"Inspirational" songs from P.O.D., Moby and the Foo Fighters are among those included on Committed 2 Rock, a compilation due January 27th (that'd be tomorrow). Organized by producer David Pack after reading about a recent double suicide, the album also features Dave Matthews Band, Jimmy Eat World, and 311.
Guitarist Warren Haynes has joined the evolving lineup of the (dead, gone, Jerry was the cornerstone stop beating a dead horse) Grateful Dead, featuring members of the original dead Bob Weir, Phil Lesh and Mickey Hart. Haynes will also continue playing in Gov't Mule and totally kicking arse in the Allman Brothers Band. The new Dead lineup will debut February 9th at the second annual Winter Jam at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco.
The Von Bondies will promote their major-label debut, which you are aware of, Pawn Shoppe Heart, due March 10th, with a North American tour kicking off February 18th in East Lansing, Michigan. The tour wraps March 29th in Hollywood.
Talib Kweli told Okayplayer.com that his new album Beautiful Struggle so far consists of around 14 tracks and is slated for release this spring. We already know that it features guest spots from Common, Killer Mike, Mary J. Blige, Faith Evans, Latoya Williams, and Res.
The Walkmen are embarking on a West Coast tour with Weird War to support their upcoming release Bows and Arrows. You can also catch them on Letterman on the 6th of February. Check the dates…
Deerhoof will be on tour during the month of February, playing tunes from last year’s Apple O’ and playing material from their upcoming album Milk Man, due out March 9. Check out the dates…
Ryan Adams fell six feet off a stage during a gig and Liverpool and broke his wrist. He continued to play, but the pain was too much and cut the set short to go to the hospital. What a trooper! Most likely, the rest of the tour will be delayed. D'oh!
If you appreciate some good humor and music-site rivalry, go here to see Subpop take a shot at Pitchfork.
Elbow have covered Massive Attack's (whatever happened to them?) "Teardrop" on their new single Not A Job. The track, the third to be lifted from second albumCast Of Thousands, comes out February 23. A DVD release will feature a personal photo gallery put together by singer Guy Garvey.
Beth Orton and M. Ward are going on tour together in Australia in February. The more has the dates for sure.
A live version of Kathleen Edwards, arteest behind one of my favorite driving albums, Failer, covering AC/DC’s “Money Talks” can now be downloaded from Pure Tracks.
After bringing us Amen Andrews and YosepH in 2003, Luke Vibert has adopted another moniker, Kerrier District project, and is releasing an album under said name on the 26th of January. Vibert is currently on tour with Aphex Twin, and you can read an article about that, from Aphex's point of view, here. Pre-order Luke's album in WarpMart and listen to the singles on MP3 at Rephlex when you've got the time, cool?
Brendan Benson's out-of-print debut One Mississippi is being re-released, and on it are the Wellfed Boy EP and bonus tracks from the original Japanese release. The link's broken on Benson's page, but you can grab it at Amazon.com, and I got a tracklisting for you at the more.
The Pickin' On bluegrass series continues with the newest volume Pickin' on Jack Johnson. Bluegrass players including Gordon Stone, Doug Perkins and Adam Frehm cover an album's worth of songs from Jack Johnson, who is currently being picked on by Ben Stiller in his latest video for "Taylor" off of the *excellent* album On and On. You can listen to samples and purchase the album online at Barnes & Noble.
Well, not so much an extension of the upcoming A Perfect Circle tour, but an amusing interview with VH1 trying "to get to the bottom of this Maynard character" is pretty good. Keenan talks about how A Perfect Circle avoided turning into Styx, his love of Isaac Asimov, his problems with light, and why you can’t beat Australian wine. Read.
You know about "Mono", you know about drugs, and now here's another tidbit about media darling Courtney Love. She has a new website with a picture and more, since her album America's Sweetheart is coming out on February 10th, 2004. You can pre-order at Amazon and see the cover, and see that this woman is still like no other. Tracklisting at the more, and we'll keep you in line, and as for reviews- Hey guys, this one is mine.
The forthcoming Polyphonic Spree album has been titled Together We're Heavy. While no official tracklisting has been announced we do have a long list of song titles that are tenatively scheduled to appear. In other band news, the 25-piece group is set to remix a Yoko Ono track and score a film entitled "Thumbsucker."
In celebration of ten years of successfully putting out great records, Fierce Panda will be releasing Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda. The retrospective compilation features the likes of Supergrass, Placebo, Death Cab for Cutie, Coldplay, and many more. Several of the tracks are b-sides or demo versions not available from any other label. Expect this one to be available March 1st (at least in the UK).
Sufjan Stevens is set to release his second album Seven Swans on March 16th via Sounds Familyre. If you're wondering when this indie/folk rocker will be releasing the proper state-themed followup to Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lake State, have no fear. He is reportedly going back in the studio this year to record an album about Illinois (no joke).
According to the latest SpinArt Records newsletter, in April they will be releasing a double-CD set entitled Frank Black Francis. Not much else is mentioned, in regards to whether it will be Frank Black & The Catholics or just Charles by himself, but needless to say the title is what fans hope is a bit revealing about Mr. Black's future plans.
