Domino not only reissued the Pavement classic Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition last month, but put together a massive ecard that lets you listen to all 50 tracks, watch 2 videos and download an entire live set. The show in question was chronicled on April 24th, 1994 at The Palace in Hollywood, CA. Yeah, this has been out since November 7th, but a free live Pavement show is a free live show.
Chicago's Pinebender have announced a handful of dates for Working Nine to Wolf (Lovitt Records). Check 'em out, and grab the track "Polly Gray" in the Downloads section.
Polyvinyl Records is now streaming Of Montreal's upcoming Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? in its entirety here. The Athenians' (well, really just Kevin Barnes') 8th LP is due to hit stores on January 23, and they've got all those tour dates we told you about, too.
Slide guitarist Mark Newman (no relation to Randy, as far as I know) recently issued his debut record Must Be A Pony (Danal Music). The album features appearances by Steve Holley (ex-Wings), Anton Fig from the David Letterman Band, and more. You can preview the record via the title track in the Downloads.
NOFX will embark on an early 2007 tour with labelmates Strike Anywhere, Love Equals Death and Dead To Me sharing the stage at various points throughout the trip. All four of the Fat Wreck Chords bands released records in 2006, and will continue pushing those songs out to all of you.
Avail will spend a week on the West Coast near the end of January. The Richmond punks are on the road with The Draft, and it's worth noting that Avail singer Tim Barry's Rivanna Junction probably won't be performed on this tour, but he'll be out there again shortly supporting Drag the River, then coming back east to support Smoke or Fire in March. Dates on those to come.
The highly-literary experimental folksters of Trilobite have released the group's eponymous debut; not yet have the masses been inundated with praises of the band, but a few of the bigger print rags have had nice words to say. And if the band had its own homepage, we'd link you there...for now, you'll settle for Myspace.
Mute Math will be touring in early 2007 on the heels of its major label debut and an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The tour will be in support of The Fray.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are set to release their sophomore album Some Loud Thunder on January 30th via Wichita. The album features production work by David Fridmann and will be available for digital download via InSound on January 16th. If that's too long of a wait, you can always preview some new stuff on their MySpace page.
After a bunch of touring in support of Collisions, Calla are already set to release another LP. Strength In Numbers will be available on February 20th via Beggars Banquet.
There's a new Cornelius album available in Japan entitled Sensuous but no word on when, if ever, it will be released Stateside. This is rather unfortunate seeing as how there's been no new compositions from this Japanese wonder since 2002. So for the time being we'll all have to do with Myspace streams, Hype Machine downloads and this rad new music video.
We told you that Youth Group would be releasing Casino Twilight Dog on January 30th via ANTI but now we've got the tracklisting details for ya. Check them out and start your scouring.
As you know, next year's Take Action Tour has been confirmed. This time around, the performers will be The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby and Kaddisfly. We've got a list of confirmed dates.
We have some minor details on a new record from The High Dials. The band has moved on from the Rainbow Quartz label, which put out last year's War of the Wakening Phantoms, and will shortly announce what label has been chosen to issue The High Dials' third record. Work on the album is underway, and the group hopes to unveil some of the new tracks during SXSW.
Last minute notice: SU Records alum Far-Less will be playing tonight at the Visulite Theater in Charlotte, NC with House of Fools (Drive-Thru) and Paulson (Doghouse). The band is currently promoting their Tooth & Nail Records album Everyone Is Out to Get Us.
Liverpool's Clinic have announced a few US/Canada dates set for late winter. Apparently, these March shows will be the only chance to catch the band on their Visitations tour; the album is out in the US on January 23 via Domino Records.
The Rapture has launched its own record label. Throne of Blood will focus on vinyl releases, but as of the present it's uncertain just who the band will deem worthy to grace the label's output. In other Rapture news, you can view the video for the track "Whoo! Alright Yeah...Uh Huh" from Pieces of the People We Love right here.
Baby Teeth has announced its third release...The Simp (Lujo Records) will be out sometime in March of next year.
It's now been revealed that the upcoming album from Ted Leo & the Pharmacists will be entitled Living With the Living. The trio's first release for Touch & Go Records is its fifth overall, and the 15 song tracklis includes...
Space rock aficionado's Failure have long since been broken up but that doesn't seem to stop them from sharing their vaulted gems with their devoted fans. The band has put up a pre-order page for their new Best-Of / B-Sides album Essentials over at CD Baby. Disc one is comprised of their favorite tracks and disc two compiles some hard to find b-sides as well as loads of demos from the Magnified era.
