Blog: Strangeglue

We're just over half way through the final year of this decade and 2010 has plenty of great albums pinned to its name. The second half of 2010 is looking equally as promising as the first - and this week sees plenty of big hitters releasing their offerings.

The Futureheads twitter feed consists of various musings about topics like the hairstyle of the Temporary Chief Constable of Newcastle Police. But yesterday frontman Barry Hyde asked fans for help in deciding which of their songs to put on an a capella album.

American folk artist Lissie has announced a headline tour of the U. K. The singer who has now decamped to the UK from her home base in California will take her new album across some of the nation's best live venues.

The recently reformed Swans, who are one of the main attractions at this year's Supersonic Festival have given us the details on their new album. To be called My Father Will Guide Me Up A Robe To The Sky, the LP will be released on September 20.

If you haven't heard, Grinderman are releasing their second studio album on September 13. Grinderman 2, is the rather unimaginative title, but if that doesn't inspire you surely this trailer will: The band have also provided a tracklist: And you can catch them live at the following venues:.

California tropical punk rockers Abe Vigoda have announced plans to release a new album this September. Dubbed Crush, it will be released September 20 via Bella Union. What can you expect from the new LP? Well the press release talks about the band reinventing itself with "glassy shards of 'cold wave' pop, with synthesisers, sequencers and altogether broodier beats.

• Abe Vigoda - Track 03

Hot on the heels of their new album being released, I Am Kloot have announced a UK tour in support of 'Sky At Night'. The Manchester band head out on the road at the tail-end of September with nine dates scheduled in all.

"I wish I could fly right up to the sky but I can't" sings Barry Hyde on The Futureheads new single 'I Can Do That'. Well, if you can't do that, why not draw yourself doing just that in a video.

Dave Heumann will add to his impressive discography this summer with another project featuring some of his best pals. He's announced a band called The Coil Sea and their first record will be released by Thrill Jockey in August. The Coil Sea is Dave Heumann from the band Arbouretum, making improvised music with Matthew Pierce (keys) and Michael Lowry (drums) who are both members of a long-running, mainly instrumental project called Big in Japan.

We've just got the new Sky Larkin album through the post here at S. G, and we have to say we're rather impressed with it on first listen. It's still a month until the official release date, so there's plenty of time for the record to mature / grate but the band have today announced the details on the opening single to be lifted from the trio's forthcoming second album, due August 9.

"I wish I could fly right up to the sky but I can't" sings Barry Hyde on The Futureheads new single 'I Can Do That'. Well, if you can't do that, why not draw yourself doing just that in a video.

BBC 6 Music has staved off the threat of closure after the BBC Trust rejected plans to axe the station. In the initial response to the BBC strategy review, which originally stated plans to close the station, Sir Michael Lyons, chairman of the BBC Trust said that the case for the closure of 6 Music had not been made.

The summer lull continues apace this week, with just a handful of albums being released. There are however a few interesting titles, with new albums from Manchester's now veteran outfit I Am Kloot and near neighbours Cherry Ghost, while Eel Pie Island's Mystery Jets complete a rout of the top three albums scheduled for this week.

Somehow the thought of thousands of people drowning out Eminem with a chorus of vuvuzela's proved too problematic to T In The Park Organisers. The festival has banned anybody that's attending the Scottish festival from taking vuvuzela's to this year's event, fearing that it may upset the artists.

Ten years on from the release of their superlative second album, Queens Of The Stone Age will do it all over again this August when they re-release 'Rated R' to mark its tenth anniversary. The two-CD re-issue will include the original remastered album as well as a second disc with six B-sides and the band's 2000 summer performance at the Reading Festival.

Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis has revealed that his band are to play a one-off gig with the London Chamber Orchestra. The orchestra is the U. K's oldest chamber orchestra and is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. They've tapped Foals to play a show based around their second album 'Total Life Forever'.

Interpol's self-titled fourth album will be released on September 6 via Matador. And Matador have let slip what the artwork will look like via their website. It's displaying a small image of the album's cover art (see below) which looks like the aftermath scenery of a game of Worms.

There used to be a time when Of Montreal provided daily fodder for the web based music community. One day, there was a rumour of a Beyonce collaboration, the next he'd be getting naked on stage (NSFW link). The mill's been rather quiet recently, but that's because Athens' finest (non-R.

Los Campesinos! have announced they've parted ways with their drummer and founding member Ollie Campesinos! He announced the news himself via the band's official website, though no specific reason was given for the departure. We're not sure if Gareth has any further siblings to replace the sticks man, but if and when a replacement is announced, we'll be sure to let you know.

Manchester's Oceansize seem to have been around for ages, yet only now are they announcing their fourth studio album. It's titled 'Self Preserved While The Bodies Float Up' and the band have scheduled the release for September 6. The band will also be plugging the record on a full-scale tour of the U.