Ace Fu Records has released the first disc from Systems Officer. Fans of Pinback will be pleased to know it is the first solo venture from the "other" guy in the band Armistead Burwell Smith IV (aka "Zach"). And trust me, if you like Pinback you'd be hard pressed not to love this one. Visit Ace Fu for more.
Tonight on PBS, Frontline will feature interviews and a history lesson in the rise and imminent fall of the music industry as we know it today. The program will air at 9PM tonight, Thursday May 27th, on your local PBS station. Should be interesting.
Though he's got an extensive discography post-mortem, Jeff Buckley will be re-releasing the one studio album that saw the light of day during his lifetime. The newly extended Grace (now entitled Grace: Legacy Edition) will have the original album, a 13-track disc of rarites, and a DVD featuring music videos, live performances, and studio footage.
KRS-One will release his thirteenth LP entitled Keep Right on 7/13 and we have the track listing and other information below. The album will also be packaged with a DVD that includes footage of KRS on tour over the last 20 years, a behind-the-scenes look at KRS in the studio, and footage from last year's inaugural Hip-Hop Peace & Unity Festival in Boston.
After a successful theatrical run in over 40 North American cities, Neil Young’s feature film, Greendale is set for DVD release on June 22nd. In addition to the Greendale film, the DVD comes with the documentary The Making of Greendale, which contains interviews with Neil and the cast plus behind the scenes footage. We have lots more detials below, and you can view the movies trailer in Windows Media and Quicktime.
The Icarus Line released their new album, Penance Soiree, on May 4th and we have a stream of their first video off the album. Check out “Up Against The Wall" in Windows Media and Real Audio. June and July tour dates are expected to be announced soon.
The Tower Records Next Big Thing “Just Add Video” Contest will award one unsigned band the chance to fly to New York City, where they will perform live on FUSE’s IMX and have a music video produced by FUSE. All the details you could want are below.
MTV is doing casting for their Summer 2004 TRL launch party by New Found Glory and they want you to come. Well that is if you fit the image of what they want. Read below for detials.
Do you know about The Martinis? The band is the side project from Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago and their debut record Smitten was released May 4th. Want some music? Download the tracks "Right Behind You" and "You Are The One."
The first video from Eighteen Visions upcoming album “Obsession” has been posted online. The video is for the song “Waiting For The Heavens” and the new album drops June 15th on Trustkill Records.
There's an E-card out there now where you can check out the new video from Keane, "Somewhere Only We Know," and sample some other tracks from Hopes and Fears, out this week.
Big screen "freaky girl" Juliette Lewis has put down vocals for a few tracks on Prodigy's upcoming album, Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned. The album is supposed to come out in August in the UK, no news on a US release date yet. Other guest appearances are also rumored.
Iron & Wine main man Sam Beam and his crew have lined up a series of East Coast dates to support his new album, Our Endless Numbered Days. Support on different dates comes from ex-Scissor Girls member Azita and 4AD recording artist Cass McCombs. Dates below:
Well we posted it yesterday, but it was deleted by accident, so here we go again. Phish has broken up. The band's frontman Trey Anastasio posted the statement below.
The Syrentha Savio Endowment (SSE) is a charity that raises money to pay for cancer treatment for underprivileged women who can not afford the expense of fighting the disease. The endowment has had a lot of success with benefit shows, the last of which featured Thrice and raised a good bit of money. They have another show coming up in DC featuring Darkest Hour, Majority Rule and The Routiners. Full details can be found here.
Adam Sandler will release a new full comedy album on July 13th entitled, Shh... Don't Tell. Check out adamsandler.com for more info and be sure to check out this bizzare behind the scenes clip.
The Stax Museum of American Soul Music will host the rare photo exhibit, "The Beatles: Backstage and Behind the Scenes," from June 12th through September 12th. Stax was a cool label, fyi, and hopefully whoever catches this exhibit will enjoy it.
B.B. King, Gov't Mule and Jonny Lang will headline the 11th annual Telluride Blues and Brews Festival held September 17-19 in Colorado. It's sure to be a super show, don't miss it!
The Beastie Boys, Evanescence, and Kanye West are slated to perform on the 15th Annual MuchMusic Video Awards to be held in Toronto. Hopefully this means "the Fuse" will play a few Beastie videos in the interm.
For those holding their breath with anticipation over the hunched melancholy's next career move: Billy Corgan has signed on as Chicago's official "Cub's Correspondent" for WXRT-FM with his "Wrigleyville Report" airing Mondays and Fridays on the Lin Brehmer morning show.
