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It's the best track from the new album and now several more million people will be exposed to the wonderful record by PJ Harvey, thanks to this morning's announcement that 'The Glorious Land', the second single from PJ Harvey's 'Let England Shake', will be released as digital download and on 7" vinyl by Island Records on April 18th 2011.

Almost a year ago to the day, WHY? drummer Josiah Wolf released his debut album through Anticon. Now his older, more familiar sibling is going out on tour by himself. Yoni Wolf frontman of WHY?, is heading out on a handful of U.

Of Montreal are back with some new material this spring with thecontrollersphere EP, due out April 26th via Polyvinyl. The band have made the opening track Black Lion Massacre available to download from this location - as usual there's no charge other than your e-mail address.

Tipped by everyone (including us) as one of the bands to watch in 2011, indie-dance trio Three Trapped Tigers have announced their debut album. The album follows the release of three EPs, and it's called Route One Or Die and will be released through Blood and Biscuits on May 30th.

Indie folk / pop duo Slow Club have been forced to cancel their tour scheduled for this May. Singer / guitarist / drummer Rebecca Taylor has been rather poorly recently and although she is now on the mend, several tour dates have been postponed, with the album recording sessions delayed too.

ATP have announced the details on their second festival to take place at this December's Nightmare Before Xmas in Minehead. It'll be a three-way curated bash, with Battles, Caribou and Les Savy Fav each headlining a night and choosing a line-up of fourteen artists for one day each of the festival.

It's good to see the Low Anthem stretching outside their comfort zone on their new single. 'Boeing 737', a song that sees the Rhode Island quartet stray from their delicate folk sounds has a video to accompany the track too.

Dear loyal Strangeglue readers from over the years,You may have forgotten about me, your humble servant in once-prolific live reviews. But I haven't forgotten about you, my friends. In fact, I think about you all the time. I have been spending a lot of time working on something for us: The Note Well.

Most people's first recollection of the Meat Puppets will be the introduction from Kurt Cobain on Nirvana's 1993 Unplugged album. That's how over the hill they are right? Wrong. Still relevant, still prolific and now on their sixteenth studio album, the Arizona trio have announced that Lollipop and will come out on May 2nd through Megaforce Records.

Fresh from last month's announcement of a new album, The Wave Pictures have penned in a U. K tour to promote the record. The record, 'Beer In The Breakers' comes out through Moshi Moshi on May 2nd, with the tour beginning the day before release at Peel Hall in Manchester.

This week's new releases include albums from a Noel Gallagher-less Oasis, otherwise known as 'Beady Eye' and a smattering of Swedish talent cosying up to us as both Those Dancing Days and Lykke Li return to form with their comeback albums.

Gruff Rhys has announced a full North American tour in support of his latest solo album, Hotel Shampoo. The enigmatic lead singer and songwriter for celebrated Welsh outfit Super Furry Animals, solo artist, one half of trans-Atlantic electronic duo Neon Neon and documentarian extraordinaire, (that's a mouthful) will release Hotel Shampoo in the U.

Psychedelic superstars Primal Scream are bringing their seminal Screamadelica album to the Eden Sessions on June 23. Screamadelica Live will see the Glaswegian six-piece return to the Eden Project to play the entire album, considered to be one of the defining records of the nineties.

Australian electro-poppers Cut Copy have an album barely two weeks old, yet they're already plotting the second single to be taken from their 'Zonoscope' LP. 'Need You Now' is expected to hit shelves on April 4th, but the video for the single is starting to creep up the YouTube playlists.

Often considered the Grigori Rasputin of the musical-genre family, Shoegaze is the one that won't go away. Resuscitated and reinvented approximately every six months, everyone has their own ideas to bury under the fuzz. Now it's the turn of ex-Cajun Dance Party guitarists and vocalists Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom.

Often considered the Grigori Rasputin of the musical-genre family, Shoegaze is the one that won't go away. Resuscitated and reinvented approximately every six months, everyone has their own ideas to bury under the fuzz. Now it's the turn of ex-Cajun Dance Party guitarists and vocalists Daniel Blumberg and Max Bloom.

There are plenty of new albums to compliment Friday's release of Radiohead's eighth studio album this week. Lining up this week to take your cash are the debut efforts from Frankie & The Heartstrings and London-based newbies Yuck. We'll have reviews of both shortly, but for now have a listen via the Spotify links and be sure to let us know what you think: [spotify:7mYLGBk0C0FUv7HuguP2W F] Label: Pop Sex Buy From Amazon: Click Here Label: Drag City [...]

You can't help but feel that Thom Yorke set himself up for this one. After the release on Friday of the band's video for new song, 'Lotus Flower', some clever spark has set the Radiohead frontman's dance moves to Beyonce's 'Single Ladies'.

James Blake, The Futureheads and Frightened Rabbit have all been added to the line-up for this year's Live At Leeds Festival. If you haven't cottoned on, it's a three day festival featuring both music and arts, with the three bands joining the likes of Anna Calvi, Pulled Apart By Horses, Young Knives and The Duke Spirit at the event.

Just a couple of days ago we brought you a download / stream of the title track from the upcoming Dum Dum Girls EP. On the EP, they perform a lo-fi cover of the Smiths track, 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out'.