NME is reporting that Yeah Yeah Yeahs are set to perform their 2003 debut masterstroke in its entirety this December  11-13 at the All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in Minehead, England. According to report, the performance will be exclusive to the event and comprise the “first part of their show.”  This is all seems a little early and rushed. We could maybe get behind the Strokes uncaging Is This It in it’s entirety right about now, but even that feels like it needs some more time to age.

Producer Hudson Mohawke recently revealed to BBC Radio1Xtra that Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke is currently working on a solo album. “It hasn’t been finalised yet, but I’m doing a bit of stuff for Kele from Bloc Party’s solo album,” Mohawke explained. “He’s doing a record with one of the guys from Spank Rock.” Makes sense. Kinda. Since releasing Intimacy last year, Bloc Party have been chewing up the road ever since, a grueling schedule that has drummer Matt Tong questioning whether or not he wants to stick with the band. That plus this equals impending hiatus, guys. (via Spinner)

There was a time long ago when Kings of Leon dressed just like even shaggier versions of you or I. But as the Followills’ profile has risen over the past few years, their pants have become increasingly tight and their sleeves equally scarce. They’ve begun wearing the sort of thing you see on the Lower East Side or in a Miracle Whip commercial (totes jks) more than you would their home in Nashville. It was inevitable then that as their appetite for corny jewelry and Dior began to grow, they’d share their sartorial vision with the world on a somewhat larger scale: with the help of Parisian boutique design studio Surface to Air, they’ve developed a line of clothing to be sold exclusively in small batches at Paris Texas in Copenhagen. Check the pieces out at that shop’s blog here. (via NME)

Dev Hynes has announced the release of Lightspeed Champion’s sophomore full-length, a sixteen track, double intermission-y upper entitled Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You. If his more straightforward pop tunes under the Lightspeed Champion moniker don’t ring a or your bell, you might may recognize him as one part of punk bombardiers Test Icicles or a guest on the lovely new Basement Jaxx record. In any event, Hynes’ new output will be arriving on February 1 in the UK, February 16th in North America as confirmed by Hynes’ label Domino. Tracklist below:

Life Is Sweet! Nice To Meet You

01 Dead Head Blues
02 Marlene
03 There’s Nothing Underwater
04 Intermission
05 Faculty Of Fears
06 The Big Guns Of Highsmith
07 Romart
08 I Don’t Want To Wake Up Alone
09 Madame Van Damme
10 Smooth Day (At The Library)
11 Intermission 2
12 Sweetheart
13 Etude Op.3
14 Goodnight Michalek
15 Middle Of The Dark
16 A Bridge And A Goodbye

We miss Dead Moon, but they never really left. Fred and Toody Cole retired that band in 2006 and sure enough, up sprouted Pierced Arrows in its place months later. Word from our inbox is that the Coles, along with new drummer Kelly Halliburton, have opted to release the Arrows’ sophomore set of crusty punk tunes through Vice. Indeed, the label plans to share Descending Shadows on February 2nd, an effort the trio recorded at Portland’s Buzz or Howl Studios and according to the press release, “mastered to vinyl lacquer per tradition at Fred and Toody’s home.” Some things never change.