* Ryan Adams recently performed a cover of Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years” for BBC Radio. Ryan also released another new song called ‘Invisible Riverside’ from his upcoming album ‘Ashes And Fire’.
* Polar Bear Club recorded a few songs for the Switchboard Sessions.
* Bon Iver recently performed a solo piano version of ‘Beth/Rest’ for NPR.
* Fanfarlo have released a video for the first song from their upcoming album. The song is called ‘Replicate’ and the track is available for download to those that sign up for the band’s mailing list.
* Maritime have released a new song called ‘Sea Horse Love’ on a free Dangerbird Records sampler which is available exclusively on iTunes.
* Radiohead have released the sixth volume of their 12” remix series for streaming online.
* Pearl Jam have released a new song called ‘Olé’ for free download.
* She & Him have revealed the details of their upcoming Christmas album. It is called ‘A Very She & Him Christmas’ and it is coming out on October 25.
* Office Of Future Plans will release their debut, self-titled album on November 14 via Dischord Records.
* Coldplay have released the second single ‘Paradise’ from their upcoming album ‘Mylo Xyloto’.
* Saves The Day have released a video for ‘Deranged & Desperate’
* Boy Sets Fire are planning on writing new material.
* The Casket Lottery are recording a new album for the first time since 2002.
* Hum are planning to play some reunion shows.
* Album Stream: Pearl Jam Twenty soundtrack
* Album Stream: Saves The Day - Daybreak
* Album Stream: Mates Of State - Mountaintops
* Album Stream: Bridge & Tunnel - Rebuilding Year
* Album Stream: Chuck Ragan - Covering Ground
* Album Stream: Samiam - Trips
Sorry this is such a massive list…I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile and my list of news just kept growing and growing…
* Owen (Mike Kinsella) has finished a new album called Ghost Town which is scheduled to be released on November 1. He also has a song on the new Polyvinyl compilation ‘Japan 3.11.11’ (it’s a cover of Screeching Weasel’s ‘Guest List’) and he recently performed a cover of Jane’s Addiction’s ‘Summertime Rolls’ for the AV Undercover series. (Other recent AV Undercover series videos: They Might Be Giants perform Chumbawamba’s ‘Tubthumping’, The Get Up Kids perform Blur’s ‘Girls And Boys’, and Matt Nathanson performs Prince’s ‘Little Red Corvette’.)
* Hot Water Music have signed to Rise Records. After self-releasing a new 7” this fall (the A-side is available for streaming now and so is the B-side), the band plans to record a new album this winter and release it on their new label in 2012. The band will also be releasing a 2xCD/3xLP called ‘Live In Chicago’ on No Idea Records on September 27.
* Polar Bear Club have announced that their new album ‘Clash Battle Guilt Pride’ will be released on September 13. The band has posted the album’s cover and their fall tour dates on their website. The first single ‘Screams In Caves’ is available for streaming and for pre-order as part of ‘The View. The Life’ 7” from Bridge Nine Records.
* Mates Of State have revealed the tracklist and cover art for their new album ‘Mountaintops’, which comes out September 13. The first single ‘Maracas’ is available for download from the band, and the song’s video is available for viewing.
* Maritime have posted all of their b-sides on Soundcloud for free download.
* Radiohead recently announced a series of 12” records featuring remixes of songs from The King Of Limbs. So far, you can listen to the first volume, listen to the second volume, order both directly from the band, check out the details for the third volume, and check out the details for the fourth volume.
* Wilco have released a new 7” and both songs are available for streaming now: ‘I Might’ and b-side ‘I Love My Label’. The band will be releasing a new album ‘The Whole Love’ on September 27, and they recently played several new songs live.
* Ryan Adams has released a new European tour 7” with the songs ‘Empty Room’ and ‘Nutshell’ (which is an Alice In Chains cover) and both songs are available for streaming now.
* MuteMath have released the cover art and the video for the title track from their upcoming album ‘Odd Soul’ which comes out October 4.
* Blink 182 have released the first single from their new album. It’s called ‘Up All Night’ and it is streaming on their website.
* Bon Iver recently performed on Jimmy Fallon (‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’), performed on The Colbert Report (‘Skinny Love’ and ‘Calgary’), and then performed again on Jimmy Fallon (‘Holocene’). The b-side from the first single ‘Calgary’ is available for streaming (‘I Can’t Make You Love Me’) and the second single ‘Holocene’ will be released on September 5 with b-side ‘Come Talk To Me’. The band also announced a string of tour dates.
* Chuck Ragan will be releasing a new album called ‘Covering Ground’ on September 13. It is available for pre-order now and the first song is available from Chuck on his website.
* Iron & Wine recorded a 4AD Session and it is available for viewing now.
* Thrice have released a song called ‘Yellow Belly’ from their upcoming album ‘Major/Minor’, along with a number of tour dates for the fall.
