Siren Festival Additions

Reported by holmes

The Siren Festival on Coney Island, NY, has added more bands to the July 17th date. You can now catch ...Trail of the Dead and Mission Of Burma among other great acts. Click the [more] for the confirmed line-up so far.

May 19 2004

The Smiling Non-Empty Soul

Reported by erun

Brian Wilson, along with lyricist/arranger Van Dyke Parks, has decided that it's time to release the Beach Boys follow-up to Pet Sounds, the elusive Smile... Like, almost 40 years after it was originally recorded. The duo are rerecording the lost record, which had been more anticipated than anything GnR ever did, for a September 28th release on Nonesuch Records.

May 19 2004

Inspired by Interpol to Film

Reported by erun

Rock darlings Interpol are turning on the bright green lights (pun da dun dun) for you if you're into video. You can now enter a contest to win a budget to make a short film inspired by Interpol. Details below.

May 19 2004

Working The Record

Reported by simple

Alien Ant Farm is still working to support their latest release, TruAnt, which came out last year, and have now made a video for the track "Drifting Apart". Check it out in Windows Media and Real Video.

May 19 2004

Kick You In The Face

Reported by simple

Yet another 'the' band has made it onto the scene and will soon be spreading their suprisingly catchy music to the masses. The Kicks just released their debut album, Hello Hong Kong, and are sending everyone some internet love. Check out the song “MIR” in Windows Media and then go check out this little EPK.

May 19 2004

Lit Gets Lit and Releases Lit

Reported by simple

Southern California rockers Lit are back with a new self-titled album, and of course we have links to some music. But first, you should know that Lit will be hitting stores on June 22nd and the first 100K copies will include a bonus DVD. Now go check out the band's EPK here and then listen to the first single, “Looks Like They Were Right,” here.

May 19 2004

Last Call with Ben Kweller

Reported by simple

Just a quick note that Ben Kweller will be performing on a special Las Vegas edition of the Last Call with Carson Daly show tonight. Also don't forget to check out all these goodies we posted aweek or so ago.

May 19 2004

The End of the World According to The Cure

Reported by simple

By now you should know all about the upcoming Curiosa 2004 tour that The Cure is putting on, but what you may not know is that the band's new self-titled album is now set for a June 29th release and the first single will be "The End of the World." How do we top that? By giving you a link to stream the song of course.

May 19 2004

The Streets Hit The Streets

Reported by simple

The Streets (aka Mike Skinner) are hitting the road to support their new album, A Grand Don’t Come Free, which was released yesterday. Dates below:

May 19 2004

Who the Fuck is PJ Harvey?

Reported by yewknee

Maria Mochnacz directed this impromptu video for "Who The Fuck?," a track off of the to-be-released June 8th PJ Harvey disc UH Huh Her. The official first single will be "The Letter" - a CD single of which you can probably import with several non-album tracks.

May 18 2004

Green Day are Idiots

Reported by yewknee

The next Green Day album is entitled American Idiot and should be out on September 14th via Reprise Records.

May 17 2004

Water & Solutions moved to June

Reported by yewknee

If you recall, we told you that Far would be re-issuing Water & Solutions on May 4th. Turns out that it won't hit shelves until June 5th - so look for the bonus DVD and expanded tracklisting at that time.

May 17 2004

The Secret Tour

Reported by simple

The Secret Machines will embark on an East Coast tour of the U.S with The Fire Theft and Mellowdrone followed by their own headlining tour. Their album Now Here is Nowhere will be released on May 18th.

May 17 2004

The Late Late Morrissey Show

Reported by simple

Morrissey will be visitng the Late Late Show With Craig Kilborn all next week to support his new album You Are The Quarry (which is released tomorrow). The talented weirdo will be an interview guest on May 24, but then will be the musical guest that night and the next four nights.

May 17 2004

It's Shite Being Scottish!

Reported by margaret

At long last, a collector's edition DVD of Trainspotting is about to be released! Featuring audio commentary, deleted scenes, interviews and featurettes, the DVD will be available June 1st.

May 14 2004

So Long Mike and Mr Marchese

Reported by holmes

On the official Longwave message board, lead singer and guitarist Steve Schiltz announced the departure of their bassist and drummer. According to the post, their upcoming recording time and tour will not change. Click on the [more] for his full post.

May 14 2004
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