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GARBAGE Back With Self-Released "Not Your Kind of People"

MUSIC NEWS- Garbage has announced that their fifth studio album, Not Your Kind Of People, will be released in the USA on May 15, 2012, on the band's own label STUNVOLUME. As V Magazine recently put it: "The poster girl for '90s alternative rock is ready to reclaim her reign - and the radio - with a new record from her iconic band, Garbage." 

"Working with Garbage again was very instinctual," said Duke Erikson. "Like getting on a bicycle...with three other people." He adds "We haven't felt this good about a Garbage record since the last one!"

Garbage; Shirley Manson (vocals), Steve Marker (guitars, keyboards), Duke Erikson (guitars, keyboards) and Butch Vig (drums, loops), will be back on the road this spring to support the album's release by performing several headlining shows as well as various festivals throughout Europe and the USA with more dates to be confirmed.

The Joy Formidable Back for North American Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS- The Welsh trio The Joy Formidable have told MNN that they'll kick off a headlining North American tour in March, beginning on March 12 in San Francisco and wrapping up on  April 2 in Toronto.  On the run, the group will play major markets as Los Angeles at The Music Box on March 14 and New York's Terminal 5 on March 28. The band will be supported on all dates by A Place To Bury Strangers, and Exitmusic will open for both bands beginning in Minneapolis on March 19.  Full tour itinerary is below.

 

The tour is the band's first news in the US and Canada following a breakout 2011 year, when the band released their debut full-length The Big Roar to considerable acclaim.  The band ended 2011 with a bang, supporting the Foo Fighters for multiple dates along their east coast tour. The band performed on CBS' The Late Show With David Letterman, NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly, and Conan. 2011 also found the band appearing with their new song "Endtapes" as the opening track on The Twilight Saga: Breaking Down Part 1 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

 

Sinead O’Connor Announces New Album Release

MUSIC NEWS- The iconic Irish singer-songwriter and performer Sinead O’Connor will release a brand new studio album ‘How About I Be Me (And You Be You)?’ via One Little Indian (MRI in the USA) on February 21, 2012. 

It'll mark her ninth studio album, and the latest release in a career that spans 25 years and millions of record sales around the globe, How About I Be Me (And You Be You)? is said to rank as one of her best and most confident pieces of work so far.

Sublime with Rome's Bud Gaugh Announces His Departure

MUSIC NEWS -  Sublime with Rome announcd that drummer, Bud Gaugh has left the band and will be replaced by Josh Freese. Gaugh revealed the news in an interview with KROQ (see the video below), telling all that his wife is pregnant and he is leaving the group to spend time with his family.

A founding member of Sublime, Gaugh teamed with former bandmate and bassist Eric Wilson and singer Rome Ramirez in 2009 to form Sublime with Rome.   The trio at first referred to themselves as Sublime, but changed their name to Sublime with Rome after a lawsuit was filed by the estate of late Sublime singer Bradley Nowell. Since then, the trio has toured the USA extensively and released their debut album, Yours Truly, earlier this year.

BEN KWELLER's Own "Noise Company" Label to Release His New GO FLY A KITE

MUSIC NEWS - After 15 years of releasing records through both major and independent labels, Ben Kweller has announced the formation of his own label, The Noise Company. The Austin, TX-based label will be home to all future Kweller releases, beginning with his infectious new album, Go Fly A Kite, set to hit stores February 7, 2012. The Noise Company has signed on with the Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) to distribute all of its releases.

Signed to Mercury Records when he was 15, and then ATO when he was 20, Kweller, now 30, is interested in being in a situation in which he has complete control. Kiko Velez, Head of A&R at The Noise Company recently said, "Ben has released successful records with a variety of inspiring partners and has gained a great deal of wisdom and experience." Velez continues, "That experience combined with a large and loyal fanbase, puts him in an ideal position to take advantage of the unique landscape of today's music industry."  

SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS Announces Ghostory

MUSIC NEWS-  School Of Seven Bells have announced news of with their third release, Ghostory, out February 28 on Vagrant Records/Ghostly International. The anticipated album finds the band’s lineup has evolved along with their music.  Formerly a trio, they are now a duo: guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis and vocalist Alejandra Deheza.

Recorded in-between tours, Ghostory is said to exemplify a fervent progression of School of Seven Bells (SVIIB) growth as artists, preserving the common themes found on their last two releases but exposing them in different fashions. The familiar ethereal and enigmatic tones are omnipresent, surrounded by layers of influences from ‘80s pop, shoegaze and ambient electronic sounds. However, Ghostory comes with a story in mind; the tale of a young girl named Lafaye and the ghosts that surround her life.

BJORK's New Album Has Icelandic Air Premiere

MUSIC NEWS- Bjork’s new album Biophilia, her eighth, releases this week on the One Little Indian label, had its premiere over the weekend on the in-flight entertainment system on Icelandair flights.  Th Icelandair director of marketing and business development Gudmundur Oskarsson said the company has it as a priority to support local musicians “in whatever way we can”, with the company premiering Arabian Horse, the latest album from fellow Icelandic act Gus Gus, earlier this year. “Bjork is one of the foremost artists in the world right now and many people have been waiting in anticipation to listen to this album,” Oskarsson furthered.

Former WEEZER Bassist, Mikey Welsh Found Dead

MUSIC NEWS - Chicago, IL police report that former Weezer bassist and artist Mikey Welsh was found dead in a Chicago hotel room.  Police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said Welsh was due to check out of the Raffaello Hotel at 1 pm Saturday.  But when he didn't, hotel staff went to his room and later entered it. Kubiak said Welsh, 40,  was found unconscious and not breathing.

