Yellowcard have been posting updates on their myspace blog as they record their new album. The album, the follow up to last year’s Lights And Sounds, the album which the band talked about on the blog:
“We were so proud of how artistic we were, And I think we showed too much. I think maybe we were a little too jaded and a little too dark, and I think that the lack of hope and faith that we put on this record made us a little less sparkly and light to people”
It has been confirmed that funnyman Mike Myers will be playing Keith Moon in a forthcoming film about the legendary drummer for The Who.
Reports say that Roger Daltrey has personally supported the plan to get Myers to play the role for the film which is tentatively called ‘See Me Feel Me (Keith Moon Naked For Pleasure)‘.
Billy Corgan has shed some light on the new Smashing Pumpkins album via a myspace blog. He said:
“This year for us will see a new album of songs and a world tour of tears, and we truly look forward to playing again for fans young, old, and missed. So yes, tunes are being dusted off, while others are being asked to kindly submit to an upstart millennia and all it’s asking. When we opened the lid on this music box, we were pleasantly surprised at the music that played: familiar yet unknown, welcoming but not sentimental … and that is all we can ask”.
There is no word on which label it’ll be coming out on or what the release date is.
The crazy barnstormers that are Hayseed Dixie have announced a UK tour, the dates are:
April
9th – Brighton, Komedia
10th – Cambridge, The Junction
11th – Norwich, Uea
12th – Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall
13th – Liverpool, Academy
14th – Northampton, Roadmenders
15th/16th – London, Islington Academy
18th – Cardiff, St David’s Hall
19th – Exeter, Lemon Grove
20th – Bournemouth, Old Fire Station
21st – Nottingham, Rock City
23rd – Edinburgh, Liquid Room
24th – Inverness, Ironworks
25th – Glasgow, Abc
Alkaline Trio have posted one of the tracks from the exclusive New Year’s Eve 7″ release they gave to fans at their December 31st show, online.
The track is a cover of Smoking Popes’ Off My Mind, the band that the Trio shared the bill with at the show.
The track can be downloaded from their myspace page and has promised the will be posting their contribution to the 7″ online soon.
The split CD between Reel Big Fish and Zolof The Rock n Roll Destroyer, Duet All Night Long, has been put up in its entirity on myspace.
The CD is due to be released through Reignition Recordings in February, with a digital releasing following it in March.
Despite the rumours that there wouldn’t be a new Bad Religion album until 2008, bass player Jay Bentley said there might well be a June release date for the new record, to follow 2004’s The Empire Strikes First. This will also follow the group’s live DVD, Live At The Palladium.
In demand and band of the moment Klaxons have finally released the tracklisting for their upcoming album, Myths Of The Near Future, which is out on February 12th. New single Golden Skans will be released on January 29th. The tracklisting is:
Two Receivers
Atlantis To Interzone
Golden Skans
Totem On The Timeline
As Above So Below
Isle Of Her
Gravity’s Rainbow
Forgotten Works
Magick
It’s Not Over Yet
Four Horsemen Of 2012
From Autumn To Ashes have announced that their new album, Holding A Wolf By The Ears, will feature Francis Mark on all vocal duties, following the departure of Ben Perri. The album is apparently due to run at around 36 minutes and the group will be releasing each track individually on their myspace.
The tracklisting is:
Deth Kult Social Club
On the Offensive
Recounts and Recollections
Daylight Slaving
Delusions of Grandeur
Sensory Deprivation Adventure
Every Thing I Need
Underpass Tutorial
Travel
A Goat in Sheep’s Rosary
Pioneers
Caleb Followill has been talking about the new Kings Of Leon album, saying “We’re growing, but we’re trying not to grow up”. The new album will be called Because Of The Times and will be produced, once again, by Ethan Johns. Expect a Spring release for the record.