New Cryptomnesia Trailer

As seen in the trailer, the album will be released on two different days. 3000 limited vinyls will be released on April 18th, in independant record stores, and the CD version will drop on May 5th.

Del the Funky Homosapien Offering Free Album

Del the Funky Homosapien decided to offer his new album Funk Man (The Stimulus Package) as a free download on his BandCamp page. And that's not all. He's also giving away two bonus EP's titled Del's Leak Pack #1 and #2 which you can download on the same website.

You can download the album and the EP's here: delthefunkyhomosapien.bandcamp.com

Bob Dylan Gives Away Free Track

Bob Dylan has put up a song titled Beyond Here Lies Nothin' up on his website as a free download from March 30th to March 31st at midnight. The track will be on his 33rd studio album Together Through Life which is set to drop on April 28th. You can listen to the song below.

Mark, Tom , and Travis Updates

All three members of Blink-182 are quite busy. It's pretty amazing that they're able to fit in time for the reunion.

Let's start with Mark. A few days ago we let you know that he might be producing Motion City Soundtracks new album. Well Mark let us know earlier via his Twitter account that "it's a go!" He's also gonna collaborate/produce a track or two on Panic! At The Disco's upcoming album.

Now Tom's turn. He let us know via Angels & Airwaves ModLife page that AVA's next album and movie will be released by the end of this year/beginning of next year.

Angels and Airwaves is pleased to announce that the record is coming along stronger and more amazing than planned......the movie and album will launch together towards the end of/ beginning of the year.....and may we say....it is going to blow away our previous work....prepare....clue: "compass / ruler"

And finally, Travis. On March 20th he went back to the hospital for surgery and he's already got his hands full. We all know Travis did a few collaborations with rappers, well he's doing another one. This time with Busta Rhymes. The song will be for the Transformers 2 Soundtrack.

There you go. Now you're up to date.

Cursive "From The Hips" Video

From The Hips

Handsome Furs - Face Control

Release Date: March 10th 2009

The sophomore album of Montreal based duo Handsome Furs, does not fall short of it's predecessor. In fact, Face Control overpowers their debut album Plague Park to a great extent, without putting any shame on it however. This time around, the Furs are louder and more aggressive. Face Control is mainly made up of distorted guitar, and a drum machine that runs through the tracks. Unlike Plague Park, the urge to move is compulsory, especially on the album's first single I'm Confused, and All We Want, Baby, Is Everything. The album does have a political side, which rationalizes the main idea of the album. On the band's trip to Russia, they were alarmed by the idea of face control. This happens when a person is refused service, based on their appearance. In Talking Hotel Arbat Blues, Dan sings "there was a guy who came in from the cold, but he's never going to get passed face control". This does not necessarily suggest he was face controlled, but the practice in Russia is a strong one, and there is no pitty felt for those who undergo it. Like most great albums, Face Control closes with a bang. It is hard to say whether Radio Kaliningrad, the album's most exhilarating song, puts the icing on the cake, or serves as a piece of the cake itself. Although Face Control may be an independant release that had very little publicity, it is filled with potential to be one of the most influential albums for artists to come.

2009 Will Be Bananaz For Gorillaz

Just a while ago the duo behind the Gorillaz, Damon Albarn & Jamie Hewlett, stated that the band would no longer release material of any sort. Seems like the opposite is in store for them in 2009. Not only did Albarn announce a new album in the works, but he teased fans by airing a few demos of songs called Electric Shock, Broken and Stylo, on BBC Radio 1. As if that wasn't enough to make a comeback, the duo are set to release a film. Bananaz, a film documenting the duo's works and live performances is set to premiere April 20th, via their website. Following the online premiere, the film will hit selected theatres and then be released on DVD. The film is directed by Ceri Levy.

The Mars Volta Name 5th Studio Album

According to sources, The Mars Volta are ready to release their next album. Octahedron will be their fifth studio album, and when asked about it, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez says "I consider it to be our acoustic album". Sources also say the band's sound will appeal to a larger audience, and not only long-time fans. The rumored release date for Octahedron is June 19th 2009. This hasn't been confirmed by the band themselves. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez will also be releasing El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez Lopez's album titled Cryptomnesia on May 5th.

New NOFX Song

NOFX have a new floating around the internet. The song, The Quitter, is off of their upcoming album Coaster which will hit stores on April 28th. Coaster is the band's 11th studio album and it will be released on Fat Wreck Chords. You can download the song here or listen to it below.

Coldplay Win Juno Award

Last night Coldplay won the International Album of the Year for Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends at the Juno Awards. Sadly they couldn't make it to the ceremony, but they did leave an acceptance message which will be part of the show tonight on CTV at 9pm. This wasn't the first time the band won the award. In 2006 they won it for their album X&Y.

