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[Posted Monday, September 8th, 2003 03:40:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

So, we let ya'lls know that Frank Black and the Catholics' new joint Show Me Your Tears plops like Jackson Pollock spatters all over this fine land this Tuesday, but the newswire just caught wind that certain indie retailers will also have a five-song EP fronted by album cut "Nadine" and backed with four live tracks recorded last April at the State in Regina, located in the lovely and wheat-filled province of Saskatchewan, Canada. And yes, that last cut is indeed the Pixies classic "Gouge Away." Tracklist:

01 Nadine
02 Hermaphroditos [live]
03 Los Angeles [live]
04 Jane The Queen Of Love [live]
05 Gouge Away [live]

Notice that we said only certain indie retailers will stock the Nadine EP-- that's because the retailers got together and actually licensed this material from SpinART themselves. A complete list of locations where the EP will be available is posted on SpinART's website.

And speaking of the Pixies, 4AD has announced that BBC 6 Music will be celebrating the release of Show Me Your Tears with two special programs next week. On September 15th, they're airing a live Pixies show recorded at the Glastonbury Festival way back on June 16th, 1989. We keep trying to use the Pitchfork time machine to go back and visit that show, but something always fucks up and we end up catching The Wonder Stuff, so I'm really glad they're re-airing that one. Then on September 16th, BBC 6 will be airing a Black solo appearance on Steve Lamacq's "Evening Session," originally recorded last June. Both shows will be archived on the BBC 6 website for a week after their initial airdates.

If you want to catch Frank Black and his mighty Catholics in support of Show Me Your Tears, you can catch him on his extensive overseas tour kicking off later this month, following some warm-up gigs in the intimate back room of Los Angeles-area guitar shop McCabe's. There may be more American dates coming up next winter-- so watch the skies, or maybe your local Blimpie. The dates:

08-29 Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's Guitar Shop (solo show)
08-30 Santa Monica, CA - McCabe's Guitar Shop (solo show)
09-26 Edinburgh, Scotland - Liquid Rooms
09-27 Aberdeen, Scotland - Lemon Tree
09-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Garage
09-30 Leeds, England - Cockpit
10-01 Manchester, England - MDH
10-02 Liverpool, England - Stanley Theatre / Carling Liverpool Academy
10-03 Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
10-05 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
10-06 Birmingham, England - Academy 2
10-07 Norwich, England - Waterfront
10-09 Bristol, England - Fire Station
10-10 Oxford, England - Zodiak
10-11 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms
10-13 Cambridge, England - Junction
10-14 Brighton, England - Concorde
10-15 London, England - Astoria
10-17 Lille, France - Le Splendid
10-18 Nantes, France - Olympic
10-20 Evreux, France - L'Abordage
10-21 Evreux, France - L'Abordage
10-22 Angouleme, France - La Nef
10-23 Angers, France - Le Chabada
10-24 Niort, France - Espace Leclerc
10-25 Bordeaux, France - Rock School Barbey
10-26 Milan, Italy - Filaforum (w/ Placebo)
10-29 Barcelona, Spain - Bikini
10-30 Madrid, Spain - Sala Arena
10-31 Santiago de Compostela, Spain - Festival de Norte (w/ Placebo)
11-01 Ramonville, France - Salle des Fetes
11-03 Montpellier, France - Rockstore
11-04 Lyon, France - Transbordeur
11-05 Clermont, France - Cooperative de Mai
11-06 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
11-08 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof
11-09 Darmstadt, Germany - Centralstation
11-10 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
11-11 Dusseldorf, Germany - ZAKK
11-13 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
11-14 Magdeburg, Germany - Factory
11-15 Berlin, Germany - ColumbiaFritz
11-16 Warsaw, Poland - Proxima Club
11-18 Vienna, Austria - Szene
11-19 Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse
11-20 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
11-21 Berne, Switzerland - Biehurbeli
11-22 Geneva, Switzerland - Usine
11-24 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique-Orangerie
11-25 Zwolle, Netherlands - Hedon
11-26 Leiden, Netherlands - LVC
11-27 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
11-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11-29 Paris, France - Bataclan
12-01 London, England - Sheperd's Bush Empire