyl Records. I highly recommend it to all fans of E6 or of Montreal.

Concurrently, Polyvinyl is reissuing on vinyl the early of Montreal records Coquelicot Asleep in the Poppies, Aldhils Arboretum, The Early Four Track Recordings, The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower, and The Bedside Drama, and you can purchase all of them now at the label’s website.  This is the vinyl debut of The Early Four Track Recordings and The Bird Who Continues to Eat the Rabbit’s Flower.

The Late B.P. Helium (Bryan Poole from of Montreal) will be playing a rare live set on Friday, December 11th, at the Caledonia Lounge in Athens.  He’ll be opening for the Arcs.  Athens folks, mark your calendars.

I share with Still Flyin’ a deep and abiding passion for the month of October and the holiday of Halloween.  In honor of the single greatest week of the year, here’s Still Flyin’s video for “Good Thing It’s a Ghost Town Around Here,” from their album Never Gonna Touch the Ground.  (For those interested, I’ve also been trying to watch 31 horror films in 31 days, and writing about each at my new personal blog.)

Issue 11 of The Athens Blur Magazine has an in-depth profile of Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records, on their 10th anniversary.  It’s on page 25 of this PDF of the magazine.

Mike Turner of Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records has posted more news regarding the Marshmallow Coast reissues I mentioned a couple weeks back – it sounds like they’ll be coming sooner than previously thought, albeit digitally:

It’s been a pretty busy couple of weeks for Marshmallow Coast and HHBTM. In the next few weeks you’ll be able to download Seniors & Juniors, [Marshmallow] Coasting + bonus tracks, and Times Square + bonus tracks from Itunes, Emusic, or your favorite download service. Andy is also in the middle of recording Super Seniors & Juniors which is a re-recording and updating of the album that many consider to be his best. This time around it’s going to feature lots of guests, and will sound a bit more like Andy’s newest album Phreak Phantasy. This record will be on CD/LP in mid-2010. After that we’ll start issuing all the older Marshmallow Coast catalog on vinyl.

Thanks to Jezebel for the link.

Orange Twin Records has posted details for Ruth, the sophomore album from Nana Grizol, to be released on January 12.  (Thanks to David for the link.)  I’ve also updated their upcoming tour dates below.

Ruth,
by Nana Grizol
1. Cynicism
2. Galaxies
3. Blackbox
4. Atoms
5. Gave On
6. Grady and Dubose
7. From Here
8. Alice and Gertrude
9. Arthur Hall
10. For Things that Haven’t Come Yet
11. Sands

Tour Dates:

10.23.09 Athens, GA @ Go Bar
11.04.09 Chapel Hill, NC @ NightLight
11.05.09 Saint Mary’s City, MD @ Saint Mary’s College
11.06.09 Washington, DC @ TBA
11.07.09 Purchase, NY @ SUNY Purchase
11.08.09 New York, NY @ Cakeshop
11.09.09 Hamden, CT @ The Space
11.10.09 Portland, ME @ Apohedion
11.11.09 Brattleboro, VT @ TBA
11.12.09 Toronto, ONTARIO @ The Dakota
11.14.09 Geneseo, NY @ barn show – TBA
11.16.09 Detroit, MI @ The Trumbullplex
11.17.09 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11.18.09 Madison, WI @ house show – TBA
11.19.09 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon Bar
12.03.09 Athens, GA @ Caledonia Lounge

James Husband’s debut album A Parallax I is shipping now, if you pre-ordered from Polyvinyl Records (I just got my copy in the mail on Saturday, and I’m listening to it as I’m writing this…).  And the Austinist has just posted a great interview with Jamey, conducted from his porch while he was locked out of his house.

The Austinist – Fun Fun Fun Fest Interview: James Husband

Impose Magazine checked in with Theo Hilton as he wraps up work on Ruth, the second album by Nana Grizol. Scroll to the very bottom of the page and you can download a track from the album, “For Things That Haven’t Come Yet.”  Thanks to geneautry.

Impose Magazine: Nana Grizol’s Southern Generosity