Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead discusses MP3 quality with the New Yorker.
US pop-punk band Bowling For Soup have revealed the tracklisting to their new album Sorry for Partyin’. The album is released 12 October on A&G. Tracklisting after the jump.
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Yorkshire-based ska band Random Hand are releasing Anger Management on 14 September, the first single from their second album Inhale/Exhale, prior to a tour of Europe with Sonic Boom Six.
American post-hardcore band Saosin’s long-awaited second album In Search of Solid Ground can be streamed from their MySpace.
Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of US indie-rock band Weezer, has admitted in an interview with Rolling Stone that the song Undone – The Sweater Song is a rip-off of Metallica’s Sanitarium.
The cover-art to the self-titled debut album from indie supergroup Monsters of Folk, featuring Yim Yames of My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst and Mike Mogis from Bright Eyes, and singer-songwriter M. Ward, has appeared on Amazon. The album is released 21 September on Rough Trade.
Noise rock band Health have released the video to their song Die Slow, taken from their soon-to-be-released second album Get Color. View it on YouTube or after the jump. The band tour the UK in October.
Source: Punknews
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US punk-rock band The Riot Before have signed to Paper and Plastick, the record label owned by Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake.
Source: their MySpace via Punknews
Death Metal outfit Black Dahlia Murder Video have released a bowling-themed music video for their song Necropolis, from their forthcoming album Deflorate. Check it on MySpace Video.
Source: Punknews
The Get Up Kids are previewing the live video content from their upcoming rerelease of their seminal album Something To Write Home About on their MySpace. The deluxe CD/DVD set is released on 7 September to celebrate the album’s tenth anniversary.
Source: Punknews
Long-running American punk band Bad Religion are repressing their early releases on limited edition vinyl. Each album is limited to 300 copies. Check Epitaph Record’s online store for more details.
Source: Punknews
Ignite vocalist Zoli Teglas will be the temporary vocalist for Pennywise on their upcoming US tour dates, after former frontman Jim Lindberg left in late August after over 20 years leading the band.
Source: Punknews
30 Seconds to Mars have announced the tracklisting to This Is War, the followup to 2005’s A Beautiful Lie. The album is due to be released on 20 October. Tracklisting after the jump.
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Iggy and the Stooges are reuniting with Raw Power-era guitarist James Williamson, with their dates at All Tomorrow’s Parties on 2 and 3 May being his first gigs since leaving the band in 1974. He replaces former guitarist Ron Asheton who died in January aged 60.
Source: NME
Australian hard-rock act Wolfmother have delayed their new album release by two weeks. Their new album, Cosmic Egg will now be released on 26 October. The band had the 2005 hit Woman, but two of their original three-person lineup have since left the band, with vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale since recruiting new members for the followup. Tracklisting after the jump.
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Following up his Reading and Leeds performances last weekend, Ian Brown is playing a free show in London on 28 September to promote his new album. Dubbed as his “most intimate show … ever played in the UK”, it’s to promote his new album My Way released on the same day, with tickets being distributed randomly from those who preorder his album as HMV.com. For details, see his website.
Source: NME
The American folk singer-songwriter Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy has just released the video to How About Thank You, taken from the Chijimi EP EP.
The video is embedded after the jump, alternatively head over to Vimeo to check it out.
Source: Strangeglue
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Pop-punk-turned-indie-rock band Brand New have announced they’re playing a one-off date at Wembley Arena on 23 January 2010. The show will be their biggest headline show to date. Their new album Daisy is released 21 September, and is the follow-up to 2006’s The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me.
American singer-songwriter Regina Spektor has announced a 4-date UK tour for November and December, tickets are already on sale. Dates after the jump.
Source: NME
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