Killers
Confirm Album Tracks
From Vegas to London - the jet setting aristocrats
known as The Killers are putting the final touches
on their next album entitled Sam's Town - recorded
in both locations. The band released today
their final track list as well. Look for the
album on October 2nd as previously reported.
Tracks:
01 Sam's Town
02 Enterlude
03 When You Were Young
04 Bling
05 For Reasons Unknown
06 Read My Mind
07 Uncle Jonny
08 Bones
09 My List
10 This River Is Wild
11 Why Do I Keep Counting
12 Exitlude
New
Found Glory Release Date; Tour
Pop-Punk powerhouse New Found Glory are dropping
their latest album Coming Home on September
19th. Thom Panunzio, the man behind legends like
Joan Jett and U2 sat at the production helm for the
bands fifth studio release. They will tour after to
support the release. If you get lost just
remember 'Academy':
11-27 Academy - Bristol, UK
11-28 Guildhall - Southampton, UK
11-29 UEA - Norwrich, UK
12-01 Astoria - London, UK
12-02 Astoria - London, UK
12-03 Academy - Birmingham, UK
12-05 Academy - Glasgow, UK
12-06 Academy - Manchester, UK
Wolfmother Goes Jackass
Wolfmother recently got a chance to shoot a video
for their upcoming single 'The Joker and the Thief'
as part of the Jackass 2 movie. The guys were
able to not only score the crew of the movie but
Knoxville and Co. as well to assist in the
production. I don't know if they plan on doing a
stunt in Andrew Stockdale's hair but I'm down for
watching.
Libertines Reunite
And then Gandhi ate. UK sources are reporting the
Libertines reunited on July 18th over some pints at
the Dublin Castle pub in Camden. This marks the
first time John-Q-Public knows of Pete Doherty and
Carl Barat have spoken since the reunion show last
year in Highgate last year. Don't expect the band to
get back together but it shows that Pete's rehab
stint may be taking a turn for the better since his
antics and constant drug use eventually tore the
band apart.
In other ex-Libertine news, Carl Barat's new band
Dirty Pretty things are gearing up for the stateside
release of Waterloo to Anywhere on August 8th care
of Interscope.
Thom
Yorke's Eraser Cracks Billboard 200
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke cracked the US charts
with his recent solo release The Eraser which hit
number to on Billboard's top 200 according to the
Associated Press. The album has sold over
90,000 copies. You know who beat him out? Now
22 - an ongoing compilation of dance songs from the
Now! That's What I Call Music series.
Seriously, why not just smack the man with a fucking
fish instead. Less dignity would be lost.
White
Whale Tour; Album Release
White Whale, who's debut on Merge Records, WWI will
hit stores on July 25th but you can catch them on
the road in August and September. Of course,
the eight people who live in Lawrence, Kansas can
pick up the album for free when White Whale does the
release party thing on July 28th. Just get your
Atlas out for directions...
Road to Fight the Axis tour:
08-02 Pilot Light -
Knoxville, TN
08-03 Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
08-04 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
08-08 Hailey's - Dallas, TX
09-12 Spaceland Ballroom - Los Angeles, CA
09-13 Howie's - Visalia, CA
09-14 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
09-15 Towne Lounge - Portland, OR
09-16 Paradox - Seattle, WA
09-18 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
09-19 Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
09-21 Sokol Underground - Omaha, NE
09-22 Mojo's - Columbia, MO
09-23 Granada - Lawrence, KS
Bright
Eyes Rarities Compilation Announced
Listen up you guitar toting Bright Eyes fanboys: we
know you have some time until his next studio album
but here's something to whet the appetite until
then. A rarities collection entitled Noise
Floor will be released on CD and vinyl and in
include - well - rare cuts. The vinyl version
for those who swear by such will include five extra
songs. Both will drop on store shelves on
October 24th care of Saddle Creek.
