A DVD tribute to Brian Wilson is due for release in the USA.
The DVD, called MusiCares Presents A Tribute To Brian Wilson, features covers such as the Chili Peppers doing I Get Around, Richie Sambora doing City Blues and Jeff Beck covering Surf’s Up and Surfin’ USA.
The DVD was filmed at a dinner honouring the Beach Boy and will also hold performances from John Legend, Earth, Wind And Fire and a 5 song set from The Brian Wilson Band.
Throwing Muses member brings out single and album.
Kristin Hersh’s single In Shock is in shops right now, and is the first track on the new album Learn To Sing Like A Star. The album is out on January 29th and features Martin and Kim McCarrick. You can check out tracks from the album and see the video for In Shock by clicking here.
Meanwhile, her tour dates are:
March:
1st – Bristol: Thekla
2nd – Leicester: Y Theatre
3rd – Nottingham: Rescue Rooms
4th – Birmingham: Glee Club
6th – Portsmouth: Wedgewood Rooms
7th – London: KOKO
9th – Sheffield: Leadmill
10th – Manchester: Academy 3
11th – Glasgow: Oran Mor
C Rayz Walz will be releasing his new album The Dropping soon.
The album will be his first for Urchin Studios after having left Def Jux and will feature the song Childhood which features Matisyahu.
There will only be 3,000 copies of the album with no possibility for reprints. The album is due to feature the likes of Poison Pen, Rahzel, 4th Pyramid and even The Blizzard, the kid he was a MADE coach for on MTV.
Hatebreed have announced some worldwide dates, which include some UK dates in April. They are:
April:
18th – Exeter Lemon Grove
19th – Northampton Soundhaus
20th – Colchester Arts Centre
21st – Liverpool Stanley Theatre
22nd – Oxford Zodiac
23rd – Brighton Concorde 2
24th – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms
25th – Stoke Sugar Mill
26th – Newport TJs
News is coming about the new Dinosaur Jr album which is out this year.
The record, Beyond, is the first full length since Hand It Over came out in 1997 and will be the first to feature Lou Barlow, who left the band in 1989.
The album is going to be out on May 1st on Fat Possum Records and there are plans to bring out a Dinosaur Jr live DVD a week later, featuring footage from their reunion tour. The tracklisting for the new album is:
Almost Ready
Crumble
Pick Me Up
Back to Your Heart
This Is All I Came to Do
Been There All the Time
It’s Me
We’re Not Alone
I Got Lost
Lightning Bulb
What If I Knew…
Funeral For A Friend have blooged on their myspace regarding their new album.
The Welsh group have completed the tracking for the new album, which is titled Tales Don’t Tell Themselves and go on to say that its the most excited they’ve been since recording the 4 Ways To Scream Your Name EP.
The record is due to be released in May and will be toured when they hit the road next.
Comeback Kid have announced the tracklisting for their new album.
Broadcasting, the follow up to Wake The Dead, is due to be released in late February and was recorded with Jason Livermore and Bill Stevenson. The tracklist is:
Defeated
Broadcasting…
Hailing On Me
The Blackstone
Industry Standards
Give’r (Reprise)
One Left Satisfied
Come Around
In Case Of Fire
Market Demands
In/Tuition
The Wu are back and ready to release a new crew album this year.
After teaming up with Steve Rifkind, who released their debut album on his label, all nine Clans members will be on the new record, including ODB. Reports are that the album will be called 8 Diagrams and is named after a Kung Fu film.
The first Wu Tang record in six years will feature RZA, GZA, Ghostface, Raekwon, Masta Killa, U-God, ODB, Inspektah Deck and Method Man and will contain an unreleased performance by ODB. RZA said of the new record:
“This is the perfect time for us to come back, the stars are aligned. It’s like when we first started with Steve. We put out real hip-hop at a time when it was turning into pop or R&B. We brought the focus back to the music in its rawest form, without studio polish or radio hooks.”
Legendary band are due to come back with original frontman.
Reports are saying that Van Halen are close to agreeing a deal that will see them tour the USA with original front man Dave Lee Roth who recently had his radio show with CBS Radio cancelled.
Sammy Hagar, who had been the band’s most recent singer, quit after their 2004 tour after falling out with Eddie Van Halen.
Jimi Hendrix‘s image is to be used on the front of a drink.
The legendary guitarist will have his face put on Liquid Experience, a non-alcoholic drink, which will be in shops in April. However this has angered and upset many fans including Flea from the Chili Peppers, who said:
“To see his image and the beautiful feelings it has created in me cheapened by advertising is very disappointing.”
However, it is said that the profits will go to an unnamed music education foundation.