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New Pornographers Take on Challengers

The New Pornographers will release Challengers on August 21 via Matador, which will feature 9 tracks penned by Carl Newman and three from Dan Bejar.  All will be awesome.

Check out the bad-ass (for indie pop) cover below, followed by the official tracklist.

Challengers tracklist:

01 My Rights Versus Yours
02 All the Old Showstoppers
03 Challengers
04 Myriad Harbour
05 All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth
06 Failsafe
07 Unguided
08 Entering White Cecilia
09 Go Places
10 Mutiny, I Promise You
11 Adventures in Solitude
12 The Spirit of Giving

Download: The New Pornographers - "My Rights Versus Yours" off of Challengers

Interpol Reveals Album Cover Art

After busting on the Pumpkins for that humdrum Zeitgeist cover, we've got to at least give Interpol points for trying - But do any of you really think of African safaris when you hear "The Heinrich Maneuver"?