The Last Shadow Puppets‘ Alex Turner and Miles Kane have announced a new single due out later next month. ‘My Mistakes Were Made For You‘, which was taken from their debut album ‘The Age Of The Understatement‘, is out October 20. The B-sides for the single will feature their track ‘Separate And Ever Deadly‘ as a live orchestrated version. Also on the B-side are cover versions of both Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra’s classic ‘Paris Summer‘ as well a Burt Bacharach’s ‘My Little Red Book‘.

The song ‘My Mistakes Were Made For You‘ features the London Metropolitan Orchestra as conducted by Arcade Fire violinist Owen Pallett.

Rodrigo y Gabriela are set to release a new live album later next month. The live album, which was recorded at Tokyo’s Duo Club on March 30, will also include a DVD. The DVD will feature footage of the duo playing tracks ‘Sartori‘, ‘Tamacun‘ and ‘Diablo Rojo‘, among others. ‘Live In Japan‘ will hit store shelves on October 20. [via NME]

The Smashing Pumpkins forthcoming single, ‘G.L.O.W.‘ is set to debut on the upcoming “Guitar Hero: World Tour” video game due out October 27. The single will be part of a three song downloadable expansion pack that is set to include tracks ‘1979‘, ‘The Everlasting Gaze‘, and ‘G.L.O.W.‘. Fans will also get a chance to play the Smashing Pumpkins track ‘Today‘ using a character with the likeness of frontman Bily Corgan. No expansion pack purchase is needed to play the track ‘Today‘ or use the Bily Corgan character.

Next week will see the release of Stereophonics sixth studio album, ‘Pull The Pin‘. The twelve-track album will hit store shelves here in the US on September 9th four days after the band kicks off their first U.S. tour in over three years. The twelve-date jaunt will kick off on September 5th in Boston and will run through several major cities including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle where they will wrap things up on September 21st.

‘Pull The Pin‘ isn’t the group’s only release on November 18th they will release their Greatest Hits album titled: Decade In The Sun: The Best Of Stereophonics. The Greatest Hits album will contain twenty of the band’s biggest hits.

Stone Temple Pilots‘ frontman Scott Weiland has announced details of a new solo album set for release this November. The forthcoming album, titled ‘Happy‘, was co-produced by Weiland and Doug Grean. ‘Happy‘ will be released on the singer’s own record label, Softdrive.

The Decemberists have announced details for a forthcoming US tour. The 10-date jaunt is set to kick off in New York’s Terminal 5 on November 5. Among the dates are shows in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle where they will wrap things up on November 30.

In other Decemberists news, the band recently unveiled plans for a singles series, with the first volume set for release October 14, followed by the the second and third volumes in November and December.

Coldplay have revealed to BBC 6music that they are set to release a new EP at the end of the year. The EP, which will be entitled ‘Prospects March‘, will be released in December and is rumored to include tracks left over from their sessions for their recent album, ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘. Frontman Chris Martin also revealed that the band are planning to release a new album in December 2009 but said they have yet to write any material for the album. “We’re going to put an EP out at Christmas called ‘Prospects March‘ and we’re going to release an album next December to end the decade,” Martin told BBC 6music.

The View have mapped out a massive tour of the UK set to kick off in October. The Dundee band have announced a 35-date jaunt that will include performances in Manchester, Sheffield, Liverpool, Leeds and Dundee. The band will also be releasing a new single, ‘5Rebeccas’ on October 27. The new single is the first from their forthcoming sophomore album and will feature new B-side tracks ‘Dun Deal’, ‘Mr Men Book and ‘For You’.

Tickets for the tour, which kicks off October 16 in Dunfermline Velocity, go on sale tomorrow (September 3) at 9am (BST).

The Young Knives have revealed that they are in the process of writing a book about their, and other people’s, experiences touring. The band hopes to capture the entire touring experience in the book and talk to bands, roadies, managers and several other people involved in the industry. Singer/guitarist Henry Dartnall recently spoke about the book to BBC 6music saying, “We’re doing an almost-word-of-mouth history of touring bands with a bit of us in there, but just tying it together with our own experiences if we think any of them are interesting enough. We’re hopefully going to meet up with people who have good stories, not just people in bands, roadies and stuff.”

The band is unsure of a release date for the book and weren’t even sure they would finish it.

“We’ve come up with an idea and sort of began, but we’ll see if we ever actually finish it, ” said Dartnall.

