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Remember the New Pornographers' "Buy Early Get Now" Executive Edition of Challengers? Wondering what all those lucky people who pre-ordered the Executive Edition got as their bonus gifts? We hear ya. So, too, do Matador Records, who recently posted a list of the download schedule (past, present, and future) for all that sweet Challengers swag.

Those who bought early have gotten most of this already, but here it is anyhow:

07-04 "The Speed of Luxury" (B-side)
08-03 "Silent Systems" (B-side)
08-28 "Fortune" (iTunes pre-order B-side)
09-11 "Showstoppers", "Failsafe", and "Myriad Harbour" (demos)
09-25 "Go Places (Alternate Mix)"
October: "Challengers" video and photos
November: "Live From the Future", "Fugue States" (iTunes album-only B-side), and photos

Those dates, we're told, are subject to change, although presumably not the ones that happened in the past. Unless Dan Bejar has worked up some kind of "Quantum Leap" contraption in his time away from doing stuff. If so, I wanna hear the new Destroyer album... now. Dammit, didn't work.

In other, only slightly less ridiculous New Pornographer news, the band has announced the third in their string of Challengers challenges. They're looking for somebody to "cover" a New Pornographers song in the style of "Weird" Al Yankovic. This one's tricky, as the Pornographers' song titles tend to be rather declarative and nondescript (not a diss, just the truth). Winner gets to dare the band to do something, or an iPhone.

Add to that a tour that kicks off tomorrow night (October 11), and you've got yourself quite a lot of Porno. OMG CLEAR THE CACHE

NSFW:

10-11 Edmonton, Alberta - Edmonton Event Center $
10-12 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwen Hall $
10-13 Calgary, Alberta - MacEwen Hall $
10-14 Missoula, MT - University Theater $
10-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue $^
10-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre $^
10-18 Chicago, IL - The Metro $^
10-19 Chicago, IL - The Metro $^
10-20 North Tonawanda, NY - Riviera Theatre $^
10-21 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre $^
10-22 Montreal, Quebec - Le National $^
10-23 Boston, MA - The Roxy $^
10-24 New York, NY - Webster Hall $^
10-25 New York, NY - Webster Hall $*
10-26 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero $*
10-27 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club $^
10-28 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel $*
10-30 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse $*
10-31 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues $*
11-01 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live $+
11-02 Dallas, TX - House of Blues $+
11-03 Austin, TX - Waterloo (Fun Fun Fun Fest) $
11-04 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall $*
11-05 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre $*
11-17 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
11-18 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
11-20 Manchester, England - Academy 3
11-21 Bristol, England - Trinity
11-22 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11-24 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique Rotunde
11-25 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
11-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
11-28 Gothenburg, Sweden - Pusterviksbaren
11-29 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
12-01 Bergen, Norway - Hulen

$ with Emma Pollock
^ with Benjy Ferree
* with Immaculate Machine
+ with Spoon