We wanted to make sure you knew Regina Spektor will bereleasing an album on March 1st entitled Soviet Kitsch. You may know Regina Spektor from the duet she did with the Strokes, "Modern Girls and Old Fashioned Men." Head to the downloads to check out the video for the first single, "Us".
Death Cab for Cutie have made available online their leatest video, "Title and Registration." Check it out via this E-card.
Irish staple Ash are heading out on the road on our side of the pond in mid-March with up-and-comers The Bravery anchoring the opening spot. Check the tour dates...
Swedish insane geniuses Meshuggah have finished production on their upcoming release Catch 33, which will be released through Nuclear Blast on May 31st. The album is said to be made up of one solitary 47 minute track. Did I mention that they were insane?
Stephen Malkmus, former member of Pavement, will release his third solo album, entitled Face The Truth, on May 24th via Matador Records. For a tracklisting, click more.
Today marks the release of Silent Uproar Record's latest release, an EP from Feersum Ennjin. Head over to the band's official site to hear a song from the album and read a little more about this great new band from Paul D'Amour (formerly of Tool) and Mac Burrus (formerly of Self). The disc was recorded by Matt Mahaffey (Self), and Matt also contributed quite a bit musically to the disc. Check it out.
Queens of the Stone Age's Lullabies is still due March 22nd. Shirley Manson (Garbage), Brody Dalle (the Distillers), Dean Ween (uh, Ween), and Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) are still on it. That much you knew. But you might not have known that QOTSA shot a video for the album's first single, "Little Sister," in L.A. this past weekend, and that it was co-directed by Homme and Nathan "Karma" Cox and their videos are usually rad, so check it.
More on that Outkast HBO movie we enlightened you on long ago: It's got a working title of "Speakerboxx" (wonder where that came from?) Big Boi's in a love triangle and has to choose between being a businessman and his family, and Andre 3000 is involved in more of a tragic love story.
The fifth full-length release from Spoon will be available on May 10 via Merge Records and is entitled Gimme Fiction and will contain 11 tracks. No show dates (beyond Coachella) have been announced yet but we're fairly sure it will happen.
Glen Phillips, former member of Toad the Wet Sprocket, is set to release his second solo album, entitled Winter Pays For Summer, via Lost Highway records. Click more for tracklisting.
Tomorrow, Feb 1st, The Arcade Fire will be performing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. If they can muster a third of the energy on TV that they have live it might just blow your mind.
More good bands are making their way to national television. The Features will make their debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live this Wednesday, Feb. 2nd.
The lineup for the 2005 Coachella festival has been announced, and it's quite impressive. Two days, April 30 - May 1st, of a crapload of great artists including the headliners Coldplay (April 30) and Nine Inch Nails (May 1). Also among the list of acts you can also expect to see Bauhaus, Wilco, Secret Machines, Fantomas, MF Doom, Autolux, Weezer, Arcade Fire, Blood Brothers and many many more. Tickets will be on sale soon, so keep an eye on the official site. In the meantime, check out the full lineup....
You can preview the track "Marie Floating Over The Backyard" from the forthcoming Eels album Blinking Lights and Other Revelations right here. You can also check out a lot more about the album here and check the cover here.
Blonde Redhead have released an EP exclusive to the States entitled Secret Society of Butterflies that features the b-sides from their singles across the pond and two videos. Added to that, the band is on tour with Interpol throughout February.
We told you about the first batch of announced Interpol dates, and now we've got a ton more. Expect Blonde Redhead and Q and not U (as well as an announced opener) to accompany them at various times on the road. For a list of links to buy tickets to these shows, go here; otherwise just check out the dates...
Early Man (Mike Conte on guitar and vocals and Adam Bennati on drums) has now been signed to Matador Records, and their upcoming EP from Baltimore's Monitor Records will be but a taste of what's to come. If you want to preview the band (live) then check out the ATP in Camber Sands, England, South By Southwest in Texas, and following that with a full US tour. Their debut album for Matador (produced by Chavez' Matt Sweeney) is scheduled for an Autumn 2005 release. Their official website should be finished soon.
Kanye West will perform at the House of Blues Sunset Strip in Los Angeles for the second annual American Express "Jam Sessions" February 9th to 12th, which isn't to promote the credit card but rather music education, which he'll school us in (bad bad segue) with another performance at this year's Grammy's (2/13) with Mavis Staples, Blind Boys of Alabama and Legend.
I'm sick of Maroon 5, but you might want to know that they will headline the Honda Civic tour, which starts on 3/11 in Los Angeles and ends 5/11 in Phoenix. The Donnas will open for the band, with the Thrills taking over on April 15th.
Do you feel like Peter Frampton? I know, I know, but Mr. Comes Alive will record a track with Pearl Jam (I guess Eddie'll take guitar for this one) for his upcoming as-yet-untitled instrumental album.
