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Move on over, Questionable Content, a new hipster comic is here to grab the spotlight. While QC has Faye and Martin dropping indie buzzwords left and right, it ain't got nothing on Put the Book Back on the Shelf: A Belle & Sebastian Anthology. Due out February 22 from Image Comics, Put the Book Back on the Shelfis a 144-page color collection of comics by various independent cartoonists who have "put their own spins on a cross section of Belle and Sebastian's songs, crafting stories inspired by the band's music, drawn from the band's entire catalog," according to a press release.

The book will appear on shelves (before, presumably, it's put back) shortly after B&S;' upcoming album, The Life Pursuit, lands in the UK on February 6 (Rough Trade) and the US February 7 (Matador).

Hey, did we mention that The Life Pursuit will be available in a limited-edition CD/DVD package? Don't think we did. The DVD will contain six performances recorded live on BBC Scotland. And they are:

01 Another Sunny Day
02 Dress Up in You
03 To Be Myself Completely
04 Mornington Crescent
05 Funny Little Frog
06 White Collar Boy

And in a surprising development, it appears that Belle and Sebastian have curated the next volume in Azuli Records' Latenighttales series of compilations. They join the likes of the Flaming Lips, Four Tet, Turin Brakes, Sly & Robbie, and, ugh, Jamiroquai in collecting their most loved tracks by other artists onto one handy lifestyle soundtrack disc. In addition to cuts by such unexpected B&S; faves as RJD2 and Paperclip People, the compilation also contains a brand new Belle and Sebastian cover of the Brazilian song "Casaco Marron". It's due out February 27 in the UK.

Stay up late:

01 Rehash - Gratuitous Theft in the Rain
02 Jimmy and Mama Yancey - How Long Blues
03 Rjd2 - Here's What's Left
04 Lootpack - Questions
05 Demis Roussos - O My Friends You've Been Untrue to Me
06 Stereolab - French Disko
07 The Peddlers - On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
08 Butch Cassidy Sound System - Cissy Strut
09 Johnny Cash - Ring of Fire
10 Ethiopians - Freeman
11 Elsie Mae - Do You Really Want to Rescue Me
12 Walter Jackson - It's an Uphill Climb to the Bottom
13 Mary Love - I'm in Your Hands
14 Novi Singers - Cos Specjalnego
15 Gal Costa - Lost in the Paradise
16 Paperclip People - People Make the World Go Round
17 Ramsey Lewis - Uhuru
18 Steve Miller Band - Fly Like an Eagle
19 Donovan - Get Thy Bearings
20 Múm - Green Grass of Tunnel
21 Belle and Sebastian - Casaco Marrom
22 Eric and Mondrek Muchena - Taireva
23 Space Jam - Let Your Conscience Be Your Guidance
24 Big Star - Watch the Sunrise
25 Boston Baroque - Bedinerie
26 David Shrigley - When I Was a Little Girl

As you very well know, Stuart Murdoch and the gang hit the road tonight. Unlike Gorillaz, they will not appear in cartoon form.

The bicontinental pursuit:

02-01 Bristol, England - Colston Hall *
02-02 Cambridge, England - Corn Exchange *
02-03 Brighton, England - Dome *
02-05 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador *
02-06 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador *
02-07 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Ulster Hall *
02-09 Sheffield, England - Octagon *
02-10 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo *
02-25 Toronto, Ontario - The Docks #
02-26 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis #
02-27 Boston, MA - Avalon #
02-28 Boston, MA - Avalon #
03-02 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre #
03-03 New York, NY - Nokia Theatre #
03-04 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory #
03-05 Washington DC - 9:30 Club #
03-06 Washington DC - 9:30 Club #
03-08 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium #
03-09 Louisville, KY - Brown Theatre #
03-10 Chicago, IL - Riviera #
03-11 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre #
03-12 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre #
03-14 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre #
03-15 Austin, TX - Stubb's (Matador SXSW showcase) #^
03-18 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern #
03-19 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern #
03-21 San Francisco, CA - Concourse (SF Design Center) #
03-23 Portland, OR - Roseland #
03-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
03-25 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre #

* with Brakes
# with the New Pornographers
^ with Cat Power, Mogwai, Brightblack Morning Light, Jennifer O'Connor

* Pitchfork Review: Belle & Sebastian: Push Barman to Open Old Wounds
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