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In The News: Iron & Wine, Queens Of The Stone Age, Clientele, Lee Ranaldo, Black Kids, Jane’s Addiction, Brian Eno, Vines, Helmet And More

Iron & Wine will release its first new material in more than four years, the 11-song Beast Epic, via Sub Pop on August 25 … That same day, Queens Of The Stone Age returns with seventh album Villains on Matador … The Clientele is back after seven years with Music For The Age Of Miracles, out September 22 via Merge … Lee Ranaldo‘s Electric Trim, featuring guest appearance from Sharon Van Etten, Kid Millions, Nels Cline, Steve Shelley and Alan Licht, is out September 15 on Mute … The Perceptionists (a.k.a. Mr. Lif and Akrobatik) will release their first full-length in a dozen years, Resolution, on July 28 via Mello Music … On August 18, Bloodshot will issue Boy In A Well by the Yawpers … The Fresh & Onlys return with Wolf Lie Down on Sinderlyn … Columbia is issuing Foster The People‘s third album, Sacred Hearts Club, on July 21 … Black Kids are back September 15 with sophomore album Rookie … On September 29, Wolf Alice will release second album Visions Of A Life via Dirty Hit/RCA … Rock Fuel Media/Sonic Films/Cleopatra/MVD will issue Jane’s Addiction‘s Ritual De Lo Habitual Alive At 25, documenting the band’s Sept. 23, 2016, performance at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, on DVD, Blu-ray, CD and vinyl … The Age Of Reason is Bronski Beat‘s first album in 22 years, out July 28 on Cherry Red … The Catalogue: 1985-2012 Pet Shop Boys reissue series begins July 28 with the release of Nightlife, Release and Fundamental via Rhino … Metric frontwoman Emily Haines returns with Choir Of The Mind on September 15 via Last Gang/eOne … Rain Parade‘s Emergency Third Rail Power Trip and Explosions In The Glass Palace are being reissued on one CD on August 4 by Real Gone … Also reissued: the TriffidsTreeless Plain and In The Pines, out now via PIAS … Legacy/Rockingale will release Carole King‘s Tapestry: Live At Hyde Park on CD/DVD on September 1 … Bryan AdamsWembley Live 1996 is out via Eagle Rock on June 30 … Cherry Red will issue Howard Jones‘ Best (1983-2017) on July 29 … Limited-edition reissue vinyl alert: Brian Eno‘s Here Come The Warm Jets, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), Another Green World and Before And After Science (Astralwerks, August 4); the VinesHighly Evolved (Capitol/UMe, July 14); the Velvet Underground‘s The Velvet Underground And Nico (UMe, June 30); the SlitsReturn Of The Giant Slits (Real Gone, August 11); and Helmet‘s Meantime (UMe, out now).