We told you they were back, but now that the official Team Sleep site has launched I can say it's a fairly safe bet that the album really will drop on Nov. 2nd. Go check out the video for "Death By Plane" over at the site.
On October 5th Fahrenheit 9/11 will be released on DVD but more importantly a compilation CD made up of songs and artists that inspired the film will be released that day as well. Songs And Artists That Inspired Fahrenheit 9/11 will be spearheaded by the single "We Want It All", one of two previously unreleased tracks on the disc. The song is the first new music from Zack de la Rocha in five years and was produced by Trent Reznor. More details below.
My Chemical Romance is currently being featured on a special Launch.com promotion called "Who's Next." The act with the most votes at the end of the contest will have an exclusive performance featured on Launch.com. Check out the band's video for "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" over here.
The new Failure release we told you about is indeed a reality. Golden (Unreleased Sounds and Images) contains a CD of unrelased tracks and a DVD featuring a documentary, slideshows, three music videos, and commentaries by Ken Andrews and Greg Edwards. Punch up CDbaby.com to get your hands on a copy.
Rich Robinson (guitar man for the Black Crowes) has announced a fall tour in support of his solo debut Paper, due out August 24th. The full dates are below and you can check out the song "Enemy" right here.
The Dresden Dolls have announced their Fall headlining dates. Starting out at Austin, Texas’ Emo’s on October 8th, the tour will be making stops at some of North America’s legendary venues. Full dates below.
We told you about the Take Action! Volume 4 record, but now we have learned that Sub City will be at the following shows for CD release parties:
Mike Watt is set to release his latest album, The Secondman's Middle Stand, which chronicles a critical illness, medical treatment and subsequent course of recovery Mike underwent in 2000. The man is also heading out on tour and all the dates are below.
Keane have recorded a version of the Walker Brothers "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine (Anymore)" and made it available online here. The band also offered the song to Warchild as a download for sale with all proceeds going to charity. You can download the song here.
Word has come that Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age), has stepped down as drummer for Eagles Of Death Metal. Taking Homme’s place behind the drums during their upcoming west coast tour is Joey Castillo. The complicated tour schedule, along with a bizarre note from J. Devil explaining the recent turn of events, can be found at the official Queens Of The Stone Age website.
Not quite sure who told me about them, but The Sun is releasing a new digital EP entitled Did Your Mother Tell You? on 9/28 and you can head over to their website to hear it now. Plus watch two brand new videos for the tracks "Girlfriend" and "Valentine" from the EP. The Sun is on the road this September with The Von Bondies, so go check them out.
Jade Tree Records and R5 Productions will be hosting a Pennsylvania concert with These Arms Are Snakes, Engine Down, Karate, and Channels as part of Music For America's Voter X series. The show takes place on September 24th at First Unitarian Church and tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 800-594-TIXX.
For his last encore, Ray Charles reframed the breadth of his recording career by inviting his favorite singers from each genre he personally recorded in to sing a duet with him. This includes celebrity talents like Norah Jones, B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, Johnny Mathis and many more. In the behind-the-scenes clip here, you can see what it meant to them to record with a real living legend in American music.
Sparta have created a new video for the track "Breaking the Broken", and you can check it out here. The band has also announced a Fall UK Tour (dates below) and US tour dates will be announced soon.
If you're in to tha sort of thing, you can now sign up for The Blood Brothers Official Digital Street Team and get exclusive news, photos, videos, and get a chance to win Blood Brothers gear, and help spread the word on the web about the upcoming release Crimes. What are you waiting for? Go here and join:
Waxploitation Records announced that it will release a charity CD in an attempt to assist in the fight against the Genocide taking place right now in Sudan. The CD, titled Genocide in Sudan, is slated for a late November release and includes rarities from System of a Down, Gorillaz, Jurassic 5, Thievery Corporation, The Pretenders, The Nightwatchmen and Rise Against amongst others. The CD will be available at most major retailers as well as at online.
The uber-influential Wire will be releasing a DVD/CD, "Wire on the Box" on October 26. It will include the only know recording of a perormance from the 70s from the German music show "Rockpalast". Also look for a 20-minute interview with the band.
The dates we promised for this year's Jagermeister Music Tour featuring Slayer, Killswitch Engage and Mastodon have been set. The tour will run from Oct. 29th to Dec. 17th, with stops all over this great land of ours. Click more for more.
Billboard has it that Cave In have officially split from RCA. The newly minted free-agents have a new album nearing completion and are shopping for another label. Wanna hear some of it? Check them out supporting Converge on their fall tour. Dates...
According to this MTV article it appears that Chino Moreno's side project Team Sleep isn't completely dead in the water. The debut disc (technically the second) is slated for a November 2nd release (tenatively I'm sure). The most insightful part of the article is the fact that you can expect the disc to feature collaborations with the likes of Mary Timony and Rob Crow, not names you'd generally associate with the Deftone.
