On October 26, New West Records will release an extended performance DVD of R.E.M.’s Austin City Limits debut, recorded March 13, 2008. R.E.M. Live From Austin, TX features never-before-seen footage, along with hits spanning the band’s entire career. R.E.M. is also finishing up its latest album, due out this spring … No Age’s new album, Everything In Between, is set for a September 28 release on Sub Pop. While you wait, here’s a new trailer for the record, plus a free MP3. Download “Glitter” … Speaking of Sub Pop, the label just signed Mogwai, whose new record will be out early next year … For the first time ever, Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield will join forces as a proper duo for two shows in New York City. Taking place September 29 and 30 at the Mercury Lounge, the performances will feature old songs from both artists as well as new songs and covers. Download “Waiting For Heaven” and “My Drug Buddy” … John Vanderslice is offering his newest EP, Green Grow The Rushes, for free download. Get it here … Urge Overkill has officially reunited after 15 years and is currently in the studio recording a new album. Since Pulp Fiction made its cover of Neil Diamond’s “Girl, You’ll Be a Woman Soon” famous, the band is set to perform at Friar’s Club Roast of Quentin Tarantino, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, on October 1. Download “Effigy” … Celebrating 30 years of live performance this year is Einstürzende Neubauten, Berlin’s groundbreaking avant-garde musicians. The band will commemorate the occasion with a select set of performances in North America and Europe, with two dates in each city: one featuring a traditional full-length concert and another offering Q&As, workshops and lectures, films including documentaries about the band, solo performances from several members’ respective solo projects and exclusive photos … Paul McCartney & Wings’ iconic Band On The Run is being reissued by MPL and the Concord Music Group on November 2. It will be available in several formats, including a standard edition, special edition, deluxe edition and vinyl edition … Another Beatle with a new release is the late John Lennon. Gimme Some Truth is a deluxe 11-CD boxed set including lots of previously unreleased material, commemorating what would have been Lennon’s 70th birthday on October 9. It will be available on October 5 via EMI … The Monkees’ cult -classic soundtrack album Head has been expanded into a three-disc boxed set with 21 unreleased tracks, outtakes, rarities and live performances. Rhino will release it October 26 … Eyas is a seven-song EP from Centro-matic & South San Gabriel, and it includes a cover of Lionel Ritchie’s “All Night Long.” Stream it here.
—Emily Costantino
