To celebrate the 24 years together as a trio, the Beastie Boys will be releasing a greatest hits album entitled Solid Gold Hits. There's no official tracklisting for it yet but since it's only going to be 15-tracks you can pretty much guess what will be on it.
The upcoming Voodoo Music Festival that we've been talking about has been moved from its New Orleans location and will now be held in Memphis on Oct. 28-30. That's great but now the only confirmed act to play is Nine Inch Nails - the rest still have yet to confirm. Keep an eye on the official site if you're interested in attending.
In case you're a fan of They Might Be Giants but can't quite keep up with the absolute onslaught of material they release for purchase on their website you may want to wait until October 25th and pick up the b-sides compilation They Got Lost (which is, surprisingly, just one disc).
Sometimes I dream of a world where Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will embark out on the road after an exhaustive trek with his band and just play as a solo artist. Okay I don't really dream of that but that's what the man is doing starting in November - so check it out.
The Sun just released their debut album Blame It On The Youth this past September 14th and they'll be headed out on the road starting in October.
Frou Frou frontwoman Imogen Heap will release her highly regarded new album, Speak For Yourself in U.S. stores on November 1. The release will include a limited edition, three fold digi pack that has been completely designed by Imogen. The video for the first single, "Speak For Yourself", is available in the downloads.
In stores on September 27th on Immergent Records, the Epitaph 2005 Tour DVD features live performances from Mathcbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack, Scatter The Ashes and From First to Last. In addition, bonus materials include artist interviews, music videos and a dvd-rom feature with web compatibility.
In London beginning on November 17th, there will be a series of live performances spread over 10 nights to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of 4AD. Highlights include: TV On The Radio, The Breeders, Kristin Hersh, The Mountain Goats, Blonde Redhead, and appearances by artists new to the label which are yet to be announced. To coincide with the shows, 4AD will release a compilation album titled “1980 Forward” that explores the highways and byways of the label's 25 year history. The US release date for the album is November 22nd. More info below.
The Honorary Title and Koufax will be touring together this Fall in support of their current releases (The Honorary Title's Anything Else But the Truth, and Koufax's recently-released Hard Times Are In Fashion). There a re a bunch of dates below with some more soon to be announced.
Rhino Records has set the September 27th release of the boxed set, Just Say Sire: The Sire Records Story. The label revered for breaking Madonna, the Ramones, and scores of other groundbreaking artists gets the treatment it deserves with this three-CD plus one-DVD retrospective.
The Bloodhound Gang will release their new album Hefty Fine on September 27th and you can get a taste over in the downloads. By now you know the Bloodhound Gang story, so check it out if you are into fart jokes and funny rhymes your (cool) little brother would write.
Turbonegro are gearing up to release their new album, Party Animals, which features 11 hits, all of them "beautifully negative switchblade serenades." Check the band out on tour at the dates below.
Green Day is set to release a live concert DVD this fall entitled Bullet In A Bible. The disc will hit stores November 15th on CD/DVD, UMD for PSP and other digital formats. Directed by Samuel Bayer, director of all the videos off American Idiot, Bullet In A Bible documents the two biggest shows that Green Day has headlined in their career, playing to over 130,000 people at London’s Milton Keynes National Bowl on June 11th and 12th of this year.
We told you that Elliott Smith would be appearing on the soundtrack to the upcoming film Thumbsucker but did you know the rest of the music was written by Tim DeLaughter and his crew of friends better known as The Polyphonic Spree? The disc is out now, everywhere, and the movie is out now in select cities.
If you're a huge Grandaddy fan and love the idea of a limited edition t-shirt printed one time only, then you may want to head over to Insound and get your order on. The offer ends at the end of the month, at which time they'll start up a new design.
You can preview the upcoming Deftones B-sides and rarities compilation that we told you about (in stores October 4th) by going to this ecard right here.
The Hold Steady are headed out on tour and I hear it's a doozy of a show so catch it if you can.
They toured the States before but you've been given a second chance to see Architecture in Helsinki in case you missed it the first time. If you haven't heard their new album, In Case We Die you should go check it out over at their website.
Saddle Creek knows that the best way to get you motivated to benefit victims of the Katrina hurricane disaster in Louisiana is to ensure that you personally benefit from helping others. So why not release a compilation of b-sides, rarities, and new songs with 100% of the proceeds going to the Red Cross? And why not call it Lagniappe? Expect to find the usual lineup of The Faint, Bright Eyes, Cursive, The Good Life and other such contributions from the likes of Broken Spindles and other labelmates. You can get it on iTunes right now or pre-order it from Saddle Creek (to hit stores on October 25th).
Cut Copy is back with their new single, Saturdays, which you can check out here. Also don't forget about the upcoming tour w/Franz Ferdinand and TV on the Radio, dates below.
