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In The News: Rogue Wave, Andrew Bird, Shonen Knife, Sam Beam, Fleetwood Mac, Mogwai, Dandy Warhols, Dälek, Richmond Fontaine And More

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The first new album from Rogue Wave in three years, Delusions Of Grand Fur, will be available from Easy Sound on April 29. The band is touring the U.S. this summer in support … Andrew Bird’s new LP, Are You Serious, is due out April 1 via Loma Vista and features an appearance by Fiona Apple … The 35th anniversary of Shonen Knife will be commemorated April 1 with the release of Adventure via Good Caramel. A worldwide tour follows this fall .. Sub Pop will issue the collaborative effort from Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam and Jesca Hoop, Love Letter For Fire, on April 15 … Fleetwood Mac: In Concert is a triple-LP collection of 22 live recordings from Fleetwood Mac’s 1979-80 tour, due March 4 from Warner Bros. … On April 8, the Lumineers will release Cleopatra via Dualtone, with a world tour to follow in support … Mogwai has reworked music recorded for the soundtrack to Mark Cousin’s documentary Atomic: Living In Dread And Promise. The resulting album, Atomic, will be available from Temporary Residence Ltd. on June 17 … The new full-length from Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Things That We Are Made Of, is set for a May 6 release on Lambent Light via Thirty Tigers … Dine Alone will issue Distordland, the latest Dandy Warhols record, on April 8 … Luck Or Magic is the debut solo album from Britta Phillips (Luna, Dean & Britta), due out April 29 via Double Feature … On April 22, the first album from Dälek since 2009, Asphalt For Eden, will see the light of day via Profound Lore … Ace Frehley has announced the April 15 release of Origins Vol. 1, containing 12 cover songs and featuring appearances by Paul Stanley, Slash and Lita Ford … The new album from Fruit Bats (a.k.a. Eric D. Johnson), Absolute Loser, is set for a May 13 release via Easy Sound … Cherry Red will release Hawkwind’s new concept album, The Machine Stops, on April 15 … Open The Book is the new My Robot Friend record, due out March 4 on Worried Rainbow … On June 10, the Monkees will return for their 50th anniversary with a new album, Good Times!, on Rhino, which features tracks written by Rivers Cuomo, Ben Gibbard, Andy Patridge, Neil Diamond and more … Neil Michael Hagerty And the Howling Hex will release their new full-length, Denver, on April 15 via Drag City … The final album from Richmond Fontaine is You Can’t Go Back If There’s Nothing To Go Back To, set for a March 18 release via Fluff And Gravy … Bacteria Cult is the first John Kaada & Mike Patton album in 12 years, due out from Ipecac on April 1 … April 11 will see the release of Trapper Schoepp’s latest record, Rangers & Valentines, via Xtra Mile.

—Emily Costantino