New York label Swill Children is continuing their ongoing split seven-inch series with a split between Montreal's Dead Wife and New York's own Hunters. The track from Hunters is called "Deadbeat," which was produced by one-time Smashing Pumpkin James Iha and mixed by Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner.

Without knowing about the high-profile knob-twiddlers, this track is a bass-heavy, mid-tempo stomper that occupies a similar modern grunge terrain as Olympia bands like Gun Outfit and Milk Music. The track is definitely produced well, and there is a thick blanket of feedback that suggests Iha's presence, but the alt-rock luminaries involved are far from the selling point of "Deadbeat."

http://exclaim.ca/MusicVideo/ClickHear/hunters-deadbeat_produced_by_james_iha

Here is a the part of the recent interview that mentioned James Iha and TSP. Thanks to Kendra for posting this on the jamesiha.org boards.

Interviewer: I saw the Smashing Pumpkins recently. It felt like Billy [Corgan] was rushing to get some of his more well-known songs out of the way so he could play the new stuff. Can you relate to that kind of feeling?

Maynard: No, no. I mean, especially since James Iha’s not in the band, I can’t really relate to the fact that Smashing Pumpkins are out there.

A Perfect Circle's Twitter page confirms that James Iha is part of the band's latest touring line up. The band has announced shows in five cities, including four cities with three night stops where a different APC album will be played in its entirety each night.

The three-night shows will be in Phoenix (Marquee Theatre), Los Angeles (Avalon), Seattle (Showbox at The Market) and San Francisco (The Fillmore). A two-night show will be played in Las Vegas (The Pearl), featuring Mer de Noms and Thirteenth Step.

The band is scheduled to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live on October 27.

James appears on Mark Lanegan and Isobel Campbell's new album, Hawk. The album is due for release on August 23.

Update (6/8/10): James appears on the track "You Won't Let Me Down Again." (Guide magazine)

Check out Ocean Sound Recording's facebook album of James recording with Raymond & Maria in April.

James has an official website again, hooray! (It's not bright yellow this time.)

jamesiha.com

And just in case you've been living under a rock (like me), he's got a facebook page and a MySpace page, so check those out too.

James contributed to the soundtrack of another Japanese film, called Kakera: A Piece of Our Life.

Click here to read a bit about how James came to be involved in the film.

Visit the official movie site to see a trailer and hear some of James's score.

James contributed his e-bow skillz to the track "Follow The Map" on Melissa Auf der Maur's latest release, Out Of Our Minds.

You can listen to the song here.

According to spinner.com, Tinted Windows is releasing "Back With You" as their second single...possibly with some previously unreleased B-sides. "Back With You" is one of two tracks written by James for the Tinted Windows album released in April 2009.

James is entering the realm of fashion yet again. He's worked with United Bamboo to release a set of sweaters inspired by stained glass; the sweaters will be part of a box set that also includes a record by James and Britta Phillips (of Jem fame).

James has previously worked on soundtracks for United Bamboo's runway shows.

See the sweaters here and another blurb here.