Dave Matthews, David Gray, Ben Kweller, and, um, Radiohead? Yes indeed, according to reports from The New York Times, the Oxford-based fivesome will sign with ATO Records -- home to the aforementioned artists and helmed by Dave Matthews' manager Coran Capshaw -- to release In Rainbows, the band's latest LP, which unveiled digitally earlier this month in a unprecedented pay-what-you-want distribution model. XL Records, the distributor of frontman Thom Yorke's 2006 solo debut, The Eraser, will dispatch In Rainbows internationally. According to reports, ATO outbid other labels vying to sign Radiohead, including Warner Bros., Columbia Records, and Starbucks, due to an inventive, liberal contract; Radiohead will retain ownership of the recording but license the album to the label for a period of time. Though a stateside release has yet-to-be announced, many speculate In Rainbows' release to coincide with the album's disc box, due Dec. 3. An ATO spokesperson was unavailable for comment at press time.

Portishead Wrap Efforts On New LP

Yesterday (Oct. 23) afternoon, in a blog post to Portishead's website, frontman Geoff Barrow offered a promising bit of news regarding the band's much-mooted album, its third to date and first in over ten years. "I think one more day messing about with it and it will be done… Then into the wonderful world of mastering," Barrow wrote before adding that the band are now "working on some artwork and getting the live stuff together." Catch some of the trio's new tunes live during their first show in ten years at the Portishead-curated All Tomorrow's Parties event, slated for Dec. 7-9 at Butlins Holiday Centre in Minehead, Wales.

Los Campesinos! Return to U.S.

Cardiff, Wales-based Los Campesinos! have unveiled a handful of U.S. performances in support of Arts & Crafts debut EP Sticking Fingers Into Sockets, which dropped to stateside store shelves this part July. Kicking off in Los Angeles Nov. 27, the band's four-date mini-tour will then roll into cities like San Francisco, New York, and Allston, MA. In addition, the youthful rockers, who stopped backstage at Lollapalooza this summer for a brief chat, are currently laboring on their debut LP in producer Dave Newfeld's (Broken Social Scene) north-of-the-border studio, Stars & Sons. Though a release date has yet-to-be revealed, the forthcoming set is expected to drop in early 2008.

Los Campesinos! tour dates:

11/27, Los Angeles, CA (Troubadour)
11/28, San Francisco, CA (Great American Music Hall)
11/30, New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom)
12/2, Allston, MA (Great Scott)