The major label debut from Hot Hot Heat has been finished (produced by Dave Sardy) and is entitled Elevator. We've got a tenative list of songs to be included on the disc and we've heard that Warner Bros is looking at a release sometime in March. We'll keep you posted.
According to their official site, Abandoned Pools have signed with Universal Records to release their follow-up to Humanistic. The disc will be produced by Gareth Jones (Interpol, Depeche Mode, Clinic) and hopefully will be released in Spring 2005. Strangely the band has also announced that Meat and Potatoes will be responsible for the album artwork again.
According to Inertiatic the forthcoming Mars Volta record, Frances The Mute, will contain a full-on 77 minutes of seamless music. The supposed first single will be "The Widow" (with accompanying video) and we've got a tracklist that might be right, might be completely speculative. Either way it's fun to look at.
Amid of slew projects The Fiery Furnances will release EP on January 11th. The disc is a compilation of singles of b-sides released across the pond or on harder to find previous releases.
Joseph Arthur has done a cover of The Smiths song "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out," and it is available for download for you over here. Dig it? Then check out "Can't Exist" in Windows Media or Quicktime.
The first batch of dates have been announced for the Taste of Chaos tour, featuring The Used and My Chemical Romance. Check out the dates below:
On the heels of his sold out US tour, Morrissey will release a deluxe edition of You Are the Quarry on December 7th. The CD/DVD combo set will contain all of You Are the Quarry and an additional nine b-sides, only six of which have been released in the US. The DVD will showcase Morrissey's three live performances on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn in July of this year, the hit videos for "Irish Blood, English Heart" and "First of the Gang to Die," and a 29 picture tour photo gallery.
Mos Def is back on the road in support of The New Danger with a club tour to kick off on December 4th in St. Louis Missouri. In addition to the album, Mos Def recently finished work on the Disney film The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, which will hit theaters in 2005. Def’s next motion picture release, The Woodsman is set for release on December 24th, 2004.
Check out the new Le Tigre video for "TKO" from the band's most recent release This Island. We have it in Windows Media and Real Media.
In case you didn't know, the fine folks at Palm Pictures are releasing a box set of the 3 Directors Label DVDs from Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Chris Cunningham. If you didn't pick these up already, they are definitely worthy of your Christmas list. Check below for a whole pile of clips of things found on the added bonus disc in the Directors Label Collectors Edition Box Set.
The preliminary Coachella 2005 line up circulating on the internet was a fake. So don't start making those plans yet. For the fake line up, click the M.O.R.E. Yeah.
Looks like the Doves will have a new album out on March 1st of 2005. New songs are expected to debut at the bands first live gigs in over a year this Christmas in London.
The fifth album from star-made Moby is entitled Hotel, and you can check into it on March 22nd. Fourteen tracks, the Moby-ster sings on 12 and keeps quiet on 2, debut single in February, so check it.
Happy Valentine's day to the Shiny Happy People! Well, I know it's a bit early, but just a heads up: R.E.M. will reissue their entire Warner Bros. catalog on February 15th (that's Green to Around the Sun), with each two disc set including the original album and a bonus DVD featuring the record remixed in 5.1 surround sound, as well as Time Piece, an old unreleased documentary with band interviews and commentary about R.E.M.'s bigger songs.
The Exit is headed out on tour with Muse later this month and the dates are below. Also, the video for "Let's Go To Haiti" is currently featured on MTV.com's Advance Warning page, check it out here.
Walking Concert is still on the west coast, finishing up their current tour (the remaining dates are below) before heading out on the road with Eagles of Death Metal. The new video for "What's Your New Thing?" is finished and should be made available soon.
According to RollingStone.com, Ben Kweller, The Flaming Lips, The Raveonettes, Death Cab for Cutie, Cake and The Dandy Warhols will all be covering oldies for Stubbs the Zombie: The Soundtrack, due out on March 15th. The compilation provides the audio backdrop for a video game set in 1959 in fictional Punchbowl, Pennsylvania.
Wes Anderson's latest movie "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", is about to hit theatres and we have received word about the accompanying soundtrack. Utilizing classic songs from David Bowie, The Zombies, and Devo, to name a few, along with the original compositions of Mark Mothersbaugh Wes Anderson has given life to "The Life Aquatic" Original Soundtrack. Check below for the complete tracklisting along with some clips and trailers for the film.
'Hawaiian party punani dub-pranksters' Pepper are set to release their first-ever live DVD in February on Volcom Entertainment. The performance is from the band’s September sold-out, two-night run at the world famous Troubadour in Hollywood, CA. The band will also be heading out on the road with the Kottonmouth Kings and those dates are below.
Joseph Arthur has been kind enough to put a handful of live songs up as MP3s for your listening pleasure. This particular batch of tunes were performed at The Living Room in NYC on July 20th. Check out the tracks below:
