Bright Eyes (pictured) is releasing its seventh studio album, The People’s Key, on February 15 via Saddle Creek. The band has already announced two performances in New York and London this spring in support of the record … Also out on February 15 is the new album from PJ Harvey, Let England Shake (Vagrant) … Diane Birch teamed up with the Phenomenal Handclap Band to record a collection of covers of songs by bands including the Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie And The Banshees and Echo & The Bunnymen. The Velveteen Age (S Curve) is out Tuesday … Rome is an homage to classic Italian film music, created by Danger Mouse and Italian composer Daniele Luppi and featuring Jack White, Norah Jones and the original musicians from many classic films. It will be released by Capitol in March … Just in time for the holidays, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings’ I Learned The Hard Way (Daptone) is now available as a limited-edition vinyl boxed set, which includes 10 bonus tracks and a 28-page booklet with never-before-seen photos … You know you’ve made it when you’re honored in beer: Durham, N.C.’s Fullsteam Brewery has just debuted Lost In The Trees Farmhouse Ale. Lost In The Trees frontman Ari Picker helped choose the flavors for the brew, which contains locally harvested figs … Option-G Apparel enlisted the help of the Thermals, Handsome Furs and Lou Barlow to design three limited-edition T-shirts, which will each benefit a different charity … Jamie xx (of the xx) remixed 13 tracks from Gil Scott-Heron’s recent I’m New Here, and the result is We’re New Here, which is out Februrary 22 via XL/Young Turks … Don Lett’s 2005 punk documentary PUNK: Attitude will be reissued on DVD via Shout! Factory on January 11. The two-disc set features appearances from Henry Rollins, Siouxsie Sioux, Thurston Moore, Jim Jarmusch and many others, along with two hours of bonus material.
—Emily Costantino
