“If you put it out there, they will come.”

This mathematical postulate is the point where Davies aesthetic intersects with Ertegun ethic.

Cool. Hey, that sounds kind of literate.

As a growing number of artists are driven to pump out new music to satisfy fans and breed new ones . . .

Wait a minute, I don’t write like that, do I?

“All summer long / we sang a song / And then we strolled that golden sand…”

Seriously.

Late April to late June has become a season of choice for artists preparing to tour indoor and outdoor facilities during the summer and early fall.

This year is no exception.

Ranking high in importance locally, 311 leads the charge with their first new set in four years, June 2’s “Uplifter.” Now the only question is what’s the Omaha date? And where?

Stadium draw the Dave Matthews Band returns with “Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King” (also June 2) after the unexpected death of the band’s saxist, crafting what many are calling “the band’s heaviest album to date.”

Already streaming on the Web due to leaks, Wilco’s new disc (June 30) is accompanied by a summer tour of outdoor settings and local rumors indicate we just barely lost out on a cool outdoor concert with Tweedy and company. Maybe a late summer reschedule?

Legitimate legacy superstar Green Day offered a second concept album that piled up sales of a few hundred thousand when it hit stores in May. The band has a Qwest Center date this summer.

New supergroup Chickenfoot – comprised of Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony (bass, of Van Halen), guitar savant Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith – hits stores June 5 and promises to deliver on the heritage of Montrose and mid-period Van Halen.

Heir-to-the-Dead Phish have decided to reunite and tour and made the bold choice of working with producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Talking Heads) on their new album with a release planned for September.

After fiddling with himself for 10 years, I mean his recorded history, Neil Young finally serves up “Archives,” an 8 CD set June 2; or choose the 10-DVD or 10-disc Blu-Ray box sets instead.

If you’re No Doubt, you smartly decide to tour without a new album and recapture your unique magic before beginning the process of birthing a new album later this fall. You were thinking I was going to make mommy jokes, weren’t you?

Speaking of touring, classic rock bands seemed to have certainly weathered the recession, or are out on the road again this summer because their portfolio has fallen in value just like the approaching-retirement geezers who attend these shows. Just kidding, you’ll see me at Stir a few times this summer.

And those geezers are likely to be interested in reliving the memories of Woodstock, which celebrates a 40th anniversary this year with new reissues in audio (June 2) and video (June 9) both containing loads of additional footage.

The Black Eyed Peas (June 16) return, Fergie intact (really? do we have to?), and will hit the road to support.

Other anticipated summer releases include the second solo effort from Matchbox Twenty leader Rob Thomas (June 30) and a new disc of music from Pete Yorn (June 30) recorded here in Omaha at Arc Studios. Yorn follows that up with an album of duets with actress Scarlett Johansson scheduled for August.

Look for Sonic Youth’s return to an indie label with “The Eternal” (June 9), Incubus drops a double disc retrospective with some new tracks (June 16), super-successful “Idol” alum Daughtry’s sophomore set is due July 14, prog-metal Mars Volta is set for June 23, Killswitch Engage hits stores June 30 and Jack White’s third band, new project Dead Weather, is on tap for July 14.

Beatles fans rejoice as the stingy George Harrison estate finally compiles a retrospective due in stores June 16 followed by remasters-– really, the originals were released long before modern remastering techniques – of the entire output of the Beatles in both stereo and mono mixes in September.

The long delayed Dr Dre disc is scheduled for July but I still wouldn’t bank on it. Same can be said for the planned rock Lil’ Wayne record originally on slate for July but already moved to at least September.
Metal satirists Spinal Tap have a tour and new CD while the newly-christened late-night orchestra the Roots will be in stores June 23 and power pop geeks and musicologists are rejoicing over the remastered classics No. 1 Record and Radio City (June 16) from early-‘70s, Alex Chilton-led Big Star.