UMe will commemorate Kiss’ 40-year recording career with a two-disc hits compilation, Kiss 40, due out May 27. The set includes the band’s biggest hits, live recordings and previously unreleased demos … I Saved Latin! A Tribute To Wes Anderson is an album featuring the likes of Matt Pond, Juliana Hatfield, Telekinesis, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Freelance Whales and more covering songs from the acclaimed director’s various films. It will be released May 13 by American Laundromat … Camper Van Beethoven’s new record, El Camino Real, a companion and follow-up to last year’s La Costa Perdida, will be out via 429 Records on June 3 … The 25th anniversary of Nightmares On Wax will be celebrated with the release of a best-of album, N.O.W Is The Time, on June 17 via Warp. An extensive U.S. tour will follow … The third album from Imelda May, Tribal, is set for a July 29 release via Verve … On May 6, Mick Harvey will pay tribute to Serge Gainsbourg with the release of a double-CD collection of his take on Intoxicated Man and Pink Elephants … Brass Tracks is the new NRBQ album, due out June 17 from Clang! … Polyvinyl has announced the May 20 reissue of American Football’s seminal self-titled album as a deluxe edition, complete with a bonus disc of rare live recordings, demos and practice sessions … Dave Van Ronk’s previously unreleased live album, Live In Monterey, will see the light of day on May 13 via Omnivore … The new Say Hi album, Endless Wonder, will be out via Barsuk on June 17 … The soundtrack to documentary Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, a film exploring the many facets of actor Harry Dean Stanton, will be issued by Omnivore on June 3.
—Emily Costantino