Other winners included Kardinal Offishall who won Single Of The Year for his song Dangerous, Barenaked Ladies who won Children's Album of the Year for this album Snacktime!, and Anthony Seck and Feist who won video of the year for the song Honey Honey. For a full list of this year's Juno Awards click here.

The awards were held at the General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, and next year's will be held at the Mile One Center in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Chin Up Chin Up Break Up

Chin Up Chin Up have decided to call it quits. The Chicago indie rockers will play their last show on May 15 at the Empty Bottle in Chicago. Frontman Jeremy Bolen let us know via the band's MySpace that it was time to end.

So I am writing this to announce that chin up chin up will be playing our final show, at the empty bottle in chicago on may 15th. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we really had intentions to keep making music together for an infinite amount of time, but just as this band began in a natural way it is naturally coming to an end. Thank you to the hundreds of people who have helped us along the way, we have been truly lucky, and as cliché as it may sound, we could not have done any of this without you. Much love- Jeremy

Bolen, who started Chin Up Chin Up in 2001 with Nathan Snydacker, has a new band with former members Greg Sharp and Bobby Burg which is called Vacations. They will release their first album I Was Bikini / But Ran Afraid on April 7th.

Sunset Rubdown New Album Details

Sunset Rubdown are set to release their upcoming album Dragonslayer on June 23rd. This will be the band's 3rd full album. This tuesday, Spencer Krug will also release and album with another of his 3 bands, Swan Lake, on March 31st(this coming Tuesday). The album is titled Enemy Mine. Sunset Rubdown are also going to release a 7" vinyl titled Sunset Rubdown Introducing Moonface, which will feature songs that wont be on the album called Coming To The Dawn and Insane Love Is Awakening.

Tracklisting:
1. Silver Moons
2. Idiot Heart
3. Apollo and the Buffalo and Anna Anna Anna Oh!
4. Black Swan
5. Paper Lace
6. You Go On Ahead (Trumpet Trumpet II)
7. Nightingale / December Song
8. Dragon’s Lair

Iggy Pop's "Jazz" Album Gets Release Date

Punk legend Iggy Pop has announced a release date for his "jazz" album Préliminaires, May 18. The record was influenced by, French novelist, Michel Houllebecq's book The Possibility Of An Island. "(The book) is about death, sex, the end of the human race, and some other pretty funny stuff. I read the book with intense pleasure when it came out, and in my mind, I created music that would have been the music that I would hear in my soul when I read this book," said the singer. "At one point I just got sick of listening to idiot thugs with guitars banging out crappy music and I’ve started listening to a lot of New Orleans-era, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton-type of jazz. And I’ve always loved quieter ballads as well."

Mark Hoppus Interview With Nova 937

While being in Australia Blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus had an interview with Nova 937, a radio station in Perth. In the interview they talk about the band in studio, the breakup, reformation, summer tour, how Travis is doing, and more. Nova uploaded a video of the interview to their website which you can view here.

In other Hoppus news, he is hoping to produce Jet Lag Gemini's ensuing album after hearing their Demos. He might also produce Motion City Soundtrack's next album.

N.A.S.A. "Gifted" Video

N.A.S.A. "Gifted" feat. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li

Placebo Announce Track listing To "Battle For The Sun"

Placebo have announced the track listing to their sixth studio album Battle For The Sun which will be released on June 8th later this year. The album is produced by David Bottrill (Tool, Silverchair) who also worked on the band's previous album Meds. It will also be the first record with new drummer Steve Forrest who previously was part of the band Evaline.

The album will be released as a download, CD, limited edition CD + DVD, LP and a limited edition special Deluxe Box Set. The box set will feature extra studio tracks, live tracks, a DVD of the December 2008 Angkor Wat performance, exclusive studio footage and handwritten lyrics.

1. Kitty Litter
2. Ashtray Heart
3. Battle For The Sun
4. For What It's Worth
5. Devil In The Details
6. Bright Lights
7. Speak In Tongues
8. The Never-Ending Why
9. Julien
10. Happy You're Gone
11. Breathe Underwater
12. Come Undone
13. Kings Of Medicine

Placebo - Battle For The Sun

Paolo Nutini Names New Album

Paolo Nutini's sophomore album has finally received a name, Sunny Side Up. The follow-up to 2006's These Streets features songs like Coming Up Easy and Pencil Full Of Lead and is set to be released on June 2nd.

Tracklist:
1. Ten Out Of Ten
2. Coming Up Easy
3. Growing Up Beside You
4. Candy
5. Tricks Of The Trade
6. Pencil Full Of Lead
7. No Other Way
8. High Hopes
9. Chamber Music
10. Simple Things
11. Worried Man
12. Keep Rolling

Arcade Fire Song In "Where the Wild Things Are" Trailer

The song Wake Up by the Arcade Fire is used in the Where the Wild Things Are official trailer. Karen-O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs is composing the score, so we're sure to have great music during the movie.

The Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Maurice Sendak's picture book is said to release on October 16 later this year according to IMDb. Below is the trailer.

Black Lips "I'll Be With You" Video

Video is hosted on MTV's american website, so people outside of the US wont be able to watch it. We will post the video when we find it on YouTube.

"Living Thing" Now Streaming On MySpace

Peter Bjorn and Johns' upcoming album Living Things is now streaming for free on their MySpace page. The album will be released on March 30th around the world and on March 31st in the United States.

Living Things is Peter Bjorn and Johns fifth album and like the band's previous record Seaside Rock, it's getting good reviews. Rolling Stone and Spin are both giving it 4/5 and The Guardian is giving 3/5.

Muse To Join U2 On Tour

Muse have confirmed in a new post via their website that they will be joining U2 on tour on certain dates across North America.

We are pleased to confirm that Muse will be touring in the UK, Europe and North America this autumn. Full details on the UK and European dates will be announced soon, but for now we can confirm that the the band will be special guests to U2 at a number of their North American shows this September including New York on September 24th. The remaining U2 dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

The rumors started flowing around the net when IZOD Center (a venue in New Jersey) added U2's date to their website with special guests Muse.

Big Boi Leaked Own Songs

Outkast's Big Boi has admitted to leaking his own songs which are part of his upcoming album Sir Luscious Leftfoot... Son of Chico Dusty. The album has been pushed back numerous times and this caused Boi to upload tracks online.

Back in 2008 we let you know about the album being finished and ready to be released. The reason why it hasn't been released after all this time is because Jive keeps on pushing the release date back due to commercial concerns. Now do you actually think he wouldn't sell?

Cold War Kids Releasing Live EP

Wanting to celebrate Record Store Day on April 18, Cold War Kids will be releasing a live EP which will be available at indie retailers. This will be the band's first live recording session and they played at their local record shop Fingerprints in Long Beach, CA.

Traklisting:
Against Privacy
Every Man I Fall For/I’ve Seen Enough
Expensive Tastes
Relief

Lupe Fiasco Has A Change Of Plans

It seems that LupEND is no longer in the works. The three disc concept album, which would also be Lupe Fiasco's retirement from the hip hop world is no longer in the works. The rapper twittered that the album would now be titled We Are Lasers. The rapper did not comment on whether this would be his final album, nor did he hint an approximate release date. All Lupe said was that "We Are Lasers comes from some repressed highschool outcast shit...blended amidst And He Gets The Girl ambitions".

DOOM's "Born Like This" Now Streaming

If you can't wait until tomorrow to hear DOOM's (previously MF Doom) newest album Born Like This, the you should head over to his his MySpace page where he has the whole album streaming for free. Born Like This will be out on iTunes tomorrow and in stores on March 31st.

myspace.com/MFDOOM

N*E*R*D Forced To Cancel Show

Pharrell and his band N*E*R*D were forced to cancel a show in Indonesia after being detained in Malaysia. This happened right after the trio finished performing at the Sunburst KL International festival in Jakarta and tried to cross the border. They were held by police because they didn't get permission from the Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry to perform at the concert. "Following investigations, we found that the group did not receive permission from the Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Ministry to perform at the concert,” said Immigration Director-General Datuk Mahmood Adam. "After their statements were recorded, they were released with assurance from the concert organizer."

In other N*E*R*D news, below is a video of the band performing the song Popcorn with the newly named Santigold in Singapore.

Misery Signals & Haste The Day Canadian Tour

Misery Signals, Haste The Day, and Dead & Divine will be hitting the road on May 19th on a tour across Canada. The first show will take place in Waterloo, Ontario at the Fubar Nightclub. The guys will be in town (Montreal) on June 17th at Underworld.

