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In The News: David Byrne & St. Vincent, Raveonettes, Menomena, Sondre Lerche, Helio Sequence And More

Love This Giant is the new collaborative LP from David Byrne & St. Vincent, due out September 11 on 4AD/Todo Mundo. Following the release, the duo is kicking off a 24-date tour across North America … The Raveonettes are celebrating their 10th anniversary this year by releasing a new album, Observator, on September 11 via Vice. The band is touring the U.S. this fall in support … Barsuk is issuing the fifth album from Menomena, Moms, on September 18. The LP marks the band’s first release as a duo and will be supported by a North American tour in the fall … On September 11, Sea Wolf’s third album, Old World Romance, will be released by Dangerbird … Keith Richards and Blue Note Records president Don Was produced an album of classic doo-wop cuts as sung by Aaron Neville, due out this fall … Hayes Carll, Robert Ellis, JEFF The Brotherhood, Caitlin Rose, Ron Sexsmith, and many others all contributed to Lowe Country: The Songs Of Nick Lowe, the proceeds of which will benefit victims of the 2010 Nashville floods and the Texas wild fires of last year. It’s out September 18 via Fiesta Red … The 30th birthday of Sondre Lerche will be celebrated with the first-ever vinyl release of all four of his albums as well as a live LP, Bootlegs, on September 4. A national tour will take place this fall in support … Anti- has announced the August 12 release of The Salesman And The Shark, the sophomore LP from Sean Rowe Field Report has signed to Partisan Records, which will issue the band’s eponymous debut record on September 11. The band is supporting Emmylou Harris and Counting Crows on tour this summer … On July 12, Murder By Death kicks off a summer tour, leading up to the fall release of its as-yet-untitled sixth album via Bloodshot Records … Negotiations is the first new album in more than four years from the Helio Sequence, set for a September 11 release via Sub Pop … A documentary concert film from the Reverend Horton Heat, The Reverend Horton Heat: 25 to Life, will be out July 24 as a DVD bonus package from Yep Roc. It will include the film, a live CD and the band’s first-ever career-spanning best-of compilation CD.

—Emily Costantino