The Grinderman record that was announced in December now has a tracklisting and cover art available for your viewing pleasure. Be on the lookout especially for the song "No Pussy Blues," which Nick Cave calls "the howl in the dark of the Everyman." It's out April 10th through ANTI.
The Lo-Fi-Fnk dates that were announced have undergone some changes. We're obligated to give you the correct dates, and we'll also let you know that The Presets, Junior Boys and Fujiya & Miyagi will each pop up at one point or another throughout the tour.
Hometapes will release the third album from bedroom folk explorer Paul Duncan. Above the Trees follows up last year's Be Careful What You Call Home, and will feature numerous guests, among them members of Tortoise and Grizzly Bear. Look for the record on May 1st, and check out "Red Eagle" in the Downloads.
To support its upcoming release The Days and Nights of Everything, Portland post-hardcore/prog-popsters 31 Knots will be hitting the highways and covering the country with Two Ton Boa. The album, which is coming out through Polyvinyl Records on March 6th, is the trio's fourth, and in the Downloads you'll find the track "Man Become Me."
I'm not sure exactly what's going on in the Headlights camp as far as following up last year's Kill Them With Kindness, but the Chicagoans have a hefty tour schedule set for the spring. Check out the track "TV" in the Downloads if you've yet to hear the band. Tour dates after the jump.
Maryland's Page France will drop its second Suicide Squeeze release ...and the Family Telephone on May 8th. The album follows up 2005's Hello, Dear Wind, which saw a reissue when the folk troupe took the leap from local label Fall Records to their current home. Check out the three-chord wonder "Hat and Rabbit" in the Downloads section, and take note of the band's upcoming tour with Headlights.
Arctic Monkeys have announced they'll release their sophomore album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, on April 24th (transposed a day later for the US). The first single, "Brianstorm," will be released digitally in early April and tangibly on April 17th. And, we've got the tracklist.
In you haven't yet heard, Chris Cornell recently announced his permanent departure from Audioslave. It's speculated the departure, reported due to "irresolvable personality conflicts as well as musical differences," was more caused by the Cornell's forthcoming solo album and Rage Against The Machine reunion at this year's Coachella. Carry On from Chris Cornell will hit stores May 1st through Suretone.
March 13th will see the release of another Neil Young concert recording. Live at Massey Hall was put to tape in January of 1971 in Toronto as a sort of homecoming event for the artist, and includes pre-release versions of many of the songs that wound up on Harvest.
Last week we mentioned the upcoming Sasquatch! Music Festival, but at that point the line-up had yet to be announced. Today it's official--among the performers already confirmed will be Bjork, The Arcade Fire, Beastie Boys, Interpol, Bad Brains, Spoon, and there are still more to come.
We previously reported the next Wilco album will drop on May 15th. However, the title got switched: it's Sky Blue Sky not Blue Sky Blue (Doh!). Also, we happened upon the tracklist and thought we'd share.
In addition to the March European tour and Sound Of Silver release on March 20th, LCD Soundsystem have announced some US tour dates from March 30th through May 14th (albeit a tad scattered).
Poison The Well have set the date April 3rd for the release of their new full-length, Versions. You can currently pre-order the album (or just see the cover) at the Ferret Music store. Tracklist after the jump.
While they are preparing for a new album to drop in May, Chromeo will be playing a handful of shows. To keep you at bay in the meantime the band offers Tenderoni as a free download from the forthcoming disc.
Nine Inch Nails has posted "Survivalism" and "My Violent Heart" from the forthcoming Year Zero on their MySpace page. Thus far: Year Zero is to Broken as With Teeth is to Pretty Hate Machine. Album in stores April 17th.
On Valentine's Day, Queens of the Stone Age announced on their website details regarding the follow-up to 2005's Lullabies To Paralyze. The album will be titled Era Vulgaris and should be released in June.
Bonnaroo 2007 will take place June 14-17th, 2007 in Manchester, TN. The initial lineup already inlcudes The Police, Tool, The White Stripes, Wilco, Franz Ferdinand, The Decemberists, Ween, Spoon, Feist, Gogol Bordello, Girl Talk and Annuals, among many others. Tickets go on sale February 23rd at noon through bonnarootickets.com.
According to sweetadeline.net, May 8th will see the release of an Elliott Smith double album through Kill Rock Stars. The two discs of New Moon are shown to have 24 songs between them, including former soundtrack-only classics like "Miss Misery" and Smith's cover of Big Star's "Thirteen." Click for the complete tracklisting.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first album from Leonard Cohen, Legacy Records will be reissuing the legendary songwriter's Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs From a Room and Songs of Love and Hate. These releases, set for April 24th, will contain obligatory previously unreleased material and extended liner notes.
Swedish experimental pop duo Lo-Fi-Fnk will be embarking on their very first US tour starting in March. The pair of kids comprising the band saw the release of Boylife in the UK last year, and the album will be getting the re-release treatment here in the US sometime in April. Check the band's Myspage page for more.
