Experimental rock/folk/bluegrass outfit Akron/Family made available their sophmore album, Meek Warrior, today through Young God Records. The album features apperances from members of Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Scene as well as free jazz drummer Hamid Drake. Grab an MP3 of "Gone Beyond" in the Downloads.
The Burden Brothers are set to release their new album, Mercy, on October 31st and I couldn't be more excited. In case you are unfamiliar, the band features ex-Toadies leader Vaden Todd Lewis and drummer Taz Bentley (Reverend Horton Heat, Izzy Stradlin). Produced by Joe Chiccarelli (The Shins, U2, Beck, Hole), the album is sure to rock your face off.
The Decemberists have a few notable events coming up in support of their forthcoming, major label debut, The Crane Wife. First, on September 25th, the band will perform on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic at 10:00am PST. You can tune into the show on kcrw.com. Second, the band will tape a peformance for Late Night with Conan O'Brien on release day, October 3rd.
The Riverboat Gamblers are back on the road again and this time they’re joined by Dead To Me for the “Plot & Scheme Tour” followed by a string of dates with Joan Jett. Dates below:
The Mountain Goats are headed back out on tour and we have the dates below. Their new album, Get Lonely, was released out August 22nd on 4AD.
Capitol Records will release the original soundtrack album to the feature length documentary film, The U.S. vs. John Lennon on September 26th. The soundtrack collects songs like “Imagine,” “Nobody Told Me,” “Instant Karma (We All Shine On),” “Happy Xmas (War Is Over),” and “Power To The People,” as well as two previously unreleased tracks, "Attica State” and the film’s instrumental version of "How Do You Sleep.” The CD and digital album packaging will include a liner notes essay written by Yoko Ono Lennon.
By now you've heard about Jackass 2 coming out this week, but have you seen the Wolfmother video featuring the Jackass crew? Check out the video for The Joker and the Thief here.
DJ Shadow is set to hit the road and this time with a full ten piece band. Special guests will vary depending on location, but fans can expect to see Q-Tip, David Banner, and Keak Da Sneak. Dates below:
Brooklynites Dirty On Purpose will continue to support Hallelujah Sirens throughout the rest of the year, making appearances at the Pop Montreal festival and doing a few weeks with The Album Leaf. You can check out the band's video for the track "Light Pollution" right here.
The North Atlantic are riding high on the critical success of Wires in the Wall (We Put Out Records), and will shortly find themselves covering about half of the United States on one of those touring adventures. Planes Mistaken for Stars and These Arms Are Snakes will be with the band for some dates, and you'll learn all the information here...
Still touring for Menos El Oso, Minus the Bear are heading out on dates with Russian Circles, P.O.S., and The Velvet Teen. We'd already told you this back in the summer, but you've probably forgotten by now, so here are those dates again with some modifications and additions...
You should have had your calendars marked for the new record from The Capitol Years, but Dance Away the Terror has only been out for a few days so you're not missing the boat just yet. The band will soon embark on a tour to support the release with labelmates The National Eye and Betty Serveert in tow.
Be sure to check out Ben Kweller on Conan O'Brien tonight, 12:30 AM for us East Coasters. He's supporting his brand new, self-titled disc.
Deftones have announced the first set of dates for a Fall club and theater tour, in support of the upcoming Saturday Night Wrist. The full tour will be unveiled in the coming weeks.
The forthcoming Beck album, The Information (due October 3rd) is slowly making its way online. You can preview the first single "Nausea" right here or click the more for a series of video teasers featuring music off the new record...
You can watch the video for "Doctor Blind" - the first single from the forthcoming Emily Haines (Metric) solo album, Knives Don't Have Your Back, simply by clicking you know where...
Tori Amos is set to release a 5-disc boxed-set entitled, A Piano: The Collection on September 26th. The collection brings together Amos' classics, rarities, remixes, and previously unreleased music and presents it in deluxe packaging that resembles a piano's keyboard. The massive track listing is below:
Former Grandaddy guitarist Jim Fairchild has started a new band called All Smiles who will be releasing their debut record on February 20, 2007 via Dangerbird. We should have more info as we get closer to the release date.
To mark the release of their new album Dark Light Daybreak, Now It's Overhead has announced an extensive US tour that includes 30+ dates and will stretch from the end of September well into November. Dates below sucka:
Just a friendly reminder to catch The White Stripes on The Simpsons this coming Sunday, September 17th at 8:00pm ET. Jack and Meg will both appear in the special episode.
