---the fontaine toups has a new album out! click here for info: thefontainetoups.com

---kendall (mascott) and anna (the naysayer) are touring right now:
april 4 - detroit, mi - detroit artspace w/electric bear
april 5 - pittsburgh, pa - garfield artworks
april 6 - louisville, ky - rudyard kipling w/ronnie mack
april 7 - akron, oh - the lime spider
april 8 - arlington, va - common grounds
april 9 - richmond, va - mojo's w/maki

---the go-betweens
26 june - london - barbican hall
27 june - dublin - vicar

---here are some upcoming pipas shows do not miss...
30 april - melbourne, australia - corner hotel w/ the lucksmiths, smallgoods, mid-State orange
01 may - canberra, australia - tilley's w/ the lucksmiths
06 may - brisbane, australia - the troubadour w/ the lucksmiths
07 may - sydney, australia - the annandale w/ the lucksmiths, smallgoods, the zebras
08 may - katoomba, australia - the clarendon
12 june - glasgow, scotland - the winchester club
21 july - london, england - arts cafe w/ the frenchmen, the shadows of doubt

---here are some concerts by the clientele:
17 april - high wycombe- swan theatre w. lambchop
18 april - coventry- warwick arts centre w. lambchop
19 april - bath- pavilion w. lambchop
20 april - london- Islington academy
22 april - seville, spain- festival

---stephin merritt related dates and more:
april 9-24- peach blossom fan: the opera, produced by chen shi-zhen and scored by stephin merritt, runs at the cal arts redcat theater
april 26 - the magnetic fields philadelphia, pa - upenn irvine auditorium
may 7 - the magnetic fields northampton, ma - calvin theater
may 21 - the magnetic fields new york, ny - town hall theater
may 22 & 23 - the magnetic fields boston, ma - berklee performance center
june 24 - the magnetic fields minneapolis, mn - pantages theater
june 25-27 - the magnetic fields chicago, il - old town school of folk music
june 30 - the magnetic fields columbus, oh - wexner center for the arts

--and of course belle & sebastian
april 30 - san francisco, ca - the warfield
may 2 - indio, ca - coachella festival
may 3 - san diego, ca - spreckels theatre
may 5 - seattle, wa - the paramount
may 7 - denver, co - fillmore auditorium

--and miss laura cantrell
april 27 - northampton, ma - iron horse music hall
april 28 - barrington, ma - club helsinki
may 6 - washington, dc - coolidge auditorium library of congress
may 7 - arden, de - arden gild hall
may 12 - new yorkcity - winter garden @ world financial center - laura cantrell presents "thrift shop songbook" also starring marshall crenshaw, john wesley harding, and angel dean & sue garner
may 27 - somerville, ma - johnny d's with amy allison
june 8 - philadelphia, pa - tin angel with angel dean & sue garner