Having already released two albums of top-notch material, She & Him – the acoustic singer-songwriter duo featuring alt-folk musician M Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel – will be releasing a festively themed album at the end of October.

‘A Very She & Him Christmas’ features the duo putting their mark on various yuletide classics. Those who pre-order from the official website will receive She & Him wrapping paper.

The tracklist for the She & Him Christmas album is as follows:

‘The Christmas Waltz’
‘Christmas Day’
‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’
‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’
‘Christmas Wish’
‘Sleigh Ride’
‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’
‘Silver Bells’
‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
‘Blue Christmas’
‘Little Saint Nick’
‘The Christmas Song’

Earlier in 2011, She & Him contributed a track to the Buddy Holly tribute ‘Rave On Buddy Holly’ (review here), while Zooey recorded a solo number for a second Buddy tribute, ‘Listen To Me’ (review here).

Read a review of M Ward’s ‘Hold Time’ here.

Listen to a couple of She & Him’s best tunes below.

Having finished their summer tour, Paramore have announced the release of new material.

Their first new track ‘Renegades’ is available now.  Over the next three months, the band will be releasing two more new songs.  ‘Hello Cruel World’ will follow on November 7th and ‘In The Mourning’ on December 5th.

The three songs mark the beginning of the Paramore Singles Club and will only be available from the band’s official website and not available from iTunes.

The band have said the Singles Club will feature more downloads in future.  While there are plans to begin work on a new album in 2012, it is not yet known whether any of these new songs will feature on the forthcoming full-length LP or available elsewhere on CD at a later date.

You can listen to ‘Renegade’ below.

Alternative rock icons Beck, Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures) and Mark Lanegan (ex-Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age) have remixed a couple of tracks from ex-White Stripes/Dead Weather man Jack White’s back catalogue.

Beck has remixed a version of ‘The Hardest Button To Button’ from The White Stripes’ ‘Elephant’, while Homme & Lanegan remixed ‘Hang You From The Heavens’, a number from The Dead Weather’s debut LP.

Both track will appear on a strictly limited 7″ single, issued on Third Man Records as part of White’s record subscription club ‘The Vault’. Also included in package #10 is a limited coloured vinyl LP containing a Raconteurs live show and a DVD containing footage of a Third Man live party and behind the scenes footage.

Subscriptions for The Vault are $20 a month for three months.

More details here.

Hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot – featuring Joe Satriani, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and ex-Van Halen men Michael Anthony & Sammy Hagar – have announced a handful of European shows.

In support of their second album ‘Chickenfoot III’, released in the autumn of 2011, the band will be appearing at the following venues in January 2012:

Jan. 12 – Manchester, UK @ Academy
Jan. 14 – London, UK @ O2 Academy Brixton
Jan. 16 – Paris, FRA @ Olympia
Jan. 17 – Tilburg, NETH @ O13
Jan. 19 – Dusseldorf. GER @ Mitsubishi Electric Hall

Tickets are on sale on Friday, October 14th.

Read a review of Sammy Hagar’s ‘Street Machine’ here.
Read a review of Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘I’m With You’ here.

Goth/alternative rock duo My Ruin have announced a string of UK live dates.  In support of their seventh album, ‘A Southern Revelation’, you can catch the band at the following venues at the beginning of 2012:

Jan. 18 – Classic Grand – Glasgow, UK
Jan. 19 – Moho – Manchester, UK
Jan. 21 – Scala – London, UK
Jan. 22 – The George – Andover, UK
Jan. 24 – White Rabbit – Plymouth, UK
Jan. 25 – Tunnels – Bristol, UK
Jan. 27 – Legends – Newcastle, UK
Jan. 28 – Slade Rooms – Wolverhampton, UK
Jan. 29 – Hydrant -Brighton, UK
Jan. 31 – Leicester Square – Leicester, UK
Feb. 01 – The Well – Leeds, UK
Feb. 02 – Chinnery’s – Southend, UK
Feb. 07 – Waterfront – Norwich, UK
Feb. 08 – Arts Centre – Colchester, UK

‘A Southern Revelation’ is released on December 7th exclusively via myruin.com and will be available as a free download.