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In The News: Pixies, Robert Pollard, Neil Young, Wilco, Alison Moyet, Leonard Cohen And More

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The 25th birthday of the Pixies’ second record, Doolittle, will be celebrated with a deluxe, three-disc anniversary package including b-sides, Peel Sessions, demos and more. It’s out from 4AD on December 2 …  The ever-prolific Robert Pollard has announced his new project, Ricked Wicky, which is set to release its debut, I Sell The Circus, via GBV Inc. on February 3 … Storytone is the new studio album from Neil Young, due out November 4 via Reprise … Joni Mitchell has curated a four-disc boxed set, Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting To Be Danced, set for a November 17 release via Rhino. It contains 53 remastered songs spanning Mitchell’s career … Sour Mash will issue Chasing Yesterday, the new record by Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, on March 3 … In celebration of Wilco’s 20th anniversary, the band will release two special collections on November 17 via Nonesuch: Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 (a rarities boxed set) and What’s Your 20: Essential Tracks (a collection of 38 songs from the band’s studio recordings) … A new live album from Alison Moyet, minutes and seconds: live, will be out from Cooking Vinyl/Metropolis digitally November 11 and on CD January 13 …  On December 2, the first high-definition full-concert recording from Leonard Cohen, Leonard Cohen: Live In Dublin, will be available from Columbia/Legacy … Uprising Live! is the first-ever DVD release of Bob Marley’s performance on Rockpalast during his final tour in 1980. It will be available from Eagle Rock on November 24 … Bureau B will issue the new Faust album, j US t, on November 25 … Supertramp’s Crime Of The Century turns 40 this year, and in celebration, a 40th anniversary edition will be released December 9, containing the original album, a live recording and more … After a five-year hiatus, Simple Minds are back with Big Music, due out November 3 … Drag City has announced the January 27 release of Alasdair Roberts’ new self-titled solo album … Take It Like A Man is the result of Jim White teaming up with the Packway Handle Band, which will be released by Yep Roc on January 27. Jim White Vs. The Packway Handle Band will tour the U.S. in support … A vinyl boxed set of Bill Evans live performances, The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings, 1961, will be available November 11 via Riverside … UMe will re-issue Bryan AdamsReckless, in celebration of the album’s 30th anniversary, on November 24 as a four-disc super-deluxe edition.

—Emily Costantino