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Following her epic Sweat/Suit two-fer and that totally boss "Grillz" track, St. Louis pop-rapper Nellie McKay is set to issue Obligatory Villagers, her derrty new collection of club bangers and slow jams. Special guests include Murphy Lee, Chingy, and Kenny Chesney.

Oh, sorry. Got my papers shuffled again. We're talking about Nellie McKay, the funny lady with the flair for the dramatic (though that other Nelly does have a new record out kinda soon, and this Nellie does have a penchant for double albums).

Ms. McKay is indeed about to drop Obligatory Villagers September 25 on her own Hungry Mouse label, and to go along with it, she's slated some tour dates-- possibly begrudgingly, since she admitted in our recent interview that she doesn't like touring very much.

We should mention that her August 28 date at the Spiegeltent at New York's South Street Seaport will feature just a handful of songs with cabaret troupe Weimar New York. Beyond that, though, Nellie's publicist promises "solo piano... [and] a little bit of ukulele" on all dates.

Both Nellie(y)s, I hope you're listening: there's no such thing as too much ukulele.

Nellie McKay:

08-22 New York, NY - Joe's Pub
08-28 New York, NY - South Street Seaport (Spiegeltent)
09-24 Northampton, MA - Iron Horse
09-25 New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
09-27 Alexandria, VA - Birchmere
09-28 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
10-02 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10-04 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10-06 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
10-07 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
10-08 San Diego, CA - Casbah
10-11 Los Angeles, CA - Largo
10-12 Los Angeles, CA - Largo
10-16 Boulder, CO - Trilogy Lounge
10-17 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
10-19 Austin, TX - TBA