Wolf Parade will return this summer with Expo 86 through Sub Pop. Dan Boeckner recently spoke to Pitchfork and Exclaim about the new record. The band have charted some North American touring in July. [www.subpop.com]
Minus The Bear have extended their impending tour schedule into May. The band's new album, OMNI, is due May 4th via Dangerbird. [dangerbirdrecords.com]
Members of North Carolina's Codeseven recently started a new business, Rock God Games, that creates Rock Band Network compatible tracks for hire. While that is news in of itself, the band broke their 5-year hiatus to re-record "The Rescue" as the their first project. [www.theprp.com]
Born Ruffians will return on May 1st with Say It via Warp Records. The Canadian trio teamed up again with producer Rusty Santos at Mississauga's Metalworks studio. Listen to album tracks "What to Say" and "Sole Brother" on warp.net. The Ruffians will tour North American in May and June. [warp.net]
According to Nate Mendel via Marco Collins of KEXP, Sunny Day Real Estate is reportedly set to record a new album in May. [www.twentyfourbit.com]
According to a post on Twitter from Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave), the guitarist is confirmed to be working with composer John Debney on the Iron Man 2 score. [twitter.com]
Jack Johnson will return on June 1st with To The Sea via Universal Records. The album was recorded completely with solar power in Hawaii. The first single, "You And Your Heart," is due next month. [www.mtv.com]
According to drummer Mick Avory, The Kinks are still prepping a new album with archived, unreleased "old tracks" and possibly some new material. The band officially parted ways in 1996. [www.spinnermusic.co.uk]
Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead will score the forthcoming film Norwegian Wood, directed by Anh Hung Tran and based on the novel by Haruki Murakami. The film isn't due out until December in Japan. [www.greenplastic.com]
Torche and Circa Survive will open for Coheed and Cambria as the trio treks across North America in April and May. Coheed are supporting Year of the Black Rainbow (April 13th), Circa is supporting Blue Sky Noise (April 20th) and Torche will just be there to rock your face off. [www.tinymixtapes.com]
Following the release of their new album, Swim, on April 20th, Caribou will tour North America in May and June. [www.mergerecords.com]
Russell Lissack of Bloc Party has teamed up with Milena Mepri to form Pin Me Down. The duo will release their self-titled debut on April 19th (UK). Stream two album tracks on MySpace. [www.nme.com]
According to ?uestlove himself, The Roots will finally release How I Got Over on June 8th through Def Jam. In related news, the band are recording with Booker T. Jones on the follow-up to 2009's Potato Hole. [www.billboard.com]
Hot Hot Heat will return with Future Breeds this summer (tentatively June 1st) via Dangerbird Records. The band told CHARTAttack that it's "a pretty complicated party album" with "a lot of weird ideas and time signatures." Watch the video for "Times A Thousand" on YouTube. [www.chartattack.com]
Adrian Utley of Portishead and Will Gregory of Goldfrapp have teamed up to record a score for the 1928 French silent film The Passion Of Joan Of Arc. On May 7th, an ensemble conducted by Charles Hazlewood will perform the music alongside a special screening of the film in Bristol, UK. [www.clashmusic.com]
As previously reported, The Dead Weather are gearing up to release their second album. The full-length will be titled Sea of Cowards and is due out tentatively on May 11th in the US. The first single, "Die by the Drop," will be available digitally tomorrow. The band have posted a teaser on their website. [www.antiquiet.com]
The Strokes will release the new album they're currently working on in September (at least Julian Casablancas thinks so). In August, the group will headline Lollapalooza in Chicago. Watch some studio footage on YouTube. [leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com]
We Are Scientists will return in June with a new album, Barbara. The first single, "Rules Don't Stop," will be released in April but a video is up on YouTube already. [wearescientists.com]
Rufus Wainwright will issue his sixth full-length, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu, on April 20th in the US. The track list is available on Wainwright's community site. The album follows 2007's Release the Stars. [www.rufuswainwright.com]
Courtney Love will drag the Hole moniker back out for another album, Nobody's Daughter, on April 27th. According to Spin, Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam) provided drums for the record and the backing band is completely new. Listen to "Skinny Little Bitch" on MySpace. [www.spin.com]
