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In The News: Arcade Fire, Ra Ra Riot, Bruce Springsteen, Deer Tick, Jay Bennett, Dios, Richard Thompson, Grinderman, Autolux And Free MP3s

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Arcade Fire’s third full-length, The Suburbs, will be released August 3 via Merge Records. A double-a-side, limited-edition 12-inch single is already in record stores, and both songs will be available for immediate download if you pre-order The Suburbs at the band’s website … Barsuk Records is issuing Ra Ra Riot‘s sophomore album, The Orchard (mixed by Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla with assistance from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij), on August 24 … London Calling: Live In Hyde Park is a film documenting Bruce Springsteen’s June 2009 concert at the Hard Rock Calling Festival. It’s available for pre-order now with a special offer including an exclusive concert poster and T-shirt and will be released everywhere on DVD and Blu-ray in June … Deer Tick is touring the U.S. this summer in support of The Black Dirt Sessions, which is out via the Partisan label on June 8. The band also covered Katrina & The Waves. Download “Sun Street” … Kathryn Calder of the New Pornographers is issuing her debut solo album, Are You My Mother?, on August 10 via File Under: Music. Download “Slip Away” … Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys spent the past five years working on his first documentary, Separado!, which chronicles a road trip in search of his lost Patagonian uncle. It will premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on June 24. In conjunction with the film is the July 26 release of The Terror Of Cosmic Loneliness, a collaborative album between Rhys and Tony Da Gatorra … On the one-year anniversary of Jay Bennett’s death, his family and friends launched The Jay Bennett Foundation, which supports music and education. On July 10, fans can support the foundation by downloading the album Bennett was completing at the time of his passing, Kicking At The Perfumed Air … Hydra Head Records is issuing two split releases on July 13: one between Isis and Melvins and another between Torche and Boris … Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band’s sophomore album, Where The Messengers Meet, will be out on August 3 via Dead Oceans. Download “Leaving Trails” … In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the release of Neurosis’s Enemy Of The Sun, Neurot Recordings is reissuing the album on August 30, complete with a fully redesigned package by artist Josh Graham … Starting June 15 and ending in December, Dios will release a new track every month through social networks and a Dios widget … Dream Attic, the new album from Richard Thompson, is due out August 31 via Shout! Factory … Nick Cave’s Grinderman will release Grinderman 2 on September 14 via Anti- and will embark on a European tour in the fall … Autolux’s sophomore album, Transit Transit, will be out on August 3 via the TBD label.

—Emily Costantino