News Roundup (12/08/09)

Today's roundup includes Morrissey, Wolfmother, Girls,Bon Iver, Collections of Colonies Bees, The Dead Weather, Mumford & Sons. *Remember! The news roundup gets updated throughout the day, so make sure you come back later for more news!* Morrissey Morrissey has requested that fans don't buy any of the forthcoming box set reissues from his back catalogue.The former Smiths singer claimed in a statement issued to fan site True-to-you.net, which he often communicates through, that he wouldn't receive any money from the reissues, released on November 2, and that he was not asked for approval for their release. The Morrissey reissues will see singles and B-sides re-packaged as new seven-inch vinyl releases. Morrissey tickets: Nov 05, 2009 18:00 at Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London Nov 05, 2009 18:30 at Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London Nov 07, 2009 19:30 at Liverpool Echo Arena, Liverpool www.myspace.com/morrissey Wolfmother Wolfmother have unveiled the full tracklisting for their second album, 'Cosmic Egg'. The record, which marks the band's first new studio effort since the departure of Chris Ross and Myles Heskett last year, is released on October 12. In a statement, Wolfmother frontman Andrew Stockdale said: "It's been a long road back.'Cosmic Egg' is, in short, the sound of the Wolfmother world being rethunk and cracked wide open." Ross and Heskett have been replace by Dave Atkins, Aidan Nemeth and Ian Peres. Wolfmother will play a special one-off show at the Lexington in London tomorrow (August 12). 'Cosmic Egg' tracklisting: 'California Queen' 'New Moon Rising' 'White Feather' 'Sundial' 'In The Morning' '10,000 Feet' 'Cosmic Egg' 'Far Away' 'Pilgrim' 'In The Castle' 'Phoenix' 'Violence Of The Sun' www.myspace.com/wolfmother Girls Girls (Christopher Owens and Chet JR White) forthcoming second single ‘Lust For Life’ is 2 minutes 23 seconds of gloriously melodic, frazzled West Coast pop - described by the band as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious and perfect". Taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Album' released on 28th September via Fantasytrashcan/Turnstile in the UK, and Matador/True Panther in the US; 'Lust For Life' precedes the album on the 7th September. 'Album' was recorded in a variety of bedrooms and rehearsal rooms across their adopted hometown of San Francisco, and produced by JR. Chris and JR tour the UK this Autumn... SEPTEMBER 21 - London, Lexington OCTOBER 09 - Nottingham, Bodega Social Club 10 - Liverpool, Korova 11 - Manchester, Night & Day 13 - Glasgow, Captain's Rest 14 - Edinburgh, Sneaky Pete's 15 - Leeds, Brudenell Social Club 16 - Bristol, The Cooler 17 - Birmingham, Academy 3 19 - Brighton, The Albert 20 - London, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen 21 - Tunbridge Wells, Forum 23 - Cardiff, SWN Festival www.myspace.com/girlssanfran Volcano Choir Volcano Choir's Unmap will be released on September 22nd on Jagjaguwar. The first single, "Island, IS" is centrally constructed around the multi-layered loops and microsecond cuts by guitarist Chris Roseanu. Justin, responsible for all of Volcano Choir's vocals, crafted consonant harmonies. Not initially concerned with lyrics, the words that came from the sounds were secondary, but ended up a tremendously meaningful stream-of-consciousness. Unmap will be released by Jagjaguwar on September 22nd (21st in the UK), worldwide. www.myspace.com/volcanochoir The Dead Weather The Dead Weather have announced details of a full UK tour this autumn. The dates come hot on the heels of the release of their highly acclaimed debut album ‘Horehound’ on Third Man/Columbia Records and the handful of explosive sold-out & secret shows that they played earlier this summer. THE DEAD WEATHER : UK TOUR DATES Monday 19th October - Manchester Academy 0161 832 1111 Wednesday 21st October - Newcastle 02 Academy 0844 477 2000 Thursday 22nd October - Edinburgh Picture House 0844 847 2487 Friday 23rd October - Leeds 02 Academy 0844 477 2000 Sunday 25th October - Bristol 02 Academy 0844 477 2000 Monday 26th October - Birmingham 02 Academy 0844 477 2000 Thursday 29th October - London 02 Brixton Academy www.myspace.com/thedeadweather Mumford & Sons Following three limited edition 10" EPs through Chess Club Recordings, Mumford & Sons are pleased to announce details of their eagerly anticipated debut album, and a special live event to premiere their new video. The debut album, ‘Sigh No More’, will be released through Gentlemen Of The Road/Island Records on the 5th October. The album was produced by Markus Dravs (Arcade Fire, Bjork) at Eastcote Studios in London during the Spring. Mumford & Sons will head out on a full UK tour throughout September and October to coincide with the releases: Tickets are on sale now from www.wegottickets.com for £8. 24th August @ London, The Borderline (Little Lion Man Video Premiere + Live Performance) 12th September @ Glasgow, King Tuts 13th September @ Nottingham, Bodega 14th September @ Manchester, Ruby Lounge 15th September @ Bristol, Thekla 16th September @ London, Scala (SOLD OUT) 18th September @ Aberdeen, Café Drummonds 19th September @ Inverness, Loopalu 21st September @ Newcastle, The Cluny 22nd September @ Hull, Adelphi 23rd September @ Leeds, Cockpit 24th September @ Sheffield, The Plug 29th September @ Birmingham, Glee Club 30th September @ Oxford, Bullingdon 2nd October @ Norwich, Arts Centre 3rd October @ Tunbridge Wells, Forum 4th October @ Cambridge, Junction 2 6th October @ Brighton, Komedia 7th October @ Bath, Moles 8th October @ Southampton, Talking Heads 11th October @ Northampton, Roadmender www.myspace.com/mumfordandsons Spotify Baby! 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