R.E.M. Reveal Details for Live at the Olympia Album [Pitchfork]
Built To Spill Reveals Tracklist, Cover Art for New Album, There Is No Enemy [Pitchfork]
Stream New Os Mutantes Track, “Anagrama” [Stereogum]
Still Bummed About That Stormy Pool Party? …Trail Of Dead Announces Tour, Hits New York In September [The Tripwire]
Weezer Sinks Even Lower With Incredibly Stupid Album Title [Pitchfork]
Luckily Some People Are Good With Nomenclature. Looks Like There’s A Sampler Out From Ghostface’s Wizard Of Poetry! [Prefix]
Murdered: Samuel Ferguson, Journalist Who Broke Rick Ross Correctional Officer Story [Prefix]
Online Retailer Insound Collaborates With Designer Mike Perry To Create “Insound 10 Classic,” A Series Of Products Featuring Bands Spanning From The Voidoids to The Promise Ring [The Tripwire]
Seems Like Weezer’s Creating An Uproar. SPIN Lists Their Picks For Worst Album Titles Of 2009…Thus Far. (Say What You Will, SPIN. I Think I Love The Name Stretch Your Skull Cover And Smile) [SPIN]
by Erin Sheehy
Now a Monster of Folk, Conor Oberst Says Goodbye to Bright Eyes with Final LP [Prefix]
Leonard Cohen Announces Fall US Tour, Playing MSG [Pitchfork]
Jay-Z’s The Blueprint 3 to Feature MGMT, Inexplicably [Stereogum]
Stream New Times New Viking Track — Now with More Tape Hiss! [The Tripwire]
Modest Mouse Set August 4th Release Date for Long Awaited Odds-and-Ends EP [Pitchfork]
Os Mutantes to Release First Album in 35 Years on ANTI- [BrooklynVegan]
Yo La Tengo Announce Fall Tour, NYC Date with Black Lips [Prefix]
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Chinese Democracy Leaker Sentenced to Probation and House Arrest…Axl Rose Remains Unscathed For the Crime That Was Chinese Democracy [Billboard]
The Killers Make Video For Day & Age Track “Goodnight, Travel Well” To Raise Sex Trafficking Awareness…PSA Music Videos Have Come A Long Way Since This [Spin]
Free Music Listening Service/Music Genome Project, Pandora, Avoids Bankruptcy [The Tripwire]
Polyphonic Spree Does Shows For Southern Comfort; Dinosaur Jr. Makes Videos For Playboy (Man, I Wish That Was Exactly What It Sounds Like) [Brooklyn Vegan]
Bruce Springsteen Extends His US Tour; Two More New York Dates Added [Spin]
TMZ (Read: Unreliable) Reports That LAPD Is Treating Michael Jackson’s Death As Homicide [NME]
Stream Thom Yorke’s Cover of Mark Mulcahy’s “All For the Best,” Off the Recently Top Dog-ed Mulcahy Tribute Ciao, My Shining Star [Stereogum]
Where Do The Babies Come From? You See Son, When An All Male Lo-Fi Brooklyn Band (Woods) Loves An All-Female Lo-Fi Brooklyn Band (Vivian Girls)… [Pitchfork]
Stream Brazilian Psych-Rock Legends Os Mutantes “Teclar,” Their First Single In Nearly 30 Years [Pitchfork]
D.C.’s Shudder To Think Announce Live Album, Live From Home; Released September 15 [The Tripwire]
compiled by Max Sebela
Weekly Review
Despite the persistent downpour as of late, that antsy, endless-activity feeling of summer is starting to creep its way into the music stratosphere. Though some are promised to come out sooner than others, the number of tours and albums announced this past week alone is staggering – even the old timers are finding their way back into the storm. And talk of summer festivals and concert series, both old and new, has begun to saturate the air. Hopefully soon, the clouds will clear so we can walk away from at least some of them with that sunburn badge of honor and start listening to those new releases by the pool – or perhaps bringing them into the pool. Wet t-shirt contest, anyone?
by Elana Jacobs
Paul McCartney Scoring Soundtrack to Film Based on Children’s Book [NME]
New Air Album in October, Single Drops in July [SPIN]
Beck to Cover Classic Albums with “Record Club” [Rolling Stone]
New Concert Series at the Guggenheim featuring Grizzly Bear, High Places, The Walkmen [Brooklyn Vegan]
Watch New These Are Powers Video, “Easy Answers” [Stereogum]
Book About Merge Records to be Released September 15 [Tiny Mix Tapes]
Record Store Day Presents First Ever “Vinyl Saturday” this Weekend [Record Store Day]
Os Mutantes To Release First Album in 35 Years [NME]
Klaxons Album Now Due Next Decade [Prefix]
Woods To Tour With Dungen [Pitchfork]
compiled by Erin Sheehy
