Burlington, Ontario’s Silverstein have posted a new track from their upcoming album. The record is titled Arrivals And Departures and is due out July 03, 2007. It is the follow-up to 18 Candles: The Early Years which was released in 2006.
With their highly anticipated new album set to drop next week, Bad Brains has announced some pre-release plans for the coming days. The band will be releasing Build a Nation on June 26, 2007. As originally reported, the album was produced by Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys and is the first non-Beastie record to be recorded at the Beastie Boys’ Oscilloscope Laboratories and Studio compound in New York City.
Boys Night Out has launched a full album stream of their upcoming album. The song is featured on their forthcoming self-titled effort, which will hit stores June 26, 2007.
BEDlight For BlueEYES have launched a full album stream of their upcoming full length. The record is titled Life On Life’s Terms and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to Waste My Time which was released in 2006.
Updates to Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:
Today, Philadelphia melodic-hardcore outfit Giving Chase released their long-overdue debut full-length, A Cheap Print of a Masterpiece, and were nice enough to give Punknews.org readers an exclusive preview. If you are unfamiliar with the group, we recommend their style for fans of bands like A Wilhelm Scream, Boy Sets Fire and Thrice
Ladybirds has posted the first song from their upcoming debut full length. The record is titled Regional Community Theater and is due out August 21, 2007.
The band features Teeter Sperber and Tyler Pursel, the keyboard player for Gym Class Heroes. The album itself is also packed with guest stars including Max Bemis of Say Anything, Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids, Justin Johnson of The Danger O’s and Neil Sabatino of Fairmont. The band itself is described as “a Cyndi Lauper superfan meets (a cupcake pop version of) The Postal Service on diet pills.”
The Lemonheads have announced some summer tour dates with support from The Icarus Line. The Lemonheads continue to support The Lemonheads, which was released last year and features contributions from Bill Stevenson, J Mascis, Karl Alvarez and more.
Supporting act The Icarus Line are gearing up for their first full length for Dim Mak Records. The record is titled Black Lives at the Golden Coast and is due out July 10, 2007. It is the follow-up to Penance Soiree which was released in 2004 and was their sole major label release.
Pitchfork Media has revealed that Television guitarist Richard Lloyd has been hospitalized for nearly a month with pneumonia. A post to his website revealed that the influential guitarist had been in intensive care since May 24th and as of June 1st had “responded to treatment… has shown some improvement and is now free of the breathing apparatus.”
Lloyd was originally set to perform on June 16th with Television at Central Park SummerStage. This was to be his last show with the band. Lloyd’s website stated that after 34 years he would “be amicably severing all ties with the band Television, in order that he may concentrate his magnetic force and supernatural energies upon his own career in support of his forthcoming record, due out in the fall.” He did not, in fact, make that show, with reports from frontman Tom Verlaine revealing that Lloyd remains in hospital.
In the original post to his website Lloyd did imply that this would be the final Television gig, stating: “To the fans of Television, from the very first show at the townhouse Theatre on March 4, 1974 till the hopeful last show here in New York at the Summer stage… I hope to see you follow both my own and the other members of the band in their own solo efforts for many more years to come.” It’s unclear is Lloyd’s health has effected these plans or if Television is in fact now finished. SourceContinue reading Richard Lloyd in hospital / Television finished?→
There have been recent rumors of activity from the Sex Pistols camp. On June 11th Chris Thomas, who along with Bill Price produced Never Mind the Bollocks, appeared on guitarist Steve Jones’ LA’s radio show. He and Jones revealed that the band had in fact entered the studio. Details are few but a transcription of the chat alluded to an informal affair, stating that the band was “Having a bit of a laugh” and “Going down memory lane, on tape.” It was never stated that there are new recordings planned for release.
Frontman John Lydon recently appeared on Ian Wright’s radio show Talksport and answered caller questions. On the possibility of future Pistols shows Lydon stated that there was a possibility of a gig this Christmas. He commented that playing shows with the band was “great fun” and that the critics of the reunion efforts should just “mind their own business and not come.” He did not explicitly mention any studio work, but did reveal he was “Hanging out with Steve and Paul… having a laugh in LA.”
Also, Lydon’s official website moved to clear up rumors that he was releasing a reggae album. On the Transport show Rotten commented “I love reggae to death but that don’t mean I’m gonna pump out endless white-boy reggae beats. It would sound a bit hokey dokey wouldn’t it?” This somehow lead to a report in the Daily Mirror on Friday, June 8th that he was in fact planning a reggae record. He’s not. SourceContinue reading Sex Pistols in the studio? Possible shows this December→
Social Distortion‘s one new track from their upcoming retrospective release is now available online. The record is titled Greatest Hits and is due out June 26, 2007. The new recording, “Far Behind” is included on the disc along with 10 favorites from the band.
Israeli pop-punkers, Useless ID have posted a new song to their MySpace page. “Undecided” comes from a new 14 song demo the band’s recorded in preparation for their next record. The group i scurrently unsigned.
Mae is touring in support of their upcoming album. The record is titled Singularity and is due out August 14, 2007. As Tall as Lions is supporting As Tall as Lions, and Dear and the Headlights is touring on Small Steps, Heavy Hooves.
On a related note, Mae has posted a new “webisode” detailing the recording of their new album and also featuring a new track, “Rocket.” You can find it right here.