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Recorded in Brooklyn with producer John Agnello, Jennifer O'Connor's Here With Me-- her fourth LP and second for Matador-- is due August 19. O'Connor, with instrumental help from Jon Langmead, Michael Brodlieb, Michael Strandberg, and, briefly, Franz Nicolay of the Hold Steady, cranked the sucker out in a matter of twelve days.

Of course, those speedy sessions are hardly the sum total of the recording O'Connor's been up to of late. Her 7" label, Kiam Records, recently issued her long-promised split single with Yo La Tengo bassist James McNew's side project, Dump, on white vinyl.

Nor are these the only cool pairings O'Connor's involved in, either, as she's on the road now with Jamie Lidell, and will tour some with Son, Ambulance in July and Wilco in August.

Here With Me:

01 The Church and the River
02 Always in Your Mind
03 Daylight Out
04 Valley Road '86
05 Here With Me
06 Credit in the Cost
07 Highway Miles
08 Landmine
09 Days Become Months
10 End of the Hall
11 Xmas Party
12 Next to Mine

Split with Dump:

01 Dump: "I Was So Wrong"
02 Dump: "I Wanna Get Next to You"
03 Jennifer O'Connor: "I'm a Racecar Driver"

O'Connor:

06-05 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House *
06-06 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon *
06-07 Boston, MA - Paradise *
06-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
06-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
06-11 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live *
06-12 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club *
07-13 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar ^
07-14 Columbia, MO - Mojo's ^
07-18 Minneapolis, MN - Uptown Bar ^
07-19 Fargo, ND - Aquarium/Dempseys Upstairs ^
07-20 Sioux Falls, SD - Nutty's North ^
08-10 Wilmington, DE - The Grand Opera House #
08-13 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool #

* with Jamie Lidell
^ with Son, Ambulance
# with Wilco