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Cardinology is the silly title of the forthcoming LP from Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, due October 28 on Lost Highway.

The new disc, described by people who would like you to buy it as "a concise and focused collection of twelve unadorned gems," will be preceded by a single for "Fix It" on September 23. Closing track "Stop", meanwhile, will appear in a September 30 episode of the A&E drama "The Cleaner", which is-- fittingly enough-- about a recovering addict and his struggles to help others get clean. Also, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out that Ryan's got not one but two songs on the disc-- the follow-up to, um, Easy Tiger-- with the word "Easy" in the title. Guess when you write like 100 songs a day, coming up with words for the titles isn't so...simple.

Ryan's Infinity Blues, his "first ever collection of non-musical writing," now has a release date: March 16, 2009 from Akashic Books. Starting October 6, however, you can preorder the thing from Akashic's website. Those who go that route will get a signed hardcover copy of the book and a poetry chapbook exclusive to the Akashic preorder entitled Sad American Mythology.

In other Ryan news, he's gonna turn in a cover of a Merge Records favorite as part of their SCORE! anniversary stuff, and he recently bolstered his previously States-centric tour itinerary with a couple weeks of UK tour dates in November. A heads up: his U.S. tour's first date has been moved from Schenectady, New York's Proctors Theater to nearby Albany's the Egg. Finally, Ryan will return to "Late Show With David Letterman" on October 29.

Cardinology:

01 Born Into a Light
02 Go Easy
03 Fix It
04 Magick
05 Cobwebs
06 Let Us Down Easy
07 Crossed Out Name
08 Natural Ghost
09 Sink Ships
10 Evergreen
11 Like Yesterday
12 Stop

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals:

09-25 Schenectady, NY - Proctors Theatre
09-25 Albany, NY - The Egg
09-26 Syracuse, NY - Landmark Theater
09-27 Rochester, NY - Auditorium Theater
09-29 Columbus, OH - Palace Theater
09-30 Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square
10-02 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
10-03 Cincinnati, OH - Taft Theater
10-04 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theater
10-05 Madison, WI - Overture Hall
10-07 Ames, IA - Stephens Auditorium
10-09 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
10-10 Tulsa, OK - Brady Theater
10-11 Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theater
10-13 Austin, TX - Paramount
10-14 Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
10-16 Tuscaloosa, AL - Bama Theatre
10-17 Atlanta, GA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
11-08 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador Theatre
11-10 Manchester, England - Academy
11-11 Newcastle, England - Academy
11-13 Leeds, England - Academy
11-14 Edinburgh, Scotland - Picture House
11-16 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange
11-17 Birmingham, England - Academy
11-19 Brighton, England - Dome
11-20 London, England - Brixton Academy
11-22 Southampton, England - Guildhall