Of Montreal will spend somewhere around ten weeks on the road through the first third of 2007 to get the word out about Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?. The lengthy trek will see the band hitting some states multiple times as well as the occasional swing up to Canada.
Snowden are currently out pushing their Jade Tree debut Anti-Anti, and as of last night through the middle of December, tour support is being provided by iForward, Russia!, who are also sporting a brand new record on Mute (in the US).
Lucero are on tour at the moment in support of Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers. Over the next few weeks, the band will share the stage with Drag the River and Maritime, both of whom are also sporting new records, It's Crazy and We, the Vehicles, respectively.
New York City's Book of Knots will drop its sophomore album sometime in early spring of 2007. The band's debut was on the Austin-based Arclight Records, but since then the band has secured a deal with Anti-, who will release Traineater. Not only does Book of Knots boast a line-up with members/former members of Pere Ubu and Sparklehorse, but Traineater has appearances from Mike Watt, Tom Waits, David Thomas (Pere Ubu) and more.
In the midst of her final Rabbit Fur Coat run, Jenny Lewis is set to stop by Jimmy Kimmel Live on November 30th. Lewis and the Watson Twins will treat a network audience with one final Rabbit-related performance.
In the ongoing support for their full-length album, Beartrap Island, Division Day are on tour throughtout the midwest in December. Go see them and insist that they play "Colorguard", possibly twice.
Menomena have announced a 5-show, West Coast run with 31 Knots from November 30th through December 10th. Stephen McBean's Pink Mountaintops will also join for two shows. In other news, you can freely download an MP3 of "Wet and Rusting," this first single from Friend and Foe, over on Myspace. The album is still set to hit stores January 23rd.
The US street date for the new Field Music album, Tones of Town, is now set at February 20th, 2007 through Memphis Industries. Hop on over to Stereogum and snag two songs from the set.
The latest word is that !!! have delivered their new album, titled Myth Takes, to Warp for release sometime in February/March 2007. The new material "combines an enhanced focus on incredible song writing with all the intricacy, freedom and shear dance floor swagger that made Louden Up Now such a delight." A massive tour schedule will no doubt surface soon.
In support of their Lars Frederiksen-produced, Hellcat debut Hellbound And Heartless, which just dropped October 24th, The Heart Attacks will kick off 2007 with a run of North American dates alongside punk vets The Queers. Launching January 9th in Lafayette, Indiana, the month-long trek is set to wrap in Oklahoma City, OK.
Hopeless & Sub City Records have confirmed the full line-up for the 2007 Take Action! Tour benefiting the Youth America Hotline. Headlining the event will be The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus who will perform along with Emery, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, A Static Lullaby, and Kaddisfly. This sixth annual charitable tour is slated to kick off in early February 2007 and hit over forty cities with alternative music's fastest rising bands.
Metallica will release The Videos: 1989-2004, the first-ever music video retrospective DVD on December 5th. The collection, which includes all 21 of Metallica's videos plus bonus features, spans the years from 1989's ...And Justice For All to 2003's
The Grates have returned to North America for some touring with the likes of We Are Scientists and Tokyo Police Club. Dates below:
Jonny Lives! have just release a new album entitled Get Steady (a full-length, not the EP of the same name) and they have a single for the title track featured on the upcoming National Lampoon's Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj Soundtrack. Throughout January and February, Jonny Lives! will be headlining the Van Wilder tour to promote the movie and we should have those dates soon.
V2 Records has a new offshoot called Little Monster Records that will release All Together Now, a kid-friendly approach to some grown-up favorite tunes. In this case, all songs from The Beatles, as sung by kids with a little help from some special friends. These friends include ex-Grandaddy mastermind Jason Lytle, Rachael Yamagata, 80's Egyptian-walkers The Bangles, mainstay Marshall Crenshaw, and New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte. We've got the full tracklist...
As already mentioned, Dischord's Antelope has an LP on the way. The band just finished working out everything in the studio with Ian Mackaye, and the label is hoping for a February release date, for which the band will of course be touring.
As we're winding the year down, it's time for Top Ten lists and all that entails. It's also time to start voting for the Plug Awards, which celebrates the best in indie rock, hip hop, and so on. Head over here and get to it.
New York City's Tralala will drop its sophomore album, Is That The Tralala?, next Tuesday. A few tour dates follow, but if you're not in NYC or in California, no dice. Grab the track "Early Tonight" in the Downloads.
Starting next week, Philly's Dr. Dog will be traveling the US as the opening act for The Black Keys. Having just played for a respectable crowd at CMJ and still pushing their Takers and Leavers EP which came out earlier this fall, the band is all set for a new LP that's now in the works. Grab a couple songs from said EP in the Downloads.
The Slip dropped their Bar-None Records debut Eisenhower last week, and kick off the record's ensuing tour today, in Denver. They'll be opening for My Morning Jacket on some of the dates as well, so you better get on that early.