* Office Of Future Plans have announced that their debut album will be released on Dischord Records in the fall.
* Feist will be releasing a new album called ‘Metals’ on October 4.
* Joshua have released their new album ‘Choices’ in the US. It is available for streaming and purchase from their Bandcamp page.
* Imogen Heap has released a new song called ‘Propeller Seeds’. It is the second song in her multi-year collaborative project of writing her new album.
* Minus The Bear have announced a 10th Anniversary Tour where they will be playing ‘Highly Refined Pirates’ in its entirety. The band is also issuing ‘This Is What I Know About Being Gigantic’ on vinyl for the first time and ‘Highly Refined Pirates’ on 180-gram vinyl.
Here is all the new music that I’ve bought in the first part of 2011. I’ll split it into a few categories:
Record Store Day:
* Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Class Mythology 2x7” [Four leftover songs from the Cardinology sessions.]
* Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American Deluxe Edition 3xLP [First time on vinyl. Limited to 2000 copies.]
* Foo Fighters - Medium Rare LP [An all-covers album.]
* Deftones - Covers LP [An all-covers album.]
* Anberlin - Cities 2xLP [First time on vinyl.]
* Pearl Jam - Vs. LP [Vinyl reissue.]
* Pearl Jam - Vitalogy 2xLP [Vinyl reissue.]
New Releases (Albums):
* Maritime - Human Hearts [The 4th Maritime record and the band keeps getting better. I’d definitely recommend this.]
* The Get Up Kids - There Are Rules [The first new album in a long time from The Get Up Kids…it’s very different from their earlier albums, but I dig it.]
* Iron & Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean [This album has really grown on me. Jess and I are going to see Iron & Wine in concert this week and we’re both very excited.]
* Bright Eyes - The People’s Key [Another solid record from Conor Oberst.]
* Radiohead - The King Of Limbs [I’m still not quite sure what I think of this record. There are definitely some good songs, but I’m not sure how it stacks up to their other albums.]
* Jonsi - Go Live [This live album from Sigur Ros’s lead singer contains several songs that aren’t on his debut album Go.]
* Joan Of Arc - Life Like [The first Joan Of Arc album with Victor Villareal (of Cap’n Jazz and Owls fame)…I was hoping this would be amazing, but unfortunately, I don’t think it is.]
* Decibully - Decibully [The band’s brand-new, self-titled (and sadly their final) album is available as a pay-what-you-want download here.]
* Foo Fighters - Wasting Light [Another solid Foo Fighters album.]
* Jonah Matranga - You’re All Those Things And Then You’re None (V2.0) [Version 1 of this record was a singer/songwriter album with just acoustic guitar and vocals. For Version 2, Jonah took audio submissions of all kinds from anyone who wanted to take part, and he built a new version of each song. It turned out really well and it is a lot of fun to listen to. It is definitely worth checking out.]
* Pearl Jam - Live On Ten Legs [Pearl Jam has released plenty of live music, but I still bought this…I guess I’m a sucker. Anyways, it’s pretty good if you like Pearl Jam.]
* Pearl Jam - Vs./Vitalogy/Live At The Orpheum Theatre [The bonus tracks on Vs. and Vitalogy aren’t that great, but the live CD is awesome. Pearl Jam was sort of an angry band in 1994, and that made for an awesome live show.]
New Releases (EP’s):
* Alexi Murdoch - Towards The Sun [This seven song mini-album is really good. Another recommendation.]
* Lovedrug - EP Part III [The final installment in Lovedrug’s year of EP’s leading up to album #4.]
* Chris Conley / Masafumi Isobe / Matt Pryor - 3 Way Acoustic Split [Chris Conley of Saves The Day, Masafumi Isobe of Husking Bee, and Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids each do a new song and cover a song by the other two.]
* Vampire Weekend - iTunes Session
* The Appleseed Cast - Middle States [The new EP available from Graveface records.]
* Blackpool Lights - Okie Baroque [The long-dormant side-project from Jim Suptic of The Get Up Kids is back with a new EP. It is available for purchase here.]
New Releases (Singles):
* Imogen Heap - Lifeline [Imogen’s new single that she wrote in collaboration with her fans. You can buy it from Amazon MP3 or iTunes, or you can buy it directly from Immi’s website.]
* Owen - O Evelyn 7” [Another new single from Mike Kinsella.]
* Office Of Future Plans - Harden Your Heart 7” [The debut single from J. Robbins’s new band.]
* Channels - Cast Away [A new single from J. Robbins’s outfit prior to Office Of Future Plans. Available for listening and purchasing here.]
* The National - Think You Can Wait (from the film Win Win)
* The National - Exile Vilify (from the video game Portal 2) [Both of these new singles from The National are really good and I especially like that the art for both of them is a play on the cover for High Violet, the band’s last record.]
