Available Today: May 13, 2008

Get our take on new albums from Duffy, Death Cab for Cutie, Subtle and more, plus have a peek at Spin's June issue, out next week!

Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

Duffy, Rockferry: Bittersweet siren teams up with Britpop vet.

The Faint Unveil New Album, Out Aug. 5

Omaha-based dance punkers split from onetime label Saddle Creek, and prep fifth record -- entitled Fasciinatiion -- for release on their own imprint, blank.wav.
The Faint

After four years of writing, recording, producing, and even art directing their much-anticipated new record all themselves, Omaha, NE's the Faint have finally unveiled Fasciinatiion, and along with it, blank.wav, the quintet's newfound label, which will drop the follow up to 2004's Wet From Birth on stateside fans Aug. 5.

Toadies Frontman Lewis Details New Album, Due Aug. 19

Exclusive: In a chat with SPIN.com, the reunited post-grungers' Vaden Todd Lewis unveils band's first effort in seven years, entitled No Deliverance, and announces Lollapalooza gig!
Toadies frontman Vaden Todd Lewis in the studio / Photo by guitarist Clark Vogeler

Toadies fans, your dreams have come true!

New Tricky Album Due Sept. 9; Stereolab Unveil U.S. Tour

Plus developments in the wrongful death lawsuit of Notorious B.I.G.
Tricky

After a five-year absence, Brit trip-hopper Tricky will return Sept. 9 with Knowle West Boy, his eighth studio album to date and follow up to 2003's Vulnerable. Tricky's new record, named after the Brixton ghetto where he grew up, was recorded in London and Los Angeles, produced by Tricky, a.k.a.

Vampire Weekend, Gogol Bordello Play Philly's Popped! Festival

Plus Amy Winehouse is arrested on suspected drug possession, and Las Vegas' Vegoose Music Festival will not return in 2008.
Vampire Weekend / Photo by Esther White

Vampire Weekend, Dan Deacon, Crystal Castles, Mates of State, and Gogol Bordello highlight the second installment of Philadelphia's Popped!

New Beck Album Out this Summer; Vaselines Reunite, Play Sub Pop's 20th Birthday Bash

The folky slack-rocker preps Danger Mouse-produced record for release. The Scot candy-pop outfit gear up for first-ever U.S. show.

Though no official street date has been announced, Beck will return this summer with his yet-to-be titled follow up to 2006's The Information. The new album, according to a statement, is a 10-track set clocking in at just over 30 minutes, and features the production wizardry of none other than knob-twiddler extraordinaire and Gnarls Barkley mastermind, Brian "Danger Mouse"

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