Having released both their first studio album Ordination of the Globe Trotting Conscripts and their first "official" LP The Excusable Earthling (TMT Review) last year, Talibam! are following up with many releases this year. So many, in fact, that I now have to bust out the bullet points:

 split 7-inch with But God Created Woman on Holidays Records
 10-inch on Wallace Records
 split 12-inch on Thor’s Rubber Hammer
 limited-edition, 40-minute cassette on Stop Scratching tapes
 CD featuring a collaboration with The Peeesseye
 limited-edition cassette on Scumbag Tapes

Talibam! will also at some point head back into the studio to record their second studio album this year, but not before their upcoming tour, which includes their first Scandinavian stint and a headlining slot at the Summer Breeze WHPK 88.5 Festival. I haven’t seen them live yet, but they’re already in my top five favorite live acts.

05.01.08 - Bristol, UK - The Croft 05.02.08 - London, UK - White Chapel Gallery 05.03.08 - Birmingham, UK - The Custard Factory 05.04.08 - Salford, UK - Salford Restoration 05.05.08 - Leeds, UK - Packhorse 05.06.08 - London, UK - TBA 05.07.08 - Gothenburg, Sweden - The Villa 05.09.08 - Gothenburg, Sweden - Kulturhuset Underjorden * 05.16.08 - Chicago, IL - Ronny’s # 05.17.08 - Chicago, IL - University of Chicago Quads $ 05.21.08 - New York City, NY - Zebulon ^ 06.02.08 - New York City, NY - Club Rehab 06.09.08 - Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool

# Binges
^ The Peeesseye
* Mount Eerie, No Kids
$ Summer Breeze WHPK 88.5 Stage with Sic Alps, Bird Names, etc.