Rage Against The Machine’s Zack de la Rocha has unveiled a new song from his side project, One Day As A Lion. The track, ‘Wild International‘, is now available on the bands’ Myspace page at Myspace.com/onedayasalion. This is the first time the band, which is a partnership between Zack de la Rocha from Rage Against The Machine and Jon Theodore formerly of The Mars Volta, release any material. The duo’s self-titled debut EP is set for release Tuesday (July 22).
The Last Shadow Puppets have just added dates to their forthcoming UK tour. Alex Turner and Miles Kane are now set to play four extra shows (Wolverhampton, Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds) when they kick off their tour next month. Supporting the band on their European tour will be Ipso Facto.
The Duke Spirit are in the midst of their US tour which continued last night with a free performance at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. The UK rockers have lined up a slew of US dates including performances in San Francisco, Seattle, New York and Detroit. Fans who can’t go to a live show can see the band perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday, July 22. The band is also taking part in the Download Festival series of shows which will see them perform in Mountain View, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Camden, NJ.
In other Duke Spirit news, the band just released a new video for their track ‘Lasso‘. Video embedded below.
As the Arctic Monkeys enter the studio this week to begin working on their third album, we begin to get a little more details. Simian Mobile Disco’s James Ford, who produced the Monkeys last album, ‘Favourite Worst Nightmare‘, has confirmed he will be producing the follow-up. Ford also revealed to the Daily Star that although the LP was still in its very early stages it so far sounds more “psychedelic” than their first album (2006’s ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘).
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“It’s too early to say what sort of direction they’ll go in next,” he told the Daily Star.
“But they’ve got at least one tune up their sleeves that sounds massive already.”
“It’s much more psychedelic than the first album (2006’s ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not‘). I wouldn’t rule out a bit of R’n'B either – the boys know their stuff.”
No word yet on when the boys will be releasing the new album.
Bright Eyes‘ frontman Conor Oberst kicked off his massive world tour Wednesday (July 16) in Brazil. The singer is touring in support of his forthcoming self-titled album, his first solo album in over 13 years. Oberst, along with his newly formed Mystic Valley Band, are set to play dates in Buenos Aires, Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, New York and London among many, many more. Accompanying Oberst on several dates will be Jenny Lewis and Evangelicals. ‘Conor Oberst‘ is set for release August 4 in the UK via Wichita and August 5 in the US via Merge.
Vampire Weekend are gearing up for a tour of the UK this October. Coming off playing several festivals including T In The Park and Oxygen the band is ready for some headlining shows. They will kick off their tour at the Birmingham Academy on October 20.
The Rascals have mapped out a UK tour to set for September. Miles Kane and co. are set to begin their expedition with consecutive performances at The Picket in their hometown of Liverpool on September 17 and 18. The band will then head out across the country playing dates in Glasgow, Newcastle and Cambridge among other places.
Having recently headlined the Glastonbury festival, among others, The Kings Of Leon, have announced a UK arena tour for December. The Followill boys will kick off the tour in support of their forthcoming album, ‘Only By The Night‘, on December 1st in Brighton Centre before playing dates in Glasgow, London, Manchester and Cardiff where they will wrap things up at the Cardiff International Arena on December 17. Tickets for all shows are set to go on sale Friday (July 18) at 9am BST.
‘Only By The Night‘ is due to hit store shelves September 22.
The Long Blondes have once again been forced to cancel tour dates as guitarist Dorian Cox continues to recover from a serious illness. The band has canceled all their August dates, which consisted only of festival appearances. The band previously canceled the remainder of their July tour after Cox fell ill. The good news is that Cox seems to be recovering. In a Myspace blog post the band wrote:
We are happy to be able to tell you that Dorian is improving slowly and is on the road to recovery. However, as he is still in hospital, we will be unable to play the rest of the festivals we had booked this summer. We’re very grateful for all the messages of support we have received and for respecting our privacy too - we couldn’t ask for nicer fans than you lot.
Indie super-group Mongrel -which consist of Matt Helders from the Arctic Monkeys, Andy Nicholson formerly of the Arctic Monkeys, Babyshambles‘ Drew McConnell, Reverend And The Makers‘ Jon McClure, rapper Lowkey and Joe Moskow - are gearing up for their first UK and Irish tour. The band, who are set to release their debut album in October, has announced details of the short tour. The three day tour, with another date to be announced soon, will kick off in Dublin Academy on October 15.
