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So the idea is, you're not gonna get to hear Consolers of the Lonely, the just-announced sophomore set from Jack White and Brendan Benson's Raconteurs until it's actually issued March 25 on Third Man/XL/Warner Brothers. That's this coming Tuesday-- six whole days!

You can, however, now gaze longingly at its tracklist and imagine what it's gonna sound like. Will "The Switch and the Spur" be a country-rock jam? Will "These Stones Will Shout" be the Stones-y shouter? Could "Many Shades of Black" be their Sunn O))) homage? See, we don't know, and you don't either, and that's what's so great about all this. It's like the last ten years never happened!

As you know, the Raconteurs are hitting the road in support of their new disc, and Raleigh, North Carolina's Birds of Avalon have apparently been handpicked by the band to open their initial string of North American dates.

Consolers of the Lonely:

01 Consoler of the Lonely
02 Salute Your Solution
03 You Don't Understand Me
04 Old Enough
05 The Switch and the Spur
06 Hold Up
07 Top Yourself
08 Many Shades of Black
09 Five on the Five
10 Attention
11 Pull This Blanket Off
12 Rich Kid Blues
13 These Stones Will Shout
14 Carolina Drama

Raconteurs:

04-20 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
04-21 Seattle, WA - Neumo's *
04-22 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *
04-23 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club *
04-25 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-26 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint *
04-28 Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium *
04-29 Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre *
05-01 Dallas, TX - House of Blues *
05-02 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
05-03 Austin, TX - Stubb's BBQ *
05-04 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival
06-13 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-26 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
07-12 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-13 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival

* with Birds of Avalon