1. As if Halloween wasn’t fun enough in Chapel Hill, Asheville will be hosting Moogfest, a three day festival that will feature artists including MGMT, Jónsi, Caribou and Massive Attack that is sure to be stellar. Tickets will go on sale on Aug. 13, and the full schedule announcement will be on Aug. 10.
(via Pitchfork)
2. Superchunk will celebrate the release of their first album in nine years, Majesty Shredding, in an untraditional venue, the Nasher Museum of Art, on Sept. 16. The band’s performance will be an appropriate companion to the museum’s exhibit The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl. Tickets go on sale Aug. 3 and are $12 for the public and promise a show well worth the price.
(via trianglemusic.blogspot.com)
3. The Drums and Surfer Blood joining forces for a fall tour that includes a stop in Chapel Hill at Local 506 on Sept. 13. Tickets are $13 and will go on sale via etix. Overall, both bands have created quite the buzz with their debut albums that have ranked well.
(via trianglemusic.blogspot.com)
4. Though Michael Jackson has passed, the King of Pop’s music will never die. A posthumous album, containing 10 never-before-heard songs will be released in November, according to Rolling Stone. Jackson was said to have recorded more than 100 unreleased songs, spanning several decades. This album will be the first of 10 planned projects by Sony.
(via Pitchfork)
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