Following their headline performance at Matador’s 21st celebrations in Las Vegas last year, we’re happy to announce the forthcoming single from Guided By Voices, out on November 21st.  Featuring the classic line-up of Robert Pollard, Tobin Sprout, Mitch Mitchell, Greg Demos and Kevin Fennell, Matador will release the single ‘The Unsinkable Fats Domino’ / ‘We Won’t Apologize’ ahead of a new self-released album out in 2012, ‘Let’s Go Eat The Factory’.

The single will be release on 7″ vinyl and as a digital download. Preorder the 7″ vinyl here.

Coinciding with his return to the UK on October 27^th as part of his European tour, Lenny Kravitz announces Push’ as the second single from his critically acclaimed album ‘Black And White America’. The track, written, produced and arranged by four-time Grammy award winner Kravitz, calls on us to look to the future and “push the clouds away” with its uplifting vocal and upbeat melody.

The tour titled Black and White Europe will feature brand new staging and production and include all of Lenny’s biggest hits as well as showcase the new album.  Fans who sign up on www.lennykravitz.com or follow him on Facebook or Twitter will be the first to receive the exclusive pre-sale information for the tour.

Jens Lekman is now streaming his brand new EP ‘An Argument With Myself’ in full ahead of it’s release on Monday 19th September through Secretly Canadian.

Jens muses about ‘An Argument With Myself’: “In the case ‘Jens Lekman vs. Jens Lekman,’ we will look closer at the evidence presented – the photo I had carried in my breastpocket for a whole year, the pressed honeysuckle, the wind so rich on summer and so sweet – how are these things connected and why are they relevant?”

Lekman is also set to play two UK tour dates, including a show at London’s Heaven:
October: 17th London, UK – Heaven, 19th Manchester, UK – Band on the Wall .

A stunning ‘Director’s Cut’ of the landmark 1973 album produced, authorised and overseen by Pete Townshend.

After the 1971 album ‘Who’s Next’, Pete Townshend returned to the ‘rock-opera’ concept, so dramatically realised through ‘Tommy’, with another ambitious double-album masterpiece. Based around the story of Jimmy – ‘Quadrophenia’ tells the tale of a young mod and his struggle to come of age in the mid-1960s.The story also takes its influence from the band’s early fans from the original mod era, and its themes of teenage angst and disaffection still resonate strongly today.

The project was intended to reflect the four characters of The Who and features some of Townshend’s most inspired, personal song-writing – way ahead of its time in scope and purpose.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds release their first-ever single ‘The Death Of You And Me’ on Sour Mash Records on August 21^st.

Already the subject of global media speculation since a rogue tweet from an L.A. video shoot sparked headlines across the world, ‘The Death Of You And Me’ marks songwriter Noel Gallagher’s first release in almost three years.

The single precedes the highly anticipated album ‘Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ which will be released October 17.   Co-produced by Noel and David Sardy, the album was recorded in London and Los Angeles and will feature 10 brand new Noel Gallagher songs.

“The Death of You and Me” will be available as a digital bundle on August 21, with the new video and an exclusive B side, “The Good Rebel”, unavailable elsewhere.  CD single and 7” formats will be available the following day, August 22.

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will tour later this year following the release of their eponymous album.

Off the back of her standout signature performance at London’s Wireless Festival on July 3rd, Wall Of Sound announce ”Hurricane Dub’, a special edition version of Grace Jones’ seminal return to form album of 2008, due for release 5th September 2011

Her first album since 1989’s Bulletproof Heart’, ‘Hurricane’, a masterpiece record was supported by a major international tour, receiving overwhelming praise from audiences and critics alike. The dub version of the album brings a new, dark dynamic to her signature vocals and crashing base lines.

An icon of our time, for the artwork of ‘Hurricane Dub’, Grace has once again teamed up with her once creative partner, Jean-Paul Goude, to deliver a striking cover image, wearing a trade mark Philip Treacy hat.

In the waning months of the 20^th century, legendary Seattle band Screaming Trees went back into the studio one last time. Having been released from their label and realizing that the outlook was grim, the Trees entered Stone Gossard’s Studio Litho to preserve the last batch of songs the band had written. Financed by the band and produced by drummer Barrett Martin, these sessions proved to be their last. On June 25th, 2000, the Trees played their final concert in front of 20,000 people at Seattle’s Memorial Stadium, after which the band members went their separate ways. The final recordings were never mixed or released, and for more than a decade, the original two-inch tapes lay gathering dust in the basement of Gossard’s studio.

Twelve years later, in the winter of 2011, Martin and long-time friend and producer Jack Endino found the two-inch multi-track reels, carefully baked and cleaned the tapes, transferred them to a digital format, and brought back to life those final 10 songs. To their pleasant surprise, the music had a raw, energetic quality, with the band cracking jokes and howling with laughter between takes – they were clearly having a good time. Mark Lanegan’s smokey baritone was in top form and so was the band, with original members Gary Lee Conner on electric guitar, his brother Van Conner on bass, and Barrett Martin, the band’s long-time drummer. REM’s Peter Buck guested on acoustic guitar and electric 12-string guitar, and Trees touring guitarist Josh Homme played guitar on one song as well. These final sessions were a remarkable last testament to the band’s impressive 15-year career that ended with their last show in June of 2000.

Following a stunning performance at Glastonbury, and rave reviews reviews for new album “Smart Flesh” earlier this year, The Low Anthem have added a number of headline shows in August to their busy summer live schedule, the dates sandwiched between their performances at the Wilderness and Green Man Festivals… In other news, kindred spirit William Elliot Whitmore has been announced as the main support for their London Roundhouse show in November. Those live dates below…

Sunday 14 August – Oxford – Wilderness Festival

Tuesday 16 August – Gateshead – Town Hall

Wednesday 17 August – Birmingham – Hare & Hound

Thursday 18 August – Norwich – Arts Centre

Friday 19 August – Devon – Beautiful Days Festival

Sunday 21 August  – Brecon Beacons – Green Man Festival

Wednesday 16 November – London – The Roundhouse

Afeni Shakur and the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation have announced details for the 2PAC 40^th Birthday Celebration Concert, at the Atlanta Symphony Hall in Atlanta, GA, June 16, 2011. Hosted by comedian/actor Mike Epps, this star-studded event will feature a headlining appearance by Grammy award-winning artist Erykah Badu, as well as performances by legendary soul artists Roy Ayers and Eric Roberson, and hip-hop heavyweights Too $hort, Bun B, and 8 Ball and MJG. Proceeds from the event benefit the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation.

“I am deeply honored to have been invited by Afeni Shakur to celebrate her son’s remarkable life,” says Badu. “I don’t take this distinction for granted.”

There is no rest for man of the moment Example, he’s back and means business. Armed and taking over our airwaves once again his massive comeback single “Changed The Way You Kiss Me”, he’s giving us a taste of things to come from his third studio album, “Playing in the Shadows”, released later this year. Produced by dance pioneer Michael Woods, “Changed The Way You Kissed Me” sees Example back on form at his very best. Utilising a dirty bass backdrop infused with big synth-heavy hooks, Example is able to lay over his classic lyrical prowess of tales of girl trouble and unrequited love.