Doesn't seem like Graham Coxon has any intention of returning to his old bandmates in Blur as he's just put the finishing touches on his latest solo release Love Travels at Illegal Speeds. The disc is slated for a March 13th release in the UK, no word on when it's coming out in the US.
When The Great Destroyer came out from Low it was hard to argue that there was a better song on the disc than "Monkey." The has come to terms with this and have released an EP entitled Tonight The Monkeys Die featuring the album track plus six remixes from the likes of Bob Mould and Fog.
Presumably as part of the Amnesty International tribute we posted about previously, The Deftones have posted their cover of the John Lennon song "Jealous Guy" and made it available on their MySpace page.
We told you about all sorts of upcoming releases from Cat Power but now we come to find out that she's continuing to tour in support of her upcoming LP, The Greatest.
What happens when you release a widely received album entitled Picaresque and tour like crazy for months on end? Well, if you're The Decemberists you get picked up by major label Capitol Records. It will be awhile before a proper full-length disc comes out on the major but maybe you can expect them to be the new Death Cab for Cutie.
If you haven't heard The Sunlandic Twins from Of Montreal yet you are denying yourself a treat that borders on extreme masochism. Go pick up the disc and then catch the band on the road.
It's been awhile since a legit release from Electric Soft Parade (their involvement in The Brakes just doesn't count for me) but now you can preview two new tracks at their MySpace page or just buy it from Truck Records. While The Human Body EP is only six tracks, it's more than nothing.
Sigur Rós will perform on Late Night with Conan O'Brien on February 8th, 2006. People who want to attempt to snag some free tickets to this taping can call the NBC ticket office at (212) 664-3056 on Monday, December 12th. Of course, there are standby tickets (day of show), but I wouldn't bank on those being available.
We are enthusiastically pleased to present the latest batch of Supergrass tour dates in support of Road to Rouen. Why so excited about? The band is playing throughout North America for an entire month (albeit the shortest month) and that's a rarity indeed.
The debut release from the latest UK buzz band The Artic Monkeys is set for a Feb. 21st release. If all goes well for them, What Ever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not will likely top some top ten lists of 2006.
There's nothing more pleasing than seeing that Feist and Jason Collett are on the road together.
In addition to their upcoming tour, Tegan & Sara are set to release their first full length DVD, entitled It’s Not Fun. Don’t Do It!, on February 21st, 2006. The DVD is a "treasure trove" of Tegan & Sara vernacular and includes lots of fun stuff detailed below.
We Are Scientists are hitting the road again at the beginning of the year, and you should go see them... multiple times. Dates below.
Pop trio Maritime, made up of ex-members of both The Promise Ring and The Dismemberment Plan, will finally release their new album, We, the Vehicles, some time early next year in the US. The album includes 11 new tracks and you can preview some of them over at maritimesongs.com or nab a MP3 for "Calm" over in the Downloads.
Rob Crow is best known for his work in Pinback but he's also been known to release albums under the various monikers Thingy, Goblin Cock, Optiganally Yours, Heavy Vegetable and now The Ladies. This time around Crow finds himself collaborating with Zach Hill from Hella. The disc will be released on Temporary Residence Limited in 2006. You can download the track "Empathy On A Stick" right here.
Hopeless / Sub City Records have announced they will release the Take Action! Vol. 5 compilation on February 21, 2006. The two-disc set contains rare, unreleased, and album tracks from Cursive, Against Me!, Lucero, Broken Spindles and Armor For Sleep, among many others. As expected, the new release is a harbinger of the Take Action! 2006 Tour, to begin March 1, 2006, in Baltimore, MD, and continue through April 23rd in Philadelphia, PA. Headlining the tour will be Matchbook Romance with support from Silverstein and several other to-be-announced bands. Visit takeactiontour.com for more details.
OK Go frontman Damian Kulash Jr. published an op-ed column in the New York Times yesterday, weighing in on the recent Sony DRM rootkit fiasco. Visit nytimes.com to read Kulash' well-written, informed and civilized editorial.
If you checked out that Beck preview player that we linked, and it didn't convince you to pick up the album next Tuesday - we've got some more links just for you. Also, be sure to check out Beck.com for some unreleased tracks playing in his jukebox.
Tom DeLonge of blink-182 and his new band Angels and Airwaves have now entered the studio to record their debut full-length. You can visit the band's official website and sign up for the mailing list, head over to Macbeth Footwear to view a video interview with DeLonge regarding the album, check out this month's Alternative Press or cruise over to MySpace for additional details. Expect the album out sometime in 2006 (sorry, not even a ballpark timeframe).
Yoko Ono has donated the entire catalog of solo works from John Lennon to Amnesty International. The foundation is taking this opportunity to let other artists record covers of Lennon songs and release them exclusively on their website. The likes of Black Eyed Peas' ("Power to the People"), The Cure ("Love"), Snow Patrol ("Isolation"), and The Postal Service ("Grow Old With Me") are the first batch of artists to cover the songs, which will be available in early 2006 at the official Make Some Noise website.
