Ben Kweller will return on February 3rd, 2009 with Changing Horses via ATO. The album was mostly recorded in Austin, TX and is reportedly a "straight up country affair." [kweller.net]

Between The Buried And Me have started writing their follow-up to 2007's Colors. The band have setup a blog to chronicle the process, but readily admit it may not be updated often. [www.punknews.org]

Weezer have released the Christmas With Weezer EP digitally on Amazon. The EP compiles the six tracks the band recorded for the Tap Tap Revenge iPhone game. [www.nme.com]

According to Paramount, Brian Eno has signed on to do the score for the upcoming Peter Jackson film Lovely Bones. [www.guardian.co.uk]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have posted "All I Want For Christmas" on their MySpace page to tide fans over until the release of their new album in 2009. According to their blog, the band is quickly "approaching the finishing line." [angryape.com]

Frontman Aaron Dessner of The National revealed to Billboard that the band are "pretty far into the process of writing" the follow-up to 2007's Boxer. However, the group won't enter a Brooklyn studio to begin recording until April 2009. [www.billboard.com]

The Hold Steady have announced 2009 tour dates in continued support of Stay Positive. War On Drugs will support. [www.thetripwire.com]

Coheed and Cambria will release Neverender, The Children of the Fence boxset on March 17th, 2009, to commemorate their NYC shows of the same name. The nine-disc set includes four live DVDs, four live audio CDs, one documentary DVD and a 10x10 hardcover photo book. A condensed two-disc DVD will also be made available.

Plaid have reportedly completed work on their new full-length, Scintilli. The album will be released in 2009 through Warp, natch.

The Dave Matthews Band have announced spring tour dates in support of their forthcoming, Rob Cavallo produced album, due April 12th June 2nd. The Avett Brothers, who have a new, Rick Rubin produced full-length due out in 2009, have been announced as the opening act for many of this first string of dates. [www.rollingstone.com]

Bell Orchestre have inked a deal with Arts & Crafts to release a new album, produce by John McEntire (Tortoise, The Sea and Cake), in early 2009. The band includes Reed Perry and Sarah Neufeld of Arcade Fire. Their debut, Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light, was released in 2005 on Rough Trade. [tinymixtapes.com]

Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think will release a solo album, The Happiness Project, on February 14th via Arts & Crafts. For the album, Spearin interviewed a number of people about the subject of happiness and then attempted to replicate the cadence of their answers. [www.happiness-project.ca]

The new album from A Camp, Colonia, is set for an April 28th US release, but Europe is still getting it on February 2nd. Former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha and Kevin March of Guided By Voices appear on the record. [www.nme.com]

Geoff Barrow recently told BBC 6 Music that Portishead have decided to work on a fourth album in 2009. Barrow revealed that after a break the band will "plough onto" the recording as well as make plans to get on the road. Barrow hinted at a fourth album in September, so looks like this news is going to stick. [www.bbc.co.uk]

Sweden's Lykke Li has announced a North American tour for early 2009. The trek is in continued support of her debut full-length, Youth Novels, which was released in February. [www.livedaily.com]

One day of the second annual All Tomorrow's Parties Festival New York will be curated by The Flaming Lips. The festival will be held September 11-13, 2009 at Kutsher's Country Club in Monticello, NY. Other confirmed performers include Panda Bear, Atlas Sound and Animal Collective. [www.billboard.com]

Hot Chip will release the digital EP, Hot Chip With Robert Wyatt And Geese, on December 22nd. The release features collaborations with, you guessed it, Robert Wyatt and Geese. Snag a free MP3 from the EP via Parlophone. [angryape.com]

In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, Ben Gibbard of Death Cab For Cutie quashed all hope for a second album from The Postal Service. Gibbard stated, "there never really was a plan to do a second album" and that the idea of a new record is a "far bigger deal for everybody except the two of us." [www.rollingstone.com]

Swedish site 1000apor have the video for "Take Your Hands Off That Girl" "Lay It Down," the first song from the forthcoming Peter Bjorn and John album, tentatively titled Living Thing. [www.1000apor.se]

Blabbermouth has an interesting collection of answers from last week's Axl Rose Q&A on the two preeminent Guns N' Roses fan sites. Rose finally talks about Chinese Democracy. [www.roadrunnerrecords.com]