5/19 Waterloo, Ontario @ Fubar Nightclub
5/20 Toronto, Ontario @ The MOD Club
5/21 Toronto, Ontario @ Call The Office
5/22 Whitby, Ontario @ Johnny B's
5/23 Windsor, Ontario @ The Chubby Pickle
5/24 Burlington, Ontario @ Red Rooster
5/25 Sudbury, Ontario @ The Jubilee Centre
5/28 Winnipeg, Manitoba @ Garrick Centre at The Marlborough
5/29 Regina, Saskatchewan @ The Exchange
5/30 Edmonton, Alberta @ The Starlite Room
5/31 Grand Prairie, Alberta @ Better Than Fred's
6/2 Kelowna, British Columbia @ Habitat
6/3 Vancouver, British Columbia @ The Plaza Club
6/4 Victoria, British Columbia @ Sugar Nightclub
6/5 Nanaimo @ British Columbia @ Nanaimo Royal Canadian Legion (no HTD)
6/6 Courtenay, British Columbia @ Avalanche Bar & Grill (no HTD)
6/7 Whistler, British Columbia @ Merlin's
6/9 Calgary, Alberta @ The Warehouse
6/10 Lethbridge, Alberta @ University Ballroom - Student Union
6/11 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan @ Louis' Pub
6/13 Thunder Bay, Ontario @ C2 - formerly Warp 9
6/15 St. Catherine's, Ontario @ Level 3
6/17 Montreal, Quebec @ Underworld
6/18 Quebec City, Quebec @ The Casbah at The Imperial Theatre (no HTD)
6/19 Ottawa, Ontario @ Babylon (no HTD)
6/20 Kingston, Ontario @ Time to Laugh Comedy Club (no HTD)

Lily Allen "Not Fair" Video

GZA Takes Stage With Black Lips

During their set at SXSW, Atlanta band Black Lips were joined on stage by the Genius himself. The idea of GZA joining them was rumored for quite some time, and only now did he join the band for an unrehearsed set. The set included songs like Liquid Swords and Shimmy Shimmy Ya, in which GZA dedicated to ODB. Before leaving the stage GZA announced that they will share the same stage the following night, and more collaborations were to come in the near future.

News From All Over

-New Neil Young Video - "Cough Up The Bucks" - Stereogum
-Minus The Bear to record next LP in April - AP
-Saosin pushing to have album out by June - AP
-Converge Studio Video - Hardcore Sounds
-Eddie Vedder: 'Kurt Cobain would like me if he was still alive' - NME
-Peter Bjorn and John to Open for Depeche Mode - Pitchfork
-Dropkick Murphys: "Flannigan's Ball" live on Ferguson - Punk News

M.I.A. To Replace Amy Winehouse' At Coachella

Coachella have confirmed that M.I.A. will replace Amy Winehouse at this years festival via their Twitter page. Winehouse had to quit due to an assault charge in the U.K. for allegedly attacking a fan at a London party in September. This will be M.I.A.'s first public appearance since she gave birth to her son on February 11th.

Other bands on the Coachella line-up include Crystal Castles, Franz Ferdinand, Montreal's own Leonard Cohen, N.A.S.A., Band Of Horses, TV On The Radio, Lykke Li, and Yeah Yeah Yeah's. To view the full three day line-up click here.

2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

On April 4th the 2009 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will be happening in Cleveland and will air on Fuse. Jeff Beck, Little Anthony & the Imperials, Metallica, Run-D.M.C., Bobby Womack, Wanda Jackson, Bill Black, DJ Fontana, and Spooner Oldham will all be added to the list of people who have been inducted to the Hall of Fame (full list here).

Marshall Mathers a.k.a Eminem will Run-D.M.C., Red Hot Chili Peppers will induct Metallica, Jimmy Page will induct Jeff Beck, and Ron Wood will induct Bobby Womack. So far there is no news on who will induct Little Anthony & the Imperials.

Alkaline Trio Contest

Alkaline Trio have launched a contest via their website. The contest is to remix the song I Found Away which is off of their latest album Agony And Irony.

The band is offering you the unique opportunity to collaborate and inject your energy on the song, "I Found Away." This is your chance to put your personal stamp on an exciting project with an established group. The winner of the contest will have their song added to the Alk3's discography and the track will be available for sale on the iTunes Music store!

The first place winner will have their track included on the band's upcoming Remix EP, receive MOTU's Digital Performer 6, and a $250 Gift Certificate to zZounds.

The contest will end on April 14, 2009 at 5:00 pm EST and the voting will end on April 24, 2009 at 5:00 pm EST. Winners will be announced May 8, 2009 at 5:00 pm EST.

For more information click here

The Knux "Fire" Video

Free Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails & Street Sweeper Songs

NIN|JA is offering a free EP of unreleased tracks from Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails & Street Sweeper on their website. The three bands will tour across North America this summer. You can view the dates here.

Tracklist:
1. Jane's Addiction - Chip Away
2. Nine Inch Nails - Not So Pretty Now
3. Street Sweeper - Clap For The Killers
4. Jane's Addiction - Whores
5. Nine Inch Nails - Non-Entity
6. Street Sweeper - The Oath

Top image from ninja2009.com

Metric "Gimme Sympathy" Video

Metric have released a video for their song Gimme Sympathy which is off their upcoming album Fantasies. Fantasies is the band's fourth album and is set to release on the new date of April 7th due to the albums leak. The original date was April 14. It isn't the first time this happened, and we're pretty sure it wont be the last.

