Handsome Boy Modeling School has unveiled plans for a series of live performances across America. The dates will see Chest Rockwell and Nathaniel Merriweather (Prince Paul and Dan “The Automator” Nakamura) offering up tracks from their second label release, White People.
Thrice have posted two tracks from their upcoming DVD/CD release, If We Could Only See Us Now, which hits stores on March 29th. Check out the tracks "Motion Isn't Meaning" and "Eclipse" by clicking their respective links.
The Crystal Method is heading out on the road in support of their new remix album, Community Service Mix II, which features remixes of Smashing Pumpkins, The Doors, UNKLE, and New Order to name a few. Check the dates below.
Hot Hot Heat have confirmed the following in-store events and appearances for the week of release of their new album, Elevator. The album hits stores April 5th.
Jimmy Chamberlin Complex has announced a national tour in support of their recently released debut Life Begins Again. Dates below:
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead have released their video for "The Rest Will Follow" off their latest epic Worlds Apart. Download it at trailofdead.org.
Have we mentioned that Aqueduct is out on tour with The Golden Republic? We have now. Check the more for dates and then go pick up their albums I Sold Gold! and Golden Republic respectively.
Weezer have announced the first batch of tour dates in support of their forthcoming album Make Believe (due May 10th).
After crying over the badass European Spoon dates it was pleasing to discover that a bunch of North American dates have been announced as well. Gimme Fiction drops on May 10th.
In continuing support of Travistan (and Rock in general) Travis Morrison is hitting the road again. Only a handful of dates have been announced but we can be sure to expect more sooner rather than too much later.
It must be summertime because tour dates are coming from all directions. Blood Brothers have announced more dates in support of Crimes starting in May.
We told you about Ash touring with The Bravery but it seems that the band just isn't satisified with playing at night. They've announced several in-store performances to bide their time over in between gigs.
It's been 22 years since they recorded an album but Roxy Music have supposedly gotten back together and started in on a new disc. Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson, and Brian Eno are all in on the fun.
While I'm not sure how this is even possible it is rumored that NERD have broken up. The Neptunes production team is still going strong but the band have disbanded due to conflicts with their label Virgin Records. If I were a betting man I'd say expect to hear more new music from Pharrel, Chad Hugo, and Shay under a different moniker.
Production group DFA have announced that they've been working on a remix of the first Nine Inch Nails single "The Hand That Feeds." No confirmation yet if it will show up on as a b-side or some other sort of release.
Even though the former members of At The Drive-In have moved on to their formidable new projects that doesn't mean there isn't a demand for a b-side compilation! Fearless Records will release the 17-track disc This Station Is Non-Operational on May 24th.
After the year Snow Patrol had in 2004, it would seem that they were poised for nothing but continued success. But alas, drama has hit the band in the parting of ways with co-founder and bassist Mark McClelland. You can read the band's official statement on their UK site.
Ex-Stone Roses frontman and solo artist Ian Brown was arrested in San Francisco the other night following a brawl onstage with a fan that stopped the show for 15 minutes. According to eyewitnesses, a fan jumped onstage and tackled Brown causing his bandmates to join in defense of their frontman. At press time, no charges had been filed.
The recently reformed classic alternative band Dead Can Dance are going to be touring North America this coming autumn. This will be the first trip out on this side of the pond since re-forming. And the reunions just keep on coming...
Oasis are coming back with a new album on May 16th entitled Don't Believe The Truth and will actually play some shows in North America. The kicker is that they are bringing along Jet and Kasabian as their opening acts.. so maybe you'll actually head out to see them. They've announced the tracklisting for their new disc as well...
