Against Me! will release The Original Cowboy on July 7th. The demos, which were recorded and mixed in a matter of hours, were meant to act as "trial run" for the As The Eternal Cowboy sessions. However, the band revisited the demos and felt them worthy for release. [www.punknews.org]
Chris Conley of Saves The Day recently announced tentative plans through the band's website to reissue 2003's In Reverie with 12 extra songs that didn't make the record. [savestheday.com]
Ezra Koenig recently told EW.com the new Vampire Weekend album is well underway. All writing has been completed and the band are now working solely on recording. The band hopes to release their sophomore album in September. [music-mix.ew.com]
Australia's Jet will release their third album, Shaka Rock, on August 25th. Stream two new songs on MySpace. [www.chartattack.com]
Tomorrow, De La Soul will release Are You In?, a 45-minute track for the Nike+ campaign. According to the group, the set "is an actual album, with eight or nine songs, not one long DJ set." The final mix was created by Flosstradamus. [www.billboard.com]
Bassist Fieldy recently told Billboard that Korn are prepping two new albums. The band's follow up to 2007's Untitled could be released "within the year" and is being produced by Ross Robinson, who worked on the band's first two albums. The second record will be a compilation of covers. [www.billboard.com]
Ben Folds is teaming up with writer Nick Hornby for a new album. Hornby is penning the lyrics and Folds will be composing the music. According to Folds, Hornby has already "written like 18 pieces," however all the songs won't make the final cut. [www.pastemagazine.com]
Atlanta's Deerhunter has announced the Rainwater Cassette Exchange, a new five-song EP, for release digitally on May 18th and in stores June 8th. The set was recorded in February with Nicolas Verhes at Rare Book Room studios in Brooklyn, NY. [www.thetripwire.com]
k-os released his new album, YES!, last week. The Toronto-based artist has now announced plans for a 10-date Canadian "YES! Karma Tour," beginning April 30th, where fans can pay their own price after seeing the show. [blogs.myspace.com]
Green Day have announced an expectedly massive North American tour in support of their forthcoming 21st Century Breakdown, due May 15th. The run kicks off July 3rd in Seattle, WA. [www.greenday.com]
Pattern Is Movement will hit the road with St. Vincent on May 19th in Somerville, MA. The Philadelphia duo is supporting their 2008 release, All Together. [www.myspace.com]
Universal Music will release an official version of the Nirvana performance at 1992's Reading Festival, following the announcement of a bootleg version, Life Takes No Prisoners, set for May 4th. The "official" version will be digitally restored from the video footage and feature all 27-songs in 5:1 surround sound. [www.nme.com]
Hot Chip are set to begin work on the follow up to 2008's Made in the Dark. Joe Goddard told BBC 6 Music the album will feature "end of the night tunes" and should be out in early 2010. [news.bbc.co.uk]
The Avett Brothers kicked off a 48-date tour last week in Indianapolis. The group's new album, I and Love and You, produced by Rick Rubin, is due on August 11th. [www.myspace.com]
Mike Skinner (aka The Streets) is currently posting new songs via Twitter. The first song is titled "I Love My Phone" and two more are expected soon. [twitter.com]
Busdriver will return on June 9th with a new album, Jhelli Beam. The album features appearances from Nick Thorburn of Islands, Deerhoof's John Dietrich and battle rapper Nocando. Check out the album details on the ANTI- website. [www.anti.com]
Conor Oberst has released the documentary One Of My Kind: The Story Of The Mystic Valley Band. The film follows the band around Mexico and Texas during the 12-month process of creating their new album, Outer South. Stream the film on Causecast or give them your email for a free HD download. [stereogum.com]
The Sounds will return with Crossing The Rubicon on June 2nd. The band will tour the US starting on April 27th and then join up with No Doubt for a longer run. [www.nme.com]
Moby will release Wait For Me on June 30th. Moby recorded the whole album at his home studio in New York's Lower East Side. He talks about the album on his journal and Pitchfork has the video for "Shot In The Back Of The Head." [moby.com]
According to Billboard, Pearl Jam are halfway finished with their new album. The band have plans to tour extensively and are working on a film with director Cameron Crowe. [www.billboard.com]
