The nominations for the Junos, Canada’s equivalent to the Grammies, have been announced.
The event will take place Saskatoon on April 1st and the nominees are lead by Billy Talent and K-OS, who each receieved 5 nominations, including Album Of The Year and Video Of The Year.
Other bands nominated are Tegan and Sarah, Alexisonfire and Bedouin Soundclash.
4AD have announced the line up for their showcase at SXSW.
The 2007 SXSW festival will see the 4AD label hold a showcase for the first time at Emo’s on March 14th. The line up for their showcase will feature Blonde Redhead, who will be releasing their new album 23 in April, Mountain Goats, Beirut, Emma Pollack formerly of the Delgados, who will release her debut solo album this year and Wolf and Cub, another band who will release their album, Vessels, this year.
The Welsh band are hitting the road throughout May and June.
The dates for the Manics’ news tour are as follows:
May:
8th – Cambridge Corn Exchange
9th – Leeds University
11th & 12th – Cardiff University Great Hall
14th – Glasgow Barrowlands
15th – Newcastle Academy
17th – Sheffield Octagon
18th – Carlisle Sands Centre
20th – Preston Guildhall
21st – Wolverhampton Civic Hall
23rd – Norwich UEA
24th – Nottingham Rock City
26th – Llandudno Venue Cymru
27th – Manchester Apollo
29th – London Forum
30th – London Astoria
31st – London Shepherds Bush Empire
June:
2nd – Bristol Colston Hall
3rd – Truro Hall
5th – Southampton Guildhall
6th – Brighton Dome
8th – Leicester De Montfort Hall
9th – Reading Hexagon
Patti Smith will be releasing a new album in April.
The album, Twelve, will be released on April 16th and is totally comprised of songs created by other performers.
The recent inductee to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame will cover songs by people like Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Hendrix, Tears For Fears, Nirvana, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and more.
Crossfire favourites The Milk Teeth have a new video!
The group, who are loved here at HQ, have put their video for the track Go Faster Stripes up on youtube and it is a belter.
To check out the crazy video, which was shot in what the band describe as a “cold and crazy” hospital, click here.
The Big Brother rebel’s band are planning a UK tour.
Donny Tourette and his band, Towers Of London, will be heading out on the road in March. Check them out at one of the following venues:
March:
2nd – Cardiff Barfly
3rd – Bristol Academy
5th – Cambridge Junction
6th – Nottingham Rock City
7th – Stoke Sugarmill
8th – Liverpool Barfly
9th – Newcastle Academy 2
11th – Glasgow Cathouse
12th – Manchester Academy 3
13th – Hull Welly Club
14th – Sheffield Plug
16th – Birmingham Academy 2
17th – Northampton Soundhaus
18th – Oxford Zodiac
19th – Brighton Concorde 2
20th – London Islington Academy
Ozzfest has been dubbed FreeFest after an announcement yesterday.
Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne yesterday announced that the Ozzfest tour in the States would be free of charge. Sponsors will be underwriting the cost of the festival which takes place this summer. Sharon said of the move:
“We’re reaching the same point we did years ago when kids no longer wanted to pay for overpriced CDs. As a result, they found alternative ways of getting music. That’s what’s happening with summer touring in this country, it’s out-pricing itself.”
Willy Mason will be touring the UK in support of his new album.
The American singer will release his new album When The Ocean Gets Rough on March 5th, with the single Save Myself out on February 19th.
To support this he will be playing 18 shows in the UK, starting in Leicester on May 4th. You can check him out at:
May:
4th – Leicester Charlotte
5th – Liverpool Academy
7th – Cardiff The Point
8th – Oxford Zodiac
9th – Sheffield Leadmill
10th – Norwich Waterfront
11th – Bristol Trinity
12th – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
14th – Leeds Cockpit
15th – Manchester Academy
16th – London Shepherds Bush Empire
18th – Brighton Pavillion Theatre
19th – Birmingham Academy 2
21st – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms
22nd – Northumbria University
23rd – Glasgow QMU
24th – Aberdeen Moshulu
25th – Belfast Speakeasy
Alkaline Trio have put up their first video from their recent record.
The band, who put out a rarities compilation entitled Remains, have streamed their video for Warbrain. The track originally appeared on Rock Against Bush Vol 1.
Click here to check out the video.
The tracklisting for the new Bright Eyes album has been officially announced.
Cassadaga, which is released in April, will feature 13 tracks and is Conor Obert’s sixth full-length record. As previously reported, the album will feature guest spots from M. Ward, Janet Weiss and Gillian Welch.
In other news, Bright Eyes will be playing some European dates, including two UK stop – March 16th London’s Koko and 18th Oxford Brookes University. The tracklisting for the album is:
Clairaudients (Kill or Be Killed)
Four Winds
If the Brakeman Turns My Way
Hot Knives
Make a Plan to Love Me
Soul Singer in a Session Band
Classic Cars
Middleman
Cleanse Song
No One Would Riot for Less
Coat Check Dream Song
I Must Belong Somewhere
Lime Tree