In addition to their current tour, Matmos will speak at a panel during the 3rd Annual Tokion Magazine 'Creativity Now' conference on October 14th. The panel, "Lost and Found," addresses appropriating found objects into art, which the Matmos sound is fairly dependent on. Should be interesting, to say the least.
In case you missed it, Jane's Addiction issued a greatest hits compilation a couple of weeks ago. It's called Up From the Catacombs, and you can check out a listening party for the disc or view the ecard.
Rhino Records has a new Jerry Garcia compilation out; it's simply titled The Best of Jerry Garcia. The two-disc album pulls its tracks from various sectors of Garcia's musical history, but skirts his Grateful Dead past in favor of his lesser-known solo work. Check this ecard or the listening party, and there's a tracklisting, too...
While there's still no word on the b-sides disc, Dredg is indeed planning to release their May 11th, 2006 concert at the The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA as a live album on November 7th. The aptly titled Live At The Fillmore will feature 19 songs from the show. Take a look at the show poster, which may end up being the album art.
Walter Schreifels recently popped up on The Interface from AOL and played a bunch of songs from his massive repertoire: Walking Concert, Rival Schools, Quicksand, Gorillia Biscuits and some solo stuff. Head on over and download the podcast, browse through the photos and learn more about "the most talented dude to come from the hardcore scene." In other news, Anthology Recordings has digitally reissued Schreifels' 1989 band Moondog. Jump over to their website to learn more about the project and hear samples.
The Stills are set to head out their own Fall headlining tour in support of their new album, Without Feathers. Having just completed a West Coast run, the dates center mostly around the East Coast, from the end of November through December 14th. In other news, a video for "In The Beginning" should hit the interweb and TV soon.
Aluminium is an avant garde/orchestral project conceived by XL Recordings owner Richard Russell and written by Jack White. Starting November 6th, the ten-track disc will be available exclusively through the band's website and is limited to a supply of 3,333 CDs and 999 LPs. Hit up Myspace for a sample, and check out the tracklisting here...
Micah P. Hinson is prepping a tour to support the release of Micah P. Hinson and the Opera Circuit, out tomorrow on Jade Tree. The record is the young Texan singer/songwriter's second LP. The dates are here, and there's a track from the record in the downloads section as well, "Jackeyed".
Denmark's Figurines will soon travel the United States again; this time the band is headlining, in support of Skeleton, released earlier this year. We've linked up "The Wonder" from the record in the downloads section, so if you haven't heard the band yet, you're out of excuses.
Fresh off a tour with labelmates Headlights, Decibully is revved up for another East Coast campaign. Ths time, the band has prepared a self-released tour-exclusive EP, with unreleased tracks, demos, etc. At this point in time, the band has plans to enter the studio near the end of the year to record the follow-up to 2005's Sing Out America!
Cold War Kids will release their debut full-length Robbers & Cowards on October 10th. The Long Beach, CA based quartet have been garnering much acclaim during the lead-up to said release (SXSW helped, a lot). So much acclaim, in fact, that they're heading out their own headlining tour, starting tonight in Sacrmento, CA and ending November, 22nd in Paris, France. You may want to either check out our feature or grab "Hospital Beds" from the Downloads.
Still pushing Garden Ruin, Calexico will be doing some December dates to wrap up the year, starting with one in the band's hometown of Tuscon. Don't get your hopes up, there isn't a tour, so consider yourself lucky if you're around these cities. Annuals will opening some of the shows, while the others will see Joey Burns and the guys opening for Los Lobos.
Spacy psych-rockers Hopewell will self-release The Notbirds EP on November 21. The disc follows up last year's well-received Hopewell and the Birds of Appetite and includes, among other things, a Gene Clark cover and a collaboration with pals Mercury Rev.
Hit the Downloads to listen to "Anna Molly," the first single from the forthcoming Light Grenades, the sixth album from Incubus. The official release date has now been set at November 28th.
Vermont indie-pop rockers Pretty & Nice will release their debut Pink & Blue sometime near the end of the month. Check the Myspace. The wholly independent release is a lesson in rhythm and pop, drawing from the melodious, funky punk of early XTC and Talking Heads, and the smooth new wave pop of Squeeze and The English Beat.
The Information from Beck is in stores as of today. To celebrate the release, Beck.com is streaming videos for two non-album tracks, "Inside Out" and "This Girl That I Know." As you may remember, the release is backed with a DVD of videos for each song. A sticker sheet and a blank canvas are also included, so you can design your own album cover.
A Band Of Bees have posted three tracks, "Left Foot Step Down," "Stand," and "End of the Street," on their Myspace page. Said tracks are to appear on their forthcoming album, The Octopus.
The Little Ones were almost unheard of at the beginning of the year, but the Sing Song EP has garnered enough attention to land the popsters on the Astralwerks label for US releases. The label will also re-issue the EP, with an additional song tacked on.
Back in August, Maximo Park entered the recording studio to begin piecing together the follow-up to A Certain Trigger. Watch them write, record and play shows with their new moblog.
To kickoff their new relationship with Playlouder, Voxtrot will release three new songs as the "extended single" Your Biggest Fan on November 7th. They're set to hit the studio in November/December to record a new full-length, with a full release sometime in 2007. The group is also heading out on a short run of major cities at the end of this month. In related news, if you'd like to see some recent photos of Voxtrot in the studio for Your Biggest Fan, check out photographer Annie Gun's Flickr page.
