Saddle Creek will be releasing The Difference Between Houses and Homes on August 9th. The disc is a compilation from Cursive of all of the b-sides from their 7" releases. The disc will also contain two previously unreleased songs, a 24 page booklet with illustrations by Yuriko Yoshino, and a story by Tim Kasher. The final tracklisting has yet to be announced but we'll let you know.
In a bit of unfortunate news it seems that Doves have had to postpone a few weeks of their shows to lead lead singer Jimi rest his throat. The Coachella appearance through Chicago will have to be seen at another time.
We told you that Prefuse73 and The Books would be collaborating on a future release and now we can officially call the future July 12th and should be referred to as Prefuse 73 Reads the Books. Check the more for the tracklisting and then find "Pagina Dos" from the latest Prefuse73 album for a taste of what to expect (extreme goodness).
If you didn't know, Audioslave are out on tour in support of a new album, Out of Exile, that is to be released May 24th. These facts aside, you may not know that the band has been playing a number of Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine songs live - including "Spoonman", "Black Hole Sun", "Killing In The Name", and "Testify." We can only hope that the band will eventually phase out all their original material and just continue playing these back-catalog songs.
We told you that The Wrens were on tour but we got a few more dates for you.. thought you should know.
While most of the new dates are in the UK, Coldplay has scheduled a handful of North American dates at some smaller "intimate" venues. If you want to see them you better act quick because they will sell out fast.
We've got the Sleater-Kinney show dates we promised were on the way. Catch the girls playing new songs in support of The Woods (May 24th) with Mary Timony and Dead Meadow opening on certain dates. For more on the new record, check the bands new website.
Doves have a live, limited edition EP entitled Live at Eden being released tomorrow, though the album will only be available at select stores. The tracklisting is as follows...
To get you excited for their forthcoming, as yet untitled, release in September Built To Spill have expanded their North American tour that we mentioned. Check the more for the fairly in-depth 3 month tour.
No more crying wolf for Team Sleep (the insanely delayed side project from Deftones frontman Chino Moreno) as they have released the tracklisting, an upcoming taping on Carson Daly (May 7th), a release date of May 10th and a slew of tour dates. Oh, and you can actually listen to it here if you're interested in that sort of thing.
With a little bit of Internet browsing we hear you can find the new Foo Fighters song "Best Of You" from their forthcoming July double-disc In Your Honor.
Swedish rock group Dungen has been signed to Memphis Industries (same label that is home to The Go Team) and their album Ta Det Lungt will be released May 30th in the UK.
The first batch of artists for the forthcoming Lollapalooza festival (more details here) have been announced. Expect to see The Pixies, Weezer, Arcade Fire, The Killers, Death Cab for Cutie and a bunch of others.. check the more for the first confirmed listings or check the official site.
Oneida will release The Wedding on May 3rd via Jagjaguwar Records. For more information visit their freshly revamped website or their labels detailed page about the disc.
Head over to the Redder Records site to download some exclusive covers courtesy of Kind of like Spitting. Snag renditions of Hewlett's Daughter (Grandaddy), Title Track (Death Cab for Cutie), and St. Swithins Day (Billy Bragg).
Head here to listen to Single Frame's new album Body/End/Basement in its entirety and check out their brand new video for the song "Exact Copy Of This In The The Basement". Body/End/Basement will be instores on May 10th, and you can catch Single Frame on tour in May and June, check out some of the dates below with more to come.
New White Stripes tour dates for you below. Also be sure and check the downloads for some audio goodness.
The Blue Van have been just added to the Hot Hot Heat tour in support of their debut album The Art of Rolling. Dates below:
Apostle of Hustle are playing some shows in June in support of Folkloric Feel, their debut album.
We told you that we'd be getting more Mary Timony show dates (in support of her just released Ex-Hex). Check them out below.. loads of dates with lots of other great bands.
