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DOMINO, SEPT.4 GLASSNOTE, SEPT.4 After cracking the top15 on the Bill- Irish indie rock trio Two Door Cinema Club attempts board 200 with watershed release to beat the sophomore slump after 2010 debut Tour- MeraweatherPost Pavilionin 2009, istHistoryreachedNo. 5 on Billboard's Heatseekers the Brooklyn via Baltimore experimen- chart. For the new effort, the band teamed with pro- tal pop practitioners get back to their roots following ducerJacknife Lee, who previously helmed anthemic the return of guitarist Josh "Deakin" Dibb. rock records for R.E.M. and .

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4AD/T000 MUNN, SEPTA British electro-rock act the xx has Two irrepressible forces collide on this indie rock steadily built a stateside fan base dream project that was two -and -a -half years in the through constant touring, TV synchs making. St. Vincent and David Byrne f use their pro- and favorable press coverage since gressive and singular styles into a newwhole that the release of its 2009 self -titled debut. The set sounds at once strange and familiar. peaked at No. 92 on the Billboard 200 and has sold 366,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. 0 LEVER AND BEAM, MAIN ROAD Leading up to its sophomore album,Coexist,the xx 0 THE BILLIONS CORP. appeared on Billboard's Social 50 chart at No. 27 after a surge of online activity resulting from its late - July performance of new single "Angels" on "Conan."

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Grizzly Bear Aimee Mann Shields Charmer

WARP RECORDS, SEPT. SUPEREGO RECORDS, SEPT. 18 Brooklyn baroque pop gods open things up by getting An alt -rock heroine returns with her first album since hyper -collaborative on their fourth LP and first since 2008's well -received @#%r! Smilers, a Billboard bowingat No.8 on the Billboard 200 with 2009 break- 200 personal best at No.32. Charmer, Mann's eighth MEW through . Lead singles"Sleeping Ute" album, which is to be released by her own SuperEgo and "Yet Again" telegraph a more expansive and high- Records, explores the not -always -pure intentions of On Her Own Again energy direction than heard on previous efforts. people who are charming. ZEITGEIST MANAGEMENT 0 MICHAEL HAUSMAN

Cat Power returns with her first project of original COWILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY 0 HIGH ROAD TOURING material since 2006

SIX YEARS AFTER SHE SCOREDthe highest -charting album of her career with The Greatest (No. 34 on the Billboard 200), Chan Marshall-better-known as Cat Mumford & Sons Sun Airway Power-returns with a new collection of original songs that she wrote, per- Babel Soft Fall

formed and produced herself. In news that should surprise no one, the new Cat , SEPT. 25 DEAD OCEANS, OCT. 2 Power album isn't much like the old one. Rather, on Sun, due Sept. 4 from Mata- The British folk -rockers lookto make lightning strike The new album by Philadelphia -based dor, one of indie music's most mercurial and mystifying auteurs shifts gears with a prac- twice with the follow-up to 2009 debut Sigh No More, bliss pop architect Sun Airway builds ticed ease. Gone is the warm, rootsy folk of the Memphis Rhythm Band that marked The which peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 on its way on the shimmering soundscapes and Greatest, supplanted by Marshall's new love for synthesizers and breakbeats. At 40, 20 years to selling 2.4 million copies, accordingto SoundScan. open-hearted songwriting of his well - after she left her native Atlanta to make it as a musician in New York, she finds a pocket of On Babel, the Grammy Award -nominated quartet re - received 2010 debut, Nocturne of Exploded Crystal teams with producer Markus Drays (Arcade Fire) to Chandelier. fresh air on kinetic lead singles "Ruin" and "Cherokee." build out f rom an established acoustic template, as DRYW SCULLY, DAUGHTERS ADVISORY Initial recording sessions for Sun took place in Malibu, Calif., but Marshall absconded to evidenced by barnstormingfirst single "I Will Wait." after a breakup with her longtime boyfriend, actor Giovanni Ribisi. There the album 0 DANIEL TRACI, THE WINDISH AGENCY LAURA TAYLOR, EVERYBODY'S was mixed by Philippe Zdar, a member of French electronic duo Cassius and producer for Phoenix, the Rapture and others. Marshall's first announced show in support of the project ADAM VOITH, THE BILLIONS CORP. is at the Carona Capital festival on Oct. 13 in Mexico City, where she'll share a bill with the Black Keys, New Order, M. Ward and Unknown Mortal Orchestra. -Reggie Ugwu

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