Scarlett Johansson has just released a seven song iTunes Live Session EP. The EP, which is now available on iTunes, consists mostly of Tom Waits covers including ‘Anywhere I Lay My Head‘, the actress also covers The Cure’s ‘Boys Don’t Cry‘.
Vampire Weekend and The Hold Steady are just a couple of the bands headlining this year’s Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle. Also headlining the festival are Fleet Foxes and Les Savy Fav. The two-day event, now in its 11th year, will take place in Seattle’s South Capitol Hill neighborhood July 25-26. Also set to play the event are Girl Talk, Kimya Dawson, Devotchka and The Dodos.
The 38th annual Bumbershoot Festival is almost here, sort of. The three-day event, which takes place at the 74-acre Seattle Center in downtown Seattle, is set to begin August 30 and last till September 1st. The 2008 Bumbershoot music lineup includes Beck, Stone Temple Pilots, Death Cab For Cutie, Band Of Horses, Tapes n’ Tapes and many more. Aside from live music, the festival also features three stages of comedy, artists, theatre and dance. Three-day passes and single day tickets for the festival are available NOW at bumbershoot.org, Ticketmaster outlets and Ticketmaster.com. Three-day passes are $80 through August 15, and $100 thereafter. Single day-specific tickets are $35 through August 15, and $40 thereafter. For more information, visit bumbershoot.org.
Black Kids have mapped out their largest UK tour, to date, set to kick off October 22. The six date jaunt isn’t very extensive but it’s their largest headlining UK tour so far for the Jacksonville, Florida five-piece. The jaunt is in support of their album ‘Partie Traumatic‘ which was released on July 7.
Beck has unveiled details of a forthcoming US tour in support of his new album ‘Modern Guilt‘, due out in July. The jaunt will kick off on August 21 in Reno, NV and will take him to several cities including Seattle, San Diego, Hollywood, and Chicago, IL where he will be wrapping things up with consecutive performances October 2nd and 3rd.
‘Modern Guilt‘, which he co-produced with Danger Mouse, is due out July 22 in the US.
Bloc Party bassist Gordon Moakes has quit the band temporarily as he prepares for the arrival of his first baby. Moakes has taken a break from touring for “a month or so” until after his wife gives birth in a few weeks. The band have recruited friend, Daniel Lindegren to replace Moakes on bass duties as they continue their tour.
“Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to join the boys during the next month or so of touring,” said Moakes.
“The reason for this is that my wife is expecting our first baby in a few weeks and after some long hard thinking we all decided, band included, that it was a bit silly for me to be flying round the world at such a critical time in the pregnancy.
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No one wants me to wind up in the wrong continent should there be any complications or should the little one decide to put in an early appearance. So while the other chaps are jetting around the Pacific Rim I will be buying the groceries, attending ante-natal classes and generally preparing myself for the cloud of unknown that is becoming a dad.”
“For the next few weeks Daniel will be doing his best to cover my portfolio of bass, keys, buttons, knobs and things that go ‘clonk’,” said Moakes.
“He is more than proficient at many of these things so I can’t see it marring anyone’s enjoyment of the Bloc Party experience while I’m away. All being well, I will return to reclaim my mantle around the end of August, possibly bringing with me some profound wisdom as a new father, if not a complete lack of sleep,” he added.
Oasis have unveiled the tracklisting for their forthcoming album, ‘Dig Out Your Soul‘. The album, the follow-up to 2005’s ‘Don’t Believe The Truth‘, is due out October 6 on the band’s own label Big Brother. Among the tracks included are ‘The Shock Of The Lightning‘ and ‘Falling Down‘ which was purported to have been remixd by the Chemical Brothers and leaked online. The fist single from the new album, ‘The Shock Of The Lightning‘ is due out September 29. Via NME.
Coldplay kicked off the North American leg of their world tour, in support of ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends‘, Monday night (July 14) at the Forum in Los Angeles. The band continue their tour Friday (July 18) in San Jose, CA after which they will head to Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia and several other cities before heading to the UK and Europe. To celebrate the beginning of their tour, Coldplay have made available a free download of a new track not found on the new album. The song, ‘Death Will Never Conquer‘, can be downloaded on the band’s website simply by entering your email address. Get the song here.
We are getting a bit more details about I’m From Barcelona’s highly anticipated sophomore album, ‘Who Killed Harry Houdini?‘. The tracklisting for the forthcoming album has been unveiled. The album, which was inspired by magician Harry Houdini, will hit store shelves October 14th through Mute Records.
