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In The News: Nirvana, Reatards, Zombies, Futurebirds, Elvis Presley, Wolf Eyes, Urge Overkill, Escort, Sisters Of Mercy And More

Nirvana

On August 28, Nirvana’s posthumous collection Nirvana (originally released in 2002) will make its debut on vinyl complete with a digital download card via UMe … Goner will reissue Grown Up Fucked Up, the second album by the Reatards, on August 21 … The Zombies have signed with The End, which will release their new album, Still Got That Hunger, on October 9. The band will also perform 1968 album Odyssey & Oracle on American stages for the first time this fall … The National’s Matt Berninger and Menomena’s Brent Knopf have joined up to create El Vy. Debut album Return To The Moon is set for an October 30 release via 4AD … Hotel Parties, the new Futurebirds LP, is due out on Easy Sound on September 25 … October 30 marks the release of If I Can Dream: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra via Legacy. It features classic Elvis Presley vocal performances with brand-new orchestral accompaniment as well as appearances by Michael Buble, Il Volo and Duane Eddy … Third Man has announced the October 30 release of Enemy Ladder, the new record from Wolf EyesEmerson, Lake & Palmer’s 1997 performance at Montreux will be available on CD and digital formats for the first time ever on September 11 as Live At Montreux 1997 via Eagle Rock … Twenty-three years after its original release, Urge Overkill’s Stull EP will be reissued by Touch And Go on October 30 on limited-edition white vinyl … Liberman is the fifth album from Vanessa Carlton, due out this October from Dine Alone … On October 30, Escort’s second album, Animal Nature, will be released by Escort Records … Proud Souls/Thirty Tigers will issue Squelch, the eighth studio album from Jason Boland & The Stragglers, on October 7 … Sisters Of Mercy’s 1987 album Floodland will be reissued as a four-LP set on September 25 via Rhino … The first-ever release of audio from Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin’s 2011 Montreux performance will be out on Eagle Rock on September 11 … Salad Days: A Decade Of Punk In Washington, DC (1980-90)—Scott Crawford and Jim Saah’s documentary featuring the likes of Bad Brains, Minor Threat, Government Issue, Fugazi and more—will be released on DVD on September 18 … On October 30, Falsework, the new album from Young Galaxy, will be issued by Paper Bag … Bear Family has announced the September 25 release of Tennessee Ernie Ford: Portrait Of An American Singer (1949-2960). It’s a five-disc boxed set featuring all of the secular-themed studio recordings from Tennessee Ernie Ford early in his career.

—Emily Costantino