DOWNLOAD: Molina and Johnson - Almost Let You In (MP3)
DOWNLOAD: Molina and Johnson - Twenty Cycles To The Ground (MP3)

Jason Molina w/ Magnolia Electric Co. @ E. River State Park (more by Chris La Putt)

unfortunately, jason molina will not be able to tour in the new year due to his present health issues and the american dates for january and february have all been cancelled. jason molina is (still) extremely disappointed but it is impossible for him to be on the road at the present time. [Magnolia Electric Co. on 12/1/09]

After canceling their November/December European tour, Jason Molina & Will Johnson have been forced to cancel their early 2010 North American tour as well. The trip, with Chris Brokaw, included a January 30th show at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge.

Though there's no shows, you can still enjoy two tracks off the pair's new album, the aptly titled Jason Molina and Will Johnson, which came out November 3rd on Secretly Canadian.

Jason Molina's regular gig is fronting for Magnolia Electric Co., who played a Jelly NYC Pool Party last summer with Dirty Projectors and put out a new CD in July. Will Johnson of Centro-matic just got off tour playing drums for Monsters of Folk.

Album art and tracklist and the canceled tour dates are below...

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DOWNLOAD: Magnolia Electric Co - Josephine (MP3)

The Donkeys @ Radio Room in Austin (a BV SXSW party) (more by Leia Jospe)

"We are proud to announce the first details of Magnolia Electric Co.'s Josephine (released July 21 in the US and July 20 in the UK), the prolific band's first longplayer since 2006. Josephine is a weighty, mature album about real loss and dislocation, bringing forth a more minimalist aesthetic than the band has attempted to date. For Josephine, the band teamed once again with engineer Steve Albini at his Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago for what proved to be an emotional recording session." [Secretly Canadian]

In support of that new album, Magnolia Electric Co. will be going out on tour with their label-cousins The Donkeys (they're on Dead Oceans) this summer. And though the date has since mysteriously disappeared from Magnolia's list of tour dates, Pitchfork's list did reveal (thanks Eric and Tom) that the bands will be playing a "Pool Party" in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday, July 19th. That said, The Donkeys are listing that they play Union Hall in Park Slope on that date, so maybe it's just Magnolia that play the big, free JellyNYC show in Williamsburg.

New MP3 above. New cover art, track list, and all tour dates below....

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