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What with their deadpan musicality and meticulous lyricism, it seems at times like those Wilco gents take themselves very, very seriously. Then they go and do something like issue teeny toys of themselves. So misunderstood, indeed.

Portland-based toy company UNKL will launch a series of limited-edition Wilco figurines at San Diego’s Comic-Con this July. There’s Jeff Tweedy (a longtime UNKL fan, we're told), and, uh, the five other guys in Wilco.

Not included: a talking Jay Bennett with which you can stage bickering matches with your Jeff doll.

In other Wilco news, Sky Blue Sky will shine on May 15, they just pegged Low to open a bunch of North American dates on their previously announced world tour, and their handsome mugs will wind up in a picture book due out June 1.

Foolin' us with a rash of kidsmoke:

04-16 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli *
04-18 Melbourne, Australia - The Palais Theatre *
04-19 Melbourne, Australia - The Palais Theatre *
04-21 Sydney, Australia - Enmore Theatre *
04-22 Perth, Australia - Metropolis Fremantle *
05-19 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (ATP)
05-20 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
05-21 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire
05-23 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
05-24 Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus
05-25 Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 36
05-26 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
05-28 Stuttgart, Germany - Longhorn
05-29 Paris, France - Le Bataclan
05-30 Gent, Belgium - De Vooruit
05-31 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-13 Davenport, IA - Adler Theater #
06-14 Cincinnati, OH - Aronoff Center #
06-15 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theater #
06-17 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-19 Atlanta, GA - Chastain Park Amphitheatre #
06-20 Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium #
06-21 Washington, DC - Merriweather Post Pavilion #
06-22 Red Bank, NJ - Count Basie Theater #
06-24 Northampton, MA - The Pines #
06-25 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom #
06-28 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion #
06-29 Shelburne, VT - The Green at Shelburne Museum #
06-30 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall #
07-07 Kongsberg, Norway - Kongsberg Jazz Festival
07-12-14 Suffolk, England - Latitude Festival
07-14-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
07-15 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-20 Benicassim, Spain - Festival Internacional de Benicassim

* with Glenn Richards
# with Low