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In The News: Stephen Malkmus, Glen Hansard, Tindersticks, Big Star, Verlaines And More

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Wig Out At The Jagbags is the new album from Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, due out via Matador on January 14 … Glen Hansard’s upcoming EP, Drive All Night, is set for a December 3 release on Anti- and features a collaboration with Eddie Vedder, Jake Clemons and Joe Henry … The 21st birthday of Tindersticks will be celebrated with the release of the band’s 10th studio album, Across Six Leap Years. Out November 12 from Lucky Dog, the record features 10 new versions of songs from throughout the band’s history … Vagrant will issue Bombay Bicycle Club’s fourth album in five years on February 4 … On November 26, a 14-song collection of songs documenting Big Star’s brief career, Playlist: The Very Best Of Big Star, will be released by Columbia/Legacy … Colin Blunstone of the Zombies has announced the January 21 release of his 10th studio album, On The Air Tonight, via Zip. This spring, he’ll tour the U.S. both with the Zombies and his solo group for several dates … Flying Nun will reissue the Verlaines’ first two albums, 1985’s Hallelujah—All The Way Home and 1987’s Juvenilia, on December 3 … A 13-disc boxed set containing remastered and expanded versions of Yes’ entire studio catalog, Yes: The Studio Albums 1969-1987, will be available from Rhino on December 24 … In December 1983, Lone Justice recorded 12 tracks at Suite 16 Studios, nine of which went unissued. Now you can hear all 12 in their entirety on This Is Lone Justice: The Vaught Tapes, 1983, due out January 14 from Omnivore  … November 19 will see the release of George Thorogood & The Destroyers: Live At Montreux 2013 on DVD, Blu-ray and CD. It chronicles George Thorogood & The Destroyers’ very first performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival this year … Various artists from Cherry Red’s U.K. psych imprint Grapefruit are featured on the label’s three-disc anthology, Love, Poetry And Revolution, which was released in October.

—Emily Costantino