The final installment of reissues from Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds will be released August 14. Nocturama, Abbatoir Blues/The Lyre Of Orpheus and DIG!!! have been remastered and expanded, with deluxe editions including non-album b-sides, videos and a specially commissioned short film made by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard … Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks) have joined forces to create Divine Fits, which will release its as-yet-untitled debut album sometime this year via … The 25th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s BAD will be celebrated with the September 18 release of the deluxe package BAD 25 from Epic/Legacy. It includes three CDs’ worth of music including outtakes and demos, two collectible booklets and one DVD of the first-ever authorized release of a concert from the BAD tour in 1988 … Merge is reissuing the entire catalogue of Sugar, Bob Mould’s early-‘90s trio, on July 24 … The eight-year hiatus of Leftover Salmon has come to an end with the release of Aquatic Hitchhiker (LoS). Also in the works for the band this year is new behind-the-scenes documentary Samonlandia, a public block party in downtown Denver and a residency on the Discovery Channel’s After The Catch that airs in June … Sam Phillips’ 1994 album Martinis & Bikinis will be reissued by Omnivore Recordings on July 17 … On July 10, Hank Williams Jr. will release Old School, New Rules via Blaster/Warner Music Nashville. The album features duets with Brad Paisley and Merle Haggard … Kiko, the seminal album from Los Lobos, is celebrating its 20th birthday this year with the August 21 release of Kiko 20th Anniversary Edition and Kiko Live, which captures the band’s 2006 performance at House Of Blues in San Diego … Beginning June 12, Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ will release four EPs over a 12-month period via the band’s own New! label.
—Emily Costantino
