Longtime MAGNET fave Belle & Sebastian will release three five-song EPs, all titled How To Solve Our Human Problems, via Matador over of the course of three months starting December 8. A vinyl boxed set will collect all three volumes. And don’t worry: MAGNET will be keeping very “busy” with Stuart Murdoch and Co. regarding these releases … On November 17, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary, John Scheinfeld’s doc about jazz legend John Coltrane, will be out on DVD and Blu-ray via UMe with bonus material; the same day, Verve/UMe is issuing the film’s audio companion, Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary Original Soundtrack, on CD and double vinyl … The Moody Blues’ Days Of Future Passed celebrates its 50th anniversary on November 17 courtesy of UMe with a two-CD/DVD deluxe edition that restores the LP to its original stereo mix and also includes BBC sessions, previously unreleased videos, a poster and more … Maroon 5 is back November 3 with sixth album Red Pill Blues (222/Interscope), available as both standard and deluxe editions … Katharine McPhee returns with the Don Was-produced I Fall In Love Too Easily (BMG) on November 17, an album of romantic standards including songs made famous by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Nina Simone … Sam Smith’s sophomore album, The Thrill Of It All, will be out November 3 on Capitol … Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will issue their first album together, The Rest Of Our Life, on November 17 via Arista Nashville/McGraw Music … The soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 Moulin Rouge! has been issued for the first time on double vinyl by UMe, featuring songs performed by the film’s actors (including Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo and Jim Broadbent) as well as David Bowie, Christina Aguilera, Bono, Lil’ Kim, Beck, P!nk, Rufus Wainwright, Fatboy Slim, Massive Attack and more … ’60s British Invasion rockers the Searchers entered the new-wave era in 1979 with two albums for Seymour Stein’s Sire imprint, and though both were released with multiple track listings depending on where you lived, all the material from that era will be compiled on the two-CD, 29-track Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979-1981, out via Omnivore on December 8 … Tribute time: On April 6, Merge will issue I Only Listen To The Mountain Goats: All Hail West Texas, a double-LP comp featuring covers of each track from the Mountain Goats‘ 2002 classic All Hail West Texas; artists include Laura Jane Grace, Andrew Bird, Craig Finn, Amanda Palmer and more … A Tribute To Dan Fogelberg is just that: a tribute to late songwriter Dan Fogelberg, featuring the likes of Boz Scaggs, Amy Grant/Vince Gill, Zac Brown, Train, Garth Brooks, Donna Summer and the Eagles; it’s out via BMG on November 17 … Christmas corner: Deck the halls with these holiday jawns: Various artists’ NOW That’s What I Call Merry Christmas featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby/David Bowie, Elvis Presley, Beach Boys, Jackson 5, Nat King Cole, Wham!, Justin Bieber and more (out now, UMe); Dude York‘s Halftime For The Holidays (November 24, Hardly Art); Loose Cattle‘s Seasonal Affective Disorder (December 1, Low Heat); Tav Falco‘s A Tav Falco Christmas (December 1, Org/Frenzi).
