The Arcade Fire will release Miroir Noir, a 70-minute documentary on the making of Neon Bible, on December 15th through miroir-noir.com. The film was directed by Vincent Morisset and includes live performance footage from Vincent Moon. [stereogum.com]
Someone needs to give Billy Corgan a hug. He recently told NME that Smashing Pumpkins "will not release any new albums in the future." Apparently, the reception of Zeitgeist was not to his liking, so the Pumpkins will now function as a "singles band." [www.nme.com]
The Decemberists new album, Hazards of Love, is due on March 24th via Capitol. According to Billboard, the record features performances from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, Jim James of My Morning Jacket and Robyn Hitchcock. [www.billboard.com]
Pearl Jam will reissue Ten on March 24th, 2009. The album will be released in four different packages. Hit up pearljam.com for details on each of the four packages. [www.pearljam.com]
Patrick Wolf will release his fourth full-length, Battle, this spring through his own Bloody Chamber. However, he needs your help. Visit Wolf's project on Bandstocks to learn more. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
We hinted at this a while back, but PJ Harvey has now completed a new record with John Parish. Island Records will issue A Woman A Man Walked By on March 30th. [www.nme.com]
Team Love, the record label founded by Conor Oberst back in 2003, has established The Team Love Library. According to the label: "each month (or so) we’ll be rotating the Library’s selections, featuring different Team Love albums as well as exclusive content." Go sign up for a library card. [team-love.com]
...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead have set February 17th as the release date for The Century of Self. Billboard has the track list and additional details. [www.billboard.com]
Editors have revealed their new album will have an "electronic sheen to it." Frontman Tom Smith further stated that new demos sound like a possible Bladerunner soundtrack and that the band has been listening to "the Terminator theme quite a lot." The group will take their 18 songs into the studio in February 2009. [www.bbc.co.uk]
Lockett Pundt of Deerhunter will release The Floodlight Collective, the debut album from Lotus Plaza (his own side project) on March 23rd via Kranky. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Sweden's The Soundtrack of Our Lives will issue Communion, a 24-track, double album, on March 3rd. The digital version will drop January 6th. Stream "Flipside" over on Rolling Stone. [www.rollingstone.com]
Mike Ness recently spoke with the OC Register and revealed his next project may be a new album from Social Distortion. The group's last album, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll, was released in 2004. Read the rest of the profile on the OC Register website. [www.ocregister.com]
BLK JKS have inked a deal with Secretly Canadian. The label will reissue the band's Mystery EP, which was produced by Brandon Curtis of Secret Machines. You can download the EP for free until January 5th at eMusic or Other Music. Digforfire.tv have short documentary about the South African, dub metal band. [www.prefixmag.com]
The rumors are true: The Roots are confirmed to be Jimmy Fallon's house band as he takes over for Conan on March 2nd, 2009. Proof can be viewed at the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon website.
Akron/Family have signed with Dead Oceans and will release their Love Is Simple follow-up in April 2009. [www.billboard.com]
M. Ward has announced a tour in support of his new album, Hold Time, due February 17th via Merge. The tour kicks off in Boston, MA on February 18th. [mergerecords.com]
Blur have announced a reunion show (Graham Coxon included) at London's Hyde Park on July 3rd, 2009. NME has exclusive video of the band discussing the reunion. Update: The band have added a second date on July 2nd. [www.nme.com]
Brian Wilson will release the Lucky Old Sun DVD on January 27th. The DVD features a live performance of the full album at Capitol Studios, a feature-length documentary called Going Home, a track-by-track commentary and behind-the-scenes footage shot during the recording of That Lucky Old Sun. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Doves are set to release their fourth full-length in April 2009 on Astralwerks. Jimi Goodwin recently talked with Billboard and revealed the first single to be "Kingdom of Rust." [www.billboard.com]
Squarepusher will release the Numbers Lucent EP on January 20th via Warp. According to Warp, the EP is "6 self styled explorations of dance floor psychedelia." [warprecords.com]
