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In The News: Thermals, Yeasayer, Pete Yorn, RJD2, Elvis Presley, Elvis Costello And More

Thermals

The Thermals have announced the March 25 release of their seventh full-length, We Disappear, via Saddle Creek … Amen & Goodbye is the fourth studio album from Yeasayer, due out from Mute on April 1 … Capitol will issue Pete Yorn’s sixth record, Arranging Time, on March 11 … On January 26, Phil Collins’ “Take A Look At Me Now” retrospective campaign will start to wind down with the release of deluxe editions of Face Value and Both Sides. Hello, I Must Be Going! and Dance Into The Light will follow on February 26 … The sixth album by RJD2, Dame Fortune, will be available March 25 via RJ’s Electrical Connections. A U.S. tour kicks off later this month … Elvis Presley: The Album Collection is a whopping 60-disc, limited-edition boxed-set anthology, featuring 57 restored Elvis Presley albums and three discs of rarities. Due out from RCA on March 18, the set commemorates the 60th anniversary of the original release of Elvis Presley … Teenage Fanclub’s Francis Macdonald will release his acclaimed Music For String Quartet, Piano & Celeste in the U.S. via Redeye on February 19 … Rhino has launched its first-ever “Start Your Year Off Right” campaign, which will feature exclusive releases from Bad Company, the Cars, Devo, Grateful Dead, the Replacements, Velvet Underground and more on January 19 … February 26 will see the release of exclusive CD/DVD and CD/Blu-ray editions of Michael Jackson’s Off The Wall bundled with new documentary Michael Jackson’s Journey From Motown To Off The Wall, directed by Spike Lee … The DVD and Blu-ray of Detour Live At Liverpool Philharmonic Hall by Elvis Costello will be available February 12 from Eagle Rock … Pennywise and Theologian Records have teamed up with Hardline Entertainment to reissue the band’s early recordings on a single LP, Nineteen Eighty Eight, on May 20 … Stiff, the new White Denim album, will be released March 25 via Downtown/Sony Red … Blue Note will issue I Long To See You, the new LP from Charles Lloyd & the Marvels, on January 15. It features guest vocals from Willie Nelson and Norah Jones … On February 26, Glenn Kotche & So Percussion will release Drumkit Quartets via Cantaloupe … Forty-year-old demos by Sammy Walker will now be available from Ramseur on Brown Eyed Georgia Darlin’, due April 8.

—Emily Costantino