With a title like Spend an Evening With Saddle Creek: The First 10 Years of Saddle Creek Records you kind of get the idea of what the deal is without ever hearing specifics. Expect the 10 Year Anniversary DVD to hit stores August 23rd courtesy of Plexifilm. Live clips from the likes of Bright Eyes, The Faint, and Cursive are easy bets too.
The Redder Records site has four new exclusive downloads from Kind Of Like Spitting (remember he did this once before) covering the likes of Yo La Tengo, Big Star, and GZA. Go download them here.
I'm sure most of you have heard about the bombings that took place this morning during rush hour in three London tube stations as well as involving one double decker bus. Those of us at Silent Uproar want to express our support and sincerest condolences to those affected and to all of our friends in London and the UK. Stay strong.
The upcoming Depeche Mode album (the one that already has a giant tour in support of it) will be entitled Playing The Angels. No tracklisting or tenative release date but maybe the following track titles were released...
Solid PR will be releasing Solid PR Presents (Volume 1): A Benefit For The Multiple Sclerosis Society next Tuesday, July 12th as a 2-disc set featuring the bands they work PR for. Acts like The Unicorns, I am The World Trade Center, Hella, An Albatross and many more are donating their songs to help raise money to fight Multiple Sclerosis. Check the tracklisting and realize that both the benefit of your money and the music contained make it worth it.
The forthcoming Prefuse 73 and The Books collaboration (you know the one released next Tuesday the 12th) is available for preview at Bleep.com.
You can watch the new Nine Inch Nails video for "Only", directed by David Fincher, over at MSN but we hear you have to use Internet Explorer - so be prepared.
Q and not U have announced that after their final show in DC on the 18th they will be disbanding. No hard feelings among band members, they just felt it was time to close that chapter. They are truly Wonderful People.
The Sufjan Stevens exclusive NPR track ("The Great God-Bird") we told you about is now available. Download it here while you're reading about it here.
Be sure and catch Aqualung perform on The Late Show with Conan O’Brien tomorrow night, July 8th. Word is, he is the real deal.
The new Sufjan Stevens album that was apparently delayed due to copyright violation in the usage of Superman on the cover art has been okay'ed to be sold for the time being. New shipments can't be made so get them while you can, and then maybe you can around and sell them for ridiculous amounts of money because they are considered limited edition.
Franz Ferdinand have announced the first handful of tour dates in support of their forthcoming sophomore release, Franz Ferdinand.
In support of their upcoming album, Road to Rouen, Supergrass will be doing a small tour of acoustic shows. Sure they are all in the UK but haven't you been planning to go over there soon anyway?
The upcoming Deftones b-side comp we told you was forthcoming is starting to have details posted about it. Namely, you can check the bands MySpace page to hear a handful of the tracks to be used on the compilation.
We told you that The Mars Volta would be going on tour with System of a Down and we're happy to report that they've just sweetened the deal but adding a second leg. Get the full list of tour dates in the more....
Oceansize have confirmed their new single as "Heaven Alive", a brand new track taken from the forthcoming album Everyone Into Position. The single will be released in mid-August on CD, 7" vinyl and as a download single to coincide with the following live dates:
Wires On Fire will soon release a split CD/DVD with Means Red through Buddyhead. The release is currently available at Amoeba Records in Hollywood, CA. Look out for it nationwide as well as online over at the Buddyhead store (we've heard as soon as this week).
According to their studio journal, Thrice have now completed work on their upcoming album, Vheissu. The album is slated for release sometime in mid-September. As previously reported, the band were hold up in a Bearsville, NY studio recording the follow-up to The Artist In The Ambulance.
According to the official website, Sigur Rós have completed their new album. The album, which is reportedly sung in mostly Icelandic, contains 11 tracks (including "Gong" and "Mílanó") amounting to around 65 minutes of music. Currently, the album is being mastered in New York and is scheduled for release in September, with an MP3 release of the first single preceding in August. For more information, read this recent interview with an Icelandic newspaper. And, in case you missed it, the band is currently set to tour North America from September through October.
As previously reported, ex-Movielife guitarist Brandon Reilly had formed a new band by the name of Nightmare Of You. Since then, he has secured the services of drummer Sammy Siegler (CIV, Glassjaw) as well as Joe McCaffrey. The group has a 3-song single coming on July 12th through Stolen Transmission. Following that release, Nightmare will release an self-titled full-length on September 13th. You can preview demos of new material (reportedly in the vein of "The Smiths and Echo and the Bunnymen") over at Pure Volume. For more information, check out the band's official website.
