Because we can't get enough re-releases these days, Immortal Records will be re-releasing the classic Far album Water & Solutions on May 4th. The package will include rare footage, unreleased music from the W&S era, the original "Mother Mary" music video, as well as live performances and show footage from past US and European tours. Don't get me wrong kids, despite the intial sarcasm, I'm excited about this one!
Nofx are stirring up controversy again- this time with a so-called offensive cover of Alternative Press. Seen here, they are parading a recent magazine cover from the Dixie Chicks. So offensive that Blockbuster has refused to carry it in their stores. I have seen way more offensive things in the past few months...but that is just me.
Ambulance Ltd is on tour and will be supporting The Stills and the Killers from March 18 through March 31 with additional dates in April supporting the Sleepy Jackson.
We told you that Modest Mouse (actually their label Epic Records) will be re-releasing The Moon & Antartica on March 9th. You can check out the new artwork here.
As was speculated, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is going out with The Rapture for a bunch of dates.
Ash recorded their new album, Meltdown with producer Nick Rasculinecz (QOTSA, Foo Fighters) late last year, and now they are prepared to release it on May 17th. To get you ready, we have an internet-only single for the track "Clones". We also have the full track listing below.
Taking Back Sunday have now confirmed six shows in the United Kingdom in June, starting with the Download Festival, where they will join Metallica and Iggy & The Stooges among many others. They will hit Glasgow, Manchester, Oxford, Birmingham and finally, London for performances of their latest disc, Tell All Your Friends.
Elbow have released word that they have already begun work on their next album: "When we finished touring [for] Asleep In The Back we had six months to do another record and that was a lot of pressure." guitarist Mark Potter said. "So we're writing on the road and have got a mini studio in the dressing room....The end of the 'Cast Of Thousands' campaign will be at Glastonbury, which is pretty much where it started, hopefully with the crowd singing along to 'Grace Under Pressure' like on the record," Garvey said, "Then there'll be a new album out next spring."
Beck has teamed up with producer/songwriter Jon Brion on a song for the forthcoming soundtrack to the film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. The track is a cover is of the 1980 Korgis tune "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime." Other contributors to the soundtrack, which will be released on March 16 through Hollywood Records, include the Polyphonic Spree and Electric Light Orchestra.
It has been announced that the Stereolab remix of Zero 7's "Home" will only be made exclusively available through iTunes as a b-side. Zero 7's new album When It Falls will be in stores on Tuesday, March 1st.
Onelinedrawing's new album, The Volunteers is nearing it's hatch date of March 23rd and Jonah Matranga is hitting the road in order preview all the new songs and say hello to old friends. Check out the first single, "We Had a Deal" right here and then read the tour dates below.
Korn have now released the video for their anti-music industry song "Yall Want A Single" over at Launch. In other Korn news, Linkin Park has tapped KoRn and Snoop Dogg as co-headliners for Linkin Park's upcoming "Projekt Revolution Tour". The tour will hit North American cities from July 23-Sept. 6 and two undecided bands will be opening the show.
Equal Vision Records have announced that they have signed Santa Barbara, California's The Snake The Cross The Crown. The band will enter the studio in April to begin recording their full-length Equal Vision debut. Check out some upcoming show dates below.
When a band's music is described as "Godzillian: giant power-chord surges, clobbering melodies and meaty, stomping rhythms" in their press release, how can we ignore them? Automatic Black will release their debut album De-Eevolution in stores on April 6th and in the meantime you can stream their debut single "Go Your Way" in Real Audio and Windows Media.
It has been announced that the Phunk Junkeez will be headlining a tour with newcomer Mower in the main support role. Saint Dog, formerly of the Kottonmouth Kings, will also be on the tour and will embark on his first solo tour, with an impending release on February 24th. Dates below.
We received word that a new compilation has been released in which bands were given a song title and asked to come up with a song to fit that title. Participants included: Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), Mark Arm (Mudhoney), Mike Watt (Minutemen, Firehose), Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde), Neil Fallon (Clutch), Aaron Turner (Isis), Bluebird and others. The CD was made in a limited run of 997 copies, and you can get it for $10ppd in the US through chromepeeler.com.
The band is The Hiss, and their debut album Panic Movement already set off an avalanche of praise in Great Britain upon its release there this past August. Now comes its American debut and of course an e-card.
Anatomy Of A Ghost have been added to the upcoming //radiotakeover Dance or Die! Tour. The tour also features The Beautiful Mistake, Emery, and The A.K.A.'s. The trek is set to begin on March 31st and run through May 8th, hitting up cities all over the US. You can check out the latest list of confirmed dates for the tour here.
In a bit of a special announcement, poet and actor Sarah Jones will star in Bridge and Tunnel, a one-woman show about the "American Dream," as seen through the personas of fourteen characters, each with a distinct voice. Want to see what I'm talking about? Check out Sarah's performance at the Kennedy Center in DC for the Mark Twain awards honoring Lily Tomlin here, then check out the ticket details below.
The dream combination of IMA Robot, Hoobastank, and Lost Prophets is finally coming true with the MTV Campus Invasion tour. All and all, not a bad reason to skip class.
