The Stills absolutely love Canada
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If you've been desiring to see The Stills recently (with a slightly new-fangled lineup) and you happen to live in Canada, then we've got some tour dates for you. Otherwise, move along..
If you've been desiring to see The Stills recently (with a slightly new-fangled lineup) and you happen to live in Canada, then we've got some tour dates for you. Otherwise, move along..
The Frames will bring their legendary live show back to the States later next month in further support of their latest album Burn The Maps. Kicking things off on September 24, the band will perform at the Austin City Limits Music Festival followed by a headlining tour of the US.
Volcom Entertainment has announced that they will be releasing the fifth full-length album from punk rock pirates Die Hunns. Live Fast, Die Hunns is slated for a Summer 2006 release and the band is currently headlining the Old Skars & Upstarts 505 Tour that is circling the US this Fall.
You can preview a portion of the new Thrice single, “Image of the Invisible”, here. Once 100,000 people have listened to the clip, the full song will unlock for its world premiere. “Image of the Invisible” is the lead single from Thrice’s forthcoming full length, Vheissu, out October 18th on Island / Def Jam.
Wives have returned home from their 6 week US tour just to up and leave again. The band begins a west coast tour this week where they'll be joined by Hospitals and Nisennen Mondai from Tokyo, Japan. Then they're off to the UK and Europe later this month for 8 weeks. Check the West coast dates below.
Mando Diao is set to return to the U.S. after their successful North American spring tour supporting their current album, Hurricane Bar. Kicking off these dates, Mando Diao will play the two day Across the Narrows festival at Keyspan Park in Coney Island before performing live on Los Angeles radio station, KDLD (AKA Indie 103.1) on Monday, October 3rd. The dates announced thus far are below.
Stretch Arm Strong have just announced a US tour with Strung Out and more importantly, A Wilhelm Scream. The two weeks of dates will feature a special pre-order deal including a show ticket, a copy of Free At Last and a meet & greet with the band, all for only $15. Go here for more details.
While recording their sophomore LP TV On The Radio have released the song "Dry Drunk Emporer" as a free gift to their fans. You can read all about the reasoning behind releasing the song in the more, check out the lyrics here, or just go ahead and get your download on here.
Harvey Danger will be releasing Little By Little... on September 13th on their own independent label Phonographic Records (and online, for free!, two weeks later). The disc was recorded by Steve Fisk and apparently carries a bit mellower vibe than the Harvey Danger you may remember. Sure, they were a one-hit wonder but so were Nada Surf and they released one of the best albums you never bothered to listen to! So, keep your mind open and consider picking up Little By Little or possibly the soon-to-be-released Kill Rock Stars EP from the band entitled Cream & Bastards.
The first release from indie label Caldo Verde will be a disc entitled Tiny Cities by Sun Kil Moon (aka brainchild of Mark Kozelek). The disc consists of 11 covers of Modest Mouse songs released throughout the years. Look for it on November 1st.
Head over to Fat Wreck to view the new video for "Don't Lose Touch" from the new Against Me! album, Searching For A Former Clarity, which is in stores as of yesterday! Also, be sure to review their list of tour dates headlining this year's Fat Tour. The tour runs from September through December 2nd, so there's plenty of chances to catch the show.
Hella are set to fill the opening slot of the second leg of the System Of A Down / Mars Volta tour we've been keeping you up-to-speed on. Just for shits and giggles, here's Hella' itinerary through October.
Remember to set your TiVO's for Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow night so that you can catch the Dredg performance. Let's just keep our fingers crossed that they don't perform "Zebraskin."
It's been a little while since we've had any news from The Walkmen to report on but the band is reportedly hard at work on their third LP. So hard, in fact, that they're taking a break and hitting the road to test out some of the material. Check the more for the dates...
Men, Women & Children have announced more dates in support of their forthcoming debut album. This time 'round, they're headed out opening for Gang Of Four! Preview that new album over at MySpace and check out their freshly redesigned website.
Well over 3 years since we last heard from them, Paranoid Social Club have just released a new full-length album. The album should be available on most online retailers as well as various stores across the US. Visit their website for more information and audio streams.
Seu Jorge (who you may recognize as "Pelé dos Santos" from The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou or "Knockout Ned" from City Of God) is set to release Cru in the States today! The album contains 10 tracks of Jorge' own confrontational Portuguese folk, born out of the favela of Rio de Janeiro. Head over to Rock Paper Scissors to preview two tracks and watch the music video for "Tive Razão," which sports cameos from Bill Murray and Willem Dafoe. If Cru strikes your fancy, be sure to catch Jorge while he is on our continent for a North American tour throughout September.
Devin Ocampo and crew, better known as Medications, will be hitting the road starting in late September in support of their Dischord release, Your Favorite People All In One Place.
The forthcoming Queens of the Stone Age DVD we told you about has a few more details trickling about. It seems that it will be a CD / DVD release and should contain the demo for the track "The Fun Machine Took a Shit and Died" that was lost in the process of making Lullabies to Paralyze. Release date should be sometime in the Christmas season.
This coming Halloween will mark the final performance of Rocket From The Crypt. There are tons of details regarding attending the performance on their site.