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Though it may seem that your pals at Pitchfork are too immersed in Volta fever to talk about anything else (tell yr friends: "Declare Independence" might just be the jam of the summer), we do have other records we're looking forward to; say, Joanna Newsom's Ys Street Band EP, out April 24 on Drag City.

So when we found out that these two creative juggernauts would be joining together for a couple of dates on Björk's previously-announced tour, well, we were beside ourselves for a minute. Then, we collected ourselves, and wrote a story about it.

Jo's only doing two dates on the Björk tour that we know of, although we'd like to strongly encourage whoever paired these two to keep up the good work. Seriously, who else but J-New is up for the challenge of warming up a crowd of Björk-aniacs? It's a toughie...though we'd also like to suggest Antony.

In other Björk news, there's more Volta slowly trickling out over the internet, including this frustratingly brief clip of the "Earth Intruders" video, set for proper release April 24. She'll also share another amazing double-bill this weekend as the musical guest on a soon-to-be-legendary "Saturday Night Live" episode with host Scarlett Johansson. And, of course, Volta drops May 7 in Europe and May 8 here. Wooo!

J + B:

05-15 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
05-19 Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre

Björk:

04-27 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella)
05-02 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
05-05 New York, NY - United Palace Theater
05-08 New York, NY - Apollo Theater
05-12 Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
05-23 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park
05-26 Gorge, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch!)
06-22 Pilton, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-28 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
07-01 Gdynia, Poland - Open'er Festival
07-05 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-08 Amsterdam, Holland - Cultuurpark
07-13 Bilbao, Spain - Guggenheim Esplanade
07-15 Segovia, Spain - Palacio Real de la Granja
07-18 Madrid, Spain - Plaza de Toros Las Ventas
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
08-23 Nimes, France - Arénes de Nimes
08-26 Paris, France - "Rock en Seine" Festival
08-31 Stradbally Hall, Ireland - Electric Picnic
09-02 Argyll, Scotland - Connect Festival
09-08 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Festival

Joanna:

04-14 Dublin, Ireland - Olympia
04-16 Paris, France - La Cigale
04-17 Cologne, Germany - Gloria
04-18 Brussels, Belgium - AB
04-19 Bourges, France - Theatre de Poche (Printemps de Bourges Festival) (solo)
04-21 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller *
04-22 Stockholm, Sweden - Chinese Theatre *
04-23 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega *
04-25 Berlin, Germany - Volksbuehne *
04-26 Hamburg, Germany - Kampnage *
04-27 Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso *
04-29 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
05-03 Braga, Portugal - Teatro Circo
05-04 Barcelona, Spain - Casino de l'Alianca del Poble Nou
05-05 Madrid, Spain - Sala Galileo Galilei
08-17-19 Brecon Beacon, Wales - Glanusk Park (Greenman Festival)
09-28 London, England - Royal Albert Hall

* with Alaisdair Roberts