* Cary Brothers - Free Like You Make Me (from the SXSW 4 Japan compilation)
* Radiohead - Supercollider/The Butcher [I received an email from Radiohead last week with a free download of these two tracks, which were released on a UK-only 12” for Record Store Day. The band sent a download link to everyone that bought The King Of Limbs from them.]
Older Albums:
* Atlantic/Pacific - Meet Your New Love [I had been meaning to purchase this since it came out last year and I finally got around to it. Atlantic/Pacific is the new band from Garrett Klahn of Texas Is The Reason and Solea. This album is gentle, acoustic, and quite enjoyable.]
* Hammock - Chasing After Shadows…Living With The Ghosts [A recommendation from my friend Troy. A really lovely instrumental record.]
* Camden - Reel Time Canvas
* Camden - Pieces Of Places [Eric & Magill is the new project from Ryan Weber and Eric Osterman and their album All Those I Know is really good. I am familiar with Ryan Weber because he was in Decibully, but Ryan and Eric were previously in Camden, so I decided to track down some of their stuff. Both of these records are pretty good.]
* Shorebirds - It’s Gonna Get Ugly [Shorebirds was Matt Canino’s band after Latterman and before RVIVR (among others). The band also featured Chris Bauermeister of Jawbreaker on bass. It’s Gonna Get Ugly is the band’s only album and it is a solid pop-punk record. Good call Nick.]
* Smoke Or Fire - The Speakeasy [Another good recommendation from Nick.]
* Brian Eno - Ambient 4: On Land [I have had Ambient 1: Music For Airports for a long time and I love that album. For some reason, I’ve never looked into any other Brian Eno albums, but a recent post from Something For The Ladies put an end to that. I have a feeling I’ll be buying a few more Eno records over the next few months.]
And finally, here are the recent Daytrotter Sessions that I enjoyed: Old Canes, Menomena, Iron & Wine, Jonah Matranga, and The Wooden Birds
Here are the latest links:
* Maritime has posted a full album stream of their new album, ‘Human Hearts’, which actually comes out today [Link]
* Small Brown Bike has released another new song (‘Rescue Mission’) from their upcoming album, ‘Fell And Found’ [Link]
* Cults will release their debut self-titled album on June 7 [Link]
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]
Here are the latest music-related links that I enjoyed:
* Girl Talk’s new album ‘All Day’ is available for free download [Link]
* Jonsi is releasing a live CD/DVD documenting the tour for his album ‘Go’ [Link]
* Iron & Wine have released more details about their upcoming album ‘Kiss Each Other Clean’ including the January 25th release date [Link]
* Ryan Weber (of Decibully) has a new project with Eric Osterman called ‘Eric And Magill’. The group has released their first album ‘All Those I Know’ for free download. Besides Ryan and Eric, the album features plenty of guests including Mike Kinsella (Owen, American Football, etc.), Erin Fein (Headlights), Todd Bell (Braid, Hey Mercedes), Davey Von Bohlen (Maritime, Promise Ring, etc.), and Chris Rosenau (Pele, Collections Of Colonies Of Bees, etc.) [Link]
* Cults have signed to Columbia Records. The group’s first single is still available for free download on their bandcamp page [Link]
* Damon Albarn has recorded the new Gorillaz album on his iPad [Link]
* Jonsi performed ‘Sticks And Stones’ on Fallon [Link]
* Brett Detar, the lead singer of The Juliana Theory, has released his new album for free download [Link]
* Volcano Choir have played their first live shows in Japan [Link]
Here are the music related links from the past month that I enjoyed:
* Maritime has signed to Dangerbird Records and will release a new album later this year [Link]
* The original Taking Back Sunday lineup has reunited and is recording a new album [Link]
* The Get Up Kids will be releasing three new EP’s this year (instead of just one as previously announced) [Link]
* Polar Bear Club have released a video for ‘Living Saints’ [Link]
* Jimmy Eat World are finishing up their new album [Link]
* Trent Reznor has a new musical project called ‘How To Destroy Angels’ [Link]
* Mates Of State will release an all-covers album this summer [Link]
* Phoenix have released a free live album [Link]
* The National performed a couple songs from their new album in an abandoned castle [Link]
* Thom Yorke played another new song live [Link]
* Jonsi released a live clip from his current tour [Link]
* Bloc Party’s Kele released the single from his upcoming solo album [Link]
Daytrotter is a really cool music website that posts free mp3s from sessions that they record with bands. Bands will stop into their studio while on tour to record a session and then the songs are posted for download at some point. It is a cool way to get different versions of songs that you have heard and also to hear some stuff that you haven’t heard. Lots of bands that I like have done Daytrotter sessions including Owen, Mates of State, Minus the Bear, The National, Andrew Bird, Maritime, Aloha, Lisa Hannigan, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Spoon, Kevin Devine, and Death Cab For Cutie. http://www.daytrotter.com/
