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Ghostface and Raekwon aren't the only ones from the projects. Magnolia Electric Co. mastermind Jason Molina even records there. His new solo album, Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go, was recorded at engineer Jim Zespy's The Projects studio in Bloomington, Indiana. The album is in the vein of 2004's Pyramid Electric Co. and will see an official release later this year.

Never one to disappoint fans who expect him to keep up the three-record-per-year pace he established in 2005, Molina has also recorded two new Magnolia Electric Co. full lengths. The first, entitled Nashville Moon and planned for a September release, was recorded in Chicago at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studios and mastered at Abbey Road. The second, tentatively titled The Black Ram, was recorded under the Magnolia Electric Co. moniker with a completely different band at Camper Van Beethoven frontman David Lowery's Sound of Music Studios in Richmond, Virginia. It does not have a release date at this time.

Molina will also be playing a string of solo and full band dates this summer, probably previewing a symphony he has written for 80-piece orchestra to be released in 2009. Or, if you want a more realistic picture of what the shows will be like, here is a clip of Mikey, the keyboard player from Magnolia Electric Co., "taking a bow" at a recent Mates of State show in Atlanta. It is not safe for work or those with discerning taste.

Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go:

01 It's Easier Now
02 Everything Should Try Again
03 Alone With the Owl
04 Don't It Look Like the Rain
05 Some Things Never Try
06 It Must Be Raining There Forever
07 Get Out, Get Out, Get Out
08 It Costs You Nothing
09 Let Me Go, Let Me Go, Let Me Go

Nashville Moon:

01 Lonesome Valley
02 Montgomery Bound
03 Don't Fade on Me
04 Hammer Down
05 No Moon on the Water
06 Nashville Moon
07 What Comes After the Blues
08 North Star
09 Don't This Look Like the Dark
10 Bowery
11 Texas 71
12 Down the Wrong Road Both Ways

Let Me Tour, Let Me Tour, Let Me Tour:

05-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall (Jason Molina solo) *
05-19 Akron, OH - The Lime Spider (Jason Molina solo)
05-20 Rochester, NY - TBA (Jason Molina solo)
05-21 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Fireproof (Jason Molina solo) #
07-25 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground %
07-26 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge %
07-27 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge %
07-28 Missoula, MT - TBA %
07-29 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
07-30 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richard %
07-31 Olympia, WA - TBA %
08-01 Portland, OR - TBA %
08-02 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall %
08-04 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill %
08-05 Los Angeles, CA - TBA %
09-18 Salisbury, MD - Holloway Hall at Salisbury College
09-29 Austin, TX - Emo's $

* with the Court & Spark
# with Elizabeth Mitchell, Daniel Littleton of Ida
% with Ladyhawk
$ with Serena Maneesh, Xiu Xiu