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Mazzy Star are set to release their first new album in 17 years, Seasons Of Your Day. The band's fourth studio album will come out on September 24 and was recorded in California and Norway. Click below to listen to the first single from the album, "California". The album follows 1990's She Hangs Brightly, 1993's So Tonight That I Might See and 1996's Among My Swan.

Bob Dylan has confirmed the full tracklisting for The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 - Another Self Portrait (1969-1971). The album will be released on multiple formats on August 26 in the UK via Columbia Records. It includes 35 rarities alongside unreleased recordings and will be available in two disc standard and four disc deluxe editions and a vinyl edition.

Thom Yorke has defended his position on Spotify, after he and producer Nigel Godrich took to Twitter to express their views that the streaming service was "bad for new music" before announcing that they would be pulling their material from it.

A website has been launched for 20,000 Days On Earth, the fictional film charting 24 hours in the life of Nick Cave. The film, directed by multi-media artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, features cameos from Ray Winstone and Kylie Minogue, is due for release in Spring 2014. The website contains teaser footage from the film.

David Bowie has unveiled the video for "Valentine's Day" – watch it below. The track is the fourth single from Bowie's album The Next Day. It was directed by Indrani and Markus Klinko, who previously collaborated with Bowie on the artwork for the 2002 Heathen album. The track will also be released as a limited edition picture disc on August 19, with the track 'Plan' as a b-side.

Bob Dylan has released a trailer for the Bootleg Series Volume 10. The trailer for Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) includes interviews with Al Kooper and David Bromberg, who both played on the sessions, as well as clips for songs including “Went To See The Gypsy”, “Pretty Saro”, “Tell Old Bill”, "Time Passes Slowly” and “When I Paint My Masterpiece”. More information about Another Self Portrait (1969 - 1971) is expected later today.

Arcade Fire will release their fourth studio album on October 29. The band announced the release date on Twitter earlier today (July 12) in a pretty unusual fashion - in reply to a fan who had tweeted "you're my favourite" at them. The band Tweeted in response: "Thanks. Our new album will be out October 29th". It had previously been reported that the album, the band's follow-up to 2010's The Suburbs, would be released on September 9.

Arctic Monkeys have revealed the artwork to their new album AM. The artwork, which you can see above, was posted on Twitter by the band this morning (July 14) along with a message which reads: "Here's the artwork for 'AM', released on 9th Sept 2013." The minimal design is in keeping with the animated video and artwork for the album's lead single 'Do I Wanna Know?'.

The Rolling Stones brought to a close their 50 & Counting tour on Saturday (June 13), with a second show at London's Hyde Park. The band had kicked off their 50 & Counting tour on October 25 last year with a club show in the 600 capacity La Trabendo in Paris and another at the 1,800 capacity venue le Théâtre Mogador on October 29.

Morrissey has apologised for pulling a number of tour dates in Peru and Chile after being struck down with food poisoning.