* Office Of Future Plans have released the first track ‘Salamander’ from their upcoming debut self-titled album.
* Death Cab For Cutie will be releasing an EP called ‘Keys And Codes Remix EP’ on November 22. The EP is made up of seven remixes of songs from ‘Codes And Keys’. Leading up to the release, the band has been releasing one remix per week. So far they have released ‘Doors Unlocked And Open (Cut Copy Remix)’, ‘You Are A Tourist (The 2 Bears Remix)’, ‘Some Boys (RAC Maury Mix)’, ‘Home Is A Fire (Ulrich Schnauss Remix)’, and Codes And Keys (Yeasayer Remix).
* Nada Surf will be releasing a new album called ‘The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy’ on January 24. They have released the first single ‘When I Was Young’ for download on their website.
* Fanfarlo have released a video for the song ‘Deconstruction’ from their upcoming album ‘Rooms Filled With Light’, which is coming out on February 28. The song is available for purchase as a single (with b-side ‘Reconstruction’) from Amazon and iTunes.
* Radiohead have announced the dates for US tour next year (there’s no Pittsburgh date) and plans to return to the studio.
* The National have released their contribution to the upcoming Philistines Jr. covers album.
* Sigur Ros have released the one studio song on their upcoming live album/film ‘Inni’. The song is called ‘Lúppulagið’.
* Jonsi has revealed the details for his upcoming soundtrack for the Cameron Crowe film ‘We Bought A Zoo’. The album comes out December 13 and features several new songs.
* Chris Carrabba (Dashboard Confessional) has released a new EP of covers for free download.
* Bon Iver and Feist recently performed on Later With Jools Holland. You can see videos from the performance here and here.
There has been a lot of news about two releases that come out tomorrow, Tuesday January 25: ‘There Are Rules’ by The Get Up Kids and ‘Kiss Each Other Clean’ by Iron & Wine. Here are all the links related to those two:
* Iron & Wine: Full Album Stream, Daytrotter Session, Tour Dates, Video of Full Album Live Performance, Appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Stereogum’s Premature Evaluation,
* The Get Up Kids: Listen to ‘Automatic’, Download ‘Regent’s Court’, Download ‘Pararelevant’, Listen to ‘Shatter Your Lungs’, Tour Dates,
Here are all the other latest music-related links that I enjoyed:
* Listen to a new Damien Rice song [Link]
* Maritime will release a new album called ‘Human Hearts’ on April 5. You can download a song from it at the link. [Link]
* Joshua have reunited and will be releasing a new album called ‘Choices’ [Link]
* Trent Reznor updates: Another film score, a reissue of The Fragile, and How To Destroy Angels full-length album [Link]
* The Strokes will be releasing a new album called ‘Angles’ on March 22 [Link]
* Yellowcard will be releasing a new album called ‘When You’re Through Thinking, Say Yes’ on March 22. You can hear the first single ‘For You, And Your Denial’ at the link. [Link]
* She & Him have released a new video for ‘Don’t Look Back’ [Link]
* Dashboard Confessional have recorded a new song called ‘A Guardian Of Sorts (To Catch You)’ and are giving it away on their website [Link]
* Office Of Future Plans have made their debut single available for streaming [Link]
* Jonsi has released a video for the song ‘Sticks & Stones’ which appears on the soundtrack for How To Train Your Dragon [Link]
* Death Cab For Cutie have released a few details about their upcoming record ‘Codes And Keys’ [Link]
* Further Seems Forever have released a new 7” [Link]
* Freelance Whales have released another new single for free download. It is called ‘Day Off’ [Link]
* Bright Eyes will be releasing a new album called ‘The People’s Key’ on February 15. The first single ‘Shell Games’ is available for streaming. [Link]
I bought the following new music over the past couple of weeks:
* John Mayer - Battle Studies [Maybe I’m a sap, but I enjoy John Mayer. This new album sounds similar to the last one to me. I’m digging it so far.]
* Dashboard Confessional - Alter The Ending [I bought the deluxe version of the album which contains acoustic versions of all the songs on the regular album. I’m not sure which versions I like better, but both sound pretty good. I’ll have to see if this grows on me like the last couple of albums did.]
* John K. Samson - City Route 85 [John K. Samson is the lead singer and guitarist for The Weakerthans. These songs sound like stripped down Weakerthans songs. I’m still waiting for this to really grab me.]
* Mat Kearney - Daytrotter Session [I think the latest Mat Kearney album (City Of Black And White) is really catchy. This session sounds a little more raw, but it is cool to hear a different approach to these songs. You can download it for free here.]
* Gary Jules - Daytrotter Session [I haven’t heard that much from Gary Jules, but I have enjoyed all the stuff I’ve heard. This is really simple and really good. You can download it for free here.]
Maybe I’m behind the times, but I just found out that Dashboard Confessional is coming out with a new album called Alter The Ending. It comes out on November 10 and the band is on tour now. A Deluxe Edition of the album is also coming out and it has a second disc with acoustic versions of all the songs on the album. You can read about that here and listen to a couple of songs at the links below:
* ‘Get Me Right’
* ‘Belle Of The Boulevard’
Here are the latest links that I enjoyed from Punknews.org and Pitchfork:
* Jimmy Eat World are working with Mark Trombino again (all of my favorite Jimmy Eat World stuff was produced by Mark Trombino) [Link]
* Dashboard Confessional and New Found Glory are releasing a split 7” [Link]
* The Weakerthans release the video for ‘Sun In An Empty Room’ [Link]
* Grade releases a new song (the first one in years!) [Link]
* James Mercer (of The Shins) and Danger Mouse have formed a new band [Link]
* Volcano Choir release the video for ‘Island, IS’ (and it is really cool) [Link]
* Devendra Banhart releases a remix of the Phoenix song ‘Rome’ [Link]
* Sufjan Stevens plays some new songs live (and there are videos!) [Link 1 - Link 2]
