After a hard night of seeing three or four bands in a sticky pub, there’s nothing like curling up in bed with a good book to soothe the high-pitched ringing that is pulsating from the eardrums. Of course, I am assuming you all go home after a gig and get tucked away in your little beds all nice and comfy with a teddy bear and a book as your companion, no? What do you mean when you say that you continue on to another pub and ensure that the hangover from hell comes the next morning?

The line up for the 2013 Outside Lands Festival has been announced, with the San Franciscan audience set to get amongst some awesome sets courtesy of Paul McCartney, a reformed Nine Inch Nails and more. From August 9-11, Golden Gate Park will become a music lover's haven; tickets are on sale now from sfoutsidelands.com/tickets, with a portion of ticket sales going toward San Francisco's Recreation and Park Department.

Check out the full line up below!

The line-up for the 2013 Bonnaroo Festival has been released and let's just say, if you're lucky enough to be heading along to the June music and arts festival, we're very very jealous. Headlining Bonnaroo this year is none other than Paul McCartney...reason enough to get excited! The four day camping festival in Tennessee hosts over 150 performances on more than 10 stages over the weekend and has attracted some of the biggest names in the music industry.

The soundtrack to This Is 40 has a nice assortment of established artists including Paul McCartney (whose track, “lunch box/odd sox”, is an instrumental), Wilco and Norah Jones. There are also some surprises that manage to fit in perfectly to the film’s story such as Yoko Ono.

This weeks releases are definitely albums to watch out for; they include artists like Lisa Miller, Everything Everything, Zoophyte, Paul McCartney and The Coup. Enjoy!!

PAUL MCCARTNEY

This week we have new release news from Animal Collective, Ball Park Music, The Helio Sequence, Dum Dum Girls, and more! Check it all out below.

Already into the second half of the year and what a month it was!

1. Big Day Out 2013 line-up announcement

Kisses on the Bottom is the latest solo effort from former Beatle Paul McCartney. Since it was first announced, much has been made in the music press about the records somewhat unfortunate title, a line from the Fats Waller hit "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter".

Here we go again! Another week of new and exciting releases for you. Off we go...

Welcome to our new weekly news feature where we round up the latest news in the world of album release dates. We'll be pounding through dozens of news pieces from the last few weeks, so let's get moving! Unless otherwise mentioned, all release dates apply to Australia only.

In This Issue: Of Montreal, Sleigh Bells, Ladyhawke, Dirty Three, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Paul McCartney, Silverstein, Black Dice, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Emelie Sandé, Chimes Of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan (Honouring 50 Years of Amnesty International), Peter Broderick, The Blank Fight, Lana Del Ray and more...

In 1986 The Bridge School was founded, in a bid to create a school and learning environment suitable for the teaching of children with complex communication needs. In 1986 the first Bridge School Benefit was organised; however unlike other school fundraising drives this benefit was a bit different. It was organised by music legend Neil Young and featured a few of his fellow colleagues.