Young Turks will issue the sophomore album from the xx on September 11. The follow-up to 2009 debut xx, Coexist was produced by the band’s Jamie Smith …. The Flaming Lips’ Record Store Day exclusive album, The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends (which sold out instantly), will be released physically and digitally on June 26 due to popular demand via Warner Bros. The band is currently wrapping up its next studio album, which is due this fall, and will be on tour this summer … The 10th anniversary of They Might Be Giants’ original children’s album, No!, will be reissued as a deluxe edition featuring seven bonus tracks. It’s out via Idlewild on June 26 … America is the newest album from Dan Deacon, which will be released on August 28 via Domino … After a four-year hiatus, Bloc Party is back with new album FOUR, due out August 21 via Frenchkiss. A string of dates across Europe and the U.S. is planned for the summer … The final two albums from Archers Of Loaf will be reissued by Merge on August 7. All The Nation’s Airports and White Trash Heroes have been remastered and will feature tons of bonus material including re-imagined cover art and new liner notes … On July 10, Artists Den Entertainment and Universal Music Group will release Robert Plant & The Band Of Joy‘s Live from The Artists Den on Blu-ray and DVD. The full concert from the band’s intimate performance at War Memorial Auditorium in Nashville, Tenn., includes 16 songs, bonus interview clips and concert footage including six Led Zeppelin classics … Historic documentary film Jimi Plays Berkeley, which chronicles the two concerts Jimi Hendrix played at the Berkeley Community Theatre in 1970, will be released as a restored and newly expanded edition on Blu-ray and DVD on July 10 courtesy of Experience Hendrix/Legacy … Matthew Dear’s new album, Beans, is out August 28 via Ghostly International … ‘Til Your River Runs Dry is Eric Burdon’s newest album, and it’s out via ABKCO on September 18 … The self-titled debut full-length from Poor Moon—featuring Christian Wargo and Casey Wescott of Fleet Foxes—will be issued by Sub Pop on August 28.
—Emily Costantino