The Rentals have released the It's Time To Come Home EP. The set is the second installment of their three-part EP series, Songs About Time. You can stream the EP on their website and buy it digitally. [www.therentals.com]
Zach Shields and Ryan Gosling's project Dead Man's Bones recently signed with ANTI-. The duo's debut album will be released on October 6th. Preview some material on MySpace. [anti.com]
The Breeders will tour the US throughout August in support of the Fate to Fatal EP. The tour kicks off August 5th in Newport, KY. [www.nme.com]
Pearl Jam have announced a North American tour in support of their forthcoming album, Backspacer, due September 20th. The tour kicks of with a two-night stop in Seattle, WA on September 21st and 22nd. Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open most dates. [pearljam.com]
Bleu will finally release his third album, A Watched Pot, on July 14th through various retailers thanks to Artist Garage/Fontana Distribution. The album was recorded in 2005 for Aware/Columbia Records, but shelved after Bleu was dropped from the label. After a four year battle, the album is finally going to be released. [www.myspace.com]
Asthmatic Kitty will release a rearrangement of the 2001 Sufjan Stevens album Enjoy Your Rabbit on October 6th. The new record, Run Rabbit Run, was recorded by the Osso quartet. [www.asthmatickitty.com]
Atlas Sound, from Bradford Cox, will release its sophomore album, Logos, through Kranky on October 20th. The album features appearances by Panda Bear and Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab. [www.tinymixtapes.com]
Mariachi El Bronx, the mariachi version of The Bronx, will release their self-titled album through Swami Records on September 1st. The features percussionist Alfredo Ortiz and other special guests. [www.thebronxxx.com]
Vagrant recently announced a partnership with School of Seven Bells. Alongside Ghostly International, the label will re-release the band's debut full-length, Alpinisms, on July 14th. The group will also kickoff a headlining tour on September 25th. [www.myspace.com]
Sub Pop have signed LA's Dum Dum Girls. The label will release the debut full-length from the group in 2010. [www.myspace.com]
We Have Band will release a selt-titled EP on September 15th through iTunes. The band are currently working on their debut full-length with producer Gareth Jones. [www.myspace.com]
Trent Reznor has announced a handful of shows in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, beginning on August 22nd, that will act as the final Nine Inch Nails live performances. The last tour with Jane's Addiction was to be the swan song, but Reznor remarked it "didn't feel right." The "unusual and unique shows" will feature "longer set-lists, possible special guests, cool openers, and other surprises." The Horrors and Mew are already confirmed as openers for various dates. [forum.nin.com]
As reported, the recently reunited Cave In were working on the new Planets of Old EP. The four-song set will be released as a limited-edition 10" through Hydra Head on July 28th, but you can currently download "Retina Sees Rewind" from iTunes. [hydraheadlines.blogspot.com]
Brand New will release And One Head Can Never Die Daisy through Interscope on September 22nd. The band is currently on a short US tour. Update: According to the band, it appears the actual album title is Daisy. The first title was reportedly released by the band's publicist.
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Patrick Carney of The Black Keys will release the debut album, Feel Good Together, from his Drummer side-project on September 29th. The band is completely made up of drummers and Carney plays bass. [www.myspace.com]
Durham, North Carolina's Megafaun will release their sophomore album, Gather, Form & Fly, through Hometapes on July 21st. The group kicked off a North American tour supporting fellow Carolinians Bowerbirds last night in Washington, DC. [www.megafaun.com]
Heartless Bastards have a big summer ahead of them. They're currently out on tour supporting Jenny Lewis. Following said tour, they'll play shows with Andrew Bird, The Decemberists and The Avett Brothers as well as make stops at Lollapalooza and All Points West. The Ohio-based group is supporting their latest album, The Mountain. [www.myspace.com]
Chicago's Califone will release their next album, All My Friends Are Funeral Singers, through Dead Oceans on October 6th. The album is a companion piece to Tim Rutili's first feature film of the same name. 2006's Roots and Crowns was released on Thrill Jockey. [blogs.myspace.com]
Russian Circles will release their new album, Geneva, through Suicide Squeeze on October 20th. [www.theprp.com]
Beth Cameron and Doni Schroader, formerly Forget Cassettes, have reformed as Eliza The Arrow. Preview the debut single, "Toast the Tiger," due July 27th, on their website. [www.elizathearrow.com]
