YLT, B&S;, Kimya Dawson on Second Juno Soundtrack

YLT, B&S, Kimya Dawson on Second Juno Soundtrack Though the movie only converted one of its four Oscar nominations into a win, we should have known better than to assume that would stop the Juno juggernaut. The twee-beast's newest tentacle is a second soundtrack of sorts, this one featuring tracks from Yo La Tengo, Belle & Sebastian, Kimya Dawson, Astrud Gilberto, Buddy Holly, and the movie's star, Ellen Page, playing a song written by Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody.

Titled Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs, the Rhino release is a digital-only compilation of songs intended for but not used in the movie. Director Jason Reitman assembled the compilation, which will debut with an iTunes-exclusive release on April 8 before making its way to other digital retailers on May 13.

Juno fans can also look forward to the movie's DVD release on April 15.

Juno B-Sides won't be this year's only showcase for new Kimya Dawson tunes, by the way. According to a Billboard.com report, the cutesy songwriter has written an album of children's songs she hopes to release in August called... Alphabutt. Get it? Because it's for kids, who need to learn the alphabet but also really like to talk about butts! Dawson's collaborators on, um, Alphabutt include former Third Eye Blind guitarist Kevin Cadogan, as well as some of her friends and their children. If you're hungry for song titles, here's your feast: "The Alphabutt Song", "Seven Hungry Tigers", "Little Monster Babies", "Wiggle My Tooth", and "Pee Pee in the Potty." Really.

In much cooler Kimya kid news, she's also in the very beginning stages of working with the producers of "Sesame Street" on music for the show and her own potential appearance on it. Additionally, she contributed a song called "Anthrax" to the soundtrack for Body of War, a documentary about a young veteran of the war in Iraq.

Finally, Dawson still has a heap of previously reported shows to play.

Juno B-Sides: Almost Adopted Songs:

01 Kimya Dawson/Mateo Messina: "20th Century Fox Fanfare"
02 Barry Louis Polisar: "Me and You"
03 Belle & Sebastian: "My Wandering Days Are Over"
04 Mateo Messina: "Juno Final Kite All"
05 Kimya Dawson: "Viva La Persistence"
06 The Bristols: "Little Baby"
07 Jr. James & the Late Guitar: "I'm Into Something Good"
08 Mateo Messina: "Meet the McGuffs"
09 Astrud Gilberto: "Once I Loved"
10 Kimya Dawson: "All I Want Is You"
11 Buddy Holly: "Learning the Game"
12 Mateo Messina: "Meet the Lorings"
13 Trio Los Panchos: "Besame Mucho"
14 Yo La Tengo: "You Can Have It All"
15 Ellen Page: "Zub Zub"

Kimya Dawson:

04-05 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church (early show) *^
04-05 Haverford, PA - Haverford College (late show) #
04-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall *^
04-07 Worcester, MA - Clark University *^
04-08 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theatre *^
04-09 Albany, NY - Grand Street Arts *^
04-10 Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall *^
04-11 Cleveland Heights, OH - The Grog Shop *^
04-12 Notre Dame, IN - Legends of Notre Dame *^
04-13 Urbana, IL - Independent Media Center *^
04-14 Chicago, IL - The Mansion *^
04-15 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre *^
04-16 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *^
04-17 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews *^
04-18 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *^
04-19 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre *^
04-21 Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep *^
04-22 Denver, CO - The Bluebird *^
04-25 San Francisco, CA - Herbst Theatre
04-26 Visalia, CA - Howie & Son's Pizza
05-09 London, England - Underworld (Ladyfest)
05-10 Brighton, England - Duke of York Cinema
05-11 Manchester, England - Night & Day Café
05-12 Bristol, England - Thekla
05-13 Edinburgh, Scotland - Cabaret Voltaire
05-14 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC2
05-16 Dublin, Ireland - Crawdaddy
05-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-24 Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
06-17 Melbourne, Australia - Northcote Uniting Church Hall *
06-20 Sydney, Australia - Manning Bar *
06-21 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Powerhouse *
07-05 Olympia, WA - TBA %
07-06 Tacoma, WA - TBA %
07-18-20 Anacortes, WA - What-the-Heck Festival

* with Angelo Spencer
^ with L'Orchidée D'Hawaï
# with Erin Tobey, Little Girl Big Spoon
% with Ghost Mice
Posted by Dave Maher on Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 2:40pm