Pitchfork

Magik Markers will record their first proper studio album in February at Echo Canyon West studio in Hoboken, New Jersey. Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo will produce the record, and bandmate Thurston Moore will release it on his Ecstatic Peace label.

According to drummer Pete Nolan, former guitarist Leah Quimby is "currently enjoying domestic bliss with Rob [Thomas] from Sunburned [Hand of the Man] in Boston." Thus, the new record will feature Nolan and guitarist/vocalist Elisa Ambrogio as a duo, along with "whomever they snare as a 'guest' here and there," according to Moore.

There are also plans for "a DVD documenting the legendary 'Was it a memory or were we dreaming?' first phase of Markers history: the trio with original member Leah Quimby. This will rule," says Moore.

Also ruling is the name of the Markers' upcoming tour, which begins March 8 at a venue to be announced in Brooklyn: "'Relax in a Panic Free Environment' Spring 2007 Deep Fucking South Tour". Noise rockers give everything the best titles.

Dates:

03-08 Brooklyn, NY - TBA
03-09 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-10 Washington, DC - Warehouse Next Door
03-11 Chapel Hill, NC - Night Light
03-12 Greenville, SC - Horizon Records
03-13 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn
03-14 New Orleans, LA - TBA
03-16 Austin, TX - The Mohawk (Ecstatic Peace SXSW showcase)
03-18 Houston, TX - Proletariat
03-19 Shreveport, LA - Cooper Manor
03-20 Birmingham, AL - AC Temple *
03-21 Nashville, TN - Ruby Green *
03-22 Louisville, KY - The Butcher Block *
03-24 Detroit, MI - Bohemian National Home
03-25 Cleveland, OH - Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
03-26 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks

* with Blues Control