Memphis have announced a summer release date for A Little Place in the Wilderness. The LP from Canadian/American duo Torq Campbell and Chris DuMont will be out June 19th on Good Fences, plus new shows announced in support.
Feist has completed two new videos for the tracks "1 2 3 4" and "My Moon My Man" from her latest disc, The Reminder, which will be released on May 1st. In the meantime, watch for more webisodes to hit the internet and US tour dates will be announced soon.
When Q And Not U disbanded in 2005, drummer John Davis turned to his singer-songwriter friend, Laura Burhenn, to forge something new. The result is Georgie James, and the bands debut album should be released later in 2007. Two of the songs from the album, "Need Your Needs" and "Cake Parade," were released as a single on Laboratory Records in February 2007. Check below for some tour dates:
Head over to yearzero.nin.com and stream the forthcoming Nine Inch Nails album, Year Zero, in its entirety. You can also grab the Garage Band files for "Survivalism" to "completely reconstruct / deconstruct" the track. According to nin.com, all the tracks from Year Zero will be released in this way over the coming months. As previously reported, Year Zero is due out April 17th, packed with 24-page booklet.
The official follow-up to the The Fatalist And Friends EP from Robbers on High Street will be entitled Grand Animals and should hit store shelves on July 10th. The album was produced by Italian composer Daniele Luppi and lead singer Ben Trokan says "I think it's the best sounding stuff we've done."
Fujiya & Miyagi are heading out on tour opening for Peter, Bjorn and John for a large chunk of May.
It's been three years since They Might Be Giants released an album of non-childrens music (assuming you don't count their podcasts) but that run will come to an end on July 10th when the band releases The Else. The album was partially produced by The Dust Brothers and should be featured quite heavily on their upcoming May tour dates.
The Polyphonic Spree have announced a handful of dates in support of their upcoming album The Fragile Army.
Dizzee Rascal is in the process of filming a video for the track "Sirens". The single will be released on May 21st and is the first single to be taken from his forthcoming third album Maths & English which is to be released on June 4th in the UK. Listen to "Sirens" over on the The Fader blog.
Air return for their first North American shows in three years, performing their classics and songs from their acclaimed new album Pocket Symphony. Dates below:
The Weakerthans have returned to the studio to record their fourth album, which will debut this fall from Anti-/Epitaph Records. Surrounded by slaughterhouses, industrial sites and sub-degree temperatures, The Weakerthans will hash out over five years worth of material they have written for the follow-up to 2003’s excellent Reconstruction Site.
Fresh off of a European tour opening up for The Rapture, Glasgow’s 'disco-punk' band Shitdisco is now set to release their debut LP Kingdom of Fear via Fierce Panda records on April 16th. Lot's of (non-US) tour dates below:
Silverchair recently released a brand new full-length, Young Modern, outside the US to much acclaim. The album was recorded with producer Nick Launay and features string arrangements from Van Dyke Parks (The Beach Boys). Stream the entire album over on chairpage.com. A US release is in the works.
The Good, The Bad & The Queen have announced the release of an iTunes exclusive EP and a series of high profile festival and headline shows in the U.S., UK and Europe. The Live From SoHo EP was recorded March 12 at the Apple Store in New York documenting the first US performance from the band.
The fifth studio album by Tegan and Sara, The Con, is scheduled for a July 24th release. Co-produced by Christopher Walla with Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, the record was cut in Portland, Oregon at Walla's Alberta Court studio. They also collaborated with Death Cab's Jason McGerr on drums along with AFI's Hunter Burgan and The Rentals’ Matt Sharp both on bass. Tegan and Sara will take their show on the road with a special series of intimate performances in July and August, before embarking on a national theatre tour in October.
Nicole Atkins and her band, The Sea, have scheduled a series of Northeast residency dates throughout April. Good news if you live in Philadelipha, Boston or Washington DC. For the rest of us, go listen to "The Way It Is" on MySpace. Said track is from the forthcoming album, Neptune City.
Regina Spektor has announced a tour of North America in support of her album, Begin to Hope, beginning April 24th in Portland, OR. Also, on April 5th, Spektor will perform the song "Fidelity" on Good Morning America and will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman on April 20th.
Placebo wants to make you the star in the upcoming video for their single,"Running Up That Hill," from their album, Meds. The video will be a montage of Placebo's fans singing "Running Up That Hill", and you can get in on it by submitting your video using Motionbox. More details below if you are into that kind of thing.
David Matysiak, former leader of Atlanta/Athens band Jet by Day, has gathered quite a crowd of contributors for his most recent endeavor, Coyote Bones. His debut album, Gentleman On The Rocks features members of Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Faint, Azure Ray, Tilly & The Wall, Now It’s Overhead, Desaparacidos, and more. Tour dates below:
In addition to all the dates we just mentioned, Man Man has now announced that they will continue their road trip by serving as support on the first leg of the Modest Mouse tour. Dates below:
