Animal Collective has announced several U.S. dates in July, including stops at Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion, the namesake venue of its 2009 album … Drums Between The Bells is the new LP from Brian Eno, set for a July 5 release via Warp Records … Neil Young was recently honored as the MusiCares person of the year, and his music was celebrated with performances by Crosby, Stills & Nash, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Elton John, James Taylor and more. The DVD and Blu-Ray of the gala will be available on May 31 via Shout! Factory … On July 18, Rufus Wainwright’s 19-disc boxed set, House Of Rufus, will be released. It contains all of Wainwright’s studio albums, live recordings and previously unreleased material along with a 90-page hardback book … Sub Pop Records has signed Shearwater, with a new record tentatively scheduled for a 2012 release … Fountains Of Wayne’s fifth full-length, Sky Full Of Holes (Yep Roc), is out August 2 … Stevie Nicks, Martina McBride and Colbie Callait all make guest appearances on The Blackbird Diaries, the new album from Dave Stewart. The record, which is out June 28 via Razor & Tie, also features a song co-written with Bob Dylan … On May 31, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release Screamadelica Live!. The Blu-Ray and DVD/CD packages feature Primal Scream performing its classic 1991 album live in London in 2010, as well eight other careering-spanning songs from the same concert … ATO Records is releasing the new Dawes album, Nothing Is Wrong, on June 7 … Kevin Devine’s latest solo work, Between The Concrete And Clouds, is due out this fall, but in the meantime, you can check out two new seven-inch singles, “Luxembourg” and “Part Of The Whole,” both out May 17 via Academy Fight Song Records … Glen Tilbrook performs a combination of classic Squeeze songs and his solo work on the Glen Tilbrook And The Fluffers: Live In New York City DVD, available May 17 on MVD … On July 12, Megadeth’s classic Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? is being given the 25th-anniversary, digitally remastered, expanded-edition, multiple-configuration treatment by Capitol/EMI. All the versions feature a previously unreleased 1987 concert from the band’s first tour … Madeleine Peyroux returns June 7 with Standin’ On The Rooftop (Emarcy/Decca). The album features Marc Ribot on guitar and banjo and Me’shell Ndegeocello on bass … Jimmy Webb & The Webb Brothers‘ Cottonwood Farm just got its long-time-coming U.S. release via Proper American. The LP features Webb, his father Bob and his sons Christiaan, Justin, James and Cornelius … On July 12, Feature Records is issuing Locksley‘s new, self-titled album. It is the band’s third LP.
—Emily Costantino
