Can’t wait for the release of the St. Vincent album May 5th, go over to NPR to listen to the full album stream tonight at 11:59 PM (WTF?). The album, Actor, is part of a small amount of other albums that have received the same treatment, i.e. Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Leonard Cohen,…
Tag: New Albums
Au Revoir Simone
Au Revoir Simone will be setting out on tour in support of their forthcoming album, Still Night, Still Light, to be released May 18th. Au Revoir Simone-Fallen Snow (Teenagers Remix) US TOUR (via BV) 21 May – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace 22 May – Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe 28 May – Boston, MA…
Hockey
I regret not being able seeing Hockey at SXSW, but I can console myself knowing that the group will be dropping their forthcoming album, Mind Chaos, Aug 25th. In the meanwhile, you can catch them if you live on the Left Coast. HOCKEY on the West Coast, April 2009: 4/15 La Jolla, CA The Loft…
Better Than Ezra
This is a band name I haven’t thought of since high school. Semisonic, Third Eye Blind, Bush, Nada Surf, and Better Than Ezra were all bands all you kids that graduated high school from 95-99 can relate to. Their forthcoming album, Paper Empire, is scheduled to be released May 12th (you can purchase it here)…
Regina Spektor
There is news that there will be a new record from Miss Spektor. The piano songstress will be releasing her forthcoming , Far Set, June 23rd. She has assembled the dream team for producers, Jeff Lynne (ELO, The Traveling Wilburys), Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Eminem), David Kahne (Paul McCartney, The Strokes) and Garret “Jacknife” Lee…
Gregory Alan Isakov
Coloradoan (he’s really from South Africa, but for all intents and purposes, the guy rests his head to sleep here) is exploding with lots of great news. The punk folkie (he style was dubbed punk folk by the Indigo Girls) has a new album on the burner and a tour that starts with his album…
DATAROCK NEW ALBUM
Datarock is prepared to conquer the world, one sweatsuit at a time, I mean one album, at a time. Their forthcoming album , Red, is slated to be released Sept. 1st and you can catch your first glimpse of their material below. The video draws from inspirations from Romeo and Juliet to West Side Story,…
Pete Yorn to Open for Coldplay
Ever since his monster debut album came out in 2001, Yorn has become the incredible shrinking man. I hope his forthcoming album from Columbia titled, Back and Forth, slated to be released on June 23rd. The project isn’t produced by Rick Rubin, but he oversaw the project from start to finish, which is damn close…
The Juan Maclean
The Juan Maclean has put together a mix for XLR8R as a podcast that you can check out here. He’s promoting his early 80’s influenced beat driven album April 14th, titled, The Future Will Come. Future Perfect Podcast Tracklisting: 01 Hawkwind – “10 Seconds of Forever” – (United Artists Records) 02 The Juan MacLean –…
Metric Tour
Hot on their forthcoming release (fans can purchase Fantasies as of tomorrow on iTunes), the group has announced a tour and some great news. The group’s single, Help I’m Alive ,debuted at #1 on the FMQB Top 25 Singles Chart for US Specialty beating out the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Decemberists. Crazy. Metric-Help, I’m…