The New Pornographers (pictured) will release their fifth album, Together (Matador), on May 4. It will feature the band’s full eight members, along with guest musicians such as Annie Clark (St. Vincent), Zach Condon (Beirut) and Will Sheff (Okkervil River) … Wanna rock with members of Kiss, Van Halen, Poison, Motörhead, Traffic and Winger? Then head over to L.A. for Rock N’ Roll Fantasy Camp, which will run February 23-28. Plus, this year the event will be filmed for a VH1 reality series … On February 25, Port O’Brien will hit the road with Portugal. The Man in support of its recent album, Threadbare. Plus, the band is doing good by releasing an EP, The Pan American Sessions, which will benefit Doctors Without Borders and its earthquake relief efforts in Haiti … Speaking of which, Orenda Fink is offering her 2005 album, Invisible Ones (Saddle Creek), for download on her website in order to encourage relief-effort donations for Haiti. Fink has often described how her time spent in the country affected her spiritually and musically, and she reiterates this in a personal letter that can be read here … Travellers In Space And Time is the seventh studio album from the Apples In Stereo; it will be released April 20 via Elijah Wood’s Simian Records … Singer/songwriter Charlie Faye will support her recent album, Wilson St., with an ambitious 10-city tour. “Travels With Charlie” will have Faye living and establishing a new band in each city every month, starting with Tucson, Ariz. … Jakob Dylan (Bob’s son) will release his sophomore solo album on April 6. The T Bone Burnett-produced Women And Country (Columbia) will feature guest vocals from Neko Case and Kelly Hogan … Matt Groening, the man who gave us The Simpsons and Futurama, will curate a weekend at the All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in the U.K. on May 7-9. Highlights of his lineup include Spiritualized (which will perform Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space), Iggy & The Stooges, the xx, Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions, Built To Spill, Panda Bear and Deerhunter … Devo will perform at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games, which will be broadcast on NBC, marking the first network-TV performance for the band in 20 years … Singer Inara George and multi-instrumentalist/producer Greg Kurstin are The Bird And The Bee, and their love for another duo, Hall & Oates, prompted them to record a tribute record. Guiltless Pleasures Volume 1: A Tribute To Daryl Hall And John Oates is out March 23 on EMI’s Blue Note Records.
—Emily Costantino
