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The follow-up to Deerhunter [ tickets ]'s acclaimed "Microcastle" album will be released Sept. 28, immediately after which the Atlanta-based indie-rock act will start a six-week tour.

"Halcyon Digest," the band's fourth album, is its first to be directly released by 4AD Records. The first single is "Helicopter." ...continued
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Phish [ tickets ] bassist Mike Gordon [ tickets ] will unleash his third solo album on Oct. 19 and follow it with a November tour.

Rounder Records will release "Moss," which features Gordon singing and playing bass while also handling guitar, piano and drum programming. His Phish friends Page McConnell and Jon Fishman appear on the album, as well as drummers Joe Russo and Doug Belote and organist Marco Benevento. ...continued
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KT Tunstall [ tickets ] will head out on a 20-concert tour beginning Oct. 31, a little more than three weeks after the release of her third full-length album, "Tiger Suit."

Before she hits the road, Tunstall will be doing a fair amount of promotion, beginning with a performance of the first single, "Fade Like A Shadow," on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on Oct. 5. Her performance on NPR's World Cafe program will air Oct. 1, a Yahoo! Maximum Performance will run in early October, and a live session for CBS/Last.FM's Summer Concert Series will be posted on Sept. 9. ...continued
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For the sixth time, John Lennon [ tickets ]'s killer has been denied parole. Mark David Chapman, now 55 years old, gunned down Lennon on a New York City street on Dec. 8, 1980.

On Tuesday (9/8), a New York parole board reportedly interviewed Chapman via a video conference. He first became eligible for parole in 2000. ...continued
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The eligibility period for the 52nd annual Grammy Awards ends Sept. 30 and, as usual, September has a number of high profile releases strategically placed ahead of the deadline for awards consideration.

7. Miles Davis [ tickets ], "The Genius of Miles Davis" Sony Legacy has issued and repackaged every phase of the trumpeter's career; this is their chance to deliver it all in one trumpet case. Forty-three CDs in all, this has a packaging nod written all over it. ...continued
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