NEWS BRIEFS

Here's a few news briefs for the day. Short and sweet:

1. New Depeche Mode Album Complete

2. Sufjan Stevens has started blogging about his work producing the Brooklyn-based Welcome Wagon debut album. Check it out.

3. Cursive is stringing out some new tour dates for the wintertime, just like they did last year. This is running amidst their recording of the follow-up to 2006's Happy Hollow. There's also a few extra NYC dates added.

01-14 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
01-15 Marquette, MI - Northern Michigan University
01-16 Chicago, IL - Schubas (Tomorrow Never Knows Festival) *
01-17 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
01-18 Brooklyn, NY - Union Hall
01-19 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
01-21 Columbus, OH - The Summit
01-22 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
01-23 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
01-24 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
03-09 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-10 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-13 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
03-14 San Diego, CA - Casbah
03-15 Tempe, AZ - Rhythm Room
03-16 Albuquerque, NM -Launchpad

Back to reporting on the Hudson Plane crash... special reports right NOW on 89.5 FM WSOU or stream it at www.wsou.net.

A little more Sufjan for the holiday.

Good King Wenceslas [MP3], from Volume 2 of the Sounds Familyre's A Familyre Christmas

Enjoy!

Sufjan Christmas Music Continues!

It's become a tradition: every year Sufjan Stevens releases a new collection of Christmas songs. This year is no exception!



Volume 8 is called Astral Inter Planet Space Captain Christmas Infinity Voyage, and contains both classic songs like "Angels We Have Heard On High" and original material, like "The Child With The Star On His Head".

We've been spinning some of the older Sufjan stuff, and next year we will likely add Volume 8 to the mix (with only one show left before Christmas and no album in hand, we'll have to forgo it the year! :-/).

Look for Volume 8 this Christmas, which is being released by Athsmatic Kitty. Check their website for goofy Sufjan fun!