Keeley Davis of Engine Down has formed a new post-rock band, Hek Orkest, with a slew of other band alumni. The group will play a couple shows in Richmond, VA during September and you can download two sample tracks from their website. [www.heksorkest.com]
The Raveonettes will release their new album, In And Out Of Control, through Vice Records on October 6th. You can download the an MP3 of the song "Suicide" on the Vice blog. [www.nme.com]
Phish will release their eleventh album, Joy, on September 8th. The album was recorded in New York earlier this year with producer Steve Lillywhite. Billboard has the complete details. [www.billboard.com]
Paramore will kick off a headlining tour in support of their new album, Brand New Eyes, at Pomona, CA on September 29th, the same day the album drops. Spin has an album preview. [www.spin.com]
The UK's Wild Beasts will drop their new album, Two Dancers, via Domino in the US on September 8th (the UK got it on August 3rd). Check out the track "All The King's Men" in Music.
DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid will release his sixth album, The Secret Song, on October 6th through Thirsty Ear. The album is "a groundbreaking meditation on hip-hop and electronic music's relationship to philosophy, economics, and the science of sound." Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, The Jungle Brothers, The Coup, Rob Swift and Mike Ladd contributed performances. [www.myspace.com]
According to Vagrant, the physical release of the Beggars, the new album from Thrice, has been pushed up to September 15th (in reaction to an early leak). To beef up the offering, the band is bundling a download card with five bonus tracks. The album was digitally released exclusively through iTunes today. Read all the details on the Thrice blog. [www.thrice.net]
Sufjan Stevens has announced a North American club tour this fall presumably in support of his soundtrack release for the The BQE (or maybe Run Rabbit Run). His last proper album, llinois, was released in 2004. Cryptacize will support. [asthmatickitty.com]
Pearl Jam have extended their US tour in support of the forthcoming Backspacer, due September 20th. The new dates are mostly residencies in late September and October. [www.thetripwire.com]
Wolfmother will return on October 13th with Cosmic Egg. The first single, "New Moon Rising," will drop on August 14th. [blogs.myspace.com]
Doesone somehow managed to form Nevermen, a group with Tunde Adebimpe of TV On The Radio and Mike Patton. The group's debut album will be released on Lex Records. Doseone told Pitchfork all about it in a recent interview. [pitchfork.com]
Young Widows are hard at work on their follow-up to 2008's gut-busting Old Wounds. In the near future, the Bad Secrets debut from Evan Patterson and a Young Widows live album will be released on Robotic Empire. The Widows will also support Thursday on tour this September. [www.punknews.org]
Owen Pallett has signed a deal with Domino Records to release the next Final Fantasy album, Heartland, in early 2010. Final Fantasy will head out with The Mountain Goats in November, most likely because he handled the string arrangements for the band's next album. [www.dominorecordco.us]
With their No Doubt support stint complete, The Sounds will kick off a headlining world tour on September 11th in Quebec. The band continues to support their new album, Crossing The Rubicon. [www.myspace.com]
According to a promotional poster on Blabbermouth, Them Crooked Vultures debut album will be titled Never Deserved The Future and released on October 23rd. The veritable supergroup will make their live debut on August 9th at the Metro in Chicago. Update: It appears the poster was a hoax, consider the album title and release date phony for now. Blabbermouth removed the source post from their website.
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Jack White will release the "Fly Farm Blues" solo single through his own Third Man Records on August 11th. The song was written after a request from film director Davis Guggenheim for It Might Get Loud. [pitchfork.com]
Radiohead have release the digital single "Harry Patch (In memory of)" through Waste. Harry Patch was "the last remaining UK veteran of the 1st World War" and died recently at the age of 111. All proceeds from the single will go to the Royal British Legion. [news.bbc.co.uk]
Circa Survive has inked a deal with Atlantic Records for their next album, leaving behind current label Equal Vision. The band is currently recording with producer David Bottrill in Toronto. [www.circasurvive.com]
Port O'Brien have signed with TBD Records and will release their new album, Threadbare, on October 6th. Download an MP3 of "Sour Milk/Salt Water" over on Stereogum. [www.myspace.com]
According to Rolling Stone, My Chemical Romance are currently in a Los Angeles studio with producer Brendan O'Brien, working on the follow-up to 2006's The Black Parade. [www.rollingstone.com]
