Ryan Adams is nothing if not prolific, so the fact that a new record from Ryan & his Cardinals, in addition to a book which comes with a bonus book of poetry is on it’s a mere year after Easy Tiger was released, it should only shock you because it took so long. The album has a super lame title, Cardinology, but that’s okay because Ryan has never been good at picking titles, and it’s what’s on the inside that counts.
What’s on the inside is 12 songs, all new of course, and a new band name…sort of. Ryan Adams & The Cardinals has become, simply, Cardinals for the band’s fall tour, but it looks like Lost Highway isn’t going to allow that on the album cover. Even when Ryan tries to be selfless it ends up making him look arrogant. Poor guy.
Oh, and that book I told you about a while ago? It’s going to be available for pre-order via publisher, Akashic, on October 6th. According to the site the book won’t be in stores until March, but the pre-orders will ship “before then, like December or January.” How’s that for precision? The book is called Infinity Blues and the pre-order comes with a bonus Chapbook of Ryan’s poetry! Pre-order it here.
Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, you can see Ry-man and the Cards on tour this fall, as early as next week if you’re lucky. I’ll be at the Indianapolis show, requesting that he play anything but Halloweenhead.
Ryan Adams 2008 Tour Dates
09-25 Albany, NY – The Egg
09-26 Syracuse, NY – Landmark Theater
09-27 Rochester, NY – Auditorium Theater
09-29 Columbus, OH – Palace Theater
09-30 Cleveland, OH – Playhouse Square
10-02 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre
10-03 Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theater
10-04 St. Louis, MO – Fox Theater
10-05 Madison, WI – Overture Hall
10-07 Ames, IA – Stephens Auditorium
10-09 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater
10-10 Tulsa, OK – Brady Theater
10-11 Grand Prairie, TX – Nokia Theater
10-13 Austin, TX – Paramount
10-14 Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
10-16 Tuscaloosa, AL – Bama Theatre
10-17 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
10-29 New York, NY – Late Night W/ David Letterman (TV)
11-08 Dublin, Ireland – Ambassador Theatre
11-10 Manchester, England – Academy
11-11 Newcastle, England – Academy
11-13 Leeds, England – Academy
11-14 Edinburgh, Scotland – Picture House
11-16 Cambridge, England – Corn Exchange
11-17 Birmingham, England – Academy
11-19 Brighton, England – Dome
11-20 London, England – Brixton Academy
11-22 Southampton, England – Guildhall
[mp3] Ryan Adams – Memories of You
[mp3] Ryan Adams – Statuettes With Wounds (Demo)
[mp3] Ryan Adams – Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
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We’ve been doing a lot of posting about Ryan Adams lately, but that’s only because he’s been giving us a lot to post. In the latest installment of where’s Ryan, Ryan is giving you the opportunity to pre-order his band’s new album, Cardinology, on limited edition red vinyl and while you’re at it receive a limited edition t-shirt, some tour postcards, and more goodies for the reasonable price of 40 bucks. You better hurry though, because this baby was launched yesterday and two sizes of shirts are already out of order (though there is a “Request restock” button).
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