Category: Music News

Be Your Own Pet have announced they will split up after they complete their forthcoming UK tour.

The group from Nashville broke the news on their MySpace page, saying:

“We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK (dates below) are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years – its been a blast but the time has come for the 4 of us to go our separate ways.”

The band will end their career on the following dates in August:

22nd – Reading, Reading Festival
23rd – West Yorkshire, Leeds Festival
25th – Liverpool, Carling Academy 2
26th – London, Dingwalls

www.myspace.com/beyourownpetmusic

Conor Oberst has let loose some information about his upcoming solo album.

He explains that he didn’t want to release the album under the Bright Eyes pseudonym because he didn’t work on it with Mike Mogis. He also noted the significant influences he had while recording the album in Mexico.

He will be touring the UK this month with The Mystic Valley Band at these venues.

August 23rd – Birmingham Academy 2
August 24th – Reading Festival
August 26th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
August 27th – London Electric Ballroom
August 28th – Manchester Academy 2
August 30th – Belfast Spring And Airbrake

Billy Corgan of Chicago’s Smashing Pumpkins is suing a fellow Illinois filmmaker.

The frontman is claiming that Lester Cohn of Pure DV Productions’ work was sub-par and that he held back video footage owed to him unless he was paid more money.

Corgan is seeking over $100,000 in damages for work that he claimed to be “completely unsatisfactory and not completed in a professional, workmanlike manner in accordance with the standards of a music filmmaker.“

www.smashingpumpkins.com

Lykke Li will be releasing her brand new single ‘Breaking It Up’ on 25th August.

Check out the video for the single below.

www.lykkeli.com

Black Lips have announced that they will be playing a one off UK show next month.

The band, alongside King Khan and BBQ will be playing London’s Heaven on September 16th.

www.black-lips.com

If the sound isn’t up to your standards then things can, and often will get dirty. Butthole Surfers‘ frontman, Gibby Hayes was led offstage by security at their New York gig on 29th July.

This was a result of Haynes getting into a ruckus with the soundman, after an exchange of abuse concerning the volume in his monitor. Unsurprisingly, the crowd at Webster Hall loved it.

Despite this, they finished their set, with guitarist Paul Leary filling in on vocals for ‘The Shah Sleeps In Lee Harvey’s Grave‘.

www.buttholesurfers.com

Atmosphere performed a version of their new single You on David Letterman last night.

The single is taken from their latest album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. See if you can spot a certain Doomtree rapper on stage with Sluggo.

www.rhymesayers.com

Ida Maria has recently revealed the dates of her first headline tour in the UK

And here they are…

Glasgow Oran Mor – November 7th
Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire – November 8th
Newcastle Academy 2 – November 9th
Cardiff The Point – November 12th
Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms – November 13th
Sheffield Academy 2 – November 14th
Birmingham Barfly – November 15th
Brighton Komedia – November 18th
Leeds Cockpit – November 19th
Manchester Club Academy – November 20th
Nottingham Rescue Rooms – November 22nd
Oxford Zodiac At The Academy – November 23rd
Bristol Thekla – November 26th
London Scala – November 27th

www.idamaria.co.uk

TV On The Radio have just announced the tracklisting of their forthcoming album, ‘Dear Science‘.

The long awaited follow up to ‘Return To Cookie Mountain‘ will be released in the UK on the 22nd September.

Have a peep at the exclusive tracklisting below.

‘Halfway Home’
‘Crying’
‘Dancing Choose’
‘Stork & Owl’
‘Golden Age’
‘Family Tree’
‘Red Dress’
‘Love Dog’
‘Shout Me Out’
‘DLZ’
‘Lover’s Day’

www.tvontheradio.com

Overlords of sampling, The Avalanches have announced that their long awaited second album is on the way!

Not much is given away, but the band stated on their myspace that they were “putting the finishing touches on album 2!“.

We can’t wait.

www.myspace.com/theavalanches