The Foo Fighters have announced four dates at smaller venues in support of their forthcoming Echoes, Silence, Patience And Grace, due September 25th. You can also checkout the Foo's full set at this year's VMAs over on MTV.com.
Today will see the release of The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show on DVD, a collection of the show's musical performances; the Man in Black's series ran from 1969-1971. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Stevie Wonder are among the performers, and of course Johnny Cash himself makes plenty of appearances.
Iceland's Minus have signed to a small label that will likely release their new album, The Great Northern Whalekill, worldwide in November. In the meantime, Minus have put four tracks on MySpace.
Thrice have announced more dates in support of their forthcoming release, The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II - Fire & Water, on October 16th through Vagrant. These new shows expand the previously announced Brand New and mewithoutYou jaunt. In related news, "Firebreather" and "Digital Sea" from Alchemy have been posted to MySpace.
Owen Pallett, the one-man Final Fantasy, will kickoff a headlining tour in support of his latest release, He Poos Clouds, on September 21st. The North American stint will feature Basia Bulat as support in Canada and co-headlining dates with Cadence Weapon in the US.
Vampire Weekend is making waves across the interweb, after signing to XL Recordings. "Mansard Roof" will get the single treatment on October 23rd, but a proper full-length won't be released until January 2008. As with most bands, their MySpace page is the easiest place to preview some songs.
As you may recall, the first of the "Broken Social Scene Presents," Spirit If... from Kevin Drew, will hit shelves tomorrow. The Canadian collective have scheduled North American dates from October 25th through November 18th in support of the record.
Sunset Rubdown will release their new album, Random Spirit Lover, through Jagjaguwar on October 9th. Three days earlier, the band will kickoff their North American tour. Johnny and the Moon and Magic Weapon will open each date.
Jason Collett will head out in support of Josh Rouse from September 18th through October 5th. Arts & Crafts guarantee it will be a great opportunity to catch new material from Collett's new album, which is due in early 2008.
Screamo kings Thursday will release Kill the House Lights, a CD/DVD hodgepodge of live and unreleased material, on October 30th. The group have also scheduled a November tour in support.
Jason Falkner is set to release I'm OK You're OK sometime later this year in the US, despite it just being released by Noise McCartney in Japan. Preview several tracks from the album on MySpace.
The Stills are bringing it all home to Canada and have inked a worldwide deal with Arts & Crafts. To commemorate the event, the band will play two dates at Lee's Palace in Toronto on November 23rd and 24th. A Without Feathers follow-up is expected in Spring 2008.
As you may be aware, Mobius Band are set release their new album, Heaven, on October 2nd. The band have scheduled a full fall tour with Matthew Dear and Tigercity on various dates. Also, you can grab the Heaven track "Friends Like These" at Stereogum.
With an American Express commercial under her belt, Nicole Atkins is set to release her major-label debut, Neptune City, on October 30th. An appearance on Letterman is expected during the week of the release. Atkins will support The Raveonettes in October.
Georgie James have scheduled a proper fall tour in support of Places, their Saddle Creek debut full-length.
Consider the White Stripes fall tour that was to begin tonight canceled. According to Billboard, Meg White is unable to travel due to "acute anxiety." Bad news for Cold War Kids.
According to Bill Baird, Sound Team have decided to call it quits. Baird cites "typical band problems" as the reasoning, but offers future plans for each member on his blog.
Razorlight will return to the US in November for a quick tour to road test some new material for their third album.
According to Billboard, Death Cab For Cutie will enter a number of West Coast studios this month to record their follow-up to Plans.
Sea Wolf will celebrate the release of his forthcoming album, Leaves in the River, with a performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live on September 25th. As you may recall, the Wolf is set to head out with Nada Surf in October, but has now scheduled some headlining shows.
