Arts & Crafts will release the latest from Jason Collett, Here's To Being Here, on February 5th. The album was produced by Howie Beck and features guest performances by Andrew Whiteman (Broken Social Scene / Apostle of Hustle), Tony Scherr (Norah Jones, John Scofield), Liam O'Neil (The Stills) and many more. You can read more about the album here.
Rob Zombie has just announced additional dates for his current US tour with Ozzy Osbourne. Full list of dates below.
D-Sides, the forthcoming Demons Days b-sides album from Gorillaz, has been pushed back for release on November 20th. A special edition will be available in a dual box and will include two exclusive Jamie Hewlett prints, a collection of badges, stickers and a “Choose Pazuzu” patch (whatever the hell that is).
Rough Trade have announced the release of Time For Heroes - The Best Of The Libertines from The Libertines on December 4th. The album was produced by Bernard Butler and the full track list is below.
Les Savy Fav continue its piecemeal tour in support of their latest album, Let’s Stay Friends, with select dates in November, December and January of next year.
Chicago's Russian Circles has inked a deal with Suicide Squeeze. The trio is currently recording their next full-length with Matt Bayles and will release the record in Spring 2008. Listen to Circles on MySpace.
The Whigs are set to drop their ATO Records debut album, Mission Control, on January 22, 2008. The band will spend the rest of 2007 on the road gearing up for the album's release.
Nine Inch Nails has announced the release of Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D on November 20th. The very l33t titled records is a remix album featuring the likes of Stephen Morris, The Faint, Interpol's Sam Fogarino, Kronos Quartet and Saul Williams. The CD package for also includes a DVD-ROM containing every track from Year Zero in multi-track format.
Interpol will release a limited edition of their latest album, Our Love to Admire, on November 19th. The album features a live DVD EP with songs taken from, Our Love to Admire as well as the previous album, Antics. The tracks were recorded at a show at the London Astoria earlier this year.
You already know that Annuals are on tour, but what you may not know is that the band released a digital-only EP entitled Frelen Mas (Be He Me B-Sides), yesterday. The EP contains b-sides from the Be He Me sessions as well as their cover of “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot.”
New York City's Ida will release Love Prayers on January 29th via Polyvinyl Records. The album was recorded in Levon Helm's (of The Band) studio and was produced by Warn Defever (of His Name Is Alive), and Mekons violinist Jean Cook has been added to Ida's ranks. The group will do a few dates in their home state in mid-November, with more to follow, I'm sure.
Though a true reunion (you know, a new record) is still unofficial, the members of Hot Water Music will come together again for a string of shows early next year to promote 'Till the Wheels Fall Off, a b-sides/rarities compilation on No Idea Records out January 22.
As promised, Lenny Kravitz has posted two tracks from his forthcoming album, It's Time For A Love Revolution, on MySpace.
Incubus will release the DVD Look Alive on November 27th. The 2-hour feature was directed by Christian Lamb and features 2007 concert footage, rehearsals and original musical interludes by Mike Einziger.
We now have confirmation on earlier reports that the forthcoming debut from Vampire Weekend will be released on January 29th, 2008 through XL. Europeans will have to wait until March 3rd, but based on everything we've heard, it will be worth it.
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy will release the Ask Forgiveness EP, a collection of covers, on November 20th through Drag City. Danzig, Bjork and R. Kelly are among the covered artists.
MTV Unplugged In New York from Nirvana will finally see a DVD release on November 20th. "Something In The Way" and "Oh Me" are included in the performance, as well as behind-the-scenes, pre-show rehearsal and interview footage.
Seattle's Throw Me The Statue have joined ranks with Secretly Canadian and will release their debut, Moonbeams, in February. Preview some album tracks on MySpace. Statue will also join labelmate Jens Lekman on four dates of his fall tour in November.
Saul Williams will release the Trent Reznor-produced The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust on November 1st. The album is being "sold" in Radiohead-esk fashion, with options to pay $5 or zero dollars for the download. Pre-order now niggytardust.com.
Oasis will release Lord Don't Slow Me Down, a feature-length documentary, on November 9th. The DVD will come backed with an additional disc of the group's homecoming show at City of Manchester Stadium from July 2nd, 2005.
