Everyday Robots is the debut solo record from Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz), due out via Warner Bros. on April 29. Albarn will make an appearance at the Governors Ball Music Festival in June … The 11th full-length from Eels, The Cautionary Tales Of Mark Oliver Everett, will be available April 22 … Built To Spill, Ween’s Aaron Freeman & Slash, Glen Hansard, Reggie Watts, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Langhorne Slim and many more contributed covers of ’80s-era Bob Dylan songs to Bob Dylan In The 80s: Volume 1. It’s set for a March 25 release from ATO, with a portion of the proceeds going to the Pencils Of Promise charity … A two-disc anniversary edition of Pantera’s 20-year-old album, Far Beyond Driven, will be released by Rhino on March 25. It includes a newly remastered version of the original record along with the band’s performance at the 1994 Monsters Of Rock festival … The 30th career anniversary of Loreena McKennitt will be celebrated March 4 with the release of retrospective album The Journey So Far: The Best Of Loreena McKennitt, which contains 12 tracks curated by the woman herself … Soul Asylum has announced it’s back in the studio working on an as-yet-untitled album of all new material, due out this year.
—Emily Costantino
