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-- Noted percussionist, early electronic music originator, and sound installation art pioneer Max Neuhaus died of cancer in Italy on Tuesday at the age of 69, according to the Houston Chronicle. He may be most famous for his permanent sound installation in New York City's Times Square, which began emanating subtle, mysterious noises in 1977.

-- Perpetually quirky actor Adam Goldberg-- who you may know as the Hebrew Hammer-- is putting out an indie-pop album under the name LANDy. Like the cognac. No wait, that's Landy-- not LANDy. Flaming Lip Steven Drozd guests on the album, which makes sense since Goldberg made an amusing cameo in the Lips film Christmas on Mars. Earlimart's Aaron Espinoza also contributed. The LP, dubbed Everything Must Go, drops April 21 on Apology Music. You can listen to a few tracks from it here.

-- Nick Cave acolytes the Veils will release their third album, Sun Gangs, on April 7 in the U.S. via Rough Trade. The record was produced by Graham Sutton, who's worked with Jarvis Cocker in the past, with one track produced by Bernard Butler. Details can be found at the band's MySpace.

-- Bedroom electro-pop impresario Casiotone for the Painfully Alone is in a nostalgic mood, so he's compiling tracks from various 7" singles and compilations released from 2004-2007 on one CD called Advance Base Battery Life. The record will be out on Tomlab March 10 and includes covers of songs by Paul Simon, Missy Elliott, and Bruce Springsteen.

-- French-Canadian indie rockers Malajube return with Labyrinthes, out this coming Tuesday, February 10, on Dare to Care. They'll hit the road in Canada in February and March.