Songs: Ohia Drop Two Electric Co LPs, Demos
Imagine a world of vinyl: AC/DC on one side and Jackson Browne on the other. This spring, Jason Molina
brings this sonic conflict from your headphones to your hometown as Songs: Ohia kick up dirt on a short
tour of the Midwest and Europe, making a special stop in Austin, Texas for this year's bloated-and-loving-it
South by Southwest Conference. Dates:
02-08 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle
03-09 Louisville, KY - Aslan's How Art Gallery*
03-10 TBA
03-11 Columbia, MO - Shattered*
03-15 Austin, TX - Buffalo Billiards (SXSW showcase)
03-16 Denton,TX - Rubber Gloves+
03-17 Fayetteville, AR - JR's Lightbulb Club+
03-18 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge#
03-19 St Louis, MO - Rocket Bar#
03-20 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground#
03-21 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis#
03-22 North Manchester, IN - The Firehouse#
03-23 Chicago, IL - Schubas#
03-24 Bloomington, IN - Vertigo#
03-28 Groningen, Holland - Vera
03-29 Rotterdam, Holland - Rotown
03-30 Haarlem, Holland - Patronaat
04-12 Geneva, Switzerland - l'Usine
04-14 Paris, France - Mains d'Oeuvres
04-15 Hasselt, Belgium - JJ Records (early show)
04-15 Hasselt, Belgium - MOD (late show)
04-16 Brussels, Belgium - AB
04-17 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4ad
04-18 Tilburg, Holland - 013
04-19 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
04-20 Utrecht, Holland - Ekko
* = with Six Parts Seven
+ = with Six Parts Seven and Impossible Shapes
# = with Impossible Shapes
As Pitchfork previously reported, Songs: Ohia will also bring you and your cousins Magnolia Electric
Co. via Secretly Canadian on March 4th. The new album will feature the ten-piece backing band that
played on the Mi Sei Apparaso Come un Fantasma Italian live album, lead vocals on two cuts by Songs
contributor Scout Niblett and Friend O'Molina Lawrence Peters, backup vocals by Jennie Benford (Jim &
Jennie & the Pinetops), and engineering by Steve Albini, all recorded live at Chicago's Electrical Audio
Studio. Originally planned as a double album, the vinyl release of Magnolia will include a second,
bonus album of demos. Here are the tracklists for both:
Magnolia Electric Co.:
01 Farewell Transmission
02 I've Been Riding with the Ghost
03 Just Be Simple
04 Almost Was Good Enough
05 The Old Black Hen
06 Peoria Lunch Box Blues
07 John Henry Split My Heart
08 Hold On Magnolia
Bonus demos album:
01 The Long Dark Blues
02 Just Be Simple
03 The Old Black Hen
04 I Made the Change
05 Peoria Lunchbox Blues
06 Whip-Poor-Will
07 The Big Game Is Every Night
08 Hold On Magnolia
Not to be outdone by double album upstarts like Grandaddy, Songs: Ohia will also release Pyramid Electric
Co. this spring, a collection of stripped-down solo numbers by Molina on vocals, electric guitar, and
piano. Pyramid, Molina's 284th album since 1996, was recorded by Mike Mogis at Presto Recording
Studios in Lincoln, Nebraska two Novembers ago, and will be a vinyl-only release.
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