Iggy Pop has posted the new single from his forthcoming solo album. The record is titled Préliminaires and is due out May 18, 2009. The album is inspired by the novel, La Possibilité d’une île and is inspired by jazz, particularly New Orleans style jazz.
The song in question features a trumpet, trombone and clarinet and Pop compares it to New Orleans-era, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton-types of Jazz.
The second part of the recently posted interview with Fat Mike of NOFX and Fat Wreck Chords has gone up. Like the first segment, Mike is mainly discussing the state of the music industry, and what precipitated the recent Fat price drop.
Mike is skeptical about the future of the CD:
The problem is kids nowadays – and I do mean kids, because their attention spans are different – will download a single or two from a band and that’s what they’ll put on their iPod. They’re not really interested in a whole album because they don’t fucking have forty minutes in their day to listen to a whole album.
He also thinks that price has more to do with the current music industry slump than anything else:
Well, it’s got something to do with it. But that’s been the argument for years. People are just sick of spending sixteen bucks on a record and then finding out there are two good songs on it.
In the 70’s and 80’s […] their records were basically good all the way through. You didn’t buy a Zeppelin record and go, “Oh, there’s only one good song on here.” The bands cared about how good the entire record was. And if there was downloading then, you’re not going to buy “Black Dog” and then not get the rest of the album.
Check out the entire interview here.
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Paint It Black has announced the title and the cover art for their new 7-inch/digital EP. The record is titled Amnesia and is due out June 16, 2009. The EP is the first in the series promised by the band last September. At that time, frontman Dan Yemin explained:
I’ve always been so obsessed with albums, but at this point I’m thinking let’s have a go at the format that is the best format for hardcore.’ A six song 7″
Amnesia‘s artwork was a joint collaboration between designer Clint Woodside (New Lexicon) and photographer Shawn Brackbill (Q and Not U, Pissed Jeans) and you can check it out here.
Paint It Black will be playing a string of record release shows with their sort-of label mates, Ceremony and Crime In Stereo.
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Ben Weasel‘s recently reformed side-project, The Riverdales, have posted two new songs over at their official MySpace page. The songs, titled “Atomic Brain” and “Prince of Space”, are taken from the bands upcoming album Invasion, USA which is due to be released by Asian Man on July 14th, 2009.
The band last released Phase Three in 2003.
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Richmond, VA’s Government Warning have posted three new songs. “Endless Slaughter”, “Urban Warfield” and “Glued” will all appear on Paranoid Mess, which will see a release via No Way/Grave Mistake Records in America and Paco/La Vida Es Un Mus Records in Europe. No release date is given, but it is said here the record will first be available at No Way Fest 3, which takes place on June 19-21 in Richmond, with a wider release soon after.
The new songs can be heard at their myspace page. Government Warning last released Arrested [7 inch] in 2007.
The band also has some European tour dates coming up with fellow Richmonders Wasted Time.
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Saddle Creek Records has added two new acts to its roster.
The label will release full-lengths for the new signees, Ontario’s the Rural Alberta Advantage, and Nebraska’s UUVVWWZ, July 7.
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Robotic Empire will re-release the demo from New Zealand’s Dial.
The band’s self-titled debut, recorded in 2007, will be re-issued worldwide June 9.
You can check out a preview track from the EP on Robotic Empire’s MySpace.
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Regina Spektor is set to release her new album, Far, June 23 via Sire Records. Far is the long-awaited follow-up to 2006’s Begin to Hope.
You can click Read More to check out the album’s cover.
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The New York Hardcore institution known as Agnostic Front has been around in consistent form since 1983, making it one of the longest-running hardcore bands that hasn’t splintered into some unrecognizable faction or faux-legacy of reunions and hostile takeovers (see “Dead Kennedys,” “Misfits,” “Gang Green,” etc). Nearly thirty years after their formation, I (GlassPipeMurder) had the chance to sit down with founding guitarist Vinnie Stigma, Joseph James, Mike Gallo, and drummer Pokey Mo, who had just joined Agnostic Front last month. I don’t feel like I pulled any punches in this interview, and the band was very forthcoming, sincere, and appreciative of the interest in Agnostic Front.
The band released Warriors in 2007 and talked about the past, present, and future of Agnostic Front backstage before their show at Minneapolis’ Triple Rock Social Club.
Tonight’s Dispatch is the first from Toronto’s The Flatliners who recently took off through Europe with Less Than Jake. The band’s Chris Cresswell checks on.
Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who was involved in an auto accident last year and is currently in a coma was recently taken off of life support. His symptoms are said to be improving according to the One Love for Chi website. The website states:
“hi all – just wanted to update everyone and let you know that chi was released from ICU over the weekend and is no longer on any sort of life support. his symptoms continue to improve. so keep the prayers coming.. they are obviously helping a great deal!”
The website is still asking for donations to help pay for Cheng’s medical expenses.
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Southern Florida melodic hardcore act Protagonist have announced their summer tour plans. The band is supporting their recently released album, The Chronicle on Paper and Plastick.