TUESDAY SHORTS

- Peter Hook of New Order will be spinning at Hiro next Thursday, at the official afterparty for the band's Hammerstein Ballroom show. Alex English, Alex Malfunction, and Shawn Christiansen are also on the bill, and a limited number of $8 advance tickets will be available starting tomorrow at the GBH website. You can also get in for $12 at the door, but I have to think the line will be brutal.

- I've only been listening to it for a couple days, but I'm completely enamored with Art Brut's debut full-length Bang, Bang, Rock and Roll, out in the UK on May 23. It's wonderfully tossed off, raw and catchy with singalong choruses and laugh-out-loud lyrics throughout - a bit like what I was hoping to get (but didn't) with the Louis XIV full-length. (Jason pledged his love to Art Brut's first single "Formed A Band" back in December.)

- The follow-up to Optimo's fantastic How To Kill The DJ [Part 2] mix (which I gushed about here) is officially out overseas. It's called Psyche Out - read all about it and check out the tracklisting here. Rest assured, I'll be talking more about this one once I've heard it.

- Download "Come On, Feel the Illinoise" (brilliant title) from the upcoming Sufjan Stevens album Illinois over at TTIKTDA. If you prefer Sufjan's Greetings from Michigan sound to the stripped-down folk of Seven Swans, you'll dig this tune. (I thought both albums were great, and I have high hopes for Illinois as well.)

- ProductshopNYC reports that Coldplay will be recording a VH1 Storytellers show on May 16 at BAM (guestlist only) and then doing a proper show the next night at the Beacon Theatre. No details on tickets yet, but I'm sure they'll be impossible to come by. You'll get more chances to see them this summer, though, and PSNYC also reports they'll be joined by Franz Ferdinand on tour then.

- As far as I can tell, this is actually not a joke - though I can't see the RIAA letting this staying up for long. Buy an iPod preloaded with all the "cool" music at Hipsterpod.com.

EDIT - Looks like someone got to them - Hipsterpod.com is now down.