In the summer of 2008, Jack Johnson led his crew into Europe for the Sleep Through the Static summer tour. It was the biggest tour of his career -- hundreds of thousands of people came out to sing along. Cameras were rolling, and in August, Brushfire Records will release Jack Johnson: En Concert, a collection of highlights from the run of dates in Paris, Newquay Watergate Bay, Berlin, Munich, the Netherlands and London. 

Produced and directed by Johnson's manager, Emmett Mallow, En Concert features performances from Johnson and his band (Adam Topol, Merlo Podlewski and Zach Gill) as well as Ben Harper, G-Love, Mason Jennings, Neil Halsted and Matt Costa.

There will also be a live CD in August for Jack's faithful fandom!!!

Check out the trailer for En Concert above. The footage Johnson surfing the Eisbach River in Munich is fuckin' crazy!

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band will be releasing their second album, Outer South, on May 5th, as well as a documentary DVD offering a behind-the-scenes look at the band.

Titled One of My Kind and created by the Mystic Valley Band's guitar tech, Phil Shaffart, the DVD will feature footage from last year's world tour, as well as from the recording sessions for Conor Oberst and Outer South. One of My Kind will be available on April 15th as a FREE stream or HD download at a number of hosts, including Causecast, IFC, the Conor Oberst website and Merge Records. For now, there's a trailer for the video on Conor's website.

In addition to the DVD, the Mystic Valley Band have also announced a bunch of upcoming tour dates in support of Outer South. Click the jump to see if they're coming to a town near you.

Also, here's a new tune from Outer South, "Nikorette," which you can download for free here. 

Conor Oberst & the Mystic Valley Band - "Nikorette"

UPDATE 4/15/09: You can now stream and download One of My Kind here or at any of the websites listed above!

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We're stoked that Jane's Addiction are back together, especially since their original bass player Eric Avery is back in the fold. It's easy to tell when you listen to those old albums that Avery's riffs were responsible for some of their greatest songs. That dude doesn't get enough credit. Right? Exactly.

To coincide with their upcoming tour and album, Jane's will release a 3 CD+DVD box set, Cabinet of Curiosities, on April 21st. The box set comes loaded with over 40 rare cuts, including demos, live recordings and other rarities.  

Here's a rundown of what to expect when you open up the Cabinet of Curiosities:

• The first disc contains 13 unreleased recordings, including "Jane Says," "Three Days," "Ocean Size," "Classic Girl," "Summertime Rolls" and "Stop!" There are also five songs pulled from a 1986 recording session in Venice Beach.
• The second disc has more unreleased demos ("Ted, Just Admit It..."), including a remix of "Been Caught Stealing," and covers like Grateful Dead's "Ripple", Sly's "Dont Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (with Ice T), Zep's "Whole Lotta Love," the Stooges' "1970," and "Bobhaus," an old live staple that puts Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone" lyrics over the music of Bauhaus' "Burning from the Inside."
• Disc number three contains the entire recording of the December 19, 1990 performance at the Hollywood Palladium, with a killer version of "Whores."
• The DVD included in the box set features eight music videos, three performances from shows played in 1990 and home videos of the band members.
• Concert fliers, ticket stubs and set lists.

Here ya go, fellow Wilco fans. This is the trailer for Ashes of American Flags, their first live concert DVD. Ashes features footage from Wilco's February '08 tour, including gigs at Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, the Ryman in Nashville and some shots of the guys in their sweet Nudie Suits from Lollapalooza.

The DVD comes out on April 18th. Head here for more info. 

 Live from Bonnaroo 2008 -- a DVD featuring the highlights of this year's fest -- will be out in January.

The doc was directed by Sam Erickson, with live performances and backstage footage from Metallica, Pearl Jam, Jack Johnson, the Raconteurs, My Morning Jacket, Gogol Bordello and more. 

(Sadly, though, there doesn't seem to be any footage from Kanye's legendary 4 a.m. set.) 

Anyway, check out the trailer below, and click the jump for the full tracklisting.

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The Beatles will release All Together Now in late October, which is a backstage look at the production of Love, their tripped-out collaboration with Cirque Du Soleil. Click here to check out the trailer.

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Originally released in 1972, "Fillmore: The Last Days," is a bad-ass concert film, documenting the final five days of the FIllmore, the legendary San Francisco that shut it's doors (for the first time) in the summer of 1971. Rhino will re-release a DVD of The Last Days in November. Highlights include performances by old school S.F. artists including the Grateful Dead, Hot Tuna, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Santana and Cold Blood.

Click more to see the DVD track listing. And enjoy a clip from "Fillmore: The Last Days" -- Santana shredding on the Miles Davis tune "In A Silent Way."  

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