Fresh off their secret performance at Glastonbury, The Last Shadow Puppets, are gearing up for a full fledged tour of both the UK and US. Turner and Kane, along with a 16-piece orchestra, are gearing up to hit the road this October. Among the dates are performances in London’s Hammersmith Apollo, New York’s Grand Ballroom and Los Angeles’ Mayan Theater.
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Nine Inch Nails recently released album ‘Slip‘, which was released only as a free download at NIN.com, will now be available as a limited-edition CD/DVD. The special CD will hit shelves on July 22 and only 250,000 copies of the CD will be released worldwide. Included in the limited-edition pack will be individually numbered six-panel digipak which includes a bonus DVD of performances filmed during rehearsals for the band’s upcoming Lights In The Sky tour. Also included is a 24-page booklet. Vinyl lovers will also have an opportunity to pick up a gatefold vinyl versions of ‘Slip‘ along with a 24-page booklet when it is release on August 5. The band have also recently announced dates for their upcoming North American tour which will kick-off July 25 with a slot at the Pemberton Festival in Pemberton, BC.
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Franz Ferdinand’s third album won’t be out till January but fans will get to hear their first single from the forthcoming album when it is included on Madden NFL 09’s soundtrack. The soundtrack for the game is due out August 12. The band also recently revealed a few live dates where you might also catch a couple of new songs.
Franz Ferdinand Posted on Jun 30th, 2008 by Carlos | 1 Comment »
It seems talent runs through the Yorke family. Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s brother is set to release his debut solo album. Andy Yorke will release ‘Simple‘ on July 14. Yorke was previously in the band The Unbelievable Truth who released two albums, 1998’s ‘Almost Here‘ and 2000’s ‘Sorrythankyou‘, before breaking-up. Nigel Powell and Jason Moulster his former bandmates backed up Yorke on his debut album.
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Cold War Kids have revealed a few details about their as-yet-untitled second album. The band have been in the studio recording material for the new album, and follow-up to 2006’s ‘Robbers & Cowards‘, and are expected to release it sometime in September. If you can’t wait that long to hear the new album, the band are expected to preview a few songs off of it on their current US tour which continues today with a free show in Prospect Park, NY as part of Celebrate Brooklyn series. The band is also set for several festivals including Sunset Junction and Voodoo fest.
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The Black Keys are set to headline this year’s
Sunset Junction Festival in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Los Angeles. Also set for the annual two-day festival, which takes place August 23 and 24, are
Broken Social Scene,
Cold War Kids,
!!!, and
Johnathan Rice. Aside from the bands, the festival features games, art exhibits and carnival rides. For more information visit
Sunsetjunction.org.
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After a grueling tour schedule,
Be Your Own Pet have decided to pull out of their slot at this year’s forthcoming
Warped tour. The band made the following announcement on their website:
“We regret to inform our fans that we will not be participating in this year’s Warped tour. We have been going non-stop for the past 6 months and didn’t realize how much the intense schedule would take out of us. Something had to give and sadly it’s this tour.”
Also cancelled was the bands August 7 show at McCarren Pool in Brooklyn.
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Still in the midst of recovering after being rushed to the hospital suffering from acute pancreatitis last week, Carl Barat, will perform a 40-minute solo set at this year’s Glastonbury on Sunday night (June 29). The performance, which will take place on the Left Field stage, will also include an appearance by Billy Bragg who is set to join him on a few songs.
Dirty Pretty Things Posted on Jun 27th, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The Vines are back with their fourth album, ‘Melodia‘, which is set for U.S. CD release exclusively via Insound. That’s not the only news, according to Billboard, fans who pre-order the album will receive a free MP3 of the track ‘Make Believe‘ which is not on the new album. The album is set to hit store shelves on July 19th through the band’s new label Ivy League Records.
The Vines Posted on Jun 26th, 2008 by John | 1 Comment »
Dirty Pretty Things are the latest addition to this year’s T4 On The Beach. The one-day festival, which takes place at Weston-Super-Mare on July 20, has also added Kelly Rowland and Five O’ Clock Heroes to the bill. The new additions join previous announced performers including Sam Sparro, Lightspeed Champion and The Pigeon Detectives.
