It’s baby-boomer heaven thanks to Reprise Records, which will release remastered versions of Neil Young’s first four solo albums, including classics After The Gold Rush and Harvest … Reprise isn’t the only label taking a look backward; Dischord Records has nearly completed its year-long series of Fugazi reissues, with Margin Walker and Furniture being re-released, as well as reissues of albums by Jawbox and Gray Matter … It’s been a rough couple of weeks for Morrissey. First, he collapsed onstage in Swindon, then a gig in Liverpool was cancelled when an audience member threw a drink at the famously morose singer. Heaven knows he’s miserable now … There’s no slacking for the ever-prolific Fiery Furnaces, who have released Take Me Round Again (Thrill Jockey), a “covers” album of their own songs from this year’s I’m Going Away … My Morning Jacket (pictured) will have its very own guest appearance on American Dad, the Fox cartoon, on November 22. The band members will play themselves and try to bring a little style to the show. Good luck with all that … Any Pavement fans should jump at the chance to attend the Sasquatch! Music Festival. The band will be headlining the George, Wash., festival in May; pre-sale tickets went on sale November 7 … Hurricane Bells (a.k.a. Longwave frontman Steve Schiltz) have digitally released their debut, Tonight Is The Ghost (Vagrant), as well as performed a song for the latest Twilight movie, New Moon. Apparently sparkly vampires have pretty decent taste in pop music. Download “This Year” Speaking of Longwave: The band capped off its tour for fourth album Secrets Are Sinister with yesterday’s show at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC … If your film taste runs a little darker than New Moon, there’s always the Nick Cave and Warren Ellis soundtrack to upcoming film The Road, adapted from the post-apocalyptic novel by Cormack McCarthy. The soundtrack (on Mute) is out digitally at the end of the month and on CD in January … Keb Darge and Paul Weller, both outspoken fans of classic soul and Motown, will present Lost & Found: Real R’N’B And Soul (BBE), a compilation due in January … Athlete will release fourth album Black Swan (Original Signal Recordings) in Februrary … Joan Of Arc has taken many forms in the past 15 years, but frontman Tim Kinsella has remained at its core. On Don’t Mind Control (Polyvinyl), Kinsella assembled 18 tracks from bands that have, at one time or another, had members working with Joan Of Arc. Download Euphone’s “Friend In Common” … Robyn Hitchcock has penned the score to upcoming indie film Women In Trouble … Phoenix, in the wake of this year’s critically lauded Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, will play a short series of December gigs in North America, with stops in New York, Boston and Montreal, among others … Stepping out from behind the drum kit is Jason Boesel, who has hit the skins for Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes. His solo debut, Hustler’s Son (Team Love), is due in January. Download “Hand Of God” … Animal Collective is issuing a new EP on December 15. Fall Be Kind (Domino) will also be digitally released on November 23 … The Dead Weather, following a massive European tour, will stop by the Music Hall Of Williamsburg on November 17 … If you know your Euro-rockers, you’ve probably come across Norwegian band Serena-Maneesh before. But now that the group has signed to 4AD and is planning a brief tour, shoegaze fans finally have the chance to see the band stateside.
