To promote their new album, Earthquake Glue, which you should've already known about, Guided By Voices will be hiding 25 golden tickets inside copies of the new CD. The golden tickets, which were inspired by Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, will allow the lucky winners to win advanced copies of their upoming box set available on November 4th.
It seems Plaid are set to release their new album, titled Spokes, on October 21st (US). How do we know? Well, you can visit their website to view what seems to be a slice of the cover art, which was painted by Elena Kopenkova of The Designers Republic, and the release date is revealed in the page title. Well, that and Warp Records have posted a press release about the album. Head over there and read up.
Head over to Matador if you want to check out a preview track, titled "The Struggle Against Unreality Begins", from the upcoming Matmos album, Civil War. Watch out for the record in stores on September 23rd. Oh yeah, you can can check out the album cover art too!
According to his website, Lenny Kravitz is set to release his follow-up to Lenny, which is simply titled Funk, sometime later this year. It is also rumored that Prince will appear on the track "God Is Funky!"
The Raveonettes will release their major-label debut, Chain Gang Of Love, on September 2nd (US). Head over to their website to watch the video for the first single, "That Great Love Sound".
Of course we love posting bad limpbizkit news. This past Saturday at the Chicago stop of the Summer Sanitarium tour, The Bizkit were met with intensified boos and pelted with trash when they walked on stage. In response, Durst egged the crowd on "by exploding into a bizarre tantrum where he shouted profanity and homophobic slurs at the crowd, and the entire city of Chicago." Smart Fred. The band played a few songs, but then left the stage, leaving only Durst, who continued to berate the crowd with insults until he was finally relieved of the mic. Thanks to the Tripwire for giving us something to laugh at. In other news, Durst and Co. have apparently concluded work on their new album. XFM.com is reporting that the band has finished work on 18 songs and Durst has been saying "[he'd] like to get them all on [the album]."
Travis have posted the third installment of their studio journal online via their website. For those who've missed previous installments, the band and producer Tchad Blake have now headed to Peter Gabriel's Real World Studios to begin mixing the record. Travis' follow-up to The Invisible Band should see the light of day later this year.
According to everyone, the Deftones have chosen "Hexagram" as their next single from Deftones. It should hit radio soon and then we'll all be tired of hearing it as well.
If you'd like a decent quality, bootleg MP3 of the new Glassjaw song, "Natural Born Farmer", being performed on the Warped Tour, then head over to glassjaw.net (very well done fansite) and nab it for yourself. And, yes, the drum beat is as fun to watch as it is to listen to.
What have Nonpoint been up to? Well, according to bassist Rob Rivera, the band have been writing new material for their follow-up to the disappointing Development. Fans should expect a stronger Latino feel in the music, double bass, "crunchin' riffs", and "energetic vibes." As for the overall feel of the new record, Rivera promises "total energy from start to finish." Well, let's hope they make good on their word. No studio time has been set to record the new material.
Cake have brought back the Unlimited Sunshine Tour again this year. While not quite boasting a comparable lineup to last year, it's still going to happen all throughout September with Cheap Trick, The Detroit Cobras, The Hackenshack Boys and special guest Charlie Louvin. So, check the website for dates and more details.
The track listing for the new Dido album, Life For Rent, has been revealed. And, the first single, "White Flag", has been pushed back until September 1st, which probably means the September 30th album release date will be pushed as well. Nevertheless, here's the tracks...
The Living End have now finalized the track listing for their new album, MODERN ARTillery, now due out October 21st or 28th in the US. The order was previously up in the air, but now it's been ironed out...
Sonic Youth will be inducted into Hollywood's RockWalk on Monday, August 18th at 7pm in recognition of the group's contribution to the musical artform. RockWalk is a sidewalk gallery on Sunset Blvd. that is dedicated to honoring those innovators and originators who have made a significant and lasting impact to rock n'roll. For more information, check out RockWalk's website.
R&B enchantress Erykah Badu will release her third album, Worldwide Underground, on September 16th via Motown Records. The set will feature appearances from Lenny Kravitz on "Back In The Day" as well as Queen Latifah, Angie Stone and Bahmadia on the remake of "Funk You Up". Expect the first single, "Danger", to his radio sometime this month. Hats off to Billboard for the heads up.
Not that you'll be able to tell the new songs from the old ones, but Andrew WK is heading out on tour in support of his forthcoming September 9th album, The Wolf. Check the more for dates.
Ben Folds is hitting the Internet tomorrow, July 28th at 8pm ET, to talk about all of his upcoming EPs, his upcoming tour with Tori Amos, and his forthcoming full-length for early 2004. Here's the address, don't miss out.
As you know, Saves The Day have finished up work on their new album, In Reverie, which is due out September 16th. Well, thanks to fanscape.com, you can preview the first track from the album, "Anywhere With You", in either Windows Media or Real Audio format. Sounds like it's going to be great.
During some down time on this year's Summer Sanitarium Tour, Metallica decided to shoot a video for their next single from St. Anger, "Frantic". The video was shot in Montreal by director Wayne Isham, who has worked with Metallica in the past on their videos for "Enter Sandman", "Sad But True", "I Disappear", "Cunning Stunts", and "S&M". The concept of the video tells the story of a man who is losing control of his life and, after a series of flashbacks, intentionally causes a multi-vehicle crash. Should be great!
You can preview the first single "Weak and Powerless" from the forthcoming A Perfect Circle disc Thirteenth Step over at aperfectcircle.org. Be patient, their bandwidth limit is certainly being pushed. UPDATE: Screw a 40-second high-quality clip, you want a full-length radio bootleg, right? Get it here.
