Congrats to the Drive-By Truckers on signing to ATO Records. The band readies their 10th album, The Big To-Do on March 16, 2010. Patterson Hood is quoted in the press release describing the album as “very melodic and more rocking than anything we’ve done since disc 2 of Southern Rock Opera.” Great news, we’re sold. Expect the band to tour, as they always do, around this record. Here’s hoping they make up their canceled Milwaukee date from earlier this year.

The Big To-Do Track Listing:
1. Daddy Learned to Fly
2. The Fourth Night of My Drinking
3. Birthday Boy
4. Drag the Lake Charlie
5. The Wig He Made Her Wear
6. You Got Another
7. This Fucking Job
8. Get Downtown
9. After the Scene Dies
10. (It’s Gonna Be) I Told You So
11. Santa Fe
12. The Flying Wallendas
13. Eyes Like Glue
14. Girls Who Smoke (Bonus track – vinyl only)

Good news for fans of The Whigs (that’s us), the band has announced that their new album, In The Dark, arrives March 2, 2010 on ATO Records. This may be old news to some of you, but the band is currently offering a free download (e-mail required) of two of the new tunes “Hundred / Million” and “In the Dark.” More details here.

Download: two new tracks from the Whigs forthcoming album