* Office Of Future Plans have released the first track ‘Salamander’ from their upcoming debut self-titled album.
* Death Cab For Cutie will be releasing an EP called ‘Keys And Codes Remix EP’ on November 22. The EP is made up of seven remixes of songs from ‘Codes And Keys’. Leading up to the release, the band has been releasing one remix per week. So far they have released ‘Doors Unlocked And Open (Cut Copy Remix)’, ‘You Are A Tourist (The 2 Bears Remix)’, ‘Some Boys (RAC Maury Mix)’, ‘Home Is A Fire (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)’, and Codes And Keys (Yeasayer Remix).
* Nada Surf will be releasing a new album called ‘The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy’ on January 24. They have released the first single ‘When I Was Young’ for download on their website.
* Fanfarlo have released a video for the song ‘Deconstruction’ from their upcoming album ‘Rooms Filled With Light’, which is coming out on February 28. The song is available for purchase as a single (with b-side ‘Reconstruction’) from Amazon and iTunes.
* Radiohead have announced the dates for US tour next year (there’s no Pittsburgh date) and plans to return to the studio.
* The National have released their contribution to the upcoming Philistines Jr. covers album.
* Sigur Ros have released the one studio song on their upcoming live album/film ‘Inni’. The song is called ‘Lúppulagið’.
* Jonsi has revealed the details for his upcoming soundtrack for the Cameron Crowe film ‘We Bought A Zoo’. The album comes out December 13 and features several new songs.
* Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) has released a new EP of covers for free download.
* Bon Iver and Feist recently performed on Later With Jools Holland. You can see videos from the performance here and here.
* Album Stream: Feist - Metals
* Album Stream: Bjork - Biophilia
* Album Stream: Mutemath - Odd Soul
* Thrice is giving away the track ‘Words In The Water’ from their new album ‘Major/Minor’ via RCRD LBL. This is currently my favorite song on the new album.
* Daytrotter has released new sessions from Mat Kearney and Alexi Murdoch.
* Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead performed on Fallon.
* Ryan Adams has released more details about his upcoming album ‘Ashes & Fire’ and he will be going on short solo acoustic tour on the West Coast.
* She & Him will be releasing a holiday album.
* Radiohead have announced the details of TKOL RMX 1234567, the 2xCD collection of their ongoing 12” remix series. The band will be performing on the season premiere of SNL and the remixes from the 4th volume are now available for streaming.
* Coldplay will be releasing their new album Mylo Xyloto on October 25.
* Feist has released the first single “How Come You Never Go There” from her upcoming album Metals.
* Sigur Ros have a new film titled “Inni” coming out.
* Radiohead has announced that the ongoing 12” remix series will probably have 6 or 7 volumes and when it is completed, the entire series will be collected and released on CD. The third volume in the series is now available for streaming online.
* Ryan Adams has shared some details about his upcoming album “Ashes And Fire”.
* Jonsi will be providing the score for Cameron Crowe’s upcoming film We Bought A Zoo.
* Death Cab For Cutie performed a cover of “Twisterella” by Ride at a recent BBC radio session. They also revealed their fall tour dates.
* Feist has revealed the cover and tracklist to her upcoming album Metals, as well as some fall tour dates.
* Chino Moreno (of Deftones) has a new project called ††† and the group’s debut EP † is available for free download.
Here are the latest music-related links that were of interest to me:
* Matt Pryor is releasing Confidence Man on vinyl, and more importantly, he has another album that he will be releasing at some point [Link]
* Deftones have a new album coming out on May 18 [Link]
* Small Brown Bike is releasing a new single on March 9 [Link]
* The Get Up Kids are releasing a new EP soon [Link]
* Pearl Jam will be performing on Saturday Night Live on March 13 [Link]
* Circa Survive have released a song from their new album [Link]
* Minus The Bear have signed to Dangerbird records and they will be releasing their new album on May 4 [Link]
* Feist recently performed a brand new song live [Link]
* Vampire Weekend have released a really silly video for my favorite track on Contra, Giving Up The Gun [Link]
* Imogen Heap released a new single to benefit a hospital in London. You can listen to it and purchase it from this link. [Link]
* J. Robbins performed an acoustic set of songs that he wrote with Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels, and Office Of Future Plans. You can listen to the entire set via this link. [Link]
* In a related note, J. Robbins did an interview about the Jawbox reunion and his new band, Office Of Future Plans [Link]