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-- Boston shoegaze-metal warriors Isis have a new album coming out. Wavering Point will be released on May 5 via Ipecac, with the limited-edition vinyl version out April 21. Adam Jones from Tool plays guitar on a couple of songs. And this is just a wild guess, but I'm thinking most of the songs will start out really quiet and pretty and they they'll get epically loud and crunchy and they'll last for about eight minutes. Call me crazy.

-- Singer-singwriter Dan Zimmerman, who for some reason has not yet changed his name to Dan Dylan, will release Cosmic Patriot, his debut album, April 7 on Sounds Familyre. Members of Sereena-Maneesh and Danielson make guest appearances.

-- Kansas's the Appleseed Cast, who still play emo like "emo" still means Braid and Burning Airlines and not, like, some 15-year-old with eyeliner and a MySpace page, will release new album Sagarmatha on February 17 via The Militia Group. They will tour the U.S. hard all through February. Respect their grind.

-- Also touring even though he's 81 years old is country OG Charlie Louvin, who will play dates across the American South and Midwest from February through June. Respect his grind.