After 22 years, Slowdive will finally return May 5 with the release of its self-titled fourth album via Dead Oceans … Waiting On A Song is Dan Auerbach’s second solo album, due out from his Easy Eye Sound label on June 2 … Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly And James McAlister have teamed up to create Planetarium, which will be available June 9 from 4AD … Legacy will issue a deluxe three-CD Van Morrison library set, Van Morrison: The Authorized Bang Collection, on April 28 … On June 2, the Who’s Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 2004 will be available for the first time in multiple formats from Eagle Rock … The next installment of BMG’s Iron Maiden reissue series will take place May 19 with Prayer For The Dying, Fear Of The Dark, The X Factor and Virtual XI … Existential Beast, the new album from Miranda Lee Richards, is set for a June 16 release via Invisible Hands … Chicago’s Robert Lamm has announced the June 2 issuing of a solo retrospective album, Time Chill, A Retrospective, on Omnivore … Nonesuch will release Sam Amidon’s The Following Mountain, his first collection of completely original work, on May 26 … May 19 will see the release of The Complete Albums Collection, a collection of Rob Halford’s work outside of Judas Priest, via Legacy … An extended reissue of pioneering punk-club album Max’s Kansas City 1976—featuring tracks by Suicide, the Fast, Wayne County, Iggy Pop, the New York Dolls and many more—will be available from Jungle on May 5 … The Supremes A’ Go-Go, the 1966 ninth studio album from the Supremes, will be reissued as a deluxe expanded edition April 28 by UMe … Paul Weller’s 12th solo record, A Kind Revolution, is set for a May 12 release on Warner Bros./Parlophone … Concord Jazz has announced the April 21 release of The Musician, a live three-CD and Blu-ray set capturing Chick Corea’s 70th birthday celebration, featuring performances by Herbie Hancock, Bobby McFerrin, Wynton Marsalis and more … On June 23, the new album from the Chain Gang Of 1974, Felt, will be released by Caroline … The first new Ryuichi Sakamoto LP in eight years, async, will be released by Milan on April 28.
—Emily Costantino
