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In The News: Eels, Ra Ra Riot, Amy Winehouse, DeVotchKa, Sharon Van Etten, Metallica, Beach Boys, Manic Street Preachers And More

Eels are set to release their 10th studio album, Wonderful, Glorious, on February 5 via E Works/Vagrant … Barsuk will issue the third album from Ra Ra Riot, Beta Love, on January 22. An extensive winter tour kicks off next month … Former Girls frontman Christopher Owens is releasing a solo LP, Lysandre, on January 15 via Fat Possum … On November 13, the late Amy Winehouse will be honored with Republic’s release of At The BBC, a CD/DVD collection chronicling five years of the singer’s performances at the BBC. The package will also include a short film, The Day She Came To Dingle, which features a church performance and interview footage … DeVotchKa has announced the November 13 release of Live With The Colorado Symphony (Cicero), on which the band performs its most iconic songs with a 60-piece orchestra … Last week, Sharon Van Etten kicked off her final U.S. tour of 2012 in support of this year’s critically acclaimed album Tramp. To celebrate its success, Jagjaguwar will issue Tramp Deluxe Edition on November 13, which features demos, a bonus track and liner notes taken from the artist’s journals … Quebec Magnetic is a new live DVD from Metallica, due out December 10 … ATO will honor the late John Denver with The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver, out in February. The album will be comprised of covers by Dave Matthews, My Morning Jaket, Edward Sharpe And the Magnetic Zeros, J Mascis and many more … For those who missed the Beach Boys on their massive half-century anniversary tour this year, Blastmusic will issue The Beach Boys: Live In Concert–50th Anniversary Tour on DVD and Blu-ray on November 20 … Manic Street Preachers will commemorate the 20th anniversary of Generation Terrorists with a limited-edition boxed set, slated for a November 5 release … The 30th birthday of the late Bert Jansch’s long-lost, out-of-print Heartbreak will be celebrated with a remastered anniversary edition that includes 14 previously unreleased tracks. It’s out via Omnivore on November 6 … The eponymous fourth album from Matt Costa is set for a February 12 release on Brushfire … dB’s founder Chris Stamey will release a new solo album, Lovesick Blues, via Yep Roc on February 5.

—Emily Costantino