Morrissey and Johnny Marr have joined forces to prepare the November 4th release of The Sound Of The Smiths, a compilation of singles and rarities culled from The Smiths canon. NME has the full track list for both discs. [www.nme.com]
Stereogum has the video for "Confessor," this first single from the forthcoming Annuals album Such Fun. The 'Gum also has Fall tour dates in support of the October 7th release date. [stereogum.com]
Franz Ferdinand recently talked to BBC about the direction of the You Could Have It So Much Better follow-up, due in 2009. Alex Kapranos stated the new record is "a bit friendlier for the dancefloor." Update: The new record will be simply titled Tonight. [www.nme.com]
Pitchfork has an interview with Conrad Keely of …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. Keely discusses the band's forthcoming album and EP as well as parting ways with Interscope. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
New Pornographer's A.C. Newman will release a new solo record, Get Guilty, on January 20th, 2009 through Matador. Stereogum has the album art for the record. [stereogum.com]
According to NME, Future Of The Left have announced plans to release Last Night I Saved Her From Vampires, a live album recorded in London on August 20th. A proper release is set for 2009. [www.nme.com]
The Dears recently sent a message out to fans regarding the leak of their new album, Missiles, due October 21st through Arts & Crafts. While not exactly condoning the leak, they have at least embraced it and are appealing to people's better nature. Read the full statement at Prefix. [www.prefixmag.com]
According to Aversion, Silversun Pickups are hard at work on their follow-up to Carnavas, which carries the working title of Swoon. The album is expected in early 2009. [www.aversion.com]
The Rosebuds will head out in support of their new album, Life Like, in October with neighbors Megafun. Life Like will hit stores October 7th. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Prefix recently interviewed Geoff Barrow of Portishead. When asked about the proposition of another album, Barrow replied "[there] definitely will be a fourth album." Barrow went to state he's shooting for a 2010 release. [www.prefixmag.com]
Spinner.com has an MP3 the "Phony Revolutions" the first song released from the forthcoming Crooked Fingers album, Forfeit/Fortune. The album is due October 7th and more album details can be found at crookedfingers.com. [www.spinner.com]
Against Me! have premiered their new video for "Borne on the FM Airwaves" from New Wave on Spinner.com. The song and video features Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara. [www.spinner.com]
Brian Wilson will tour the US in support of That Lucky Old Sun, his latest album, in November. Stream a few tracks from the new record on MySpace. Get all the dates and details over at NME. [www.nme.com]
Cale Parks will release Sparklace, a new solo album, through Polyvinyl on November 4th. Stereogum has an MP3 of "Some Sew, Some Find" from said album. [stereogum.com]
Broken Social Scene have added more dates for the Fall tour in support of the album Something For All of Us, the brainchild of member Brendan Canning. Pitchfork has an interview with Canning about his album and the next Broken Social Scene record. [www.brokensocialscene.ca]
Stereogum has a stream of the new Vampire Weekend track, "Ottoman," which appears on the soundtrack of the upcoming flick Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist. [stereogum.com]
Following the remix project for "Nude" from In Rainbows, Radiohead have released another Rainbows track, "Reckoner," for remixing. Fans can now buy the six individual "stems" for said song. [www.radioheadremix.com]
The 22nd annual Bridge School Benefit will be held in Mountain View, CA on October 25th and 26th. This year's lineup will include Death Cab for Cutie, Wilco, Cat Power, Smashing Pumpkins, ZZ Top, Norah Jones, Josh Groban, and Jack Johnson. [www.billboard.com]
Graham Coxon apparently felt the need to respond to a recent statement by Damon Albarn that Blur is over (five years without an album wasn't clue enough). The post was made to Blur's message board, but NME saved you the trouble of having to browse through the pages of threads. [www.nme.com]
Deftones recently released the second in a series of in-studio videos on MySpace. The recording sessions are for their new album, Eros, due some time next year. [www.roadrunnerrecords.com]
