Lou Reed & Metallica are releasing their collaborative album, Lulu, on November 1 via Warner Bros. … Next in the line of strange musical pairings: Jack White’s Third Man Records will present the very bizarre new Insane Clown Posse project on September 13, in which the band pays its respects to little-known Mozart piece “Leck Mich Im Arsch,” backed by JEFF The Brotherhood … Rock legend Joe Cocker has signed with 429 Records to release his new album, Hard Knocks, on November 22 … On October 18, Jagjaguwar will reissue the complete catalogue of MAGNET fave Supreme Dicks as a four-disc boxed set called Breathing And Not Breathing … For the first time ever, the Beach Boys are releasing their 1966-67 studio sessions for the unfinished SMiLE album. Fans will finally get to hear what might have been on November 1, when Capitol/EMI releases The SMiLE Sessions in multiple physical and digital configurations … DRC Music is a collective of producers gathered by Damon Albarn that teamed up in order to create Kinshasa One Two (Warp). The album, recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo this summer, features more than 50 Congolese artists, who will benefit from the proceeds along with Oxfam’s work in Congo … ATO Records recently signed Caitlin Rose, and the label is releasing her debut full-length, Own Side Now, on September 27 … Peter, Paul And Mary’s legendary Holiday Concert will be available on DVD on October 18 via Shout! Factory.
—Emily Costantino
