Vampire Weekend have confirmed that they are putting the finishing touches to their "organic" and "cohesive" forthcoming third album, which is due for release in spring 2013. The LP will be the band's first new material since 2010's 'Contra' and has been in the works for more than 20 months. Although they say they have been mentally composing the record "since the we handed in [2010's] 'Contra'", when they actually began writing tracks in producer and multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij's Brooklyn apartment, they found a creative flurry at the beginning soon hit a wall.

Dave Grohl debuted his new supergroup, the Sound City Players, at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday (January 18, 2013). Grohl, who was accompanied by his Foo Fighters bandmates throughout the three-hour show, introduced a rolling castlist of rock legends to the stage to play with him as he guided the crowd through a live history of music recorded at the Sound City Studios, reports Rolling Stone.

The church in which Arcade Fire recorded two of their studio albums has been listed for sale, according to reports. The band recorded their 2007 LP Neon Bible and 2010 record The Suburbs at the building in Farnham, Quebec in Canada but, according to Pitchfork, were forced to leave the church behind after the roof collapsed. With the group now working on their fourth studio album in a new location, they posted an advertisement for the building on their Twitter account.

Bob Dylan could play a tribute show for late poet Dylan Thomas in Wales, according to a Welsh MP. Reuters reports that Dylan is mulling over an offer to play a gig to mark the 100th birthday of Thomas, with MP for West Swansea Geraint Davies revealing that he has been in touch with the singer to convince him to play the concert.

Jack White's Third Man Records has teamed up with a small Scottish label to reissue early blues records. White's label has partnered up with Document Records to reissue the complete works of Charley Patton, Blind Willie McTell and the Mississippi Sheiks on remastered vinyl. A release date has been set for January 29. "Third Man Records is thrilled to announce the release of the first three records in our highly-anticipated Document Records reissue series," said the label in an online statement.

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Stephen Stills is to release a career-spanning box set, called Carry On, on March 26. Carry On will be a 4CD set, featuring 82 tracks, 25 of which are previously unreleased. It has been co-produced by Graham Nash and Joel Bernstein. It was also include a 113-page booklet with rare photos and extensive liner notes. The track listing for Carry On is: Disc 1 1 • Travelin'–Stephen Stills (2:21) mono 2 • High Flyin' Bird–The Au Go Go Singers (2:34) 3 • Sit Down I Think I Love You–Buffalo Springfield (2:33) mono

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy discusses his band’s upcoming new album in the current issue of Uncut (dated February 2013, Take 189), out now – but here, in this piece from Uncut’s August 2009 issue, Tweedy answers questions from fans and famous admirers, and discusses Bob Dylan’s beard, hanging with Neil Young and the recipe for the perfect burger (clue: use cranberries)… __________________________

Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello is to join Bruce Springsteen on his Australian tour. The guitarist will fill in for Steve Van Zandt on the Australian leg of the Wrecking Ball tour while he finishes filming Norwegian-American TV series Lillyhammer. Van Zandt, who is best known in television for playing Silvio Dante in hit drama The Sopranos, is expected to re-join Springsteen on April 29 when the band play Oslo in Norway, reports Rolling Stone.

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