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In The News: Bishop Allen, Delta Spirit, They Might Be Giants, Brian Eno, Tom Petty And More

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Dead Oceans has announced the August 19 release of the new Bishop Allen record, Lights Out. The band will tour this fall in support … The fourth album from Delta Spirit, Into The Wilde, will be out September 9 via Dualtone … Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry will make his debut as a neo-classical composer with the July 15 release of Music For Heart And BreathIdlewild is the new They Might Be Giants record, due out from the band’s Idlewild label … Brian Eno And Karl Hyde have teamed up again for a second full-length, High Life, which will be issued by Warp on July 1 … On September 23, Erasure will release The Violet Flame via Mute. The band embarks on a tour across the U.S. and Europe this fall … Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers have announced their first new album in four years, Hypnotic Eye, due out via Reprise on July 29, as well as a North American tour featuring special guest Steve Winwood … Deluxe editions of three Jayhawks albums—Sound Of Lies, Smile and Rainy Day Music—will be issued by American Recordings/UMe on July 1, complete with studio outtakes, alternate versions and demos … Blue Wild Angel: Jimi Hendrix Live At The Isle Of Wight will be available on Blu-ray for the first time ever on June 17 via Experience Hendrix/Legacy. It features Jimi Hendrix’s 1970 performance to his largest show ever, taking place just 18 days before his death … Turnstile will issue the new Gruff Rhys record, American Interior, on November 4 … Two collections containing ZZ Top’s greatest hits spanning three decades will be released by Warner Bros. on July 22. The Very Baddest Of ZZ Top will be available in both single-disc and double-disc versions … Cold Specks has announced the August 26 release of new album Neuroplasticity via Mute … The first new record in 10 years from the Muffs, Whoop Dee Doo, is due out via Burger on July 29 … On July 1, Rhino will reissue the first two Bad Company albums, Bad Company and Straight Shooter, on 180-gram vinyl … End Times Undone, the new record from David Kilgour & the Heavy Eights, is set for an August 5 release via Merge.

—Emily Costantino