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In The News: Atoms For Peace, Devendra Banhart, Harper Simon, Madeleine Peyroux And More

Supergroup Atoms For Peace—Thom Yorke, Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker and Mauro Refosco—will finally release its debut studio album, Amok, via XL on February 26 … Nonesuch has signed Devendra Banhart and will issue new album Mala this spring. Supporting festival and tour dates are rumored to be in the works … Harper Simon’s sophomore LP, Division Street, is set for a March 25 release via Play It Again Sam … I Don’t See You Laughing Now is the first release of a series of exclusive, subscription-only EPs by Marshall Crenshaw, due out January 22. It’s one of six that Crenshaw plans to release over a two-year period as a part of a brand-new music distribution model funded by Kickstarter … Rhino is celebrating Peter, Paul And Mary’s 50th anniversary with a 24-song collection of rare and unreleased live performances. Live In Japan, 1967 will be out digitally and as a double-CD on December 11 … The 20th birthday of Anyway Records—whose releases have included Guided By Voices, the New Bomb Turks and Gaunt—will be commemorated December 21 and 22 with two shows in its hometown of Columbus, Ohio. The lineup includes the New Bomb Turks, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Connections, Jenny Mae and many more, and proceeds will go to three charities: Peloton, Columbus Music Co-Op and NAMI Ohio … On December 11, live double-LP Live Leaves will be released, featuring a compilation of live performances from Unwound’s final 2001 tour … The Blue Room is Madeleine Peyroux’s new album, featuring reinterpreted songs by Ray Charles, Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen and more. It’s out via Decca on March 19 … The seventh full-length record from Hayden, Us Alone, will be released February 19 via Arts & Crafts … Texas Is The Reason has announced the February 12 release of comprehensive anthology Do You Know Who You Are?: The Complete Collection via Revelation. The band will embark on its final North American tour in January.

—Emily Costantino