MUSIC NEWS - Glad to hear that the Swedish trio, Peter Bjorn and John have booked a batch of US/Canadian shows to promote their upcoming studio album release, "Living Thing" (March 31 release). They'll take a spring trip of twelve citites begining on April 21 in Minneapolis, then to the East Coast (mainly); Montreal (4/27), NYC (4/29) and Philadelphia (5/1) are on the roster (full details are listed below). The upcoming "Living Thing" releases comes to us quickly after their fall '08 release of "Seaside Rock". SR was a mostly instrumental package that the band released only on vinyl and digitally. Their label, Wichita Records, tells us the new set, was produced by Lars Marten and recorded in Stockholm, NYC and LA, and features an "unprecedented level of input from the band and reflects the musical tastes, influences and personality of each individual member more than any previous PB+J album." We already know Kanye West likes the new single, "Nothing to Worry About". He was given an advance copy, and praised the tune on his Kanyeuniversity, as well as leaked it to the Internet. Order a copy of Living Thing from MNN !