A very special show today.

Of all the records coming out in 2007, there are two that I'm most excited about. One, Page France's ...and the Family Telephone, which comes out in early May and two, Biirdie's as-of-yet unnamed sophmore effort.

Songs from Page France's record are beginning to show up, in a promotional manner, online - click out Spin for Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear and Pitchfork for Hat and Rabbit. You can also check out a live version of The Ruby Ring Man (the first track from the new record) over at Daytrotter.

I got to catch Page France a couple of months ago at Walters on Washington in Houston - and the band was in top form, a far more rocking and emotionally raw contrast to the smooth stdio goodness of their records. I always wondered what Michael Nau and the rest of kids from Page France would sound like if they really let loose - and now I know.

I got to meet the lovely Whitney McGraw, Page France backing singer and keyboardist, after the show and asked what the new recordings were sounding like - she paused for a second and said, "a lot like that."

Nice.

Live MP3s:
Junkyard
Kansas & Utah
Say Wolf In The Summertime
Dogs
Elephant
Antarctica
Windy
Chariot

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