Gimme Sympathy

One Day As A Lion "Wild International" Video

One Day As A Lion have finally released a video from their 2008 debut EP which is self-titled. Wild International is the first single from the duo who were previously in Rage Against The Machine and The Mars Volta.

If the video above gets deleted, you can view it here.

Death Cab To Release EP Of B-Sides

Death Cab For Cutie will digitally release an EP of unheard b-sides from the Narrow Stairs sessions. It will be titled The Open Door and can be downloaded as of March 31st. The tracklisting is as follows:

1. Little Bribes
2. A Diamond And A Tether
3. My Mirror Speaks
4. I Was Once A Loyal Lover
5. Talking Bird (Demo)

New Bob Dylan Album Information Released

We previously let you know that Bob Dylan was releasing a new album, but we had no title and no release date to confirm. Today he announced that the new album will be called Together Through Life and will be released on April 27th.

In an interview with Bill Flanagan, Dylan talks about the new album.

A lot of this album feels like a Chess record from the fifties. Did you have that sound in your head going in or did it come up as you played?
Well some of the things do have that feel. It’s mostly in the way the instruments were played.

You like that sound?
Oh yeah, very much so. . . the old Chess records, the Sun records. . . I think that’s my favorite sound for a record.

What do you like about that sound?
I like the mood of those records - the intensity. The sound is uncluttered. There’s power and suspense. The whole vibration feels like it could be coming from inside your mind. It’s alive. It’s right there. Kind of sticks in your head like a toothache.

A .pdf of the interview can be downloaded here.

"Intimacy Remixed" Gets May Release

Bloc Party will be releasing a remix album of their 2008 chart-topper Intimacy which will be called Intimacy Remixed. The album will drop on May 11th.

Below is the video for the album's first single Signs Armand (Van Helden Remix).

In other Bloc Party news, the band will be in Montreal this Wednesday, March 18th with Holy Fuck again.

17/03/2009 Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre
18/03/2009 Montreal, QC - Metropolis
19/03/2009 Boston, MA - House Of Blues
21/03/2009 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
22/03/2009 Washington DC - 9:30 Club
24/03/2009 New York, NY - Terminal 5
25/03/2009 New York, NY - Terminal 5
27/03/2009 Miami, FL - Ultra Festival
28/03/2009 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
30/03/2009 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
31/03/2009 St Louis, MO - The Pageant
For more dates click here.

Modest Mouse & Heath Ledger Collaboration Video

Modest Mouse and the late Heath Ledger worked together before the actor's death in January 2008 on a music video for the band's song King Rat, a bonus song off of 2007's We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. The band plan on releasing the video, but no date has been set for release yet. It is expected to drop soon though.

Frontman Isaac Brock told VH1 in an interview in 2007 about working with Ledger.

We started working on some lower budget videos for seven or eight other songs. Heath Ledger’s been wanting to do a video for one of the songs that didn’t make it on the record, "King Rat." Terry Gilliam is going to help animate it. Heath and I have a mutual friend and when we were in Australia, my fiancé and some of us in the band went out on a boat with him and his family and friends and talked about the idea. He’s got a video production company and was interested in working on something. We were talking back and forth for a while. The idea seemed sort of dropped, but then he just sent me an email saying that he wanted to do it. And I love me some Terry Gilliam. I hope it works out and I don’t sound like a f*cking liar at the end of this.

Giancarlo Scalia At Bily Kun

A very good friend of ours, Giancarlo Scalia, will be playing at Bily Kun on March 29th at 6:00pm. Violinist Andreanne Beaudoin will be joining him on stage in an intimate gig.

Scalia, who was featured in the Montreal Mirror and Hour newspapers, is a Canadian pianist and composer. Frédéric Chopin and Ennio Morricone are his main influences in his unique blend of romantic and contemporary melodies and harmonies.

Below are links to his website and MySpace profile where you can listen to his work. The address to Bily Kun is: 354 Mont-Royal Est and the show is free.

Website: giancarloscalia.com
MySpace: myspace.com/giancarloscalia
Wikipedia: wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Scalia

Dredg Push Album Release Date Back

Due to "unavoidable consequences and our constant search for perfection," Dredg have changed the release date of their upcoming album The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion from March 24th to June 9th. The album will be available on vinyl and there will also be a limited edition version with different artwork and packaging. This will be the band's first album since 2005's Catch Without Arms.

They have also added tour dates and a new video to their Leaflet series which you can watch here.

Nations Afire Add Music To MySpace Page

Members of Rise Against, Ignite, Death By Stereo and Reach The Sky all got together and created Nations Afire. They have posted two songs, Exit Strategy and The Will To Breathe, on their MySpace profile and added tour dates. According to their page their first show will be played at Bamboozle Left at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in California.

