Here's an update from The Record Machine: The label is really pushing the new album from Every Gentle Air, which was released last week. The goal now is to have a video made for every single one of the album's tracks. You'll find a few more details on that project here, or you can preview the record here.
If you missed the last Mastodon and Converge outing, catch them again from January 26th through February 18th, 2007 up and down the East Coast. Tickets go on sale today and Priestess will open all shows.
As you've heard, Damon Albarn of Blur, Paul Simonon of The Clash as well as members of The Verve and Fela Kuti's band have formed under the the name The Good, The Bad and the Queen. The superquartet will release its self-titled debut on January 23rd through Parlophone. You can check out "Herculean," the record's single, in the Downloads.
Norway's Bonk dropped its sophomore record yesterday through Ace Fu. The band's fusion of all things rock (mainly of the "hard," "punk," and "garage" prefixes) is a common combo, but Bonk Against Nothing covers that terrain in a way all its own. Grab a track in the Downloads. Bonk will be touring the US in the spring as well as dropping in for SXSW.
New York shoe-gaze revivalists The Big Sleep are hitting the road in support of their (fantastic) album Son of the Tiger. If you aren't familiar with the band be sure to check their website and their video for the song "Murder."
You can snag the track "Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" from the new Of Montreal album (Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?) in the Downloads section.
Satellite Party, Perry Farrell's new "project," will drop its debut album, The Ultra Payloaded Satellite Party, in March 2007. The Steve Lillywhite produced album leads off with the first single "Kinky," which features Peter Hook from New Order on bass. John Frusciante and Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers make appearances on five songs. The collective will perform live in January at the Winter X-Games in Aspen, CO.
The Ratchets are pretty excited about their debut full-length, Glory Bound. So excited, they put the whole album and everything else they've recorded into their site's jukebox. If you like what you hear, pick up a copy at Chunksaah.
New York's The Bravery have completed recording their sophomore effort, The Sun and the Moon. After mastering and mixing, a solid release date is sure to infiltrate the web. This week, the band will play three "not so secret" shows in the Northeast. After that, a string of South American dates and a stint of "private" shows (limited public tickets).
Brakes just released their second full-length, The Beatific Visions, to rave reviews in the UK last week. While the States won't see the album in stores until February 20th, 2007, the group will play some shows in December (following previous dates from July). A full-fledged North American tour is in the works for April/May 2007. For taste of the new material, check out this album ecard.
Filter Magazine and Urban Outfitters have partnered to announce the third release of the Give.Listen.Help. benefit CD series. The compilation, featuring exclusive, live and b-side tracks from artists including Thom Yorke, Feist, Cat Power, Wolfmother, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Franz Ferdinand, the Kaiser Chiefs and many others. It will be sold exclusively at Urban Outfitters and $8.99 from every CD sale (retail cost $9.99) from November 1st to March 15th, 2007 will be donated to the Komen Foundation to used for education, screening, treatment and research into the cause of Breast Cancer.
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will release their new album, So Divided on November 14th, but if you just can't wait any longer for the album, you can preview it in its entirety on Myspace.
Originally conceived by Kurt Cobain the year after the release of Nirvana’s Nevermind, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! makes its DVD debut on November 7th, 2006. First issued on VHS in 1994, Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! (Geffen/UMe) has now been color-corrected, digitally remastered for the first time in 5.1 surround sound and expanded from its original 83 minutes to include several previously unreleased performances.
Temporary Residence has announced the signing of Pinback’s Rob Crow for his new solo album. The new album is entitled Living Well and will hit stores on January 23rd. According to the press release, 'it’s the best Pinback album that Pinback never made'.
In support of his latest release, Several Arrows Later [Altitude], Matt Pond PA will be hitting the road for a string of shows. Find the dates below:
Youth Group will release its third studio album, Casino Twilight Dogs, through Anti- Records on January 30, 2007. In advance of the disc, The O.C. will lend support to the band by featuring its new album excerpt “Daisychains” in an upcoming December episode.
Following up 2005's debut album Tree City, Robbers On High Street are pre-empting the release of their next full-length with this digital-only release of The Fatalist And Friends EP on November 14th. The EP features one unreleased track, two new songs from the upcoming full-length, Grand Animals (to be released Spring 2007) and the Paul McCartney-penned "Monkberry Moon Delight." East Coast fans can catch the band next month as they embark on a short warm-up tour in support of the EP.
B-sides and Nike offerings aside, LCD Soundsystem is set to return with a follow-up to their self-titled debut in March 2007. Aptly, a UK/European tour for March has just been announced.
Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age recently devoted some time to record video responses to recent questions from the "Ask The Band" section on their website. Of the forthcoming album, Homme described it as "dark, hard and electrical... kind of like a construction worker." Rekords Rekords has it all straight from the horse's mouth.
Young Galaxy of Montreal has signed with Arts & Crafts, bringing with them "a kaleidoscopic sound with heavy tones and hypnotic male/female vocals." Catch Galaxy touring with The Dears out West (and Midwest) from November 28th until December 8th. At the shows, you can snag a copy of the tour-exclusive Swing Your Heartache EP (released digitally on November 28th). Freeloaders can download an MP3 of "Swing Your Heartache." The band's debut full-length is due in January 2007.
