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With Mission of Burma on porno duty, the New Pornographers are free to concentrate on other artistic endeavors. How about some tour?

As part of Exclaim! Magazine's and Mint Records' recently announced 15th Anniversary Roadshow, Carl Newman and his crew (and Canadian labelmates Novillero and Immaculate Machine, for the most part) will take on the wild indoors of clubs across Canada this October. In support of the jaunt, Mint will release a collection of live CBC Radio 3 sessions from its artists (New Pornos, Neko Case, P:ano, and more). For now, the disc will only be available on tour and in select HMV stores across Canada.

First off, however, the Pornos have a stint lined up at Baltimore's Virgin Festival, as well as an October 7 "A Conversation With Music" session with The New Yorker's James Surowiecki at NYC's Newspace.

Finally, there will be a Mint showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon this fall, with a possible DJ set by Newman.

Tracklist:

01 Neko Case - "Favorite"
02 Pluto - "Failure"
03 Immaculate Machine - "Dear Confessor"
04 Cub - "Your Bed"
05 The New Pornographers - "The Body Says No"
06 Heuvos Rancheros - "Crowchild Trail"
07 Novillero - "Habit Over Heart"
08 The Smugglers - "B.A.B.E"
09 The Organ - "Can You Tell Me"
10 The Gay - "Lonely"
11 P:ano - "Ghost Pirates"
12 Young and Sexy - "Satellite"
13 Carolyn Mark - "Chumpville"
14 Duotang - "The Hedonists Collide"
15 The New Town Animals - "Three Steps Backward"

Dates:

09-23 Baltimore, MD - Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
10-07 New York, NY - Newspace (New Yorker festival)
10-09 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol Music Hall *
10-10 Montreal, Quebec - Clue Soda *
10-11 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus *
10-14 Winnipeg, Manitoba - Marlborough *
10-15 Regina, Saskatchewan - Distrikt *
10-16 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Odeon Event Centre *
10-17 Edmonton, Alberta - Red's *
10-18 Calgary, Albert - MacEwan Hall Ballroom *
10-20 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar *
10-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club *
10-22 Vancouver, British Columbia - Plaza Club
11-10 Swarthmore, PA - Long Performing Arts Center

* with Novillero, Immaculate Machine