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In The News: Mates Of State, Matt Pond PA, Iron & Wine & Ben Bridwell And More

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You’re Going To Make It is the name of Mates Of State’s new EP, due out from Barsuk on June 16. The duo just kicked off a full U.S. tour in support … Matt Pond PA’s new record, The State Of Gold, will be out June 30 via Doghouse. This month, the band will celebrate the 10th anniversary of album Several Arrows Later with a North American tour … Lojinx will issue Glean, the latest album from They Might Be Giants, on April 20 in celebration of the return of the band’s Dial-A-Song Service … This summer, Iron & Wine & Ben Bridwell will release a collaborative covers album, Sing Into My Mouth, via Sam Beam’s Black Cricket and Bridwell’s Brown Records … Sticky Fingers, the Rolling Stones’ 1971 classic, will be reissued by UMe in a variety of formats on May 26 … FFS is the collaboration of Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, and they will release their self-titled debut via Domino on June 9 … Eagle Rock has announced the June 2 release of Jeff Beck’s Performing This Week…Live At Ronnie Scott’s – Sepcial Edition … On May 26, the Beach Boys’ 1966 masterpiece Pet Sounds will make its Blu-ray audio debut via Capitol/UMe, complete with six bonus tracks … The latest record from Alpine, Yuck, is due out on June 16 via Votiv Music … The 10th anniversary of Black Mountain’s self-titled debut will be celebrated June 23 with a deluxe reissue from Jagjaguwar … Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller will release a new solo record, The Traveler, on ATO on May 12 … The Heart Is A Monster is the follow-up to Failure’s 1996 album Fantastic Planet, due out June 30 via INgrooves Music Group … UMe will issue an eight-disc boxed set featuring the work of Styx, Styx: The A&M Albums 1975-1984, on May 12 … June 23 will see the release of the new Meg Baird album, Don’t Weigh Down the Light, via Drag City … The Mothmen’s 1980 album Pay Attention! will be re-released by On-U Sound on June 1 … Vintage Piss is the new album from Sonny Vincent & Rocket From The Crypt, due out April 28 via Swami … Legacy will release Soundstage: Blues Summit In Chicago, 1974, featuring Muddy Waters And Friends, on DVD for the first time ever on April 21.

—Emily Costantino