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Recorded at a December, 2007 stop at the Apple Store in New York City's storied SoHo neighborhood, The New Pornographers' fittingly-titled Live From SoHo is available now on the iTunes store via Matador. Collecting ten tracks from the three most recent volumes in the band's fine catalog (no love for Mass Romantic?), the set is further bolstered by their take on the Electric Light Orchestra's "Don't Bring Me Down".

You can watch the band performing said ELO cover on the French television show "Taratata" here.

But, hey, what's a live album when there's real live New Pornographers dates comin' at you in less than a month? Er, a handy stopgap and a nice bit of ear candy, duh. Still, you've got but a handful of weeks to rock out to Live From SoHo before the real thing comes along when the New Pornographers kick off their double bill with the lads of Okkervil River. There's been a few additions to those dates since we first ran 'em down, as well as announcements of the band's stops at Sasquatch! and All Points West.

In other news from the Pornos, "All For Swinging You Around" pops up on the "Heroes" soundtrack, and frequent Pornographer Dan Bejar's Destroyer will issue his Trouble in Dreams March 18 on Merge.

Live From SoHo:

01 All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth
02 Use It
03 All the Old Showstoppers
04 Challengers
05 My Rights vs. Yours
06 Adventures in Solitude
07 The Laws Have Changed
08 Unguided
09 Sing Me Spanish Techno
10 Don't Bring Me Down
11 The Bleeding Heart Show

The New Pornographers:

04-08 Ottawa, Ontario - Capitol Music Hall
04-09 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre *
04-10 Pontiac, MI - The Crofoot Ballroom *
04-11 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall *
04-12 Munhall, PA - Carnegie Music Hall in Homestead *
04-13 Ithaca, NY - The State Theater of Ithaca *
04-14 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04-16 Richmond, VA - Toad's Place *
04-17 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre *
04-18 Nashville, TN - The Cannery *
04-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
04-20 Chicago, IL - Riviera *
04-21 Madison, WI - Orpheum *
04-22 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
05-24 George, WA - The Gorge (Sasquatch)
05-23-25 Chillicotche, IL - Summer Camp Music Festival
07-17-20 Benicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
08-08-10 Jersey City, NJ - Liberty State Park (All Points West)

* with Okkervil River