Jawbox re-releases, other DeSoto Records news

De Soto Records (owned by ex-Jawbox husband and wife team Kim Coletta and Bill Barbot) has gotten the rights back for both of Jawbox's major label releases. The tentative plan is to re-release both albums in the next year, possibly with added DVD content.

• Kim Coletta, that bass player extraordinaire, has begun work on a children's record with Susie Tennant
• J. Robbins' new band, Channels, be releasing an EP titled "Open" on DeSoto on September 7
• Maritime, featuring ½ of The Promise Ring and ¼ of the Dismemberment Plan, will be releasing a full length, "Glass Floor," on DeSoto on May 31.