What better way to catch the twilight display of autumn leaves falling by wrapping up in your scarf and hat, and going to watch the best singer-songwriter of our time? Oh yes, it’s Mark Kozelek and he’s on tour this month, here are the dates :

October

07 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
10 Torres Novas, Portugal – Vagabundo Festival
11 Aveiro, Portugal – Vagabundo Festival
12 Torres Vedras, Portugal – Vagabundo Festival
14 Barcelona, Spain – Heliogàbal
15 Madrid, Spain – El Sol
16 Seville, Spain – Sala Malandar
17 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain – Cicca
19 Malmõ, Sweden – KB
20 Gothenberg, Sweden – Stenammarsalen
21 Stockholm, Sweden – Sodra Teatern
22 Copenhagen, Denmark – Jazzhouse
24 Tel Aviv, Israel – Zappa Club
27 London, England – Union Chapel
28 Birmingham, England – Leamington the Assembly
29 Brighton, England – All Saints Church

Just a word of warning, don’t expect any of this sensitive misunderstood Conor Oberst type performer, As you can see below MK is a tough guy who is into boxing and he doesn’t take any shit, and he might want to sleep with your girlfriend, just warning you…

In other news, today is the day the new Julie Ruin album is out. Forget all the boring hype around the sleepy-sister band Haim, go and get the new Kathleen Hanna album instead. It will rock your world.

And if you haven’t yet seen David Bowie’s top 100 books, here is the link. It’s quite fun, although not particularlly surprising (George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, etc)