There’s a lot of news in the world of Reggie Watts these days. You can see the best hair in biz May 11 on Comedy Central, when Reggie Watts: A Live at Central Park makes its debut. It’ll subsequently be released May 15 in a CD/DVD package. The very next day, monsieur Watts will hit the road on a nationwide tour, bringing his comedy beatboxing to a venue near you.

And if that wasn’t enough, the premiere of Comedy Bang! Bang! on IFC is slated for June 8. Speaking of which, if you haven’t seen the 10-minute preview of the show, watch it right now! RIGHT NOW!

Watch the Comedy Bang! Bang! preview and see the Reggie Watts tour dates.

So yeah…this is me…wearing a bear hat and dancing in a mall…then again, the video itself is pretty self-explanatory.

Daniel Johnston recently published his first-ever comic book, Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness. It’s 109 pages about, well, ducks in space. To celebrate the release of the comic (and a pretty swanky iPad app), Johnston has given us an album to go along with it.

Space Ducks: Soundtrack will be available on CD and vinyl this summer, but you can stream the entire record right now. It features seven Johnston originals, plus tracks inspired by Space Ducks from folks like Eleanor Friedberger, Fruit Bats and Deer Tick.

If you’re a normal Buzzgrinderer, it’s probably not breaking news that May 15 marks the release of mewithoutYou’s first independent full-length, Ten Stories. That said, you can get a lot more information on the album and the circumstances surrounding its creation in this new video clip.

And as the late Billy Mays would say — wait, there’s more. The band recently premiered a new song from the record, February, 1878. Based on comments from members of mewithoutYou, 1878 is a pretty accurate representation of what Ten Stories entails. It’s got some Foxes-style edge and a little freak-folkiness of It’s All Crazy. So in a sense, it inhabits roughly the same territory as Brother, Sister.

Little Tyrant Productions recently shared a video of Travis Shettel performing performing The Rock Revolution Will Not Be Televised. These days, the former Piebald frontman is hard at work on a new project, TS and the Past Haunts. It also includes members of Summer Darling and Kissing Cousins.

We’ve lost a musical icon. The legendary Earl Scruggs has passed away at the age of 88. Sure, he might not have “invented” bluegrass like Bill Monroe — but man, he was a big part of the early days with Monroe’s Blue Grass Boys. And while he didn’t popularize the use of the banjo, he certainly did help revolutionize it. If Scruggs hadn’t picked it up, the banjo might still be an instrument relegated to the rhythm section or a Vaudeville comedian’s act. We certainly wouldn’t have the three-finger roll.

If it wasn’t for Scruggs and his musical partner Lester Flatt, we might not even know what bluegrass is today — and we almost certainly wouldn’t care if we did. His legacy can’t be overstated. I know it sounds cheesy, but upon hearing of Scruggs’ death last night, I almost felt like I lost a relative.

See the Obits photos from the Black Cat in D.C.

Tigers Jaw have premiered a track from their upcoming Run For Cover Records split with Black Clouds.

Frank Lenz is no stranger to film scoring. He provided the tunes for Strictly Background a few years ago, and now he’s back at the documentary soundtrack game.

Lenz has lent his talents to a doc about Christian card counters. And yes, that’s exactly what it sounds like — church-going folks that play blackjack professionally. Titled Holy Rollers: The True Story of Card Counting Christians, the picture has been featured everywhere from The New York Times to Variety.

The soundtrack is out today from the fine folks at Velvet Blue Music. You can sample Lenz’ musical wares right here, though, with the somber Bankroll Dinner 2.

Maranatha is the studio project of Collin Simula, former drummer of Symphony in Peril. The latest Maranatha release, Incarnate, features Simula taking on all writing and recording duties. I spoke with Simula about the album and the inspiration behind it.

What are the plans with this release? Are you forming a full band? Maybe a proper release with a label? Some one-off shows somehow?

Plans-wise, I’m kind of just riding it out, honestly. I didn’t realize it would take off as fast as it did. I would like to put out a physical release in the near future, and I’d love to do a split seven-inch or two sometime soon. It’s super liberating to have self-released this and it’d take a pretty good deal for me to sign with someone.

I do plan on getting a live band together for some one-offs. No real plans of touring, as I am a father of two kids with one on the way, and very happy with my designer day job. But I definitely want to play some shows. Selfishly, it’s also liberating to have done this all myself, as far as writing/recording goes. So I’m not sure I’d actually form a studio/writing band, just a live one.

Read the rest of the interview with Collin of Maranatha.