According to sources at NME, legendary music pioneer Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground is reportedly collaborating on a new track with The Killers.

Frontman Brandon Flowers told the website that they’ve been hard at work in a New York studio this week recording ‘Tranquilize’ with Sam’s Town producers Flood and Alan Moulder. Lou and Brandon contribute vocals to the song which is apparently a duet. Flowers also explained that the song will be part of a B-sides compilation. It is due out before the end of the year, and will feature material that may be new to many US listeners and made up primarily of material from UK singles.

Lou Reed is perhaps one of the most influential American musicians alive today. His work with the Velvet Underground and also under his own name has been genre defining for many types of modern music from punk to alternative rock to industrial music.
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Coheed and Cambria continue to trickle out new information about their highly anticipated new full length. The record is titled Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 2: No World For Tomorrow and is due out October 23, 2007. It is the follow-up to Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 1: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness which was released in 2005 and had a slightly longer title.

. It is also available on the album’s release page.
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Recent Vagrant signing Thrice have posted the third of ten teaser trailers in anticipation of their upcoming full length. The record is titled The Alchemy Index: Volumes 1 & 2 and is due out October 16, 2007.

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As I Lay Dying have announced a headlining tour in support of their new album, An Ocean Between Us. They will be joined by All That Remains, Haste The Day and Through The Eyes Of The Dead.

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As I Lay Dying have announced a headlining tour in support of their new album, An Ocean Between Us. They will be joined by All That Remain, Haste The Day and Through The Eyes Of The Dead.

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My Bloody Valentine is reportedly considering an offer to reunite to co-headline the 2008 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival according to the Daily Swarm and reported by Billboard. The band seems to be increasing it’s profile online in advance of any potential reunion as well, having launched both a myspace and registered an official website.

The band has been inactive since 1995 when the band imploded during attempts to record a follow up to their classic 1991 full length, Loveless.
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The Flaming Lips have announced some tour dates with Birds of Avalon.

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Every Time I Die have posted the first video from their upcoming full length. The record is titled The Big Dirty and is due out September 05, 2007. It is the follow-up to Gutter Phenomenon which was released in 2005 and then released again in a pinker version.

The video was inspired by the 1985 Michael J.Fox movie Teen Wolf.
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The Cure have cancelled their upcoming North American tour to spend more time working on their recently announced double album.

According to recent reports, the band says:

The schedule as it stands only gives us a couple of weeks to finish our new double album before we hit the road again, and we know this just isn’t enough time to complete the project to our total satisfaction

The Cure released their self-titled The Cure, their twelfth album, in 2004.
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After a quiet period, Indecision Records has posted an update on the label status as well as some upcoming plans:

To be perfectly honest we’ve been on a bit of a hiatus this year but now that we just about have all our affairs in order, we’re already planning on some great releases for 2008 so keep your eyes out.

We do have a new release out this month! The second EP from The Alligators is ready to ship. Four brand new songs on this extremely rare run. Only 500 pressed and we are expecting them to be gone fairly quickly. We do still have copies of their first EP on both colors of vinyl as well.

The label’s last release was Cold War’s Espionage Made Easy.
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Today we’ve got a few new songs from Arsonists Get All The Girls. The band takes the sounds of bands like Dillinger Escape Plan and Despised Icon and adds tongue-in-cheek subject matter. The band just released their new record titled The Game Of Life on August 14, 2007.

You can check out three songs here.
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Jimmy Eat World have posted the first sample of music from their upcoming full length. The record is titled Chase This Light and is due out October 16, 2007. The album was produced by Butch Vig (Against Me!, Nirvana) The record will be the follow up to 2004’s Futures and 2005’s Stay on My Side Tonight EP. .

You can check out the song, sort of, on the new Chase The Light page.
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Bad Brains have announced some more tour dates next month as they continue to support their new album, Build a Nation.

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