Tracklist:
01 Mirrors and Fevers
02 I Will Be Grateful for This Day
03 Trees Get Wheeled Away
04 Drunk Kid Catholic
05 Spent on Rainy Days
06 The Vanishing Act
07 Soon You Will Be Leaving Your Man
08 Blue Angels Air Show
09 Weather Reports
10 Seashell Tale
11 Bad Blood
12 Amy in the White Coat
13 Devil Town
14 I've Been Eating (For You)
15 Happy Birthday to Me
16 Motion Sickness
17 Act of Contrition
18 Hungry for a Holiday
19 When the Curious Girl Realizes She Is Under Glass
Again 20 Entry Way Song
21 It's Cool, We Can Still Be Friends
Curtains Set Release Date; Tour
Oh the jokes that have already flown around the
office on this one. Ex-Deerhoof frontman Chris
Cohen's new band The Curtains (think hard for the
joke) has come full circle with the side project
band and now plans on releasing their new record
Calamity on October 24th care of Asthmatic
Kitty. You can catch the group on tour
starting next month. Album and tour info listed
below as well.
Tracklist:
01 Go Lucky
02 Green Water
03 Wysteria
04 The Thousandth Face
05 World's Most Dangerous Woman
06 Tornado Traveler's Fear
07 Roscomare
08 Old Scott Rd.
09 Calamity
10 Invisible Thing
11 Brunswick Stew
12 Fell on a Rock & Broke It
13 Spinning Top
Curtain Call:
08-08 TBA - Eugene, OR
08-09 Gallery 1412 - Seattle, WA
08-10 Holocene - Portland, OR
08-11 Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
08-12 Echo - Los Angeles, CA
08-13 Smell - North Hollywood, CA
08-14 Solar Culture - Tucson, AZ
08-16 Hailey's Club - Denton, TX
08-17 Proletariat - Houston, TX
08-18 Parish - Austin, TX
08-19 Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
08-20 Bottleneck - Lawrence, KS
08-21 Mojo's - Columbia, MS
08-23 Warehouse Nextdoor - Washington, DC
08-24 Khyber - Philadelphia, PA
08-25 Mercury Lounge - New York, NY
08-26 Middle East - Cambridge, MA
08-29 Canopy Club - Urbana, IL
09-01 Hi-Dive - Denver, CO
09-02 Kilby Court - Salt Lake City, UT
Band of
Horses Fall Tour
You'd think we were part of the PR for Band of
Horses these days - but I promise you we aren't.
We're just Band-Aids, bitches. The Seattle duo
are readying a fall tour and getting new material
ready as well. What we presumably would be a
studio fall is now a live fiesta of cross country
magnitude. Minus a few festival stints and getting
back from some UK shows, Chad VanGaalen will be
joining them on the road as well. Check out the
dates below and check out our interview with Ben
Bridwell from BoH.
Penny Lane's Groupies:
07-28 Capitol Hill Block Party - Seattle, WA
07-29 Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) -
Chicago, IL
08-10 Oslo Norway - Oya Festival
08-11 Emmaboda Festival - Emmaboda, Sweden
08-13 La Route du Rock Festival - St. Malo, France
08-04 Fine Line Music Café - Minneapolis, MN @
09-05 Metro - Chicago, IL @
09-08 Paradise - Boston, MA @
09-09 Hamilton College Annex - Clinton, NY @
09-10 Webster Hall - New York, NY @
09-11 Webster Hall - New York, NY @
09-13 Black Cat - Washington, DC @
09-14 Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC @
09-15 Tremont Music Hall - Charlotte, NC @
09-17 Variety Playhouse - Atlanta, GA @
09-19 Exit/In - Nashville, TN @
09-20 Double Tree - Birmingham, AL @
09-23 OK - Conservatory - Oklahoma City @
09-24 Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS @
09-26 Fox Theater - Boulder, CO @
09-30 Epicentre - San Diego, CA @
10-02 Avalon - New York, NY @
10-03 Avalon - New York, NY @
10-04 The Fillmore - San Francisco, CA @
10-06 W.O.W. Hall - Eugene, OR @
11-04 Showbox - Seattle, WA @
11-05 Showbox - Seattle, WA @
@ - w/ Chad VanGaalen
Badly
Drawn Boy New Album Info
Our UK favorite guitar toting minstrel Badly Drawn
Boy (aka Damon Gough) has announced that he is
currently putting the final touches on his new album
Born in the UK. The follow up to 2004's
One Plus One is One is scheduled to hit the
store on October 23rd care of EMI.
Some of the
tracks that have been confirmed are the Springsteen
inspired 'Born in the UK', 'Degrees of Separation',
'Promises', 'Nothing Going to Change My Mind', and
'Times of Times'.
The
Heart Attacks Sign with Hellcat; Rancid Tour Hellcat Records: our source for punk perfection.
