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In The News: Blonde Redhead, Heart, Melvins, Head And The Heart, El Perro Del Mar, Minus 5, Fleshtones, Tim Easton, Howe Gelb And More

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Numero Group has announced the September 30 release of a four-LP/two-CD boxed set featuring Blonde Redhead’s long-out-of-print early recordings. Masculin Feminin will contain the band’s self-titled debut, La Mia Via Violenta, singles, demos and radio performances … The 16th album from Heart, Beautiful Broken, is due out July 8 via Concord. The band will hit the road alongside Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and Cheap Trick later this summer … On June 24, Third Man will reissue three out-of-print Melvins LPs: Houdini, Stoner Witch and StagThe Head And The Heart’s new album, Signs Of Light, will be available from Warner Bros. on September 9. The band will tour the U.S. this fall in support … Way Down In The Jungle Room is a new two-disc collection of Elvis Presley’s final studio recordings, set for an August 5 release via RCA/Legacy … The Control Group will issue the new El Perro Del Mar album, KoKoro, on September 16 … The latest release from the Minus 5 is Of Monkees And Men, a collection of nine original songs paying tribute to the Monkees, due out August 19 on Yep Roc … Welcome to the return of KT Tunstall, who just issued new EP Golden State on Caroline … The Fleshtones will celebrate their 40th anniversary on September 2 with the release of The Band Drinks For Free on Yep Roc … Everynight Fire Works, the 2001 debut album by Hey Mercedes, will be reissued as a deluxe edition by Run For Cover on August 12 … Last Chance will release Tim Easton’s new album, American Fork, on September 2. In the mean time, Easton will be touring the U.S. (including many Alaska dates) all summer long … Howe Gelb’s Sno Angel Like You will be reissued by Fire in September, in honor of its 10th birthday.

—Emily Costantino