What is it about the double-CD release that sort of signifies that a band no longer has the ability to decide what it is that they are making that is good and what is bad? Hopefully the May 9th release from Red Hot Chili Peppers won't suffer the same fate. Stadium Arcadium is tenatively set for a May 9th release with "Dani California" set to be the first single.
The Boy Least Likely To will release their debut The Best Party Ever on April 4th. If you haven't heard "Be Gentle With Me" I suggest you head over to their website and check it out.. then check them out on tour.
As you know, Matador Records is gearing up to release the latest from Pretty Girls Make Graves entitled Elan Vital. You can preview the cover to the album here, download the song "Nocturnal" from the album here, and earmark April as the release date.
In continuing support of Home For An Island, The Exit are hitting the road.
There's no solid US release date yet but The Concretes are gearing up to release In Colour on March 6th in the UK. Hopefully the US date will be soon to follow.
If you happened to catch The Lovely Feathers on tour with Metric and The Most Serene Republic this past fall you may have wondered where their full length album was? Well, it's finally finished being recorded, mixed, mastered, artworked, etc. The band will release the disc into the world via Equator on April 4th. More details as they arise.
It's only been five years since the last proper Built to Spill album so it's about damn time we get some details on the new record! It will be released on April 11th via Warner Bros and is entitled You In Reverse. The first track, "Goin' Against Your Mind" can be previewed over at MySpace.
Elefant is about to embark on a national tour supporting their new record, The Black Magic Show, due out in April on Hollywood Records. Find tour dates below and some streams in the Downloads.
Criteria are set to hit the road for their first tour of the year. Last year saw the release of When We Break and the re-issue of their debut, En Garde. In support of those releases, they've announced a January tour followed by a full US tour in March and April.
The forthcoming February 21st concert DVD from the Eels (with strings) will be entitled Live From Town Hall and features 22 tracks - mostly taken from Blinking Lights and Other Revelations. You can preview the release here.
Fiery Furnaces continue to tour in support of Rehearsing My Choir and preview material from the forthcoming Bitter Tea record that we can still, supposedly, expect early this year.
Saddle Creeks Two Gallants want you to know that if you buy their debut full-length, What The Toll Tells, on February 28th on vinyl that you won't have to go through the hassle of converting the audio to mp3 or downloading some illegal copy. The vinyl will come with a promotional code to download the album in mp3 format directly from Saddle Creek so you don't have to put up with the audio line-in and conversion process.
For a band that released two albums before ever playing a live show it sure seems like The Books have come to embrace playing for an audience. Check the dates for an insane amount of European and North American show dates with the likes of Califone, Clogs and Death Vessel.
The Walkmen have now finished work on their third album (currently void of a title), which should see release in April. New material will be debuted at several upcoming shows this month. In other news, the band have nearly completed a collaborative novel, titled John's Journey, which should also be published sometime this year.
Armor for Sleep will be continuing to support last year's What To Do When You Are Dead with a lengthy US tour. Support acts will include Chiodos, Boys Night Out, and Action Reaction. In other news, the Sleep guys have posted a new track, "The Way Out Is Broken," over at Purevolume, are writing a "dump truck's load worth of new songs," and will be featured on MTV (The 10 Spot Drop) and MTV2 (Discover and Download) later this month. Here are said dates for the upcoming tour...
The Drips features two members of The Bronx (Matt and Joby), and will be releasing a self-titled LP sometime near winter's end on the White Drugs label. Besides having already released the Mexico 7", the band has also posted a couple tracks on their Myspace page.
There hasn't been much hype about Saves the Day since 2003's In Reverie, but the New Jersey boys are all set to release Sound the Alarm, though they have yet to procure a tentative release date or even a record label. Those setbacks won't hamper their touring schedule, though, as they prepare to hit the road with Moneen and Circa Survive starting in early March.
The upcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs album will be entitled Show Your Bones and should hit stores on March 28. No track details yet but it's is possible that their fan artwork submissions may have something to do with the artwork.
While it is unknown if the effort will make the final cut for the album, it appears that Thursday has collaborated with Cursive, Converge, The Blood Brothers and The Blackout Pact for a single song. The track, "A City By the Light Divided", was co-written by all of the bands involved.
We told you that Low had replaced their bassist of ten years but still planned to hit the road in early 2006. We've got even more dates in support of The Great Destroyer and the Monkey remix EP.
