News from spin.com :
Concord, NC’s brotherly, punk-and-bluegrass trio sign to Columbia imprint American Recordings and prep new full-length with the hirsute producer.
By William Goodman
According to a band website post yesterday (July 6), raucous, beard-sporting quintet the Avett Brothers — who impressed us with their lively set atBonnaroo ‘08 — have
joined the likes of Neil Diamond, Weezer, and Jay-Z, tapping another facial hair lover, industry honcho and knob-twiddler extraordinaire Rick Rubin, to record their forthcoming fifth full-length. And the Brothers won’t just partner with Rubin in the studio: The trio has departed longtime label Ramseur Records and inked …

Hey Everybody,

Man, I’m lovin’ it! You see the headline! New AVETT BROTHERS on CD and LP. My new favorite Texas rocking songwriter is Hayes Carll (recommended if you like Guy Clark, Townes Van Zandt, James McMurtry and the lot) and he’s playing The Handlebar Tuesday night at 8:30pm and doing an in-store right up in here at 4PM to give us a preview and sign a few CDs, plus we got some killer free swag - if you buy a ticket to the concert you get a rare graphic-zine/comic book that …