1. North Carolina pop-punk rockers Superchunk has its first album in nine years, Majesty Shredding, coming out on September 14 via Merge Records, the label co-founded by members Mac McCaughan and Laura Balance. The 11 track album also features backing vocals by Mountain Goats singer John Darnielle.
(via Pitchfork)
2. The National announced a tour to promote its new album High Violet, and have included a stop in the Triangle. The band will play Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh on Monday, October 3. Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) will open the show and tickets are currently on sale.
(via trianglemusic.blogspot.com)
3. Another update from The Love Language — Libraries, which is to be released on July 13 via Merge Records, is streaming online in its entirety here, on Merge’s website. Currently the band is on tour with Glasgow’s Camera Obscura and will be making a few stops in North Carolina over the next few months
(via trianglemusic.blogspot.com)
4. Chicago hip-hop duo The Cool Kids have a new mixtape, Tacklebox, despite not setting a release date for official debut, When Fish Ride Bicycles. The 15-track mixtape can be downloaded from the Cool Kids website here.
(via Pitchfork)
