OFF!, a new project featuring Keith Morris (Circle Jerks, Black Flag), Mario Rubalcaba (Hot Snakes, Rocket from the Crypt), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) and Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), will release their debut, 1st EP, through Vice Records on October 12th. Three other EPs will follow and then be compiled into First Four EPs, due out on November 23rd. [www.viceland.com]
Dredg are currently in the studio recording their fifth full-length and follow-up to 2009's The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion. As reported, the band will then join Circa Survive on a US tour through October and November. [dredg.com]
Spoon have expanded their US touring schedule into October to further push their latest full-length, Transference. They'll then cross the pond for a European trek in November. [www.tinymixtapes.com]
Soundgarden will release Telephantasm, a collection of "hits, rarities, videos, and 'Black Rain,' a previously unreleased song," on October 28th. The new track is an outtake from 1991's Badmotorfinger. The reunited group recently played Lollapalooza, but a full tour is in the works. [www.soundgardenworld.com]
The Octopus Project will release the live performance made studio album Hexadecagon on October 26th through Peek-A-Boo Records. Elements of the original shows will be part of the band's fall tour. [www.myspace.com]
Four Tet will dip back into North America during October in continued support of There Is Love In You. The stint includes an October 30th date at Moogfest in Asheville, NC. [www.fourtet.net]
Brooklyn's Callers will release their sophomore album, Life of Love, on October 12th via Western Vinyl. Like their debut, Fortune, this full-length juxtaposes "the compositional forms of jazz and post-punk." [www.myspace.com]
Iceland's Seabear will bring their dream-pop to the US this fall, in continued support of their latest effort, We Built A Fire. Watch the video for "I'll Build You A Fire" on Vimeo. [www.seabearia.com]
Dead Confederate will release their sophomore album, Sugar, on August 24th. The band recorded the album with producer John Agnello (Dinosaur Jr., Sonic Youth) and it reportedly "recalls Smashing Pumpkins' heyday." Download the first single "Giving It All Away" on the band's website. The Athens, Georgia quintet hits the road later this month. [www.myspace.com]
Black Mountain will release Wilderness Heart on September 14th through Jagjaguwar. They'll then tour North America in October and November with pyschedlic rock outfit The Black Angels. [pitchfork.com]
Philadelphia's Circa Survive have announced a fall headlining tour in support of their new album, Blue Sky Noise. Dredg, Codeseven and Animals as Leaders will open all dates. [www.circasurvive.com]
With Grinderman 2 coming on September 14th courtesy of Anti- Records, a Grinderman tour was inevitable. The group will ramble around North America in November and early December. [grinderman.com]
Hot Snakes reunited for a few songs on July 29th at The Casbah in San Diego, CA. It was easy enough since The Night Marchers and Obits were touring together at the time. YouTube user gonesavage recorded videos of the performances. The Snakes bowed out with Peel Sessions in 2005. [www.punknews.org]
Stone Temple Pilots are two dates into a 37-show run in support of their new self-titled album. The trek ends in mid-October. [stonetemplepilots.com]
Avey Tare (Animal Collective) will release his solo debut, Down There, through Paw Tracks on October 26th. The record is described as "a murky world of sound, an alien death world." The Collective's Deakin helmed the boards at the Good House studios in upstate New York. [stereogum.com]
Saratoga Springs' Phantogram will head out on their own headlining tour in September and October, further supporting Eyelid Movies. Josiah Wolf will open the show on most dates. [www.myspace.com]
Glassjaw are finally starting to put some of this rumored and long-awaited musical output into the world. The Long Island hardcore act is releasing a vinyl single for "All Good Junkies Go To Heaven" on August 20th. [merchdirect.com]
Tegan and Sara will release The Official Vinyl Collection Box Set on August 31st. The set includes five albums (This Business of Art, If It Was You, So Jealous, The Con and Sainthood) and a bonus record, Home Recordings, featuring nine demos "dating back to the recording of So Jealous." [teganandsara.com]
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan will release a new album, Hawk, on August 24th through Vanguard Records. The full-length features performances from Willy Mason and James Iha. The duo will play their first US shows ever in October, with Mason as the supporting act. [blogs.myspace.com]
LCD Soundsystem is several dates into their worldwide tour in support of This is Happening. Sleigh Bells will join James Murphy for most of North America, while Hot Chip will support in the US and UK. [consequenceofsound.net]
