First things first, Bob Dylan's Christmas album is official. It's called 'Christmas in The Heart', and the artwork can be seen on the left. 'Christmas In The Heart' is due for release on October 13th.
Bonkers rapper Dizzee Rascal has revealed details of his upcoming fourth album. 'Tongue 'n' Cheek' is due for release on September 21st on Dizzee's Dirty Stank label, and tracklist for 'Tongue 'n' Cheek' is as follows:
1 Bonkers
2 Road Rage
3 Dance Wiv Me
4 Freaky Freaky
5 Can't Tek Me No More
6 Chillin Wiv Da Man Dem
7 Dirtee Cash
8 Money Money Money
9 Leisure
10 Holiday
11 Bad Behaviour
New York gypsy punks Gogol Bordello are to release a live album plus DVD, entitled 'Live From Axis Mundi'. Since Gogol Bordello are one of the most astounding live acts around, with an energy that never seems to come across on their studio albums, this seems like a good move from them.
Leona Lewis' new album will be called 'Echo' and is due for release on November 16th. As well as 'Don't Let Me Down,' a track recorded with Justin Timberlake that leaked last week, the album is believed to include contributions from Ne-Yo, Ryan Tedder and Xenomania.
Daniel Johnston will release his first new album in six years on October 6th. 'Is And Always Was' will feature Beck collaborator Jason Falkner on production duties and as an assistant instrumentalist.
There's also a heap of reissues happening over the coming weeks. Bat For Lashes will release a 2xCD/DVD special edition of her Mercury Prize nominated album 'Two Suns' on September 7th. Fever Ray will reissue her self titled debut album as a repackaged double disc edition on October 5th, including covers of Nick Cave and Vashti Bunyan. Meanwhile, Black Sabbath will release remastered versions of five of their albums, Vol 4 (1972), Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973), Sabotage (1975), Technical Ecstasy (1976) and Never Say Die! (1978), all of which are released on September 21st.