The band consists of Chris Chasse (Last of the Believers), Brett Rasmussen (Ignite), Todd Hennig (ex-Death By Stereo)Nik Hill (Ignite) and Steve Ludwig. They're currently in studio recording and finishing their album which they plan on releasing in March/April.

Klaxons Back In Studio To Re-Record Album

The Klaxons band members are heading back to the studio to record new songs for the follow-up of 2007's Myths Of The Near Future. Singer Jamie Reynolds told NME that the reason why they had to go back to re-record part of the album was because they changed their music style. "Because we've made a really dense, psychedelic record. We've made a really heavy record and it isn't the right thing for us, I understand and know that. First and foremost we're a pop band. I haven't thought about that for a long time, and now it's in the forefront of my mind." The band have four weeks to finish up and at the end of those four weeks, everything should be dealt with.

Chris Cornell Responds To Trent Reznor

Yesterday we wrote about Nine Inch Nail frontman Trent Reznor dissing Chris Cornell's new album Scream. Earlier today Cornell responded to Reznor's comment via his Twitter account in a special way.

What do you think Jesus would twitter? "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" or "Has anyone seen Judas? He was here a minute ago"

In other news about the former Soundgarden singer, Chris Cornell will start touring around the US in support of his newest album. The tour starts on March 27 in Austin, TX and ends on April 19 in Chicago, IL.

March 27 - Austin, TX @ Stubbs
March 28 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
March 29 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
March 31 - New Orleans, @ LA House of Blues
April 1 - Atlanta, GA @ CW Center Stage
April 3 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa
April 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
April 5 - Washington DC @ 9:30 Club
April 7 & 8 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
April 10 - Boston, MA @ House of Blues
April 11 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmost Theatre
April 13 - Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
April 14 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
April 15 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue Theatre
April 17 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
April 18 - St Paul, MN @ MYTH
April 19 - Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theater

Broken Social Scene To Appear In A Movie

Four members of the Canadian Indie band Broken Social Scene (including Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, and Justin Peroff) are said to be in Robert Schwentke's movie The Time Traveler's Wife which is based on a novel by Audrey Niffenegger. The four band members start off by playing a unknown BSS song before changing to Joy Division's Love Will Tear Us Apart.

According the IMDb the movie is about a Chicago librarian who has a gene that causes him to time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage. The movie is set to release in February of 2010.

Trent Reznor Tells It Like It Is

A lot of online battles have been happening lately on Twitter. The latest, well we wouldn't really call it a battle, more like friendly advice, is between Trent Reznor and former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. The update, which Reznor wrote two days ago, says:

You know that feeling you get when somebody embarrasses themselves so badly YOU feel uncomfortable? Heard Chris Cornell's record? Jesus.

The Nine Inch Nails frontman is referring to Cornell's latest album Scream which is produced by Timbaland.

Brendan Canning "Love Is New" Video

Broken Social Scene Presents: Brendan Canning - Love Is New

Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Zero" Video

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have released their first video for the song Zero which is off of their latest album It's Blitz which will be out digitally tomorrow and in stores on March 31st. You can listen to the complete album for free on their MySpace page.

Varg Vikernes Will Be A Free Man

For those of you who don't know Varg Vikernes, in 1992 he was found guilty for setting three churches on fire in Norway. He has been in prison since 1993 and he has finally been given permission to be released. In September 2008 his fourth application for parole was denied, but a couple of weeks ago it was accepted. "I will have to report [to the parole officer] for one year — initially every two weeks, and then once a month," Vikernes told the Dagbladet newspaper.

You can watch the video of Vikernes being sentenced here.

Meg & Dia Set Album Release Date

Sisters Meg & Dia's new album Here, Here and Here will be released on April 9th. This will be the band's second studio album following their first mainstream album Something Real which made #12 on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. The album is available for pre-order on their website, and every order gets a signed booklet as well as a garageband demo of Agree to Disagree.

James Hetfield Hospitalized

James Hetfield has been hospitalized in Sweden yesterday (Sunday, March 8) due to a stomach bug and suffered dehydration. Because Hetfield was taken to the hospital Metallica postponed their concert which they were supposed to play at the Globe Arena in Stockholm. Fans didn't find out until minutes before the show was scheduled to start. Drummer Lars Ulrich told the crowd that the band were "truly, truly, truly sorry." Luckily, James was in good enough shape to leave the hospital that evening and is now back in the United States with the rest of the band. On the same night a message was posted on their website saying, "Tonight's second show in Stockholm has been canceled due to James falling ill and receiving medical attention at the hospital. The show WILL be rescheduled sometime this spring, so keep watching this space for more details. We apologize to all our fans who have traveled from near and far and we look forward to coming back soon."

In other Metallica news, Ulrich downloaded his band's latest album Death Magnetic illegally. If you don't remember, Lars filed a lawsuit against file-sharing site Napster in 2000. He told VH1 in an interview that he downloaded it a few days after it leaked online, just to try it.

