..And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead have put up a mini-site promoting the upcoming (January 25th) release of Worlds Apart where you can sample some tunes and read about their upcoming appearance on Letterman (again, January 25th) amongst other things.
Renfield Records will apparently be releasing a tribute to the band Failure some time in March. Rumored to be involved are Cave In, The Beautiful Mistake and The Minus Scale among others. Stay tuned...
If you're not feeling beaten down by the pleathora of Christmas music all around you may want to check out the latest offering from The Features featured in the iTunes Music Store (direct link here). The song "Father Christmas" is an original and has a nice dark tone to it.
On February 22nd, Jade Tree's latest signing, The Loved Ones will release their self-titled CD. Produced by Brian Mcternan (Thrice, Hot Water Music, Strike Anywhere) the band's debut is "a raucous exercise in razor-throated punk classics, a earnest mix of colossal hooks and ferocious energy."
This February Tori Amos will unveil two exciting projects -- a new CD entitled The Beekeeper (in stores February 22) and her first book, Tori Amos: Piece by Piece, co-written with journalist Ann Powers. Tori recorded and self-produced The Beekeeper in her UK studio Martian Engineering. On Thursday, February 24, Tori and Ann will make a special appearance at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Find out more! ToriAmos.com.
Capitol Records will release the Doves' new album, Some Cities, the long-awaited follow-up to The Last Broadcast, in the U.S. on March 1st.
Artemis Records has announced the signing of Better Than Ezra to an exclusive contract for North America. An album of all-new material, as of yet untitled, is slated for a spring 2005 release (late March) and will mark the band's first release of new material since 2001's Closer.
The dates for next year's upcoming Sno Core tour have been announced. The tour will be include Helmet, Chevelle, Strata, Crossfade and Future Leaders Of The World. Dates are below.
Portland, Oregon's I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House will be supporting Reverent Horton Heat and the Supersuckers for two weeks in March and April. I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House will be out promoting their latest record, Menace.
The iTunes music store released an exclusive EP from Pedro the Lion entitled Stations today. The downloadable record features radio versions of an assortment of songs from Achilles Heel as well as tracks like "Big Trucks" off It's Hard to Find A Friend.
If you're a fan of Fiona Apple you may want to head on over to FreeFiona.com and sign the petition in an attempt to convince Sony/Epic that there is a growing demand for the buried album Extraordinary Machine.
The Molo Sessions, a limited edition CD featuring Eddie Vedder singing with South Africa's Walmer High School choir is now available through Pearl Jam's Ten Club. Proceeds will go to Molo Care, a Seattle group who raises money for schools in Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
One of the best new bands around, Bloc Party, is set to release their first LP, Silent Alarm on Vice Records this upcoming March. Meanwhile, check out their EP released by Dim Mak. So hot. The tracklist is...
Hardcore band Snapcase will cease to exist after 10 years together. The reason? "We reached an impasse where our core fanbase had been dwindling due to disenfranchisement with our newer material." So much for doing it for the music. Anyway, they will play one last show in Buffalo in January. Read more about the breakup here.
So there's been lots of hype surrounding Death From Above 1979, and I am here to tell you it is well-deserved. Watch the video for "Romantic Rights" and decide for yourself.
The new EP from Division Day is available on the bands website. The Mean Way In is a six-song disc recorded at Tiny Telephone in San Francisco. If you aren't familiar with the band, check the downloads section for a few tracks.
Get ready to catch indie band The Arcade Fire on the road in early '05. Looks like the dates are selling out fast, so you better jump on it.
The venerable Elvis Costello will be making a 2-month jaunt through the US in beginning in March; however, at this time, only 3 dates have been announced. In addition to hitting the road for a tick, Costello is releasing a 7-song collection on vinyl Jan 25 entitled The Clarksdale Sessions, which follows his rehearsals with the Imposters for their last album The Delivery Room.
Roadie.net has an article with an eyewitness account of what happened during the chaotic tragedy that befell DamagePlan and their fans last week. Go here if you're interested.
So Trent Reznor (NIN) has been getting around again. He apparently remixed U2's last single "Vertigo" to appear as the b-side to their next single, "Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own." Hmmmm.
