From the Chicago Reader:

The surviving members of Silkworm, bassist Tim Midgett and guitarist Andy Cohen, have just finished mixing the last songs they recorded with drummer Michael Dahlquist before he died in a July 2005 car crash along with fellow musicians Doug Meis and John Glick. Four originals and a rendition of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Wrote a Song for Everyone” were tracked at Electrical Audio last spring; these, along with an old live version of Bob Dylan’s “Spanish Harlem Incident” by the Crust Brothers, Silkworm’s covers project with Stephen Malkmus, will be released as an EP on Gerard Cosloy’s 12XU label, probably in the late fall.

In August the Michigan label Genuflect Records will release a Silkworm tribute, An Idiot to Not Appreciate Your Time, which has been in the planning stages since before Dahlquist’s death. The final track listing isn’t settled yet, but the disc will include at least 20 Silkworm covers by indie acts from around the U.S. and Europe.

Bottomless Pit, Midgett and Cohen’s post-Silkworm band with Chris Manfrin of Seam on drums and Brian Orchard from .22 on bass, will begin recording its first dozen songs in June with engineer Greg Norman. The group has played a handful of shows since debuting quietly last November and is tentatively planning to tour a bit with Magnolia Electric Co. in the fall. On June 14 they’ll share a bill with Portland’s Eux Autres at Schubas