Warp Records is doing Broadcast fans a solid, by announcing plans to release classic various, rare Broadcast tracks from the Pendulum EP, Extended Play release, We Are Reasonable People, ATP 01, Echo's Answer and Come On Let's Go as one compilation. The set will be titled The Future Crayon and should drop August 22nd.
As you may recall, The Paper Chase were working on a new album late last year. Well, they've since released Now You Are One of Us last week through Kill Rock Stars and now their taking the show on the road all across half of the US. Hit the Downloads and grab the song "We Know Where You Sleep" to get a taste of the album.
According to a post on his MySpace page, it looks as if Def Jux mastermind El-P has enlisted the help of both Trent Reznor (on the track "Flyentology") and The Mars Volta for his upcoming full-length, currently titled I'll Sleep When You're Dead. A release date has yet to be confirmed.
The upcoming CD/DVD doublepack release from Plaid and Bob Jaroc, titled Greedy Baby, has been pushed back until August 21st for the US. Luckily, in this digital age, you can already download the tracks "Super Positions" and "Caretstik" from Bleep.com. Furthermore, Warp Records has posted a proper preview of the release (with free video downloads).
We told you that My Morning Jacket was going to be playing with The Boston Pops later on this month but if you can't wait for the bootlegs to emerge you really should check out the band performing "Gideon" on the Late Show with David Letterman right here.
If you haven't checked out Daytrotter yet, we suggest you do so now. Bands like Sunset Rubdown (Wolf Parade related if you did not know), Hockey Night, Catfish Haven and many more record four songs in a Chicago studio and release them exclusively on the site. The Sunset Rubdown tracks featured there now contain a never before recorded version of "Wicked/Winged Things."
Due to ongoing chronic laryngitis Snow Patrol has had to cancel their tour dates for the rest of the month and possibly into July. They plan to reschedule soon so keep an eye out.
The forthcoming Cursive album, Happy Hollow, finally has had some solid details revealed about it. Check the postcard-esque artwork here, hit the more for the tracklisting, and then head over to Saddle Creek to order the new single for "Dorothy At Forty" (featuring two b-sides).
The Working Title have pushed back the release of About-Face to 7/18, but in the meantime, the band will take to the roads to build up a buzz for their debut. Dates with mewithoutYou and Unwed will take the band through the first week of next month, shortly before embarking on a massive stadium tour with the Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows.
Apparently, Art Alexakis is still alive, and we're to bear witness to the rehashing of Everclear. The trio will be releasing a new album sometime before the year's end, but details are scant at the moment. If you actually care, check out this e-card.
Vaux will release Beyond Virture, Beyond Vice on August 1st. The band's Myspace page will let you check out what's in store, if you don't get around to checking them out on any of their numerous Warped Tour dates.
Psapp, Jose Gonzalez and Juana Molina are all set to head out on a US through from June 16th until July 7th. The tour, which has its own ecard where you can preview the artists' newest material, is set to only hit "major markets." Translation: they aren't coming anywhere near the Southeast. What? We can't handle two Brits, a Swede and an Argentine?
Brooklyn-based Black Dice will release three new songs, "Manoman," "Gore," and "Toka Toka," on the Manoman 12" through DFA Records on July 25th. Reportedly, the songs reflect a refining of the "industrial beat-driven" sound of Broken Ear Record. In addition, Dice and photographer-friend Jason Frank Rothenberg have assembled a book entitled Gore. All the Gore-y details (sorry I couldn't resist) can be found at Picturebox, Inc.
MSTRKRFT, whom you may know as Jesse F. Keeler (Death From Above 1979) and Al-P, will drop a full-length album of 8 original songs, titled The Looks, on July 18th through Last Gang Records. You can watch the video for the first single, "Easy Love," on mstrkrft.com or merely listen to it on the duo's MySpace page.
East West Records will release the new Lucero album, Rebels, Rogues and Sworn Brothers, on September 26th. The disc that we've been telling you about was produced by David Lowery and should continue in the alt-country vein Lucero is known best for. Tracklisting to be revealed at a later date.
The latest word on the street for the forthcoming Deftones album is now slated for an October 3rd release via Maverick. The tenative title is still Saturday Night Wrist but we're assuming that will change. Check the band on the road with this years iteration of the Family Values Tour.
Seeing as how they are our band of the month we should let you know that the new Apollo Up! record, Chariots of Fire, is slated for a June 13th release. That's next Tuesday. If you haven't previewed the record on their MySpace you really should do so now that you're totally prepared to see them on tour. Tracklisting and tour dates in the more...
Armor For Sleep have posted the new video for "Remember To Feel Real" from What To Do When You're Dead over at mtvu.com. The band also recently signed on to do the entire Warped Tour run this summer, where they promised to preview that new material they've been slaving away at.
Rather Ripped, the new album from alt-rock elders Sonic Youth, is set to hit stores next week on June 13th, but you can stream the song "Incinerate" now over in the Downloads. There's also an interview with the group conducted by Mike D of the Beastie Boys over on geffen.com.
The new video for "I Will Follow You In The Dark" from Death Cab For Cutie is available now to stream from Yahoo! Music (tomorrow it will be available on the Death Cab website). If you'd like to check out some live, acoustic performances and interview clips, check out Ben Gibbard and Chris Walla over at Sessions at AOL. Lastly, Death Cab has issued a few more late-summer dates, in addition to the California shows with Spoon and Mates of State.