Dirty Pretty Things
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The Kooks are set to play Rumsey Playfield in Central Park among other venues in their forthcoming US tour. The jaunt, which kicks off September 10 at the Rumsey Playfield, also known as Summerstage, will see the band perform at venues both big and small including the House Of Blues in Dallas, Texas. To purchase tickets for any upcoming show head over to Ticketmaster.
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If you’re planning on illegally downloading
Guns N Roses leaked tracks from their forthcoming album, ‘Chinese Democracy’, you better think twice.
Kevin Skwerl, the blogger who leaked nine tracks from the forthcoming album has been questioned by the FBI. Two agents visited
Skwerl at his office and questioned him about the source of the files which he posted on his blog
Antiquiet last week before removing them after a take down notice from
Axl Rose’s attorneys. Skwerl, who is a former employee of
Universal Music, was asked by the agents to hand over the original files which he did not have. Speaking to
rollingstone.com Skwerl said he wasn’t worried about any legal action that might come from posting the tracks saying:
Axl Rose of Guns N Roses “I’m not so worried about that. It’s a legal grey area since it wasn’t for download, it wasn’t a finished product. We aren’t sure who owns the recordings. I feel like I might survive this.”
The tracks were removed from his blog after ““a really cool guy from the Gn’R camp” asked for the take down.”He was trying to reach out and see if I’d go without a fight, which is more or less what I did,” said Skwerl.
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The Killers and
The Jesus And Mary Chain are just a couple of the bands set to headline this year’s US
Download Festival. The three-city festival will take place in three separate cities. The festival kicks off in San Francisco at the
Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View on July 19. The following day (July 20) the festival takes place at the
Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles. The final day will be held at S
usquehanna Bank Center in Camden, New Jersey. Each location will have a slightly different lineup. For more information visit
Downloadfestival.com.
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Cut Copy are set to release a single from their new album ‘In Ghost Colours‘. The single, ‘Hearts On Fire‘, will be release on July 5 and will feature remixes of the song by Midnight Juggernauts, Holy Ghost!, and Knightlife. The band, who are in the midst of a European tour, have also added a few more dates to the jaunt.
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If a band’s success is measured by the number of times their music is played on the radio, then Coldplay would be beyond successful. Chris Martin and Co. are set to have their very own US radio station on XM Radio’s channel 51. The station will only last one month and will coincide with their upcoming North American tour in support of their new album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘, which kicks off July 14 in Los Angeles. ‘30 Days of Coldplay‘ will feature exclusive live performances from the band as well as interviews, rare tracks and more. The station will broadcast from July 15 until August 15. XM Radio is a pay-for-service satelite radio.
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Are Former Libertines‘ Pete Doherty and Carl Barat writing songs together? Well according to The Sun they are. The pair had been reportedly writing songs together for a musical before Barat’s hospitalization for acute pancreatitis a couple weeks ago. The songs are so good, however, that the two are thinking of keeping some for themselves to record together. According to The Sun an “anonymous” source said the “songs have been pouring out of the pair and now they’re considering holding back a few compositions to record and maybe release in the future.” Although The Sun has, in the past, been wrong on a few things, let’s hope they aren’t wrong on this one.
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Coldplay appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night (June 25). Chris Martin and co. played ‘42‘ and ‘Lost!‘ from their recently release album ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘.
**video has been removed because it wasn’t working properly, will try to get it back up***
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The Chemical Brothers are set to release a ‘best of’ compilation album this summer. ‘Brotherhood‘, which will feature two discs, is set to hit the shelves September 1. The compilation album will include 14 past singles as well as new track ‘Keep My Composure‘ which features Spank Rock. Disc two of the album will feature a series of tracks the band made under the name Electronic Battle Weapons for DJs to test in clubs.
Chemical Brothers Posted on Jun 25th, 2008 by John | No Comments »
The Verve debuted a new single Monday (June 23) that is currently streaming on the band’s MySpace page. The track, ‘Love Is Noise‘, is from their forthcoming album which is due out August 19 in the US.
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Brian Wilson is among the latest addition to the forthcoming Newport Folk Festival. The three day event, which takes place August 1-3 in Newport, RI, will also see performances by Cat Power, The Black Crowes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Jimmy Buffett and many more.
Cat Power Posted on Jun 25th, 2008 by Carlos | 1 Comment »
