M. Ward has released more details regarding his upcoming album, Hold Time. The record, which features appearances from Zooey Deschanel, Tom Hagerman of DeVotchka and Jason Lytle of Grandaddy, will be released on February 17th, 2009. [www.nme.com]
Following the summer premiere of his opera, Prima Dona, Rufus Wainwright plans to hit the studio for an album of just piano and vocals. After the production of 2007's Release The Stars, the new album will focus on "sitting in the studio alone and making it about the music." [www.billboard.com]
Ahead of the Blinking Lights and Other Revelations deluxe reissue on October 28th, Eels are giving away four songs from Manchester 2005, a live album included with Blinking Lights. [www.aversion.com]
iLike is currently streaming the new Ryan Adams album, Cardinology, for 48 hours, ahead of the release. Catch it while you can. [www.rollingstone.com]
Spinner.com is currently streaming the title track from the forthcoming, oft-delayed Guns N' Roses album Chinese Democracy. [www.roadrunnerrecords.com]
Today, +/- released a new record, titled Xs on Your Eyes, on Absolutely Kosher. The trio currently has some international dates scheduled. [tinymixtapes.com]
According to her MySpace blog, the forthcoming Annie album, Don't Stop, has been pushed to January 26th, 2009 (UK). There is still no word on a US release. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Bon Iver has scheduled a few December shows with The Tallest Man on Earth to round out the year. Pitchfork has the dates. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Tapes 'n Tapes have scheduled a winter tour in continued support of Walk It Off. The tour runs from January through March and Pitchfork has the dates. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
According to BBC 6 Music, James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem and DFA is currently producing "a classic rock record" with former members of Hockey Night. The album is expect in the middle of 2009. [www.bbc.co.uk]
Lupe Fiasco kicked off a Fall tour last week in continued support of The Cool. Fiasco will be hitting a lot of East Coast college campuses. [www.livedaily.com]
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead have offered up the song "Bells of Creation" from their forthcoming Festival Thyme EP on MySpace. [www.punknews.org]
Nikolai Fraiture recently told BBC that The Strokes have made plans to hit the studio in February and begin work on the group's fourth album. [news.bbc.co.uk]
Constantines will continue touring North American in support of Kensington Heights throughout the year. Joining them on this stretch will be Tim Fite and Obits. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
Justice will release A Cross the Universe, a CD/DVD package documenting the group's Spring US tour, on December 9th. Pitchfork has the track list. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]
The Bronx have posted "Past Lives" from their forthcoming, self-titled album on Spin.com. The band have just kicked off their world tour with Every Time I Die and you can find the dates at thebronxxx.com. [www.spin.com]
Thrice will drop Live at The House of Blues on December 9th. The release packages two CDs and one DVD featuring performances from the House of Blues show in Anaheim, CA on May 28th, 2008. Punknews has the track list. [www.punknews.org]
Green Day have posted studio footage shot late last week on YouTube. It was recently revealed the band is recording their new album with Butch Vig. [www.punknews.org]
According to Aversion, OK Go is set to hit a New York studio with producer Dave Fridmann to record their follow-up to 2005's Oh No. [www.aversion.com]
Sigur Ros will re-issue a deluxe version of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust on November 24th. The new version will include a 200-page, cloth-bound book, a documentary DVD and a piece of the film strip from the "Gobbledigook" video. [www.sigurros.com]
