Low Get Remixed by Merritt, Mould

I never know whether to laugh or cry. Well, here's a reason to be cheerful: the track, from the band's most recent album, The Great Destroyer, has been remixed by an impressive group of people, including Fog, Stephin Merritt, Bob Mould and The Count. (Is is the Count from "Sesame Street"? We can only hope.) The mixes are collected on a new EP, aptly titled, Tonight the Monkeys Die: Low Remixed. Tracklist:

01 Monkey
02 Monkey (Fog Remix)
03 Monkey (Crew Jones Remix)
04 Monkey (Stephin Merritt Remix)
05 Monkey (Bob Mould Remix)
06 Monkey (The Count Remix)

The EP is currently available on iTunes, but the band will be releasing it soon as a CD and 12" on their Chairkickers Union label. Sorry kids, there doesn't appear to be a trance mix or mash-up with "Get Ur Freak On" on there.

In other Low news, the band contributed a cover of the Beatles' "Nowhere Man" to the forthcoming This Bird Has Flown-- A 40th Anniversary Tribute to the Beatles' Rubber Soul, out October 25 on Razor & Tie. As previously reported, that disc also includes Beatles covers by Sufjan Stevens, the Fiery Furnaces, Nellie McKay, Ted Leo, the Donnas, and more.

Low are also set to return to the stage for the first time since canceling their American tour earlier this year (frontman Alan Sparhawk had a bit of a freakout). The will perform at the Paste magazine Rock n Reel Festival in Decatur, Georgia on October 22, and at a "special holiday concert" at First Avenue in Minneapolis on December 9. Perhaps the monkeys will be spared certain death on those nights.

Low: http://www.chairkickers.com/