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The good news? Mark Kozelek is touring the U.S. and Japan over the next few months, which means all those ex-girlfriends of mine will get a chance to hear all those songs I put on all those damn mixtapes live and in person. The bad news? Before it even began, Mark had to cancel a date in Toronto. You win some, as they say, and you lose some; and if you didn't, well, you wouldn't have any lyrical fodder for Sun Kil Moon songs.

Sun Kil Moon songs like the ones on April, due Tuesday (April 1) on Mark's own Caldo Verde label.

Oh, and about the new edition of that Nights of Passed Over lyric book we mentioned some months back? Well, it, too, is out April 1. It's also limited to 2,500 copies, and it comes with a 12-song bonus CD called Nights LP. The disc sports rarities, live tracks, and assorted ephemera, including the live version of "Drop" recently featured in Forkcast.

Kozelek:

04-16 Seattle, WA - Town Hall *
04-17 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater *
04-26 San Francisco, CA - Palace of Fine Arts *
05-11 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya Tower Records
05-11 Tokyo, Japan - Shinjuku Tower Records
05-13 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya O-nest
05-14 Tokyo, Japan - Kichijoji
06-06 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
06-07 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
06-08 Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music
06-10 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
06-10 Rochester, NY - Waterstreet Music Hall
06-11 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts
06-13 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom
06-15 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
06-17 Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel
06-18 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar

* with David Bazan