Proud Evolution is the new EP from Liars (pictured), due out October 19 via Mute. It features six tracks including a Thom Yorke remix, a live recording from the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn and three exclusive b-sides. Liars will be playing several dates in Canada before the release … Brian Eno collaborated with Jon Hopkins and Leo Abrahams for his highly anticipated new album, Small Craft On A Milk Sea, which is out via Warp on November 2. It’s available in several formats, ranging from standard CD to a $450 deluxe package signed by Eno … Badly Drawn Boy returns with his first studio album in four years October 12 via The End Records. The release is the first of a trilogy of LPs and is called It’s What I’m Thinking Part 1: Photographing Snowflakes … Decades-old Bob Dylan material will finally see the light of day October 19 with the release of The Bootleg Series Volume 9: The Witmark Demos (Columbia), in conjunction with a boxed set of his first eight albums, Bob Dylan: The Original Mono Recordings … Fans will also be able to hear previously unreleased material from Bruce Springsteen with the November 16 release of The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story (Columbia), which includes 21 never-before-heard songs, an essay by Springsteen and unseen photographs … Capitol/EMI is releasing a collection from the late Syd Barrett on October 26. An Introduction To Syd Barrett features the artist’s solo material as well as his work with Pink Floyd and includes several remixes and a previously unheard 20-minute instrumental track … On September 28, Mike Kinsella (a.k.a. Owen) is releasing a limited seven-inch, Abandoned Bridges (Polyvinyl), which features a b-side cover of Wilco’s “I’m Always In Love.” Download “Abandoned Bridges” … On November 2, Destroyer is issuing a limited-edition 12-inch via Merge featuring the songs “Archer On The Beach” and “Grief Point” … Coals To Newcastle (Domino) is a comprehensive, seven-disc anthology of Orange Juice. It includes a DVD of live performances and 16 previously unreleased tracks. It’s out November 8.
—Emily Costantino
