James will be a special guest of Shilpa Ray's in May at Rough Trade NYC for her record release gig courtesy of Northern Spy Records. Tickets go on sale on Friday at noon here.
Also, this weekend, check out Henry Rollins (2.13.61) radio show this coming Sunday (on KCRW) to hear him bust out a track or two from James Chance Official's CONTORTIONS 'Buy' LP, the no wave avant jazz classic out now on FUTURISMO Inc.