Straight from the horses mouth,

"Hello

Field Records will soon be releasing a 12inch split of us, Her Name is Calla, and our friends Maybeshewill. One side will have two songs by Maybeshewill entitled 'This Time Last Year' and 'Last Time This Year', whereas our side will be a re-release of the sold out single, 'Condor and River'.
This should be released in October to coincide with Maybeshewill's Rocksound sponsored UK tour with As So I Watch You From Afar.
We'll also be doing a few dates here and there, though mainly focusing on recording our debut album. Keep an eye out for the split! Many thanks x

http://www.field-records.com
http://www.myspace.com/hernameiscalla
http://www.myspace.com/maybeshewont"

I think we can all agree that the above is some quite wonderful news.

...though unfortunately not together.

Pelican have annouced details of a September tour with Florida rockers Torche, with the dates listed below:

September
12 Brighton Engine Room
13 Sheffield Corporation
14 Glasgow Oran Mor
15 Belfast Black Box
16 Dublin Whelans
17 Birmingham Medicine Bar
18 London Underworld
19 Bristol Croft

And if that wasn't enough instrumental metal (try saying that when drunk), Chicago's much loved Russian Cirlces will be touring in November in support of the quite excellent These Arms Are Snakes, who will be promoting their new album Tall Swallower and Dove which is out in October.

November
14 Brighton Engine Room
15 Exeter Cavern Club
16 Leeds Brudenell Social
17 Glasgow Stereo
18 Belfast Black Box
19 Dublin Whelans
20-21 TBC
22 London Islington Academy

Grails have set October 7th as the release date for their next full length callled Doomdayer's Holiday. The album art is up on their official site, while the first track to be released, "Reincarnation Blues," can be found streaming on their myspace.