A very nice review of French Quarter’s “It’s Not Just Kissing” over at Still Single. 2 for 2? Stephen of French Quarter has a new album out this weekend, very suddenly, on Gilgongo. It is called “Rennet” and I am excited to hear it. It is coming out in a very small yet maximally artful edition.

Also very exciting was the inclusion, if only for a moment, of the Pregnant song “Selling Records” (from “Regional Music”) on yesterday’s edition of the American Public Media program Marketplace. The song was faded in as the last bumper on the show as host Kai Ryssdal said his farewells. Marketplace is syndicated and aired by many stations around the country, and it’s very exciting to have received just a moment exposure to such a wide audience. You can listen to yesterday’s program here.

Also, Daniel, ALAK, and their baby Juniper are planning a unique and what strikes me as full of the rarest sincerity “music tour” for this summer.

New tapes from Tan Dollar and Adam Lipman ship imminently.

And then this: