This month, screamo's favorite sons, Thursday, will head back into the studio to complete their new album. The bulk of the work has been done, but a few additional songs and mixing still need to be finalized. In other news, the band will head out on a massive tour beginning March 14th (dates and venues soon).
Incubus has released a mostly cheesy, 30-minute podcast with random tibits of news and details about their upcoming album, which they are currently recording. Just copy open this URL in your media player of choice to download the clip.
Head over to the Downloads and snag "Fraud in the 80's," a new song from the upcoming Mates of State album, Bring It Back. The album will be in stores March 21st and the dynamic duo are obviously touring in support of the release (full tour schedule on their website).
You can watch the trailer for the upcoming Outkast film Idlewild over at Apple Trailers. Still no firm release date on the soundtrack, but the movie has an official website now.
Mobius Band will contribute a new song, "Electronic Piano," and a remix of "The Loving Sounds of Static" (the title track of their debut full-length) to the upcoming Ghostly International compilation Idol Tryouts, Vol. 2.
If you haven't checked out Eagle*Seagull yet on Paper Garden Records, you may want to snatch the two songs we posted in the Downloads section and then check the bands tour itinerary.
There's no certainty as to whether or not last year's royalties troubles are the cause for Lookout! Records' loss of both Ted Leo and Mary Timony virtually simultaneously, but that should pan out soon enough. Leo has joined the lovely roster over at Touch & Go; Timony makes a fine new addition to the Kill Rock Stars label.
The Sounds have finally set the release date for their sophomore album, Dying To Say This To You as March 21 and will be announcing tour dates shortly Check out the track "Painted By Numbers" over in the downloads.
NOFX will be touring the East Coast with The Lawrence Arms and The Loved Ones in support of their new releases. NOFX releases an EP on March 14th titled Never Trust a Hippy followed by a full length Wolves In Wolves Clothing out April 18th; they'll be headlining Warped Tour this year. The Loved Ones release their debut full length Keep Your Heart on February 21st and The Lawrence Arms fifth full length Oh! Calcutta! is out March 7th!
For all you die-hard Rolling Stones fans, Stoned tells the story of the troubled mind of the band's early years, Brian Jones. A Screen Media Films picture, the film will be playing in select theaters starting on March 24. More info and a trailer can be found here.
I can't say whether or not One Tree Hill is worth a damn, because I try to avoid television, but the show does have a soundtrack on the way, and some of the proceeds will go to a cancer benefit. Artists include Nada Surf, The Shout Out Louds, Audioslave, and so on. There's a media player here, and then the full tracklisting...
British folk singin' troubador Billy Bragg will cross the Atlantic for a few dates in March in support of Yep Roc re-releasing some of his previously out-of-print works, including 1986's brilliant Talking With the Taxman About Poetry.
February 28 will be a good day for Prison Jazz, as the label puts out its first two releases of 2006. First, there's Ride of the Blueberry Winter from The Sw!ms, and then there's the debut full-length from Okay Paddy, entitled The Cactus Has a Point. You can check out both bands in our downloads section.
To support the release of From a Compound Eye (Merge), Bob Pollard will do a few dates here and there over the next couple of months. It's not a lot, but you have to remember that after this long in the game, he's gotta be both physically and mentally exhausted, but some is better than none.
Bishop Allen did that whole "release a full length" record thing when they put out Charm School and have now decided that it could be in their best interest to release an EP or two. Or twelve. The band plans to release one EP for every month this year. Quantities will be limited to 1,000 per EP and you can only buy them directly from the band. Download the track "Corazon" from the January EP over in the downloads section.
The full site from The Raconteurs is up and running right here. The site tells us that the limited edition 7" will be released in the States on March 7th. The best part of the site would be the streaming versions of the two songs from said forthcoming 7". We hear you can find mp3's somewhere.
It's been some time since The Hellacopters made their way across the US but that will all change in March when the band hits our shores for a 3-week stint.
For a hot minute everyone thought The Cloud Room was going to bust out into every stereo across the country. The fact that it didn't happen is a damn shame seeing that "Hey Now Now" is basically exactly what you need in a great pop-rock song without being completely boring. That being said, check out their site, watch their videos, and catch them on tour.
Although he is currently on tour with Feist, it appears that Jason Collett still finds the time to hit the road to play some headlining shows of his own.
Ten days after her newest solo album (Fox Confessor Brings the Flood) is released Neko Case will tour the country playing live versions of the songs for you to partake in.
