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A few new tour dates have been announced for Europe in the summer. In addition, Owen will be headlining Arboretum Arts Festival in Ottawa. Heartland Festival, the Swiss music festival named after the album, will have its lineup curated by Owen this year.

Some YouTube videos from the recent tour with Grizzly Bear:

"Half Gate"
"Infernal Fantasy"
"Soldier's Rock"
"Song for Five or Six" at Milwaukee
"Song for Five or Six" at Kansas City
"Song for Five or Six" at Dallas
"The Riverbed"

Jim Guthrie's new album Takes Time has violin by Owen Pallett on the song "Wish I Were You".

It has been over a decade since Owen first arranged for Jim Guthrie at the beginning of his career.

The National's new album Trouble Will Find Me has violin by Owen on the song "I Need My Girl". The song debuted back in 2011 on Q TV.

Death Speaks, the David Lang piece performed by Shara Worden, Bryce Dessner (from The National), Nico Muhly, and Owen Pallett, has been released.

David Lang relates Franz Schubert to modern indie rock and asks, "What would it be like to put together an ensemble of successful indie composer-performers and invite them back into classical music, the world from which they sprang?"

At Weird Canada's Wyrd IV show, Owen played violin and piano for a collaborative set between Jennifer Castle and Wyrd Visions. Mechanical Forest Sound recorded their performance of "You Don't Have to Be", a song by Jennifer Castle.

If you use the iOS/Android app Snapchat, add Owen at speccyoxen. The screenshot at the left was taken by wibnutler.

At Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' show on March 23 in Toronto, Owen Pallett and members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor comprised the string section. Also present was a local children's choir along with opener Sharon Van Etten.

Nicole Mercedes performed a cover of "This Is the Dream of Win & Regine".

In the novel Lake on the Mountain: A Dan Sharp Mystery by Jeffrey Round, in chapter 16 ("The Dog Days of Autumn"), on pages 272–3, Owen Pallett is name dropped. Here is the excerpt:

The Wait is a film written and directed by M Blash about grief: Two sisters (Jena Malone and Chloë Sevigny) hope for their dead mother's resurrection after receiving a call from a psychic. The film premieres this week at the SXSW Film Festival. The score is composed by Owen Pallett and its release has not yet been determined.

M Blash had previously directed the music videos for "Blue Imelda" and "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt".

La Blogothèque has published a set of Take-Away Shows from MusicNOW 2011 and 2012. In the last video, Owen Pallett covers "Canary" by The Luyas, for whose album he had performed and arranged. After the credits is a rehearsal clip with The National.

We can also take this opportunity to look back on Owen's first Take-Away Show, when he played "Your Light Is Spent" and "Horsetail Feathers".

Grizzly Bear will be supported by Owen Pallett for their American tour in spring. Check their tour page for the latest. Watch a video of them performing "Half Gate" with Owen on violin.

The Guardian has a short interview with Owen Pallett interspersed with rehearsal clips—watch from 0:40 to 1:40. Owen wrote about the issues of performing in acoustic venues on the forum.

The first video recording of new song "The Secret Seven" is on YouTube.

Monolithe has a series of clips from a 2011 show in France. The gist of the French captions is the interviewer has no idea what Owen is talking about (touring and pedals) and is simply mesmerized by his facial features/body parts. Skip to 9:50 for a tragic tale.

Owen played violin for Titus Andronicus at their show in Toronto.

Ola Vikås interviewed Owen Pallett for the Norwegian music site GAFFA in September and has kindly provided us with a full translation. Owen talked about his experience playing at a metal festival, inspiration from Brian Eno and John Darnielle, as well as how he deals with his mental problems in life and on In Conflict. The title of the interview is taken from this quote by Owen: "In many ways, I see myself as a gladiator, that is probably the best image. I stand with my violin and fight a thousand drunk audiences."