Sparta have released the song "Taking Back Control" from their forthcoming album, Threes, for public consumption from their MySpace page. However, the release date has now been pushed back until October 10th. The good news is that we did manage to get ahold of a tracklist and a handful of summer tour dates.
According to a recent interview with MTV, newlywed and recent Harvard graduate Rivers Cuomo of Weezer has announced that the beloved band is over. He said: "Really, for the moment, we are done, and I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again." Cuomo has said this before, but, as
It's been awhile since RATATAT was in constant rotation ("Seventeen Years" was the jam) but now that the band will be releasing Classics on August 22nd, I can look forward to bringing them back into the fold. Go check out "Wildcat" over on their myspace page and prepared to be amazed (is Best Usage Of Feline Sound Effect a Grammy category?).
Philly's The Capitol Years, who've been described as "Motown meets the Velvet Underground," will release Dance Away the Terror on 9/19 through Park The Van Records. A fall tour is in the works, but for now you can indulge yourself with the record's tracklisting and some samples on the band's Myspace page.
Get your eyeliner ready because The Killers will release their sophomore album on October 3rd. No title or tracklisting yet but seeing as how it was produced by The Flood (NIN) and Alan Moulder (Depeche Mode) we figure we've got a good idea of what it sounds like already.
The follow up to Worlds Apart from ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead will be released on Oct. 3rd. The band has reportedly worked with a variety of local musicians and even, supposedly, brought in Dr. Dre to lend a hand on the mixing.
Shamefully underrated Wintersleep have posted a new video for the song "Faithful Guide" off of their Untitled sophomore release. View the Sean Wainstein / Ghostmilk Studios video here.
An Albatross are on tour in support of their recently release Blessphemy...of the Peace Beast Feastgiver & The Bear Warp Kumite and I'd bet good money that despite playing a full barrage of songs, it will probably be the shortest full set of frantic rock music you've ever witnessed.
Just in case you hadn't heard that Sleater-Kinney were calling it a day for awhile, consider this your reminder. However, the band has announced that instead of having Lollapalooza be their final show the band has announced a final show at The Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR. Tickets are probably already sold out and scalped beyond belief but there is always ebay.
When you're Sufjan Stevens you can basically do two things. 1) Write an inordinate amount of songs as evidenced by his forthcoming b-sides album The Avalance or 2) tour the country / world playing songs from that extraordinary catalog. In other words, Sufjan is on tour, go see him.
People probably don't give Pink Floyd enough credit these days but they inspired legions of bands to create a wealth of music. Part of this creative process was the slightly off-kilter mind of Syd Barrett, whom we must report passed away this previous Friday. Go give The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn a listen for good measure.
Here's something for you from the blogosphere: Muzzle of Bees posted a track from the upcoming Lucero record, Rebels, Rogues, and Sworn Brothers, out September 26. The song is called "I Can Get Us Out of Here Tonight" and the tracklisting for the album is, according to MoB...
311 have announced a massive summer tour across the US in continued support of Don't Tread On Me. Filling the support slots on the tour will be The Wailers and Pepper.
We've been waiting and waiting for the Pharrell solo effort, but the time has finally come! On July 25th, In My Mind will hit stores and it will no longer exist as words on the internet. Preview "Number 1" and other songs with the handy album player.
Mastodon have posted the song "Crystal Skull," taken from their forthcoming Blood Mountain, on MySpace. A release date of September 12th was also announced.
Looks like Warp thought that August release date for the Greedy Baby CD/DVD from Plaid was a bit far off, too. Thankfully, they moved the release up to July 11th.
In addition to their stint on this year's Warped Tour, Valient Thorr are set to drop Legend of the World on July 11th. You can listen to "Goveruptcy" and "Heatseeker" from the album on MySpace.
"Jesus Walks" co-writer Rhymefest will release his debut full-length, Blue Collar, on July 11th. After multiple mix tapes and Carson Daly appearances, the time has come. Open up this album player or head over to MySpace and preview some of the album.
Everyone's favorite kinky Canadian, Peaches, is back with a third full-length. The aptly titled Impeach My Bush and will hit stores on Jully 11th thanks to XL Recordings. A bunch of names were dropped and reportedly appear on the album: Joan Jett, Beth Ditto of The Gossip, Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age, drum-goddess Samantha Maloney and Feist. A quick glance at the tracklist and you'll know what's in store.
The Soccer Team, featuring Ryan Nelson (Routineers, Beauty Pill) and Melissa Quinley, have completed a new full-length titled Volunteered Civility & Professionalism. The set is due on August 28th from Dischord.
