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In The News: Interpol, Robyn Hitchcock, Spoon, Jeff Tweedy, Beth Orton, Bats And More

Interpol

The first new Interpol album in four years, El Pintor, is due out from Matador on September 9. The band will tour this summer leading up to the release, including performances at GΩoverners Ball, Lollapalooza, FYF Fest and more … Robyn Hitchcock will release new record The Man Upstairs on August 26 via Yep Roc … Loma Vista will issue the latest Spoon album, They Want My Soul, on August 5 … Sukierae is a collaborative LP featuring 20 new Jeff Tweedy tracks, performed by him and son Spencer Tweedy. It’s out September 16 via Tweedy’s dBpm label … On September 9, the eighth studio album from Better Than Ezra, All Together Now, will be available from The End … A new double album of original material from Chrome, Feel It Like A Scientist, is set for an August 5 release via King Of Spades … Beth Orton’s 1999 album, Central Reservation, will be reissued by 3 Loop as a two-disc expanded edition on July 8, featuring b-sides, remixes and previously unreleased live recordings … Dan “The Automator” Nakamura and Mary Elizabeth Winstead have teamed up to form Got A Girl, and will make their debut with I Love You But I Must Drive Off This Cliff, due out from Bulk on July 22 … A Sunday Night Above The Rain, a live double-album featuring Marillion’s performance at last year’s Marillion Weekend at Center Parcs in the Netherlands, will be released July 22 via earMusic/Eagle Rock … Flying Nun/Captured Tracks has announced the release of Compiletely Bats. It’s a collection of the Bats’ early EPs and singles as well as the band’s first two full-length albums, Daddy’s Highway and The Law of Things.

—Emily Costantino