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It's a curious thing to have an album with "Live" in the title not, in fact, be comprised of concert recordings (though Joan of Arc did it once, and they're probably not the only ones). Then again, it's rare to have a curious rocker quite like RTX's Jennifer Herrema.

The perennially unorthodox Royal Trux singer is readying her follow-up to last year's RaTX (aka Western Xterminator), and confusingly enough, it's a studio set entitled JJ Got Live RaTX. Though not from any particular performance, the tunes on JJ Got do indeed have a live feel, and they'll certainly lend themselves to the stage.

Unfortunately a "family emergency" has dashed RTX's fall tour plans, but the band is looking to reschedule those nixed shows for the coming spring. In the meantime we've got the not-actually-live JJ Got Live RaTX, due on LP and CD from Drag City on October 21.

JJ Got Live RaTX:

01 You Should Shut Up
02 How'd You Do It?
03 Are You a Boy or Are You a Girl
04 Cheap Wine Time
05 Virginia Creeper
06 Rainbow High
07 Mr. Wall
08 Hash
09 Birthday Song
10 Too Badd

Cancelled RTX dates:

10-06 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts
10-07 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
10-08 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory
10-09 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
10-10 Toledo, OH - Frankie's
10-11 Columbus, OH - Summit
10-12 Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen
10-13 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
10-15 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar
10-16 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands
10-17 Hanover, NH - Dartmouth
10-18 New York, NY - Cake Shop
10-19 Somerville, MA - P.A.'s Lounge
10-20 Washington, DC - DC9
10-21 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head
10-23 Raleigh, NC - Volume 11
10-24 Asheville, NC - Rocket Club
10-25 Charlotte, NC - Milestone
10-27 Chattanooga, TN - JJ's Bohemia
10-28 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone
10-31 Austin, TX - Emo's
11-01 Lubbock, TX - Whiskey Dix