My Morning Jacket’s sixth studio album, Curcuital, will be out this spring via ATO. In anticipation of the LP, the band is giving away six weekly downloads of live tracks from its October performance at Terminal 5, ending with the release of a brand new song. MMJ is also gearing up for a summer tour, hitting many major festivals … On May 17, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are reissuing four of their classic albums—1994’s Let Love In, 1996’s Murder Ballads, 1997’s The Boatman’s Call and 2001’s No More Shall We Part—as deluxe, two-disc collectors editions. This is the latest installment of reissues that will ultimately see the band’s entire catalog remastered and remixed … James Mercer and Danger Mouse are working their magic as Broken Bells yet again with the release of a four-song EP, Meyrin Fields, on March 29 … Polyvinyl Records is celebrating Record Store Day (April 16) in a big way this year, with a whopping 11 records from bands such as of Montreal, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, Mates Of State and Vivian Girls … Not to be outdone, Merge is also readying a slew of releases for Record Store Day, including records by Wild Flag, Superchunk, Caribou and Polvo … Matthew Dear’s new EP, Shortwave, will be available April 5 via Ghostly International. He’s currently touring in Europe, opening for Interpol … Highway 61 Entertainment and MVD Visual will celebrate Bob Dylan’s 70th birthday this May with the release of Revealed, a DVD featuring exclusive interviews and never-before-seen photos and films from throughout Dylan’s career … This spring, Paul Simon is hitting the road for a North American tour in support of his first album in five years, So Beautiful So What, which is out April 12 via Hear Music/Concord Music … Joan Of Arc is releasing Life Like on May 10 via Polyvinyl … After an agonizing 15 years, Urge Overkill is back with new album, Rock&Roll Submarine, set for a May 10 release, which will be followed by several U.S. dates … Queen’s 40th anniversary is being celebrated this year with the reissue of the band’s entire 15-album catalogue as deluxe editions. Plus, Greatest Hits II will finally be made available April 19. The band is also being featured in London gallery exhibition “Stormtroopers In Stilettos.”
—Emily Costantino
