Head Automatica has released audio streams of "Graduation Day," the first single off their upcoming Howard Benson-produced album Popaganda (check the Downloads). After SXSW (where I plant to see them play at least 10 times), Head Automatica will complete a string of dates and then join Avenged Sevenfold and Coheed and Cambria for the first half of their spring tour throughout April.
Per the band's official site, there has been a tracklisting announced for Tool's upcoming album 10,000 Days. Check it out, and hope we aren't being toyed with by the merry pranksters o' Tool.
You can watch the video for "Lightning Blue Eyes", the first single from the forthcoming The Secret Machines release Ten Silver Drops, with Windows Media or Quicktime. Or hit the downloads section for better, bigger, streams.
Anyone interested in hearing the new Hard Fi record, Stars of CCTV, before it is officially released tomorrow (March 14th) should head over to their PureVolume page and check it out.
The promotion machine is gearing up in a big way for that forthcoming self-titled Pearl Jam release. If you head over to this e-card you can check it out the first single "World Wide Suicide."
If you're a fan of the latest Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album, Howl, you probably want to head over to the bands freshly launched store and pick up the exclusive EP, Howl Sessions. Recorded at the same time as their recent release the EP features 6 previously unreleased tracks. This is a one time only pressing, so get it while the gettings good.
Word has it Dillinger Four are set to head to San Francisco, CA in May to record a new album. We'll keep you updated with any new developments.
We told you about the upcoming Islands release, Return To The Sea, but realized we never told you the US release date. Look for it April 4th.
The forthcoming release from Tool will be entitled 10,000 Days and will be in stores on May 2nd. Right now we've got a bunch of tour dates for the band over in Europe but we'll post more album details as we receive them.
The new album from Regina Spektor will be entitled Begin To Hope and should be in stores on June 13th. The album is apparently riddled with a broad palette of musical instruments than her previous release, Soviet Kitsch. And like any good recording artist, she's going on tour in support of it.
The Envelopes will release their album Demons here in the States on April 4th. You can download the track "Sister In Love" right here. How could you not be interested in an album with such a weird beast on the cover?
The final release from Grandaddy, Just Like The Fambly Cat, will be released on May 9th via V2. You can hear the track "Jeez Louise" and "Rear View Mirror" on the bands MySpace page. They will be missed.
We told you that the forthcoming debut from The Lovely Feathers, Hind Hind Legs, would be released April 4th and now you can download the track "In The Valley" right here.
Fresh off Taste of Chaos, The Receiving End Of Sirens announce a headlining tour in support of their debut album Between The Heart and The Synapse out now on Triple Crown/East West. Dates below:
Sparta has released the second video podcast in a series of clips they will post leading up to the fall release of their new album on Hollywood Records. This edition features an interview with our friend guitarist Keeley Davis (formerly of Denali and Engine Down) discussing how he hooked up with Sparta and his experience with the band thus far.
If you've already been inundated with Built to Spill tour news and new tracks, then I'm sorry, but here's another one for you. You'll find the streams for "Conventional Wisdom" over in our downloads section, and of course, lest you forget, You In Reverse comes out April 11.
If you've been keeping up with Hard-Fi with us, you may have seen our review of Stars of CCTV and interview with the band. But, the record has yet to come out stateside until March 14. Of course, the band will be touring, and in addition to that, you have the chance to win cash from the band via this e-card. Oh, they're doing the podcasting thing. too.
It appears that Crystal Skulls will be making two new releases in the coming months worthy of picking up. The first is an EP entitled The Cosmic Door featuring the track of the same title from their forthcoming full-length and two remixes of tracks from their debut release, Blocked Numbers. The second release hits shelves on April 11th via Suicide Squeeze and is entitled Outgoing Behavior - the second full-length record from the band. You can download mp3's from the disc here or on our downloads page.
Previously we didn't have many details on the forthcoming Morissey disc beyond that fact that it would be entitled Ringleader of the Tormentors. Now we can tell you that it will be released April 4th and has a full official tracklisting...
Have you seen the cover art for the new Flaming Lips single "The W.A.N.D." ? Absolutely ridiculous. The disc hit store shelves on Tuesday and preceeds April 4th release of their full-length record, At War With The Mystics (which you already know all about).