Accordingly, they just signed The Heart Attacks who
are on top to release their album Hellbound and
Heatless on September 26th. The album was
produced by none other than Lars Frederiksen,
another Hellcat-ian and lead guitarist/singer for
Rancid. Coincidentally, Lars is also acting as
promoter by bringing the band on tour with Rancid
for the summer.
Inter-national Cover-up!
07-19 House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
07-21 Revolution - Fort Lauderdale, FL
07-22 Revolution - Fort Lauderdale, FL
07-23 Plush - Jacksonville, FL
07-25 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
07-26 Rocketown - Nashville, TN
07-27 New Daisy Theatre - Memphis, TN
07-28 Mississippi Nights - Saint Louis, MO
07-29 Mississippi Nights - Saint Louis, MO
07-30 Liberty Hall - Lawrence, KS
08-01 Sunshine Theatre - Albuquerque, NM
08-02 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
08-03 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
08-16 Black Cat - Washington, DC
08-17 Black Cat - Washington, DC
08-18 Black Cat - Washington, DC
08-19 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
08-20 The Trocadero - Philadelphia, PA
08-22 Avalon - Boston, MA
08-23 Avalon - Boston, MA
08-24 B.B. King's Blues ClubNew York, NY
08-25 B.B. King's Blues ClubNew York, NY
08-26 B.B. King's Blues ClubNew York, NY
08-27 B.B. King's Blues ClubNew York, NY
08-29 Le Spectrum De Montreal - Montreal, Quebec
08-30 Le Spectrum De Montreal - Montreal, Quebec
08-31 Le Spectrum De Montreal - Montreal, Quebec
09-01 Kool Haus - Toronto, Ontario
09-02 Kool Haus - Toronto, Ontario
09-03 Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
09-06 Agora Ballroom - Cleveland, OH
09-07 Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
09-08 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
09-09 St. Andrews Hall - Detroit, MI
09-11 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
09-12 House of Blues - Chicago, IL
09-13 The Quest - Minneapolis, MN
Tuesday July 18,
2006
Kings
Of Leon to Release EP
Blues rock geniuses (yes I said it) Kings of Leon
are planning a download only EP release. Day
Old Belgian Blues will be a six tracks recorded
live. They ain't new but they'll do.
Track List:
01 Taper Jean Girl
02 The Bucket
03 Soft
04 Molly's Chambers
05 Four Kicks
06 Trani
Join me in a 'fuck yeah!' and then listen to your
Volkswagen commercial again.
Arcade
Fire Self Produce
Sure we were all patiently awaiting the next news
out of the Arcade Fire camp on their upcoming
as-of-yet-untitled followup to last years smash
indie sensation Funeral but we weren't ready
for this. Posting on their website
www.arcadefire.com band member Win Butler
dropped the bomb that the band is forgoing an
accomplished producer. Actually, they are
ditching outside help at all and doing it
themselves.
"After trying to decide if we
should work with any producers we kind of realized
that we already know how we want things to sound so
we should just run after that sound as far as we can
and not rely on someone else to guide the good ship
Arcade Fire...at least for now."
Sleater-Kinney
Schedule Last Show
I haven't seen this many candles lit on a college
campus since the Vietnam War. It must mean that
these are the final days of underground favorites
Sleater-Kinney. The girls stretched the Farewell
Tour Cher style by adding one final show at
Portland's Crystal Ballroom on August 12th. Feel
free to cry if you already bought the previous
'farewell show' tickets.
Jurassic 5 Drop Single "Work It Out"
J5's long awawited followup to 2004's Power In
Numbers is almost here next week on the 25th.
And to celebrate, we - well the guys over at
Interscope actually - released the video for "Work
It Out". Remember videos? It's what MTV
use to show before house-party porn (read: Real
World)
Motor Hits The Road
House music is about to get a cold dose of good
acid. Club spectrum Motor is readying their
release Klunk to hit shelves next week; July
27th and have a tour set up for select cities after
they finish their UK treck and to support the new
album. Look for the review soon.
You also hope that their
tour lives up to their name. Who picked these
spuratic cross-country dates, Clark Griswald?
