The Rosebuds new album 'Sand + Silence' coming in August

North Carolina duo The Rosebuds will return this summer with their first studio album of original, non-holiday music since 2011's Loud Planes Fly Low.

Not many details were given, but the band posted on Facebook yesterday that the new album titled Sand + Silence will be out on August 5 on Western Vinyl (this will be their first album not released by Merge Records).

The band posted a teaser video for the new album which appears to have been filmed at Justin Vernon's studio. Vernon is seen in the video along with Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso and Megafaun, drummer Matt McCaughan and engineer B.J. Burton. Check out the video below which features a bit of an excellent sounding new tune.

Duke Performances announces 2013-14 season, Nick Sanborn, Bombadil, Joe Henry, Chick Corea & more

It's that time of year again where local performing arts groups start announcing their plans for the next year. Duke Performances has offered one of the best programs around for quite a while now and this season's lineup includes some ambitious new programs as well as a quite a few familiar faces.

Highlights of the 2013-14 season include gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, country singer-songwriter Guy Clark and Mandolin Orange, Nick Sandborn's Lend Me Your Voice, Love's Infrastructure featuring music by Bombadil and puppetry by Torry Bend, jazz star Pat Metheny and his Unity Group, Joe Henry and Over the Rhine and jazz great Chick Corea.