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New Release: Queens of the Stone Age – Rated R (Deluxe Edition)

admin — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:02:09 +0000

One of Rolling Stone’s top 100 albums of the decade, Rated R from Queens Of The Stone Age marks its 10th anniversary with the expanded, two-CD Rated R – Deluxe Edition, released August 3, 2010. Added to the original album is a second disc with six B-sides and the band’s memorable summer 2000 Reading Festival concert–featuring nine previously unreleased songs, including live versions of Rated R’s «Feel Good Hit Of The Summer», «The Lost Art Of Keeping A Secret», «Better Living Through Chemistry» and «Quick And To The Pointless».

More infos: www.qotsa.com

New Release: Blood Red Shoes – Fire Like This

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 02:54:13 +0000

Blood Red Shoes shave announced details of their forthcoming album «Fire Like This», which will be the follow up to their debut «Box of Secrets».

The new album will is due to be released on March 1st in the UK Europe, and February 10th in Japan on CD and vinyl LP.

The band will also be streaming one song a week from the record on their website www.bloodredshoes.co.uk, starting with «Keeping It Close» and new single «Light It Up» this week, with more news on a special edition coming vinyl soon.

New Release: Eels – End Times

admin — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:26:27 +0000

Eels is back again!

Having had a four-year hiatus, the Eels’ delivered to the world a strong comeback album, «Hombre Lobo». Now, just months later they announce a new album, «End Times». Here is the first single, «Little Bird», which Mark Oliver Everett, aka E., recorded playing all the instruments in his Los Angeles basement studio. The new album, «End Times», comes out Jan. 19, 2010.

There’s also a confirmed tracklisting for the album, which consists of fourteen tracks of varying length, we believe:

1. The Beginning
2. Gone Man
3. In My Younger Days
4. Mansions of Los Feliz
5. A Line in the Dirt
6. End Times
7. Apple Trees
8. Paradise Blues
9. Nowadays
10. Unhinged
11. High and Lonesome
12. I Need a Mother
13. Little Bird
14. On My Feet

More Infos: www.eelstheband.com

Upcoming CD Releases in November 2009

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:29:51 +0000

New releases for this month (November 2009) include:

November 3: Weezer – Raditude
November 6: Biffy Clyro – Only Revolutions
November 10: Tori Amos – Midwinter Graces
November 17: Fall Out Boy – Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits
November 24: Tom Waits – Glitter And Doom [Live]

All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted.

Them Crooked Vultures’ Self-Titled Album Out November 17th

admin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:40:33 +0000

The burning question that’s lingered since Them Crooked Vultures made their live debut August 9th at Chicago’s Metro has finally been answered: Rock’s newest supergroup announced today that they’ll released their self-produced and self-titled album on November 17th, a week and three months after the band of Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones first appeared onstage together.

After debuting in Chicago, the Vultures went a tour of European venues and festivals before returning to the states for a run of dates that concluded October 15th at New York’s Roseland Ballroom (read our review of the show here). The 13 songs that featured in the band’s live performances will appear in all their studio glory on Them Crooked Vultures, including opening track «No One Loves Me & Neither Do I». The band is rumored to be releasing their official first single «New Fang» to radio October 26th, Blabbermouth reports.

The Vultures will embark on a brief tour of Germany in early December, then continue on to the U.K. for seven shows in eight nights. From there, they flock Down Under for six shows in Australia and New Zealand. Them Crooked Vultures promise to announce more dates following the album’s release.

More infos on: www.themcrookedvultures.com

By Justin Gerber on rollingstone.com.

Editors: Brand new single “Papillon”

admin — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:20:09 +0000

UK indie rock band Editors will be releasing their third full-length studio album «In This Light And On This Evening» on October 12th and the band is currently streaming first single, «Papillon», on their website.

More infos on: www.editorsofficial.com

Upcoming CD Releases in September 2009

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 03:15:48 +0000

New releases for this month (September 2009) include:

September 8: Danko Jones – Never Too Loud
September 8: Rodrigo Y Gabriela – 11:11
September 11: Porcupine Tree – The Incident
September 14: Muse – The Resistance
September 20: Pearl Jam – Backspaer
September 29: Alice In Chains – Black Gives Way To Blue

All dates are for U.S. releases unless otherwise noted.

New Radiohead Song “These Are My Twisted Words” Leaks

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:54:48 +0000

Radiohead has just released their latest song «These Are My Twisted Words» on the band’s official site, just days after it was leaked on the Internet. The band posted a statement on their site saying that they have been working on the song for some time and will be performing it at this summer’s concerts.

You can download the new song here (it is free of charge):
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Listen to The Fixer, the Pearl Jam single from Backspacer

admin — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:49:03 +0000

Pearl Jam has debuted the new single from their upcoming studio album, Backspacer. Give it a listen at pearljam.com.

Spread the word! Grab The Fixer widget above and post it on your blog, Facebook and other social net profiles.

New Release: The Sounds – Crossing the Rubicon

admin — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:05:16 +0000

Around the turn of the century, MTV would air segments during commercial breaks called You Hear It First. Bands like Tegan & Sara, The Strokes, and Kings of Leon were covered as they were all about to breakthrough. Another profiled was a band with a female lead singer, competently masking their Swedish upbringing through a new wave revival. They were (and are) The Sounds. They have stuck to their formula, and this proves to be detrimental for their latest album, «Crossing the Rubicon».

We’ve all heard it before. With «My Lover», the situation comes dangerously close to entering «You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)» territory, this after its Doogie Howser opening. «4 Songs & A Fight» could have come from Bloc Party’s debut. Then there are cringe worthy play on words and expressions, such as «My Lover»’s «I know you wanna beat my lover», and «Come on bring that beatbox back» in «Beatbox».

«Home is Where the Heart Is» sounds more akin to The Bravery than New Order. Featuring lines such as «Find where you belong, start to take control, show a little soul/Then you feel who you are», the syrupy lyrics pour off the plate, off the table, and onto the floor. Another interchangeable song, «Dorchester Hotel», actually spins an interesting enough tale of a woman going to a meet a man for a hopeful romantic rendezvous. This all gets bogged down by the tired chords and keyboards washing over it.

Rubicon isn’t a horrible album through and through. There are some glimmers of hope here. Final track «Goodnight Freddy» may be the album’s best. The instrumental features subtle keys before a satisfying finish that brings back the full band in tow. «Midnight Sun» features a Church-inspired acoustic section with an unforced anthem of a chorus. But these moments are far and few between.

It’s one thing to play off of inspiration. All musicians, all artists for that matter, are inspired by something out there. But they should take that inspiration and create something new and fresh. Pay tribute to your heroes, but don’t emulate them. On Rubicon, The Sounds have a tendency to come across as an ’80s cover band. Lead singer Maja Ivarsson’s vocals sound like Debbie Harry at one moment, then Missing Persons’ Dale Bozzio the next. Latter-day pop divas like Gwen Stefani and Avril Lavigne chime in, too. At this rate, no one will ever accuse anyone of sounding like Ivarsson in the near future.

Ultimately, a few good songs and good production (the balance of music and vocals is well-done) make up for uninspired songwriting that is the downfall of the album. The Sounds have amassed a cult following over the past few years, and their loyal fans will probably find more to like than most. For the previously unimpressed, look elsewhere.

More infos on the-sounds.com.

By Justin Gerber on consequenceofsound.net.