Danger Mouse and Jemini will be touring this summer in support of their new album, Ghetto Pop Life. The disc follows the insane press around Danger Mouse's infamous Grey Album and marks the producers debut.
John Frusciante, is offering both acoustic and demo versions of key tracks from his latest solo album, Shadows Collide With People. The songs will be made available exclusively as full-length audio streams on his website, www.johnfrusciante.com. Read below for a quote about the album from John.
Zero 7 are heading back to America in support of the band's second album, When It Falls, which is already gold in England. Check below for the dates.
Armor For Sleep's nationwide tour with Midtown and Your Enemies Friends began this weekend in Pennsylvania. The trek will bring the bands from the Northeast down to Southern California and back up for a Midtown/Armor For Sleep hometown show on June 5th in Sayreville, NJ.
The OC has always been huge on bringing fresh new music to viewers and now they are looking to you to help them out. Introducing the "Enter The Mix Competition," in which one unsigned band will get one of their songs featured on an episode of The OC (Season Two) and possibly on an upcoming Music From the OC Mix. View below for details.
Over the last couple years rumors have been floating around about an Evan Dando, James Iha, Ryan Adams and Melissa Auf Der Maur supergroup called The Fucking Virgins. Recently speaking with ChartAttack.com, Auf Der Maur said of the Virgins, "I hope to do it. I’ll probably have to be the ring leader to bring us together and do it at some point..."
In late 2003 Face To Face announced that after a 13 year career, they were packing it in. At the time, they promised a last series of shows, and now we have details. Starting August 13th the band will embark on "The Only Goodbye Tour," and you can find the dates below.
Pavement will be releasing a new book on May 18th written by Rob Jovanovic and entitled Perfect Sound Forever: The Story of Pavement. Our friends at Insound are pre-selling the book for just $14.99, and here's a coupon code that will give you an additional 15% off the pre-order price: psf15. Also, all pre-orders will automatically be entered to win an original Steve Keene painting.
Snow Patrol has setup a contest to win a Ride snowboard along with lots of other cool stuff. You can enter it here, and be sure to watch the video for "Spitting Games" while you're there.
On May 11th, a show dubbed F*** Cancer will be held at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC to benefit Jackie Farry, a young tour manager suffering from multiple myeloma. Featured acts include J Mascis, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Har Mar Superstar, a solo set by Cat Power and a special performance from Chavez, who reunited for this show.
David Bowie showed good taste in cancelling his concert Thursday, May 6th in Miami after a local stagehand suffered a fatal fall just before the show. Fans were told that refund or rescheduling information would be available soon and that Bowie and his personnel were "deeply saddened" by the accident.
No, no, it's not a description; it's the title of Gene Simmons' new solo album due out June 8th. Talk about ecclectic! ASSHOLE contains collaborations between Simmons and such legends as Bob Dylan, Frank Zappa and the Zappa Family (Dweezil, Moon, etc.) as well as folks like Dave Navarro and former KISS members Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer.
The Dandy Warhols recently released a 2-disc set available exclusively on their website. The Black Album/Come On Feel the Dandy Warhols is a compilation of songs they've recorded over the past 10 years. See "more" for the tracklist...
The Warped Tour gets kicked off on June 25th in Houston, TX. And it looks like the Smartpunk stage is gonna be packed with a revolving door of talent, including The Bled, Emery, Brazil, 18 Visions, Bayside and more. Check out the plethora of bands that will grace the stage.
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned is the new record from The Prodigy due out this August. Liam Howlett says that although the always-recognizable Keith Flint and Maxim were not involved musically on the album, they will be with the band for their tour later this year. Wicked!
Due out June 15th, a CD/DVD package entitled In Tune and On Time chronicles DJ Shadow's 2002 Brixton Academy show in London. The CD contains 20 tracks, while the DVD features four additional tracks, a sampler battle between Shadow, Cut Chemist and Jurassic 5's DJ Nu-Mark from a show in LA, road footage and an interview with Shadow. Sounds like a must-have for fans.
A long long long time ago, we told you that Megaforce Records was going to release the final God Lives Underwater record in 2002. Well, now it's 2004 and the label is saying that they hope to have Up Off The Floor released this summer. Check the more for a statement from the label, and visit their site to download "Tricked" from the still forthcoming disc.
Fresh off a Coachella Festival appearance, Sparta will be releasing their sophomore album, Porcelain, on July 13th before heading out on this year's Lollapalooza tour. Click the [more] for tracklisting. (Thanks to Pitchfork for the info)
So it appears that Autolux have announced that August 3rd, 2004 will be the release date for their debut album Future Perfect. Keep those fingers crossed.
The Deftones have officially moved into the 'Morning View' house (where Incubus recorded Morning View) to continue writing for the new record. You can check out the Deftones studio blog here, and look for a new band website coming soon.