I sat there myself and downloaded Death Magnetic from the internet just to try it. I was like, 'Wow, this is how it works.' I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download Death Magnetic for free, it's me.

Handsome Furs "I'm Confused" Video

Montreal's own Handsome Furs will be celebrating their second album release (March 10) once the record shops open tomorrow. Face Control has been getting great reviews since its leak earlier in January. The married couple are currently on a world tour and will be in town on April 3rd.

Below is the first single, I'm Confused, of the new album.

Handsome Furs "I'm Confused" from Sarah Marcus on Vimeo.

Interpol Gives Us An Upate

Interpol has updated their website with a note letting us know what they're up to at the moment.

Cherished Interpudlians,

It's been a long time. We shouldn't have left you...

After the touring for OLTA came to an end, we all dispersed to tend to our individual personal lives.
...And to get our ducks in a row.

Now the band has reconvened, and we are rehearsing new songs.

We find ourselves marveling at the tremendous focus
that has defined our early rehearsals for this, our 4th effort.

All kidding aside, we feel like a new band.

Once again, we have no concept to this batch of song-writing.
(We are often asked about our intentions when we set out to write music.)
There is rarely any intention to this process.
We just make the music.

And without going into too much detail, the songs sound vital.

It's as though we've hit upon a balance between our urgency and
our calm. And true to our better work, this is music that unravels over time.

We anticipate that, once it's done, you high-minded folks will welcome the music...
into your bedrooms...to swagger and breathe...

It's still early, yet, though. We will keep you posted.

In the meantime, a couple of us have kept ourselves busy with extra-curricular activities. Carlos has made a film called My Friends Told Me About You and Sam has released a record with his band Magnetic Morning.

And we hope that you're all weathering well the turmoil of the age.

Lovingly,

Interpol

"It's Blitz" Stream On MySpace

Yeah Yeah Yeah's newest album It's Blitz will available to listen free of charge on their MySpace page starting tomorrow until the date of the albums release on March 31st.

If you haven't heard it yet and can't wait to buy it (even though the release date of the album has been bumped up a few weeks), make sure to go to their page to listen before it's too late.

myspace.com/yeahyeahyeahs

New Rae Song - Staten (Go Hard)

Earlier today we posted a new track by Raekwon's fellow Wu-Tang member Ghostface Killah, and now here we are posting a new song by Rae, Staten (Go Hard). The song is Rae's own version of Jay-Z's Brooklyn Go Hard which you can listen to here.

Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II is still set to drop this year.

New Ghostface Track On Rihanna Incident

Ghostface Killah has recorded a new song on domestic violence where he mentions Rihanna's name. He's one of the many who is supporting her in what has been going on between her and Chris Brown. The track starts off with him saying:

This is for all my women out there that be getting beat up," Ghost says in the intro. "You know what I mean, struggling, welfare, sometimes the jobs ain't right, they going through mad trauma, especially with they man when they don't really need that sh*t, Rihanna, they know what they going through...I can see it in your face, you've been hurt mad times/Fell in love on the block and couldn't read the signs/In the beginning it was all good/He sexed you good/Kept you close in the bed real tight...Then problems come when the affection slows down.

Below is the song which is called Message From Ghostface.

Relapse Release Date Is Set

We previously let you know that Eminem's sixth studio album, Relapse, would be released in early 2009, but today the actual date was said. The album will be out on May 19th, and there is better news for all you hardcore Slim Shady fans. It is expected that by the end of 2009 Relapse 2 will be released.

A lot of people were expecting Relapse to drop last year, I was one of them. Then Dre and I went back in the studio in September for a few days, and that turned into six months. We were on such a roll; we wound up with a ton of new music produced by Dre. Putting out Relapse 2 will let everyone get all of the best stuff.

A single and video should be out on April 7th.

New Bob Dylan Album

An article on Rolling Stone's website says that Bob Dylan will be releasing a new album in late April. The follow-up to Dylan's 2006 album Modern Times will have ten tracks and is so far without a title.

Grizzly Bear Blog About Leak + Tour Dates

Brooklyn-based indie rock band Grizzly Bear blogged about their upcoming album, Veckatimest, being leaked three months before its official release date.

Hey all,

So yeah, we are kind of bummed this leaked so early. We know it's not the 90's anymore and times have changed, and we're super grateful for all the support people have shown us on the blogs and internet, but we were kind of hoping it wouldn't happen this soon.

Ultimately we feel like we put out a great album and hope people enjoy it, and we really hope people take the time to pre-order and support the good one-and-a-half years it took to write and record it.

I promise you the album art for both CD and vinyl is going to be gorgeous. And a bonus: all vinyl people will get a high quality download coupon with their purchase.

