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• DC Show Update by Baby, You Got a Stew Goin'!

  "9:30 ClubFri., 4/11: Hot Chip, Free BloodHot Chip tickets go on sale this Saturday, 1/12 at 10am via Tickets.com. Tickets also went on sale this morning for both Wilco shows (2/26 and 2/27), The Hives with The Donnas (3/8), and night #2 of The Pogues (3/10).Black CatTue., 1/29: Knyfe HytsSat.,..."

• The Alternate Routes: "Aftermath" (live in Colorado Springs last night) by I AM FUEL, YOU ARE FRIENDS

  "So I've verified it, The Alternate Routes are good and reckless and true, and last night in concert at the Black Sheep their catalog of expansive, soaring melodies really took flight, as the crowd sang along and yelled requests. They are currently touring with Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers (who,..."

• Settin' the Woods on Fire: This Week's Charts by Amber Waves of Twang

  "This is a weekly feature in which I post on AWT the top albums and debuts in the airplay charts from Americana Music Assoc., XM Cross Country and FMQB Non-Commercial Adult Alternative chart. Links to all of these charts are found to the right in the AWT favorite links list.Americana..."

• Don't Take My Sunshine Away by Chromewaves

  "Monday, February 26, 2007 Don't Take My Sunshine Away Mark Linkous and Sparklehorse have been near the top of my ever-shrinking list of current acts who I'd never seen live and could realistically expect to for a while, but for the longest while - namely the five years following 2001's..."