News and Notes

These are long overdue ....

- Partisan Records will be releasing an expanded release of Holy Sons’ Decline of the West on September 23, 2008;
- Brazil's Curumin is set to release JapanPopShow on Quannum Projects on October 7, 2008;
- Portland's The Upsidedown will be touring with The Dandy Warhols;
- British Sea Power are now being recognized by their native England with a nomination for the Nationwide Mercury Prize, which celebrates the top 12 albums released by UK or Irish artists for their third album Do You Like Rock Music;
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Oklahoman-band Colourmusic has released the next video for "Yes!" from their upcoming album, f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13, which comes out September 9th.
- Del McCoury's Moneyland album seeks to raise awareness of the economic issues facing Americans. In addition to songs from the Del McCoury Band, the album features songs from Marty Stuart, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, Bruce Hornsby, the Fairfield Four, Chris Knight and others.
- Ray LaMontagne has announced his first North American tour in support of his new album Gossip In The Grain will start September 30 in Indianapolis. The album is due out October 14.
- Singer-songwriter Matthew Perryman Jones will release his new album Swallow the Sea on August 19.
- Apollo Sunshine's new album, Shall Noise Upon, is now available digitally and on vinyl. The band have teamed up
with imeem to offer an exclusive stream of the entire album, here.
- Howlies, are touring in support of their August 12th release, Sea Level;
- Merz (Conrad Lambert) will release a new digital only EP entitled Presume Too Much exclusively via iTunes on August 19;