Leaking is a tricky subject; as we all know, I've had my run ins with the law O__o (Hi, Mr. Sheriff!) I have conflicting opinions about it, as it's really complicated, but ultimately it saddens me that a bummer-quality version of Veckatimest is going around. Please consider putting your energies into a pre-order or into waiting till May 26 for the album the way we intend it to be presented.

Not to get all mushy, but we definitely put a lot of love and work into this one and are just excited to hit the road and tour it again.

Ok, there! Got that off my chest.
Warm regards.

Added to their post are links to pre-order the album in vinyl or cd format.

05-24 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theatre
05-25 Gorge, WA - Sasquatch Festival
05-26 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-28 New York, NY - Town Hall
05-29 New York, NY - Town Hall
06-01 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
06-02 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
06-03 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center
06-04 Montreal, Quebec - Le National
06-05 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix
06-07 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
06-08 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
06-09 Bloomington, IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theater
06-11 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
06-12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-13 Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle (with TV on the Radio)
06-15 Dallas, TX - Grenada
06-16 Austin, TX - The Parish
06-19 Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
06-21 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore

News From All Over

-Interpol’s Carlos Dengler Directs, Stars and Scores Indie Short Film - LimeWire Music Blog
-Zooey Deschanel's (500) Days Of Summer Trailer, Soundtrack Info - Stereogum
-Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown - Hypetrak
-Muse get classical on fifth album - Muse Live
-No Doubt Offer Entire Digital Back Catalog Free With Concert-Ticket Purchase - MTV
-REM to be honoured by 20 acts in New York - NME
-Wilco/Feist Collab News Blows P4k Circuit Breaker - Pitchfork
-Daft Punk to Score TR2N - Prefix
-Win Butler defends Arcade Fire against Wayne Coyne - Brooklyn Vegan

Beatles' McCartney And Starr To Share Stage

Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will share the stage for the first time since 2002 at the "Change Begins Within" concert on April 4th. The show, which benefits the David Lynch Foundation for Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, will also feature Ben Harper, Moby, Eddie Vedder, Sheryl Crow as well as others at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

In other Beatles news, a masters degree on the band's music and society is offered at the Liverpool Hope University. You can read more about it here.

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Creates Another Band

As though The Mars Volta and The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group weren't enough to handle, Omar has created a new band to throw into the melee. El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the newest of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's bands features Mars Volta bandmates Cedric Bixler Zavala on vocals and Juan Alderte on bass, as well as Hella members Zach Hill on drums and Jonathan Hischke on the synth bass. Their first album titled Cryptomnesia, is set for a May 5th release date and a teaser of the album can be seen on their official website. Before the album is released officially, 3000 limited vinyls of the album will be released to independant record shops only. In other Omar news, he also produced singer/actress Juliette Lewis' latest album Terra Incognita, and continues to tour with The Mars Volta. The tracklisting for Cryptomnesia is as follows:

01 Tuberculoids
02 Half Kleptos
03 Cryptomnesia
04 They're Coming to Get You, Barbara
05 Puny Humans
06 Shake Is for 8th Graders
07 Noir
08 Paper Cunts
09 Elderly Pair Beaten With Hammer
10 Warren Oates
11 Fuck Your Mouth

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Push Up New Album's Release Date

It's Blitz, the upcoming release of indie rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs has been bumped up to an earlier release date. Due to the leak, the band have decided to release the album digitally on March 10th and physically on March 31st. The album was originally set to hit stores on April 14th.

2/3 Of Sublime Are Back

Ever since the rumors of Sublime reuniting with a new singer/guitarist, fans have been waiting to hear more details. Well on Saturday Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh played a gig at Cantina Los Tres Hombres in Sparks, Nevada with his band named Del Mar. Once they were finished playing their set, Bud then took the stage again but this time with Sublime bassist Eric Wilson and a singer by the name of Rome. They proceeded by playing Sublime songs (see set list here) and it's also said that they played one new song. A three minute video can be seen here.

Does this mean that the Ska/Punk band is back? Well according to a blog written on Del Mar's MySpace, yes.

Del Mar & Sublime
So Del Mar played the gig at Cantina last night in Reno, it was packed and amazing. What really fucking killed it was SUBLIME reuniting and playing with new singer, Rome. We're fucking stoked for Bud, Eric, and Rome- Bud's still playing with Del Mar, and Sublime doesn't have any firm tour plans or anything YET, but we'll keep you posted on their progress. By the way, Del Mar's record release party for After the Quake, our debut album's set for May 2nd at Vixen in Sparks. We got Bert Susanka and the Astronaut Love Trianglr, Sexrat, Livitz Livitz, and possibly Keyser Soze on board. We'll see you there. Peace!