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In The News: Langhorne Slim, Hot Chip, The dB’s, OFF!, Janis Joplin, Pantera, fIREHOSE And More

Langhorne Slim returns June 5 with The Way We Move (Ramseur). He just kicked off a U.S. tour in support of the LP … On June 12, Grammy nominee Hot Chip will issue its fifth album, In Our Heads, via Domino Records … Look Out Now is Edie Brickell & The Gaddabouts’ sophomore album, due out April 3 … The original lineup of the dB’s is reuniting to release their first album in 30 years, Falling Off The Sky, on June 19 via Bar/None. The band will also perform at SXSW … Like Pioneers has announced the May 22 release of its second full-length, Oh, Magic, along with plans for a summer tour … Yep Roc will issue Jukebox The Ghost’s new record, Safe Travels, on June 12, which will be supported by a tour this spring, including a date at SXSW … An ambitious world tour is in the works for Simian Mobile Disco this summer in honor of the duo’s upcoming album, Unpatterns, set for a May 15 release from Wichita Recordings … The first proper full-length from OFF! is due on May 8 from Vice Records … Columbia/Legacy Recordings will celebrate Janis Joplin this spring with two essential new titles: Janis Joplin: The Pearl Sessions and Big Brother And The Holding Company Featuring Janis Joplin: Live At The Carousel Ballroom 1968Retribution Gospel Choir will release The Revolution EP (Sub Pop) on March 27, with a short tour to follow … The 20th anniversary of Pantera’s Vulgar Display Of Power is being celebrated with a two-disc deluxe edition (including previously unreleased tracks and videos), to be released May 15 from Rhino … This April, fIREHOSE will reunite for its first tour dates since 1994, which will coincide with the April 3 release of lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology (’91-’93), a two-disc set of remastered versions of Flyin’ The Flannel and Mr. Machinery Operator … On March 27, Curb Records is releasing a career-spanning retrospective collection of signature hits from Hank Williams Jr.

—Emily Costantino