Vision Valley Online Sampler
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If you haven't been overwhelmed with news about The Vines ' upcoming record, then here's another taste of Vision Valley. Once again, the disc comes out April 4th.
If you haven't been overwhelmed with news about The Vines ' upcoming record, then here's another taste of Vision Valley. Once again, the disc comes out April 4th.
Polyvinyl Records recording artist Headlights has lined up a very extensive tour for the next month and a half, and will most likely be hitting a town near you at some point during those weeks. The group released The Enemies EP not too long ago, and will soon put forth a 7" split with Canadian band The Most Serene Republic on May 9th. The tour, however, will see the Chicagoans teaming up with various acts along the way, including The M's and Skeletons and The Girl-Faced Boys, among others.
Last week, Sondre Lerche dropped one his multiple releases planned for this year, Duper Sessions. The 13-song set is described as "a charming detour into jazz-inflected pop," which includes covers of songs by Elvis Costello and Cole Porter. Head over to the official website to preview four clips from the album. Lerche currently has a few US dates scheduled in April, but hopefully he'll be back for a full tour.
The Lottery EP promised by Ambulette (featuring ex-Denali Maura Davis) last year was just released last week through Astralwerks. You can preview several tracks from the EP over at the band's MySpace page -- also check out their newly redesigned website for further details. If you'd like to catch Ambulette live, they'll be occupying an opening slot on the upcoming Dredg tour with Ours.
Baroque popsters Candy Bars will release On Cutting Ti-Gers in Half and Understanding Narravation on May 16. The record, which comes out on the New Granada label, will be the Tampa trio's first, and you can check out a couple tracks in the downloads section.
In continuing support of Blinking Lights and Other Revelations as well as their live release Eels with Strings, the Eels are hitting the road once again (or, rather, staying on the road).
After their debut debut release Artic Monkeys aren't wasting anytime in getting another release out into the great wide open. The forthcoming EP is entitled Who the Fuck are The Arctic Monkeys? and is set for an April 24th release in the UK (no US release yet).
The sophomore release from Keane is headed to North American shores on June 20th and will be entitled Under the Iron Sea.
Islands (ex-Unicorns) are releasing their debut, Return To The Sea, on April 4th but we told you about it already. However, we have not told you about their freshly announced tour dates - which we will do now.
Centro-matic is on tour in support of their somewhat recently released Fort Recovery across the North American continent.
We hear through the proverbial internet grapevine that Interpol has signed with Interscope Records, home of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Beck, and TV On The Radio.
Head over to fourtet.net and download MP3s of a full, live Four Tet set from Melbourne in 2005 (only for a limited time). In related news, Kieran Hebden teamed up with legendary drummer Steve Reid last year to record The Exchange Session Vol. 1, a "wholly improvised, unedited and without overdubs" real-time recording. The album hit US shelves earlier this month and you can catch the duo on one of a few US tour dates at the end of March or beginning of April.
You can snag "Inside Of Me," the first offering from the upcoming Starlight Mints album Drowaton, in the Downloads. Watch for the album April 25th.
To no doubt begin road testing new material from their forthcoming album, He Is Legend have announced The Black Unicorn Tour with Showbread and Classic Case. The tour runs from May 24th through June 24th, so there are plenty of chances to catch it.
The long-awaited Refused DVD, Refused Are Fucking Dead, will finally see a US release on April 25th. The 80-minute film reportedly chronicles the last year of the band and documents each member's "thoughts, feelings, music and lives." For more details, head over to Epitaph or Burning Heart.
More Tool news has arrived! By confirmation of Amazon.com, you can see the cover art for the band's upcoming album, 10,000 Days, which will be in my hands in 39 days.
According to their official site, Call Florence Pow are no more. After two releases and some exclusive CD-R's the bands musical direction just doesn't seem to fit the moniker anymore. Instead, they have renamed themselves Apes and Androids! You can download two new tracks from the band on their new site, as well as watch a video for "Radio." More news on a full-length as it develops.
You know all those tour dates for Built to Spill that we told you about? Yea, those have been cancelled. But don't stress! The band has already rescheduled the 4-month tour for the fall. Now you'll be super familiar with the new album, You In Reverse, that they are releasing on April 11th. You can also ball up against Doug Martsch in the band's new online game.
Living Things will wrap up their current tour with The Vacation next week, but after a few days rest, the trio will hit the road again--this time with Diamond Nights and The Adored as the support bands. Read on for those West Coast tour dates...
Preview the track "Louisiana" from the forthcoming album from The Walkmen, A Hundred Miles Off, right over here.