Kubiak said Sunday the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death. She said there's nothing to indicate foul play.

CHRIS CORNELL Back on Tour With "Songbook" Shows

MUSIC NEWS- After his 2011 sold-out spring tour, Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter, Chris Cornell, has unveiled plans for his fall and winter tour, for the second run of his acoustic Songbook tour. He'll make stops across the USA;  including the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami, FL, Carnegie Hall in New York City, Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco and the Orpheum in Los Angeles.

These intimate shows highlight the songs Cornell has written throughout his career and are made up of entirely acoustic, solo performances. An album of live Songbook tour performances will be released on November 21 (via UME) featuring songs written by Cornell as well as a few covers. Full track listing is below. 

The Devil Wears Prada Premieres Video for "Born to Lose"

MUSIC NEWS - The new video for The Devil Wears Prada's new single, "Born To Lose" had its video premiere on MTV's Buzzworthy Blog this week. The track is from the band's just-released album Dead Throne (out via Ferret Records).  Check out the video out below;

Jane's Addiction Announces "Two Nights" Small Venue Autumn Tour

MUSIC NEWS - Back on November 23 and 25, 1988, alternative rock pioneers JANE’S ADDICTION took to the stage of Chicago’s legendary Metro to launch their seminal, ground-breaking album Nothing’s Shocking.  On September 24 &25, 2011, frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins, along with Chris Chaney on bass, will return to the venue to launch their newest offering, THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST, due out Tuesday, October 18 via Capitol Records.

These Chicago dates mark the beginnning of a one-of-a-kind series of two-night stands that will also take place in New York City and Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale for the Chicago Metro shows on Saturday September 10.

PUDDLE of MUDD's New "Gimme Shelter", First Tune off Re:(disc)overed

MUSIC NEWS - Puddle Of Mudd’s version of The Rolling Stones classic "Gimme Shelter" is the first single from their forthcoming album, Re:(disc)overed. The track is currently streaming (below) and is available for purchase. The band’s new album, Re:(disc)overed, arrives on August 30 and is pre-ordering, below . For this new release, Puddle Of Mudd dig back into their own past for the songs that turned them on to becoming musicians in the first place.

Re:(disc)overed includes such classics as AC/DC’s "TNT," Steve Miller’s "The Joker," Elton John’s "Rocket Man," the Stevie Nicks/Tom Petty duet "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around" (which Puddle Of Mudd recorded with BC Jean), Neil Young’s "Old Man," and of course the first single, "Gimmie Shelter." The album finds Puddle Of Mudd tackling classic rock songs as only they know how.

JACK'S MANNEQUIN Back With "People and Things", and Tour

MUSIC NEWS- Jack's Mannequin will return!  This October 4, Andrew McMahon and crew return with a new record, People and Things. The first single, "My Racing Thoughts," is now streaming on the band's website and below.  It will be available in various bundles starting August 2. 

 

Says Andrew McMahon of People and Things:  "I consider 'People and Things' a relationship record. My goal with many of the songs was to strip away the flowery language and sentiment attached to newer love and replace it with starker, less blinded language about more binding love. In the time following the last Jack's album the people in my world were moving in together, getting married, trying to find quote unquote 'real jobs' and reconciling new lives that looked a lot less like youth than some of us cared for. Marriage is a bit of a beast to tackle in a pop record but when I wrote 'My Racing Thoughts,' it became clear how powerful and loaded a subject this kind of love is and somewhere in that moment I began to lock into the broad concept for the writing sessions to come."

 

Coheed and Cambria Bassist Arrested on Theft Charges

MUSIC NEWS - Michael Todd, the bass player for Nyack, NY alt rockers Coheed and Cambria was arrested yesterday and charged with robbing a Massachusetts pharmacy of prescription painkillers just hours before a show.

Attleboro, MA police alledge that Todd entered the  local Walgreen's pharmacy after 1 pm on Sunday and showed the pharmacist a note on his phone saying he had a bomb. Police say the 30-year-old Todd, of Anaheim, CA, then took off off with six bottles of Oxycontin and fled in a cab headed towards the Comcast Center in Mansfield, MA where the band was booked to open for Soundgarden. He was arrested at the arena prior to the show, and the band performed without him with one of the band's guitar techs standing in. Todd, 30, was charged with armed robbery and possession of a class B controlled substance.

The PIXIES Confirm Autumn 2011 "Doolittle" Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS- As reported yesterday, the Pixies tipped us off that "Doolittle Tour" USA dates were forthcoming.  And, being the band of their word that they are, today we have the details. So, the band - Black Francis, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering - is happy to announce that the continuing celebration of the 20th anniversary of their beloved 1989 album will continue by taking the tour, the biggest the band has ever mounted, to nineteen secondary USA markets beginning Thursday, October 27 at the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ (NYC area).

"Two years and counting in this celebration of Doolittle's 20th anniversary," laughed drummer Lovering. "But people keep asking us to bring 'Doolittle' to their city, and we're really happy to do it."  A special Pixies fan pre-sale will begin on Friday, July 8, offering the best seats at every venue to those who are on the band's email list. Pre-sale purchases will include a specially-designed, limited edition Pixies t-shirt, as well as all ticketing fees, shipping and handling costs. The public on-sale kicks off Friday, July 15. Ticket prices, where to purchase tickets, and all other details can be accessed at www.pixiesmusic.com.