Hot Hot Heat are planning on releasing an EP of acoustic renditions of songs from their latest release, Elevator. It is unknown at this time if the EP will be exclusively digital, just for promo, or actually printed up in old school physical CD form.
An upcoming DVD documentary entitled Drive Well, Sleep Carefully: On The Road with Death Cab for Cutie will be released on July 26th via Plexifilm. The on-the-road documentary features a behind the scenes look at Death Cab for Cutie on their 2004 tour in support of Transatlanticism. Check the more for the live tracks to be featured in between shots of the band members being goofier than you thought imaginable.
The Stereophonics have decided to extend their stateside visit a little longer, with the announcement of a few more shows in support of their latest release Language Sex Violence Other?.
Green Day has announced pre-sales beginning tomorrow, May 10th at 4pm for their upcoming fall tour dates. Check below for the details.
We aren't really into endorsing other seemingly random websites in our news, but the About page of this site sold me on it. Check out IceCreamMan.com for a ton of reviews and pictures from this year's Coachella and help support an odd, yet noble effort.
Maria Taylor (Azure Ray and Now It's Overhead) will release her debut solo album, 11:11 on May 24th, 2005. She just wrapped up a tour with Ben Lee and Har Mar Superstar and will no doubt have more touring planned around the release of the album.
To up the show's hipness quotient, Interpol and The Arcade Fire have recorded new tracks for Six Feet Under- Everything Ends, the second volume of music from the HBO series. More details soon.
Red Scare Records will be reissuing the last two albums from The Lillingtons, Death By Television (1999) and Backchannel Boradcast (2001). Both Albums were previously released on Lookout! Records and previously been hard to get a hold of.
Green Day are continuing to tour in support of their latest release, American Idiot, and this time they've got Jimmy Eat World in tow with them.
Apparently British Sea Power are a bit too up front with their lyrics as MTV has already turned down / banned their video for their next single "Please Stand Up" due to the usage of the lyrics "wetter and wetter." Of course we'll provide you with the links to said video as soon as it comes to the Internet, as we don't feel it's "too suggestive" for anyone.
In support of his forthcoming album, Illinois (July 5th), Sufjan Stevens will be touring. Expect to hear such future classics as "Let's Hear That String Part Again, Because I Don't Think They Heard It All the Way Out in Bushnell". This is just the first handful of dates.. expect more as the summer rolls along.
Apparently Dangermouse and MF Doom will be collaborating on a project to be released under the moniker Dangerdoom. The weird twist here is that the concept record is focused around a pair of masked cartoon mice that live in the same neighborhood as a variety of Adult Swim characters (guest appearances by Master Shake? Meatwad? MC Pee Pants? Harvey Birdman?). We'll keep you up to date just for the weirdness factor on this one.
Just because you release an album doesn't mean the constant news stream has to stop. Double-disc aficionado's Eels just keep the updates flowing. Here's the quick rundown: 1) will play in Late Late Show on CBS tonight, 2) will play on Carson Daly on Monday, May 6th, 3) have made limited edition KCRW live CD available at their shows, 4) have released a single for "Hey Man" available in a variety of formats with a variety of b-sides.
Summer festivals are a dime a dozen this year but I swear the Austin City Limits Festival looks to be one of the more impressive lineups. If headlining acts like Coldplay or Oasis don't do much for you then you should be content seeing the likes of Bloc Party, Arcade Fire, The Doves, Spoon, The Frames, Futureheads, M83 and more beyond that. You can read more about the September 23-25 festival at their website.
Modest Mouse has announced more new dates on their summer tour across the US and Canada. Beginning on May 25th at Vancouver's Queen Elizabeth Theatre, the band will headline shows throughout the month of June supported by Camper Van Beethoven, including a sold-out stop at New York's Central Park SummerStage.
Texas' rock n' rollers, The Riverboat Gamblers, have officially signed to Volcom Entertainment. Theband will be hitting the road on Vans Warped Tour this summer playing the Volcom stage, below are the exact dates. While at the Warped Tour make sure to go by the Volcom Entertainment tent to meet the band and pick up their Limited Edition Warped Tour EP that won't be available in stores.
From their forthcoming album, Catch Without Arms, Dredg have made the song "Bug Eyes" available on iTunes. If that's not your thing, it is a streaming mp3 (along with some other new songs) on their website.
Gang of Four have recorded a new double disc set, to be released by V2 Records on August 30th. The set will feature both re-recordings of the band's classics such as “To Hell with Poverty” (the first single), “I Love a Man in a Uniform” and “Damaged Goods" as well as new mixes from the likes of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ladytron, Dandy Warhols and The Futureheads among others. Furthermore, for the first time since 1981, the band will be taking the stage across the US.
System of a Down has confirmed that they will headline their first major U.S. tour in three years this Fall. While specific dates are being confirmed and will be announced shortly, we do know that the band will kick off a two-month trek in early August and will bring along The Mars Volta for the fun.
Hot Hot Heat have added the following dates to their upcoming tour of the United States:
