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.
Heads up: The second A.C. Newman MP3, entitled "Miracle Drug," is available from his music page via Matador Records. Hear it.
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.
The new album from Two Lone Swordsmen From The Double Gone Chapel is out now, as we told you it would be. If you're broke, you can preview it on Warp's Media Player.
Kathleen Edwards is playing a few (read: 4) dates in June. See 'em at the more.
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.
Astralwerks recording artist and DJ extraordinare Miss Kittin has posted online her new video for the track "Professional Distortion" in Windows Media and Real Video. The track comes from her album I COM, which arrives in stores on June 1st.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
The next Green Day album is entitled American Idiot and should be out on September 14th via Reprise Records.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
