Kanye West will now release 808s and Heartbreak on November 25th. The Def Jam album was previously expected on December 16th. The album is preceded by the two singles "Heartless" and "Love Lockdown." [www.billboard.com]
Andrew Bird will release a new album, Noble Beast, through Fat Possum on January 27th. Pitchfork has the track list and a stream of "Oh No" from said record. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
To lead into their next record, Poison The Well has planned a 7-inch series culled from material recorded during sessions for 2007's Versions. The first release, I / III, will drop on November 11th both digitally and as a 7-inch. The group will hit the studio in November with producer J. Robbins. [blog.myspace.com]
Tom Morello has denied claims that Rage Against The Machine are writing and recording any new material. [angryape.com]
Spin has exclusive in-studio videos of ...And Your Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead performing "Bells of Creation" and "Fields of Coal" from their forthcoming full-length, due January 2009. [www.spin.com]
Chromeo told Billboard they will hit the studio in November to record the follow-up to Fancy Footwork. Meanwhile, the duo have a few more North American live dates this month. [www.billboard.com]
The Killers have firmed up the track list for the forthcoming album, Day and Age. The album hits US shores November 25th and AngryApe has the full track list. [angryape.com]
According to Pitchfork, Feist has plans to aid various Canadian charities during her Fall tour of Canada. Among those receiving assistance are Doctors Without Borders and War Child Canada. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Clinic has named their forthcoming UK tour "Planetarium of the Soul" and have tapped animator Clemens Habicht to create "a contemporary vortex of psychedelic sight and sound." Scheduled dates can be found at Domino. [www.dominorecordco.com]
Cat Power will release the Dark End of the Street EP on December 9th through Matador. The EP contains six covers and Pitchfork has all the details. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Spinner.com has the video "Wannabe in LA" from the forthcoming Eagles of Death Metal album, Heart On. It borrows a little too much from David Fincher's video for Nine Inch Nail's "Only." [www.spinner.com]
AngryApe has upcoming tour dates for CSS, in support of their latest release, Donkey. The North American tour runs December 9th through the 20th. [angryape.com]
Pitchfork has the latest cover for the forthcoming Deerhunter album, Microcastle, due October 28th through Kranky. A bonus disc titled Weird Era Cont. will now be included. Stream a few songs over on MySpace. Said album is already available digitally. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
According to Prefix, The Von Bondies will finally return on February 3rd, 2009 with Love, Hate, and Then There's You on Majordomo. [www.prefixmag.com]
Stereogum has a video and MP3 of "The Butcher," a track taken from the recently released Final Fantasy EP, Spectrum, 14th Century. Next up is Plays to Please, another EP of tracks due October 21st. Finally, Owen Pallett will drop Heartland, the follow-up to He Poos Clouds, before the end of the year. Pitchfork has all the details. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
The debut album from Death Cab for Cutie, Something About Airplanes, turns 10 this there and will get the deluxe reissue treatment on November 25th via Barsuk. Death Cab have all the details on their site. [deathcabforcutie.com]
Today, MSTRKRFT kicked off a club tour that will culminate with the Fabulous Festival in Las Vegas on November 1st. LiveDaily has all the dates. The duo's new album, Fist of God, is due January 6th, 2009 on Dim Mak. [www.livedaily.com]
Four years after their farewell show, Phish have announced they will reunite for a three-night residency in Hampton, VA in March 2009 (and additional touring through the year). Billboard has all the details. [www.billboard.com]
As reported, Tom Gabel of Against Me! has recorded an EP's worth of solo material. Plans have been made to release the EP, now titled Heart Burns, on October 28th through Sire. Gable has promised to post a video on MySpace each Wednesday until EP's release. The first, a video for "100 Years of War," is already online. Finally, keep up with Gabel on his blog and check out his solo tour dates after the jump.
Minus The Bear will release the Acoustics EP digitally on October 7th and physical copies exclusively on their forthcoming tour. The EP features acoustic back-catalog favorites and an new track titled "Guns & Ammo." Punknews has the tour dates. [www.punknews.org]
