The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange will be the next solo release from Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez. The exclusive double-vinyl album will be put out under the name Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet on November 20th. The album is a continuation of the music recorded during his time in Amsterdam during 2005 that created his previous release.
As you know, The Mars Volta will release The Bedlam in Goliath on January 29th. We now have the track list and you can preview "Wax Simulacra" from said album on their site.
Prefuse 73 will release Preparations to US stores tomorrow. Warp Records has launched a microsite to showcase the album, Heron's US tour dates and an 11-minute mix of unreleased Prefuse material. As reported, the retail version will be backed with Interregnums, a 15-track bonus album.
Plaid have released a new track, "Faster (L8 Mix)," as a one-off digital single through Bleep. Said track was written to showcase Apple's Logic software.
Spiritualized have announced four US shows in November to, hopefully, preview some of that new album we've been promised for next year.
Back in August, Mates of State were working with a variety of producers on new material. The duo has announced they will record their new album with Jim Eno of Spoon in November. A 2008 release date is in the cards.
The National Anthem of Nowhere is getting some extended road time as Apostle of Hustle join up with Do Make Say Think and hit the road. And if that weren't enough great news for you be sure to hit up the Apostle of Hustle myspace page and snag their cover of Huey Lewis' "I Want A New Drug."
In support of their recently released (and highly recommended) Population, The Most Serene Republic will be touring heavily throughout Canada. Fingers are crossed that they make it down into the States.
Typically a "Best Of" or "Rarities" collection from a band is just another way for a band to fulfill a contractual obligation but in the case of the forthcoming Eels compilations the band is going to great lengths to take care of their fans. They are gearing up to release Meet The EELS: Essential EELS Vol. 1 (CD+DVD) and EELS Useless Trinkets (2CD+DVD) on January 15th, 2008. Both releases offer an extensive track listing worth reading up on. For the full details go here.
Touring in support of the appropriately named Places Like This, Architecture in Helsinki are set to tour North America. Check the dates below and be sure to check out their revamped website.
You know that other guy from Death Cab for Cutie? Chris Walla? Well, he's readying his own solo album entitled Field Manual for release on January 29th via Barsuk. Currently US Customs has the hard drive containing the album in their possession (seriously) but confidence levels are high that the album will see the light of day on the planned date. Find out more here.
Hot Chip will release Made In The Dark, the official followup to The Warning, on February 5th via Astralwerks. A full tour is expected to be announced soon as well.
Despite having been ten years since their last official album Portishead have announced that their next album is actually in the mixing stage. While no details have officially emerged yet it is good news for the promise of an official follow up.
While there is still no word on the upcoming album from Weezer it has been announced that frontman Rivers Cuomo will be releasing a collection of demos entitled Alone - The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo on December 11th of this year. The album will consist of home recordings from over the past 15 years.
Grand Palace Records will be releasing the next EP from Apollo Up! entitled Walking Papers, tentatively in the wintery months of the year. While this is celebratory news it is also unfortunate as it is rumored to be the final release from the band.
Bringing Dethklok along for the ride ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead will be touring across the country in continuing support of their latest release So Divided. The band has also announced that Jay Phillips (Apollo Up, ex-Forget Cassettes) will now be in charge of the low notes for the band.
Far-Less will kickoff a tour tomorrow in Baton Rouge in support of their new album, A Toast To Bad Taste. The record is in stores October 23rd, but the band have posted many of the tracks on MySpace. In November, the band will catch up with He Is Legend for another mini-tour.
The forthcoming album from The Hives, The Black and White Album, has been pushed to November 13th. To tide over fans, the band have released Singles Collection or 6 songs from Black and White to iTunes. You can also catch the "Tick Tick Boom" video on YouTube.
You might remember, The Verve recently reunited without too much fanfare (Stateside, anyway). Apparently, their UK reunion tour sold out and now they've announced more dates in December.
OurStage, one of the new online ranking sites where bands can upload their music, has recently begun awarding the top 10-ranking OurStage artists. Some of the artists get one-on-one sessions with John Legend while G. Love will invite one top-ranking artist to open at three fall G. Love and Special Sauce shows. The site also just awarded 7 of their high-ranking artist with performance slots at this year’s CMJ music marathon. The schedule for those bands is below:
