2014September ...

Phil Selway: “now feels right” time to start recording new Radiohead album

Radiohead drummer Phil Selway has said that now is the right time to start working on the band's new album, though he has "no idea" what it will sound like. The band will regroup to start work on the follow-up to 2011's The King Of Limbs in September, as has been previously confirmed.

Sleater-Kinney to release career-spanning vinyl boxset in October

Sleater-Kinney are to release their entire discography in a seven-album boxset. Sub Pop Records will put out Start Together on October 20. The release will be limited to 3,000 copies and will contain remastered versions of all seven of the band's albums on coloured vinyl as well as a hardback book featuring never-before-seen images of the band. The remastered albums will be released individually on CD and black vinyl on the same day. All of the albums are available digitally from today (September 2).

New Order sign to Mute Records for new album

New Order have signed with long-standing independent label Mute Records. The Manchester band have announced their next record will be released by Mute, though no further details on what will be their tenth studio album have been announced. However, label founder Daniel Miller has revealed that he heard some new material prior to signing the group.

Hear Elvis Costello’s “New Basement Tapes” track, with lyrics by Bob Dylan

A second track, " Married To My Hack", has been released from the forthcoming Lost On The River: The New Basement Tapes project. The album features lyrics that Dylan wrote while recording the original Basement Tapes in 1967 that have been put to music by Elvis Costello, Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate Drops), Dawes' Taylor Goldsmith, Jim James, T Bone Burnett and Marcus Mumford.

George Harrison box set due for release

A box set of George Harrison's first six solo albums will be released on September 22. The albums will be released in a box set called George Harrison: The Apple Years 1968 - 75 and they will also be available separately. The albums have been digitally remastered from the original analogue masters for CD and digital release. They are available now for preorder, both individually in digipaks and together within the deluxe, eight-disc boxed edition.

Ryan Adams streams new album online

Ryan Adams is streaming his new, self-titled album online ahead of its official release. Adams will release his new album on September 8. The LP was produced by Adams at his Pax-Am Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It follows 2011's Ashes & Fire and will feature recent single "Gimme Something Good". The album can be streamed in full via NPR.

Some more thoughts on Kate Bush and Alice Gerrard

On Sunday, Kate Bush inadvertently staged a one-woman assault on the British charts. This week, 11 records in the Official UK Albums Chart are by Bush – not bad, really, for a woman who has only really released nine new studio albums in the past 36 years.

Listen – Prince debuts two new songs

Prince has released a song from each of the two albums he is set to release on September 29. As previously reported, Prince will release his 34th solo LP Art Official Age on the same day his new band 3rd Eye Girl drop their first album Plectrum Electrum. Scroll down to hear "U KNOW", taken from Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum album track "WHITECAPS". The Plectrum Electrum track listing is: WOW PRETZELBODYLOGIC
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