Archive for the 'Albums' Category


The Walkmen announce tour

Indie rockers The Walkmen have announced a tour that will begin in May and span into the summer. The trip will start on May 23 in NYC and end on June 29 in Boston. In addition to the big tour, Hamilton Leithauser and crew will play a Coachella as well as a handful of UK […]

Boards of Canada ready new EP

Pitchfork is reporting that Boards of Canada, the downtempo brothers from up north, are on the verge of releasing a new EOP. Trans Canada Highway will hit shelves June 6 on Warp Records.
The track listing is thus:
01 Dayvan Cowboy
02 Left Side Drive
03 Heard From Telegraph Lines
04 Skyliner
05 Under the Coke Sign
06 Dayvan Cowboy (Odd […]

Head like a Hole

The NME is reporting that everyone’s favorite killer of Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, will be returning to the studio this spring. Love, who previously headed grunge act Hole, will release later this year her sophmore album titled Exile in Blonde.
When asked to comment on her new material, Love responded, “I don’t generally talk about what […]

Junior Boys drop album details

You know, I just checked the Junior Boys website this morning. They posted on Jan 29 saying info on the new album was coming soon and I’ve been checking the site religiously since then.
So I was completely surprised when I checked Pitchfork this afternoon and saw a post about the forthcoming Junior Boys album. […]

Flaming Lips single released

I missed this yesterday. Sorry. I’m a slacker. I know. Anyway, The Flaming Lips have released “The W.A.N.D.” the first single from their forthcoming At War With the Mystics. The full album is due out April 4 in the states.
The album has been circulating on the web for about a month now and reviews […]

Tool album finds name

Toolband.com was updated this morning with an interesting bit of information about the new album. The site states:
JUST IN CASE YOU’RE INTERESTED…
The artwork for the upcoming Tool album is going to the separators/printers today, therefore it will eventually be leaked out that the name of the album is (drum roll…….) ‘ 10,000 days […]

Mogwai defend America, Europe

Mogwai starts the first leg of its voyage tonight in Chicago, hopefully ridding it of the encroaching Gremlin horde. The Scottish post-rock band will tour from north to south and then head back to Europe for a month before playing Coachella at the end of April. The tour is in support of their new album […]

Radiohead finish new track

NME is reporting that Radiohead have finished another track for their seventh album. The track is called ‘Bodysnatchers,’ and knowing what much of the band’s activity has involved lately, I expect it to be something political. The forthcoming release is expected to hit shelves sometime in late spring or early summer.
The band is, as […]

Man Man set forth

Man Man will embark on a respectable foray this evening. The band is touring in support of their recently released Six Demon Bag, an album reviewed favorably last week at this very website. These guys put on a good show. I suggest you check them out if you get the chance:
02-24 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix
02-25 […]

The Fiery Furnaces spring a leak

The latest album from The Fiery Furnaces has surfaced on the net. No word yet as to how good it is, but I’m sure love/hate will begin soon. Hopefully this new release gets away from the monumental failures of Rehearsing My Choir.
In 2004 the sibling duo released their enormously succesful Blueberry Boat. The album was […]