October 21st, 2010

Modest Mouse are to re-issue two of their acclaimed EPs next month. The American band, led by the unique talents of Isaac Brock, will re-release 1997′s ‘The Fruit That Ate Itself‘ and 2001′s ‘Sad Sappy Sucker‘ on November 9th. Both EPs were originally issued through K Records.

Songwriter Laura Marling has said her original plan to release two albums this year has been shelved, and she will now issue a new record some time in 2011.

Arianna Forster, better known as Ari Up, frontwoman of influential punk pioneers The Slits, passed away yesterday at the age of 48, her mother Nora’s husband John Lydon has announced.