In what is a first for any band Snow Patrol are set to release their forthcoming album, ‘A Hundred Million Suns‘, with interactive application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Fans who purchase the album and have an iPhone or iPod Touch will be able to download an application which will include artwork, lyrics and behind-the-scenes images all available through the device, reports Music Week. “It will be an interactive element; a digital booklet that will take you into the videos and content,” said Snow Patrol product manager Liz Goodwin. The application is expected to be released sometime around October 27 when the new album hits store shelves.

Producer James Ford has revealed a few details about his latest project. Ford is currently working with the Klaxons on their highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s ‘Myths Of The Near Future‘. Speaking to BBC Newsbeat about the Klaxons new album, Ford said: “I think they’re still trying to push forward so I don’t think it’s going to sound too much like the last record.”

“They’re trying to keep it melodic and vocal because that’s one of their great strong points,” he added.

Ford, who recently produced The Last Shadow Puppets‘ debut album, had a few things to say about his own band, Simian Mobile Disco. He revealed that they are currently working on a new album which will include a few special guests. “We’ve already done a track with Gruff Rhys from the Super Furry Animals, which is great, and one with Beth Ditto from The Gossip.” He said his new album will be released by the end of the year.

The Editors along with producer Jacknife Lee are set to enter the studio in October to begin work on their new album. The band revealed to NME that they will begin work on the follow-up to 2007’s ‘An End Has A Start‘ sometime in October. They also revealed that the new album would be influenced by the film ‘Terminator‘. “I’ve started writing a lot of riffs on synthesizers and there’s a lot more electronics, samples and drum loops on it. I keep referencing the ‘Terminator‘ theme,“ said guitarist Christopher Urbanowicz.

October 20 will see the release of AC/DC’s first album in over eight years. The 15-track album, ‘Black Ice‘, will be available exclusively in Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores as well as the band’s website ACDC.com. The first single from the new album, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Train‘, will hit the airwaves August 28th. The band is expected to announce an extensive world tour in support of the new album in the coming weeks.

The Killers highly anticipated third album will be called ‘Day And Age‘. Frontman Brandon Flowers revealed the title to NME over the weekend as his band was set for an appearance at the Leed’s Festival. During their appearance the band previewed a new track, ‘Spaceman‘, which may appear on the forthcoming album. The album is slated for release sometime in November.

The Long Blondes are set to release a compilation of the band’s first 7″ singles this October. The compilation record will be called ‘Singles‘ and is out October 20. ‘Singles‘ will feature previously released tracks plus a few unreleased songs.

Albert Hammond, Jr. is set to release his own line of men’s suits which he will co-design along with stylist Ilaria Urbinati. The suits will at fist only be available at the soon-to-open Confederacy store in Los Angeles which Urbinati co-owns with actor/DJ Danny Masterson. Speaking about the designing endeavor Hammond, Jr. told New York Magazine, “I want to make suits that I’m going to have for myself. They’re for the person who needs his one suit for a wedding. He’d rather get something like this than go to Men’s Wearhouse, pay the same amount, and look like an out-of-date parent.”

Hammond told NME that the suits will be available in three styles with a new design every season and that he’s aiming to keep the line classic.

The Decemberists are set to release a singles series later this fall. The three volume series, entitled ‘Always The Bridesmaid: A Singles Series‘, will get its first volume release October 14. All three volumes will be made available both digitally and on 12″ vinyl with Volume I compromising of tracks ‘Valerie Plame’ and ‘O New England’. November 14th will see the release of Volume II followed by the release of Volume III on December 2nd. Fans who head over to the band’s website to pre-order all three singles will receive them on limited edition versions on colored vinyl.

As they kicked off their US tour this past weekend Cold War Kids announced the addition of new dates in California. The band, who are set to release their sophomore album ‘Loyalty to Loyalty‘ on September 23, will now play the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles on September 24 and the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on September 25 and 26. Tickets for all new dates are now available through Goldenvoice.com.

The Arctic Monkeys are teaming up with Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme. Speaking to NME Homme said he is set to enter the studio next month with the Arctic Monkeys to produce songs for them. The Arctic Monkeys will be heading over to Joshua Tree, California to record the new material with Homme. Homme told NME he was unsure if the collaboration would be released as an album or single and that it was in the early stages. “They want to submerge themselves in a place that’s the opposite of where they’re from and what they’re used to. I think we’re just going to start by doing a couple of tracks. No pressure. The goal is to make something that they dig so much that everyone else can too,” Homme told NME.

Snow Patrol are set to release their fifth album, ‘A Hundred Million Suns‘, on October 27. The new album, the follow-up to 2006’s ‘Eyes Open‘, was produced by Jacknife Lee and will be preceded by the single ‘Take Back The City‘ on October 13.