It’s Elephants, which features former members of The Letters Organize, Charlie Hustle and Wighat, have announced their new full length will be titled Gets Along. The record is due out June 30th via 347A Records.
The band has posted three new songs from the album and they can be found on their myspace page.
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I Shenelle Coplien asked a buddy of mine from London the other day what the first thing was that came to his mind when I say Milwaukee, and he replied with a British slur, “Dahmer!” The notorious cannibalistic killings are often the most suggested portraits of this city. Occasionally someone will slip in the roots of Miller & Pabst, considering we have been voted the drunkest city in US many of times. But when it comes to music, none of my out-of-town friends can name a single Milwaukee-based band. Our music scene here is just like your city, plenty of awesome bands and plenty of shitty ones as well. Of course, some of our greatest we have exported to the rest of America, such as The Violent Femmes and The Promise Ring, but our next greatest export is The Goodnight Loving.
I got the chance to sit down with Zach Byrne and Andy Kavanaugh in the back end of a local, South Milwaukee venue. This folk-pop group doesn’t have any intentions to dismember you, but they sure wouldn’t mind slamming a beer or two with you.
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Beastie Boys have announced their new full length. The record is titled Hot Sauce Committee and unlike their previous record, the Mix Up, the band is promising a “lot of vocals.”
The band will be appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon tonight and promise “to offer insights into how [the record] was crafted” during an interview on the show. The band will be hitting festivals this summer including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, All Points West, Outside Lands, and Austin City Limits.
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Darkest Hour have posted the first song from their upcoming album. The record is titled The Eternal Return and is due out June 23, 2009. It is the follow-up to Deliver Us which was released in 2007.
The album also marks the debut of guitarist Mike “Lonestar” Carrigan who replaces longtime guitarist Kris Norris who left the band last year.
Check out “No God” on their myspace page.
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Brooklyn, NY’s The Brass have announced the release of their upcoming 7″. Homosapien is due out in mid-June on Dead Broke Rekerds. The band features members of On The Might Of Princes and Latterman. Check out a song from the 7″, “Pubis Mons”, at the band’s myspace page.
The band also has a brief East Coast tour coming up next month.
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Rochester, NY’s Sakes Alive!! are currently working on their new 7″ Act II for Cavity Records. It’s the second in a three part series being released on different labels (the first part, Act I, arrived last year on Barrett). The band took a video camera into the studio with them and documented their recording progress. Over the next several weeks we’ll be bringing you some highlights from the sessions, but before we get started let’s introduce our cast.
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Baltimore, MD’s Trapped Under Ice have posted a new song from their forthcoming album. The record is titled Secrets of the World and is due out August 4, 2009 via Reaper Records. The band last released Stay Cold [7 inch] in 2008.
Check out “T.U.I.” at the band’s myspace page.
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Rancid‘s new record Let the Dominoes Fall is now streaming online at MySpace. The band also posted a track by track commentary of the record.
The new album, the band’s first since Indestructible in 2003, is due out on June 2nd. They’ll support with a tour of the US and Canada with Rise Against, the Riverboat Gamblers and Billy Talent.
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Rancid‘s new record Let the Dominoes Fall is now streaming online at MySpace. The band also posted a track by track commentary of the record.
The new album, the band’s first since Indestructible in 2003, is due out on June 2nd. They’ll support with a tour of the US and Canada with Rise Against, the Riverboat Gamblers and Billy Talent.
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Intro5pect have posted the first in a series of videos online documenting the creation of their next full length.
The band recently cancelled their summer tour to work on the record. Intro5pect last released the Realpolitik! EP in 2007.
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The Undertones‘ sophomore LP Hypnotised is to be reissued on June 8th by Salvo / Ardeck. The original 15 track LP was released in 1980 and spawned the singles “My Perfect Cousin” and “Wednesday Week,” which charted at #9 and #11 in the UK respectively. The reissue package will feature six additional songs including b-sides and Peel Sessions, as well as the video for “My Perfect Cousin.” The liner notes will include a essay by bassist Michael Bradley on life with the band.
The set follows the 2008’s celebration of the 30th anniversary of “Teenage Kicks” and the February reissue of the band’s self-titled debut. The remainder of their catalog is expected to get the same treatment.
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Jay Bennett, multi-instrumentalist, producer and former member of Wilco, has died at the age of 45. He died in his sleep from an unknown cause, and an autopsy is being performed according to friend Edward Burch.
Bennett was a member of Wilco from 1994-2001, collaborating on four of the band’s albums: 1995’s A.M., 1996’s Being There, 1999’s Summerteeth and 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Bennett was asked to leave the group after tensions arose regarding the mixing process during the recording sessions of Foxtrot. Some of these conflicts were documented in the 2001 documentary, I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. Bennett had recently sued band frontman Jeff Tweedy, citing unpaid royalties for his music and his appearance in the film.
Our deepest condolences to his friends and family.
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Arts and Crafts artist Jason Collett will support the Weakerthans on their upcoming US west coast tour. Jason will be performing solo at the shows and previewing a number of songs from his upcoming full length. The Toronto based musician released Here’s to Being Here in 2008 to much critical acclaim.
Prior to the US tour Collett will play the a trio of special shows in his hometown. Wednesday the 10th he’ll be part of “The Canadian Songbook: A Tribute to Neil Young‘s Live at Massey Hall,” which is part of the Luminato Festival. On the 17th he’ll play an Arts & Crafts NXNE showcase with Apostle Of Hustle, The Happiness Project and Years. A CBC Radio showcase follows on the 20th at the Horseshoe Tavern. The Weakerthans dates kick off on July 18th in Seattle.
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