Bela Fleck & The Flecktones will return on May 17th with Rocket Science through eOne Music. For the first time in 20 years, pianist/harmonica player Howard Levy will join Bela, Victor and Future Man. Glide Magazine has dates for the band's May/June tour. [www.flecktones.com]
According to Billboard, The Beach Boys will release their lost album, SMiLE, later this year as The Smile Sessions, with full support and input from all remaining original members. According to the Guardian, the record will be issued "on iTunes; as a two-CD set; and in a box set with four CDs, two vinyl LPs, two vinyl singles and a 60-page book." [www.billboard.com]
Atlanta's Black Lips will release Arabia Mountain on June 7th. The group tapped producer Mark Ronson for the recording. Paste Magazine has the track list. [www.pastemagazine.com]
Throughout the week, House of Fools will live stream their studio sessions, while the band hunkers down to complete their new album, due later this year. Follow the band on Twitter for the heads up and then tune in via Ustream. In case you missed it, check out new track "Dogfight" for a taste of what's to come. [www.houseoffools.net]
The new Thurston Moore solo album (produced by Beck) we previously thought was named Benediction is now to be called Demolished Thoughts. The record will be released on May 24th through Matador. Stream and download "Benediction" in Music. [www.matadorrecords.com]
Face to Face will release Laugh Now... Laugh Later on May 17th through Antagonist Records/Century Media. A headlining tour is scheduled to begin on April 27th in Vancouver, BC and run through early June. [www.absolutepunk.net]
According to Rolling Stone, Justin Vernon will release a new Bon Iver album "sometime in June." Sides projects and Kanye West aside, Vernon originally self-released For Emma, Forever Ago in 2007. This record is getting into "long-awaited" status. [www.rollingstone.com]
Primus have announced a headlining tour, kicking off at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, IN and wrapping up at Bonnaroo. Most recently, the band announced a one-off show with The Flaming Lips at Colorado's Red Rocks on August 3rd. As previously reported, Primus are nearly done with their new album, the first since 1999's Anitpop. [primustickets.musictoday.com]
Scottish post-rock quartet Penguins Kill Polar Bears released their North American debut, Vessels & Veins, earlier this week. The band are currently in the studio with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Thrice) working on their new full-length. They will take a break to join this year's Take Action Tour, kicking off April 22nd in Boston, MA. [www.dromedary-records.com]
Explosions in the Sky have announced a tour in support of their forthcoming album, Take Care, Take Care, Take Care, due April 26th. The tour kicks off in Oxford, MS on April 1st. Stream album track "Trembling Hands" on SoundCloud. [temporaryresidence.com]
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Mumford & Sons and Old Crowe Medicine Show will embark on the Railroad Revival Tour on April 21st in Oakland, CA at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. The six-date, spring tour will travel "exclusively in vintage railcars" and "journey across the American Southwest over the course of a week." [railroadrevivaltour.com]
Junior Boys will return on June 7th June 14th with It's All True through Domino Records. The label has the cover art, track list and a download of the track "ep." You can also stream said song on SoundCloud. The duo will tour Canada in June.
[www.dominorecordco.us]
T.R.A.M. is a new project featuring Adrian Terrazas (The Mars Volta), Javier Reyes, Tosin Abasi (Animals As Leaders) and Eric Moore (Suicidal Tendencies). The group has signed to Sumerian Records and will release their debut album, Lingua Franca, in May. [www.facebook.com]
London's Still Corners have signed with Sub Pop, with a label debut due summer 2011. Check out their current catalog on Bandcamp and watch the video for "Wish" on Vimeo. [www.subpop.com]
Ryan Adams will release the Class Mythology EP as a double 7" for Record Store Day (April 16th) through his own PAX AM Records. According to Wax Poetic, the featured songs are "unreleased outtakes from the Cardinology era." [www.twentyfourbit.com]
New Orleans' Quintron will release a new full-length, Sucre du Sauvage, on April 12th through Goner Records. The two-part album features the usual Quintron fare accompanied by a series of field recordings. The material was recorded as part of the "Parallel Universe" exhibit for the New Orleans Museum of Art. [solidpr.blogspot.com]
Dead Cab for Cutie has announced a spring tour around their forthcoming album, Codes and Keys, due May 31st (also look out for the new DVD, Live at the Mt. Baker Theatre). The Lonely Forest will warm up the crowd on most dates, with Bright Eyes taking over for a few. Check out the album artwork and track list on Stereogum. Lastly, TwentyFourBit has streams of Ben Gibbard performing two new Death Cab tracks. [www.spin.com]
Saves The Day have signed with New York's Razor & Tie Records. As previously reported, the band will release their third concept record, Daybreak, in late spring. [propertyofzack.com]
The Chemical Brothers have recorded a score for the forthcoming Joe Wright film Hanna (Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana). The movie drops on April 8th, but the soundtrack is available now. Stream several tracks on SoundCloud. [www.thechemicalbrothers.com]
Cymbals Eat Guitars have signed with Barsuk Records. The will hit the studio this month with producer John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., Kurt Vile). A fall tour is currently in the works. Check out the band's Guided By Voices cover of "Gleemer" on YouTube. [www.barsuk.com]
