Bits: Nicole Atkins, The Meat Puppets, The Twilight Singers, The Black Keys, A Place to Bury Strangers -

Nicole Atkins will be playing a live acoustic session and chatting on livestream Wednesday, 1.19, at 1:30 PM ET/10:30 AM PT.
The Meat Puppets will be releasing their new album, Lollipop, in April, Paste reports. Their line-up now includes Shandon Sahm, son of Texan multi-instrumentalist Doug Sahm, on drums.
The Twilight Singers’ upcoming album, Dynamite Steps, is available for pre-order at Sub Pop. The pre-order entitles you to stream the album online immediately, and if you pre-order by 2.15, you’ll receive two non-album tracks.
Though they’ve had to cancel their Australia/New Zealand tour and part of their European tour, the Black Keys juggernaut rolls on with an appearance on Austin City Limits airing 1.22 on PBS, in a split episode with Sonic Youth. (The Keys’ appearance was taped about three months ago. I am very excited about this, having hoped for a Keys ACL for a long time now.)
A Place to Bury Strangers will hit the road again this spring, including SXSW gigs where they will premiere material from their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled album. These guys are amazing live.
THU 3/10 – ATLANTA, GA â€“ Masquerade*

FRI 3/11 – DURHAM, NC – Motorco Music Hall*

SUN 3/13 – DENTON, TX – 35 Conferette Festival*^

TUE 3/15 – SAN ANTONIO, TX â€“ Korova*

WED 3/16 – AUSTIN, TX – SXSW

THU 3/17 – AUSTIN, TX – SXSW

FRI 3/18 – AUSTIN, TX – SXSW

SAT 3/19 – AUSTIN, TX – SXSW

SUN 3/20 – HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, AR – Valley of the Vapors

MON 3/21 – HOT SPRINGS NATIONAL PARK, AR – Valley of the Vapors (pedal workshop)

TUE 3/22 – OXFORD, MS – Proud Larrys*

WED 3/23 – GREENVILLE, SC – The Handlebar*

THU 3/24 – BALTIMORE, MD â€“ Ottobar*

*with Hooray for Earth

^with Dan Deacon, !!!, How to Dress Well & Local Natives

Speaking of APTBS, they’ve treated us to a tale of hopscotch gone awry with the video for their remix of Holy Fuck’s “Red Lights”, directed by Thomas Smith as a gift to APTBS.