MAGNET top-album-of-2009 winner the Low Anthem has confirmed spring and summer U.S. dates alongside Mumford & Sons and Iron & Wine. Plus, they will appear on the bonus track from Emmylou Harris’ new album, for which they collaborated on a new version of their “To Ohio” … Brooklyn’s Northside Festival has announced this year’s headliner, Guided By Voices, with support from Wavves. Other bands on the bill include Twin Dister, Javelin and Deervana. The fest takes place June 16-19 … On April 25, Ben Folds, OK Go’s Damian Kulash, Amanda Palmer and author Neil Gaiman will take on the ambitious feat of writing and recording eight songs in a mere eight hours at Berklee College of Music. The tracks will then be released 10 hours later during Rethink Music, with proceeds from the first week of downloads going to Berklee City Music … Former MAGNET guest-editor Adam Green is the director, writer and star of The Wrong Ferrari, a feature-length film shot entirely with his iPhone over a period of eight months and featuring guest appearances from the likes of Macaulay Culkin and Devendra Banhart. Watch it here … David Bowie fans will have the opportunity to remix and create their own version of the song “Golden Years” with the Golden Years App, which will coincide with the release of the David Bowie Vs KCRW Golden Years Remix EP on June 6 via EMI … Gravity The Seducer is the upcoming fifth album from Ladytron, set for a September 13 release via Nettwerk … The Prodigy will release its first-ever live album and film, World’s On Fire, on May 24. It chronicles the band’s sold-out performance at Warrior’s Dance Festival at the Milton Keynes Bowl … On May 10, the Concord label is launching Stax Remasters, a series of reissues from the Stax archives featuring 24-bit remastering, bonus tracks and new liner notes. The first three reissues in the series are Booker T. & The MGs’ McLemore Avenue (1970), the Staple Singers’ Be Altitude: Respect Yourself (1972) and Johnnie Taylor’s Taylored In Silk (1973) … Speaking of reissues, Everything Is Right, the 1982 debut from the Velvet Monkeys, will be re-released digitally June 7 by Instant Mayhem/IODA
—Emily Costantino
