The Decemberists are playing two shows this September: one supporting Bob Dylan with Neko Case in Seattle on September 4 and another at Music Fest Northwest in Portland, Ore., on September 11. The band is currently recording its sixth album … Dirty Projectors have announced several North American dates this fall with support from Owen Pallett, Happy Birthday and Dominique Young Unique … Arcade Fire is playing its first U.S. headlining dates in three years (with several featuring special guest Spoon) later this summer in support of third full-length The Suburbs, which is out August 3 on Merge … Starting July 6, Smashing Pumpkins are performing a string of 14 shows at intimate venues across the country. This comes on the heels of the release of the four-track Songs For A Sailor, which is the first of 11 EPs to make up Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, all of which will be released online for free … The National just kicked off an extensive tour of North America and Europe, adding many U.S. dates for the fall with plans for another European jaunt afterward. Download “Bloodbuzz Ohio” … Continuing the summer tour explosion is Mates Of State, which will embark on the Summer Crushes Tour on June 15, the same day as the release of Crushes (The Covers Mix Tape). The band will be supported on the tour by Free Energy, Todd Barry, Nick Thune, Suckers and variety/sideshow acts. Download “Laura” … Every week from now until July 1, the “Levi’s Pioneer Sessions: The Revival Recordings” campaign will release two singles featuring remakes of past hits by modern artists including Nas, the Swell Season, She & Him, Dirty Projectors, the Shins, John Legend and the Roots. Download She & Him’s “Fools Rush In” … Steel Train is issuing an all-female companion album to its upcoming self-titled release. Terrible Thrills Vol. 1 features reinterpretations of the original 12 tracks by Steel Train’s favorite female artists, including Tegan & Sara, Scarlett Johansson, Amanda Palmer, Holly Miranda and Angel Deradoorian. It will be available with pre-orders of Steel Train, which is out June 29 and will be supported by a headlining tour this summer … The 2010 Capitol Hill Block Party will take place July 23-25 in Seattle, featuring MGMT, Yeasayer, Atmosphere, Blonde Redhead, the Dead Weather and more … The lineup for this year’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival includes Kings Of Leon, Further Featuring Phil Lesh & Bob Weir, the Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Phoenix, Levon Helm, Al Green, Gogol Bordello and many others. The fest will take place in San Francisco on August 14-15 … John Wesley Harding Sings To A Small Guitar Vol. 1 features 14 unheard originals spanning 15 years of John Wesley Harding’s career. It’s available on CD now, and a digital iTunes version will be made available at a later date … On September 14, Superchunk is releasing new album Majesty Shredding (Merge), and six days later, the band will make its first television appearance since 1994, performing on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon … King Of The Beach is the new Wavves album, and it’s set for release August 3 via Fat Possum. The band will tour North America this summer … Sun Kil Moon’s new album, Admiral Fell Promises, will be released on July 13 by Caldo Verde Records. The vinyl version includes liner notes and two bonus tracks recorded live in St. Malo, France … Domino Records is releasing Four Tet’s Angel Echoes Remix 12-inch on August 3, which features aremixes of the single by Caribou and Jon Hopkins. The digital bundle includes all of the remixes to date from Four Tet’s There Is Love In You LP. Download “Angle Echoes (Caribou Remix)”
—Emily Costantino
