Just as they did with Slanted and Enchanted, Pavement will re-release Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain with several bonuses and extra goodies. This one will be out sometime during the holidays.

Details are still sparse, but The Cure is working on a new album due out in the Spring. Singer Robert Smith told Rolling Stone, "It's going to be a very heavy album...Cure heavy, not new-metal heavy." Regarding all the recent bands that are heavily Cure-inspired, Smith explains, "I try and spot how I've inspired these young bands...I buy their albums on Amazon." Hmmm...honesty or shameless plug?

The Jealous Sound are hitting the road again with their Better Looking semi-labelmates Cursive. The band is also slated to begin work on a video for "The Fold Out" next month, and after a short break for Christmas, will hit the road again in early 2004. Click more for tour dates.

Famous Players Theatres are giving fans across Canada the chance to see the Coldplay Coldplay Live 2003 DVD the night before its release. On November 10th, ten Canadian theatres will premiere exclusive screenings, so check your local Famous Players for availability.

Check out the video for The Strokes latest single "12:51" from their forthcoming album Room On Fire in Real Video, Windows Media, or Quicktime.

Looks like those wanting to get their hands on the Tenacious D DVD The Complete Masterworks will have to wait just a little bit longer. We had told you that it would be in stores late October, but the new teaser site is reporting that the discs are to be released November 4th.

"There's a little bit of poetry, but it's not a poetry book, it's an art book. It's a visual piece. Most of it is sketchbook drawings from the past eight years. Most of the content is stuff from being on tour." Who? What? On tour? Don't get too excited, mes amis, it's only Brandon Boyd of Incubus, and he's just selling a book called "White Fluffy Clouds" (after a name he gave one of his sketchbooks), on a Web site he's launching later this week at www.brandonboyd.com. No big deal. Thanks to VH1.com for the quote.

The first-ever Tooth and Nail tour will start this February and hit most major cities. Along for the ride are Further Seems Forever, Anberlin, mewithoutYou, Watashi Wu, and Emory. Specific dates to be announced soon.

Spoon has released details of their new album; currently, it is to be titled The Beast and Dragon Are Adored and will tentatively be out in the Spring of 2004. Because they are hard at work writing and recording, touring will be limited. In fact, so limited, only three dates have been announced. Click more to see if you are lucky enough to live in one of the cities they are visiting…

As previously reported, The Walkmen are prepping their new album, Bows and Arrows. We now have a tracklisting for this future classic.

Iggy Pop is back and will release a new disc, entitled Skull Ring, on November 4th. To get a taste of the madman's new material, check out the first single, “Little Know It All” in Windows Media.

It's that time again. Due to our constant growth and over 200 albums sitting in our queue waiting to be reviewed, we need a couple more quality album reviewers. So, if you think you have what it takes, send your info along with a sample review to hireme@silentuproar.com and we will get back to you. We are going to be giving special consideration to people that are into hardcore, metal, and alternative rock this time around. I look forward to hearing from all of you.

To celebrate the release of their new album, Softcore Jukebox, Ladytron and Insound are offering you 15% off all Ladytron releases at Insound when you use the coupon code "ladytron15". Saving money on great music is good news for everyone.

Starting and ending Tuesday, October 14th the video for the Deftones song "Bloody Cape" will be available. There is only one day to catch the premiere, as there is no official release date for the video. Hopefully their official site bandwidth can stand the pressure.

In case you haven't heard The Weakerthans new album, Reconstruction Site, Epitaph has posted a stream of the entire thing on the album's ecard. What a nice way to start your day - don't you think?

Yesterday, NOFX released their first DVD, 10 Years of Fuckin' Up, on Fat Wreck. It includes footage from over a decade of the band’s existence (wow!) and commentary from the band members and members of the Vandals. Check out the ecard here.

The Dropkick Murphys, longtime fans of the Boston Bruins, have joined forces with the NHL team. After the November 15 Bruins v. Canucks game at the FleetCenter, DKM will perform for the fans in a show that will most likely include “Time to Go,” a Bruins anthem.

John Lydon of the Sex Pistols plans to bring his autobiography, Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs to the big screen. No casting plans have been announced yet, but Penelope Spheeris (of Wayne’s World Fame) will be directing.

The influential Jawbreaker will be re-releasing their final studio album, Dear You, on Blackball Records in February 2004. The original was released on Geffen on 1995, and it currently out of print. This version will contain five more additional tracks than the original, a 24-page booklet, and the video for “Fireman.” You now know what to get your sweetie for Valentine’s Day.

Badly Drawn Boy has announced some US tour dates in November, perhaps to test out some new material for his follow-up to Have You Fed The Fish? Pretty much all East Coast dates (ha ha, West Coast!) and two dates in Texas.