A MP3 of Guided by Voices' "My Kind Of Soldier" is available now for your listening pleasure, as well as the MP3 of "I'll Replace You With Machines". Both songs are in support of GBV's new album Earthquake Glue.
Aereogramme will be releasing their Livers and Lungs EP, a four-track disc complete with a cover of Michael Jackson's "Thriller", so let's hope they do the zombie dance in concert.
The New Pornographers will be making their US network TV debut on "Late Night With David Letterman" Tuesday, June 17. An Mp3 of "The New Face Of Zero & One" is available now, while you wait for the band to appear in your town on their upcoming tour (dates are at the more- ooh, couplet!)
Krazy Fest has announced the addtion of The Blood Brothers and Dillinger Four to the 2003 lineup. The annual festival will be held in Louisville, KY the weekend of August 1-3.
Along with the release of The Animatrix DVD, a collection of nine short films from the creators of The Matrix trilogy, the Matrix franchise will also release a soundtrack to accompany the films. The tracklisting is in the more, but here are 3 different audio streams for the tracks "Red Pill" by Junkie XL, "The Real" by Tech Itch, and "Martineau Waves" by Meatbeat Manifesto. Both the album and DVD are due in stores on June 3rd!
It's been a full week since the last Radiohead update... Remember that NYC date to take place a few days before the Field Day Festival? Well, more reliable details have emerged. It will take place at the Beacon Theatre on June 5th. Tickets to the general public go on sale Saturday, May 31st (time not specified) and will cost $2 with a $2 service fee (do the math). It's one of those $2bill concerts that will be aired on MTV2 at a later date... What are your chances of getting a ticket? Slim to none, but the band did set up a website for fans to try their luck in a lottery to win tickets. Sign up at www.radioheadtickets.rlc.net. between noon and 8 PM EST on Tuesday, May 27th. If you should happen to score tickets to the show, remember who told you and hook me up!
While you're waiting on Tori Amos' new tour to swing your way, check out an unreleased track on Scarlet's Web, Tori's website, with your Scarlet's Walk CD. "Seaside" can be found in the "Cape Cod" area of the Scarlet's Walk Map. In other Tori news, "Scarlet's Sessions" were taped at Sony Music Studios on November 14, 2002, and Trio will be airing it at the times at the mo'...
Acceptance's new album Black Lines To Battlefields in stores today. You can check out their tour dates at the more.
How are your frequent flyer miles holding up? If they're good, you got two parties to check out: the Sonar 2003 festival is on June 12th-14th in London and will feature Squarepusher (these type of appearances usually prelude to a new album, so wink nudge). Plaid DJs, DJ James Murphy aka LCD Soundsystem, DJ Trevor Jackson, Ladytron (Live), MJ Cole, Colder and Spanish DJ Sideral will also be there, with details at the more. Now, you also have a chance to see Aphex Twin at the Rephresh @ Plastic People on the 21st May, and Luke Vibert will also be there. Check the more for more info.
You can watch the video for "Seventeen" from Ladytron over on their official website.
We told you to be wary of the July 22nd release date some sources were targetting for a new Fiona Apple record and we were right. The new, and still tenative, date is set for September 30th, 2003.
White Stripes tour dates coming your way. No details on who is opening. You know where to look...
The Dandy Warhols forthcoming effort Welcome To The Monkey House has been pushed from a July 22nd release to August 5th. If you love buying imports, you can order it now from your favorite overseas retailer.
Hellcat/Epitaph Records will release the new Rancid album Indestructible on July 22nd. No tracklisting yet, as it is still being determined.
If you live in the California area The Jealous Sound will be playing select record stores in preparation for their new record Killing Them With Kindness. Attendees will recieve posters, stickers as well as an in-store preformance. The band is also playing with the Foo Fighters this month so click more for all dates.
Iggy Pop recorded a song with all members of Sum 41 for his next album, Skull Ring. The song, entitled "Little Know It All," will be released by Virgin Records this September.
Matchbook Romance will be heading out on tour in a couple of days, but have a few dates that are still open. They are looking for fans to book them a show or house party for selected dates. Check out the dates...
Head over to moneen.com to check out the new website for recently-signed, Vagrant Records group Moneen. Their new album, Are We Really Happy With Who We Are Right Now, is due out June 17th in the US, but June 3rd in Canada.
While typically a Merge Records artist, Spoon is set to release a 7-track EP on 12XU Records featuring the Kill The Moonlight track "The Way We Get By". The rest of the disc is live cuts from various performances and should be released on August 18th. The label and band might possibly, hopefully, include CD-Extras of the bands videos - but that has yet to be confirmed (though you can watch some of them on the 12XU site). Heck, even the tracklist is somewhat tenative, but we'll let you know if anything changes.
We told you that Ween had a new album ready to go entitled quebec. However, we did not tell you that it will be released July 22nd on Sanctuary Records. Expect a nice US tour in support.
