More details continue to trickle forth regarding the new album from Apollo Up!, Chariots of Fire. Hit up their MySpace page to preview "Situation Hot!" and "Tennessee for Victory" from the forthcoming June 13th release.
The new From First To Last album about which you were forewarned, Heroine, hits stores tomorrow. Head over to Epitaph to download some freshly posted MP3s of "The Levy" and "The Latest Plague."
Citizen Cope will play a handful of solo shows in April. For those on the fence as far as Cope's studio albums, seeing Mr. Clarence Greenwood all by his lonesome will probably push you towards full-on fan.
That upcoming Matmos album now has a title, The Rose Has Teeth In The Mouth Of A Beast, and confirmed a release date, May 9th. According to Matador, the album "contains aural and video portraits" of various figures throughout history. Nab an MP3 of "Roses & Teeth for Ludwig Wittgenstein" in the Downloads. Tracklist after the jump.
Elbow are set to play 9 dates across the US in April, in support of their latest opus, Leaders Of The Free World. The stint will be the first time the Manchester group will perform in the States since 2003.
Ipecac recently spewed forth additional details regarding the long-awaited Peeping Tom project from Mike Patton. As you know, the album will be released May 30th. Now, we've learned the album sports appearances from the likes of Massive Attack, Norah Jones, Kid Koala, Bibel Gilberto, Amon Tobin, Kool Keith, Rahzel and Dan The Automator, among others. In case you want to pin the names to the songs, Ipecac also provided the tracklist (and here's the cover art, too).
We told you about the new Blondie collection Sound & Vision, and now the group is teaming up with The New Cars (that's the old Cars' guitarist Elliot Easton and keyboardist Greg Hawkes with Todd Rundgren and some others) for what looks to be a pretty darn huge tour.
Overcoming ongoing rumors that they were gone for good it appears that The Vines will be returning on April 4th with Vision Valley. Rock antics may be at an all time low for the band now that frontman Craig Nichols has been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome - a disease that can lead to autistic like behavior. You can listen to the band's new single "Don't Listen to the Radio" in the downloads section.
Japanese quartet Mono will release their new album, You Are There, on April 11th through Temporary Residence. You can download "The Flames Beyond The Cold Mountain" over at the TRL website.
Warp Records has signed Tyondai Braxton, best known for his sonic prowess with Battles. A album of new solo, studio recorded material will be released later this year. Head over to tyondai.com to dig deeper.
Jamie Lidell has released a new video for "You Got Me Up," the opener from the amazing Multiply. Download the video for your iPod or for Quicktime. Also, remember he's coming to the States in April.
You can hear the tracks "Fidelity" and "Better" from the upcoming Regina Spektor album, Begin To Hope, over on her MySpace page. Again, mark June 13th on your calendars.
Looks like the Flaming Lips will be treating their fans to some special treats if they pre-order their new album, At War With The Mystics, on March 21st. Aside from immediately being able to download "The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" fans will be given access to 4 non-album tracks unavailable elsewhere.
According to the Vagrant website, The Hold Steady has joined the label's lineup of, well, bands that really aren't anything like their new acquisition. Still, it shows how well-received last year's Separation Sunday was and they'll be headed to the studio sometime in May to work on their third LP.
If you can't wait for the premiere of the new Thrice video for "Red Sky" (from Vheissu) then you can watch the trailer here. Otherwise, wait until Thursday and the video will premiere on AOL.
The forthcoming movie Nacho Libre features Jack Black as a munk moonlighting as a luchador (Mexican wrestler) to help save the children in his orphanage. The film is directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and written by Mike White (School of Rock). Aside from the trailer being just about everything you want it to be it should also be noted that Beck will be contributing new original songs for the soundtrack. We'll keep you filled in on details as they arise but in the meantime you can entertain yourself with this confession trailer for an upcoming series of videos giving a behind the scenes look at the film.
Nine Inch Nails continue to tour in support of With Teeth and their latest batch of announced dates puts them out there with Bauhaus and TV On The Radio.
Danko Jones will release their new album, Sleep is the Enemy, on Razor & Tie May 23rd. Head over to dankojones.com for more. Just saying.
Wrightsville Beach, NC’s ASG will hit the road with The Sword, Torche (ex-Floor) and Tarantula AD (playing select dates) on a tour that will take them through the southeast, northeast and midwest portions of the US.
Filter Magazine is launching a new series of shows called “Filter Music Appreciation” in which they will be 'appreciating music all over the US' with shows featuring The Duke Spirit, The Walkmen, Pretty Girls Make Graves, The Subways, Redwalls, Hot Chip and more. More details over here.