King of the USA Road:
8/03 Hiro Ballroom - New
York, NY
8/04 Oslo - Detroit, MI
8/05 S.A.T - Montreal, CAN
8/08 Cinespace - Los Angeles, CA
9/12 The Avalon - Los Angels, CA *
9/13 House of Blues - Anaheim, CA *
9/15 Slim's - San Francisco, CA *
9/16 Congress Theater - Chicago, IL *
9/17 Irving Plaza - New York, NY *
* w/ Nitzer Ebb
Monday July 17,
2006
Bravery
Get Working on New Album
Sure your sound was comparatively 80's but it was
intended 80's and accomplished with style.
So how ever do you follow up? With a producer that
can change your life forever. The Bravery are
hard at work on their follow up to last years self
titled debut with none other than Brendan O'Brien.
The man, the legend, who's production work includes
Pearl Jam (VS, Vitoligy, Yield), Stone Temple
Pilots (Core), Rage Against the Machine (Evil
Empire, Battle of Los Angeles). "Go on," you
say? Limp Bizkit (Significant Other),
Korn (Issues) oh and a guy named Bruce
Springsteen (The Rising). The knickers
are officially ruined.
The band admits that most
of the writing has been done on the road - fearfully
while in the presence of Depeche Mode influence but
we'll have to hold all reservations until we hear
the final product. But the band is quick to
point out that this will be unlike the original
self-titled debut.
"It's pretty different across the board, more
eclectic," stated frontman Sam Endicott speaking
with NME. "There's dance, rock and slow songs.
It's more organic, less synthetic, with more
acoustic instruments. We're all better musicians now
and we play better together."
Ben
Kweller Goes Solo; Album
Ben "Don't Call Me Folds" Kweller is shifting gears
for his upcoming self titled album. Dropping
the band and going at it alone, Kweller reportedly
took over every instrument on the eleven track
effort due to hit store shelves on September 12th
from the folks at ATO.
Gil Norton, credited for
helping the Pixies and Counting Crows form their
sound is at the helm of Kwellers work this time
around. Track listing to do battle with the
other useless knowledge in your mind is listed
below.
01 Run
02 Nothing Happening
03 Sundress
04 I Gotta Move
05 Thirteen
06 Penny on the Train Track
07 I Don't Know Why
08 Magic
09 Red Eye
10 Until I Die
11 This Is War
Hold
Steady Talk New LP
The Hold Steady, better associated by the whiskey
affected rasp of Craig Finn are finally dropping
some info to the public on their October 3rd release
Boys and Girls in America from Vagrant
Records. The band of course will be promoting the
album as it nears the fall release date but you can
catch them on the home stretch of their Summer tour.
Your Hoodrat Summer Tour:
07-27 Castle Clinton - New York, NY
07-29 Valentine's - Albany, NY
07-30 La Sala Rossa - Montreal, Quebec
07-21 Lee's Palace - Toronto, Ontario
08-02 Mohawk Place - Buffalo, NY
08-03 Blossom Music Festival - Cuyahoga Falls, OH
08-04 Shank Hall - Milwaukee, WI
08-06 Grant Park (Lollapalooza) - Chicago, IL
08-08 Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA
Your Hoodrat 'Boys and Girls' Tracklist:
01 Stuck Between Stations
02 Chips Ahoy!
03 Hot Soft Light
04 Same Kooks
05 First Night
06 Party Pit
07 You Can Make Him Like You
08 Massive Night
09 Citrus
10 Chillout Tent
11 Southtown Girls
Ash
Head to the Studio
Irish power punk is back. Ash is reporting
that they are back in the studio working on a
followup to 2004's Meltdown. The band
also has some 27 songs ready to go but are still on
the fence chosing a producer. Understandable,
since these are the same guys who list their
influences with the likes of Twisted Sister.
All things being equal, look for the album to hit
the import rack in the first half of 2007.
Franz
Ferdinand Become Teachers
Apparently JK Rowling wasn't up to par because
fellow Scotts Franz Ferdianand are planning on
teaching kids how to write - music. An
upcoming clinic workshop in Scotland's Edinburgh's
International Book Festival held August 22nd will
include members Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy.
Expect the Sirs of Slack to pass thier expert music
tutelage to children while discussing songwriting
strategies.
Hellcat Records: our source for punk perfection.
Accordingly, they just signed The Heart Attacks who
are on top to release their album Hellbound and
Heatless on September 26th. The album was
produced by none other than Lars Frederiksen,
another Hellcat-ian and lead guitarist/singer for
Rancid. Coincidentally, Lars is also acting as
promoter by bringing the band on tour with Rancid
for the summer.
