You know we've been salivating over the upcoming Tool album, 10.000 Days. The single, "Vicarious," was released today, and if you haven't heard it and you're above illegal downloading, search for the song name on MySpace.com. The band's webpage has some new splash action/artwork, and there are a few tour dates, confirmed by Ticketmaster, posted at the more. Yes, you deserved to know that, my little foundlings...
Despite having been out for awhile in the UK, the debut release from Field Music just hit North American shores this month (April 4th to be exact). We've got a handful of mp3's to check out from the disc over in our Downloads section.
The previously stated release date for the forthcoming release from The Futureheads has been changed. The band will now be releasing News And Tributes on June 13th in the US and will package the first run of discs with three bonus songs, previously released on their Area EP.
The long-awaited Mike Patton project, Peeping Tom, that we told you about is new previewable over here. The album is out May 30th.
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness has launched a new website and announced a West Coast tour with The Roger Sisters for May, all in support of their debut full-length, Fear Is On Our Side.
You can preview some tracks from the forthcoming Amy Millan solo record, Honey From The Tombs, over on her MySpace page.
Feist will release Open Season on April 25th (in Canada at least). The disc is comprised of various demos and remixes from the debut release Let It Die all bundled together on one disc.
We hear through the grapevine that Emily Haynes of Metric will be releasing a solo album on September 26. No details on an actual title or tracklisting yet but that's the word on the street.
While on tour in Philadelphia, our friends in Arab Strap were recently robbed. The case has still not been soled, so please read below for details and if you have information please call the Philadelphia police department at 215-686-3093.
Unsigned Nashville act Oh No! Oh My! have a debut full-length on the way, and right now are offering the disc at a discounted pre-release price here. The record was mastered by Ryland of The Robot Ate Me. Label-less the band may be, but these days that doesn't really mean anything, and if you're craving some fresh, odd pop music--post Clap Your Hands Say Yeah--then grab a couple tracks in the Downloads section.
The upcoming Chosen Lords album from AFX (aka Aphex Twin aka Richard D. James), culled from last year's Analord vinyl series, is now set to be released on April 18th.
After a bit of a hiatus and a few lineup changes, Theory 8 recording artist De Novo Dahl seems to be back. You can hit up their website and download "Subject of the Kill", "Shout" and "Market Place."
As you already know, Regina Spektor will issue her new record Begin to Hope on June 13th. The Warner Bros. release will be Spektor's second release on a major, and at the moment she as a few dates left on her current tour before heading across the sea to visit the Brits. Check out the track "Fidelity" in the Downloads section if you wanna get a taste of what's to come.
New York's Grizzly Bear is the latest addition to the WARP family of artists. The band plans to release Yellow House via the label as soon as they are done writing and recording it. In the meantime, the bands Horn of Plenty will just have to tide you over. Hit their website for more info.
We told you that the US release of Best Party Ever from Boy Least Likely To was in early April.. woops! Turns out it got pushed back to May 2nd via Too Young To Die. Fortunately, the band has announced a whole new slew of tour dates across North America where you can go see them.
Jurassic 5 have been at work on new material for some time now. However, the group have announced that their tentatively titled new album, Feedback, will drop on June 27th. The set will feature tracks produced by the likes of Scott Storch and Salam Remi. Also, the first single, "Work It Out," features the Dave Matthews Band (strange, indeed).
A new trailer for a film entitled Entertain Me, a documentary on the Deftones, has surfaced over on YouTube. Supposedly the powers that be felt the overall vibe of the documentary was too dark and it never saw the light of day. More on this can be read over at Deftones World.
As an added bonus to the somewhat recently released Campfire Headphase disc, Boards of Canada will be releasing a new EP entitled Trans Canada Highway. The 5 song disc (plus bonus remix) also comes packaged with a DVD featuring a video for "Dayvan Cowboy."
Austin, TX band (no, they're not from Wisconsin) What Made Milwaukee Famous will re-issue its debut Trying to Never Catch Up later this year with some extra tracks (which they're working on now with Spoon's Jim Eno) on Barsuk Records.
Nashville's Be Your Own Pet (those four underagers who caught Thurston Moore's ear, as well as the ears of a ton of other people) are planning to release the Summer Sensation EP on June 6 via Moore's Ecstatic Peace label. You can check out some of the disc in streaming audio here.
