Pitchfork had an immense scoop today. They reported that Thom Yorke and crew will supply music for Richard Linklater’s forthcoming A Scanner Darkly, yet another film adaptation of a great Philip K. Dick novel. The film is being produced in rotoscopic animation, like Waking Life. The story is quite conducive to paranoia and I could […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nine Inch Nails are already touring with Saul Williams, but that didn’t stop Reznor and pals from announcing a slew of other dates. Many of the new shows will be supported by TV on the Radio and Bauhaus. I was fortunate enough to catch NIN in October at Voodoo Fest. He was backed up by […]

The NME is reporting that Primal Scream, one of the most influential bands of the 90s, will be releasing an album in the near future. NME writes:

“I think we’re one of the best live bands in the world and I wanted to capture that,” Gillespie told NME.COM of the shift in styles. “The last two […]

A couple of weeks ago, Tool announced that the name of their forthcoming album would be 10,000 days. Today they let a bit more information slip. The album will be released on May 2 with the first single coming April 16. Additionally, they’ve given a tracklisting of the album:
Vicarious
Jambi
Wings For Marie (Pt 1)
10,000 Days (Wings […]

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. […]

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 […]

An unmastered copy of the latest TV on the Radio album has been circulating on the Web for the last couple of weeks. It was previously reported that the album had not yet found a title, but gossip now indicates the release will be called “Return to Cookie Mountain.”
Also on the tongues of gossipers […]