News: The Mark Lanegan Band - "Blues Funeral" Out Feb 6 2012 + Tour Dates

Hear yee, hear yee! A long awaited new Mark Lanegan Band album titled "Blues Funeral" will be released this February 6th, 2012.

The album will be released via the label 4AD with both CD and LP versions and there will be a European tour (US dates TBD I believe!) to coincide with the release.

Here are the dates:

February 28th - GRONINGEN, NL - Oosterpoort
29th - AMSTERDAM, NL - Paradiso
March 1st - EINDHOVEN, NL - Effenaar
2nd - ANTWERP, BE - Trix
4th - BRISTOL, UK - Academy
5th - MANCHESTER, UK - Academy
27th - DUBLIN, IE - Academy
8th - BELFAST, NI - Mandela Hall
9th - GLASGOW, UK - ABC
10th - LEEDS, UK - Cockpit
12th - BIRMINGHAM, UK - Library
13th - LONDON, UK - Shepherds Bush Empire
14th - COLOGNE, DE - Gloria
15th - HAMBURG, DE - Gruenspan
17th - COPENHAGEN, DK - Amager Bio
18th - BERLIN, DE - Columbia Club
19th - WARSAW, PL - Proxima
20th - PRAGUE, CZ - Lucerna Music Hall
22nd - VIENNA, AT - Arena
24th - BOLOGNA, IT - Estragon
25th - MILAN, IT - Alcatraz
27th - BILBAO, ES - Kafé Antzokia
28th - SANTIAGO, ES - Sala Capitol
30th - PORTO, PT - Hard Club
31st - LISBON, PT - TMN ao Vivo
April
1st - MADRID, ES - Sala Kapital2nd - BARCELONA, ES - Sala Bikini

News: Screaming Trees "Last Words: The Final Recordings" Album Out August

Here's some news to jazz up your Wednesday: a new Screaming Trees album containing remastered versions of their final recordings will be released early this August. The album is titled "Last Words: The Final Recordings" and was recorded in 1998-1999.

This news is as posted on Barrett Martin's facebook page earlier today:
"Hey Folks, I'm quite happy to announce that last night, Jack Endino and I finished mixing a new Screaming Trees album. Its the unreleased album we recorded in 1998-99 and its finally coming out on August 2nd on my label. Mark Lanegan, Van Conner, Lee Conner, and myself felt that these final songs should be heard, and soon they shall be. Here's the album cover, done by the renowned artist Erin Currier."

Yes, yes and yes!

Video: Saint Vitus Perform New Track "Blessed Night" In Hollywood April 5th

On the last night of the recent Metalliance tour (Saint Vitus, Crowbar, Helmet), Saint Vitus debuted a new track called "Blessed Night". According to Wino a new album will be in the works this summer, and you can watch video of the new track being performed above (credit to metalassaultLA on youtube). This show took place on April 5th, 2011 in Hollywood.

How great is it to see bands like Saint Vitus are still going and putting stuff out there?

News: New Track by Mark Lanegan Released For "Rage Untethered" Game

That's right, new Mark Lanegan material! The track is called "Burning Jacobs Ladder" and was released/created for the "Rage Untethered" game trailer. (Fortunately it really doesn't disappoint despite the sellout undertones. I don't really blame Lanegan for doing something like this for the money/hype, either). Anyways, I'm loving the new track and am waiting on pins and needles for his next solo album. You can stream and download "Burning Jacob's Ladder" for free here.

And I definitely have to give a special thanks to Mark (a different Mark, obviously. Yarm. No, not that one either) for the tip on this one!

RIP

Mike Starr (Alice in Chains) allegedly died today after being arrested for drug possession just last month. Sad news as he was only 44 and Alice in Chains was just getting going again. Read more here.

News: Mudhoney - "Head On The Curb" LP Out Now!

"This vinyl-only release is Mid-period Mudhoney at its RAWEST. Original Bass Player Matt Lukin is in top form, as is the rest of the classic line-up, blasting out songs and ideas, some of which went on to be studio-fied for their Warner Bros debut PIECE OF CAKE, while others got lost to the dark crevices of time…UNTIL NOW. Besides the cover of SCTV classic I HATE THE BLOODY QUEEN, these recordings have NEVER been released, and represent a sonic assault that is pure Mudhoney. Raw, unabashed, and sometimes down-right no-fi. HEAD ON THE CURB writes a new chapter into Mudhoney’s legendary past." --Sub Pop

Um, apparantly this LP was released on the 2nd and Im just learning about it now. I'm currently feeling super incoherant but need to make a post about this since I'm way more hyped on this than any newer Mudhoney material being released and anyone that frequents this blog (do you exist?) needs to know. I can't wait to hear this and I'll post MP3s when/if I can track some down. Order through Sub Pop.

Side A:

1. Ritzville
2. I Want To Live
3. King Sandbox
4. 13th Floor Opening
5. Living Wreck
6. Acetone

Side B:
1. No End In Sight
2. Underide
3. Fun And Games
4. Confusion
5. When In Rome
6. I Hate The Bloody Queen

News: Melvins Live Album "Sugar Daddy" to Be Released This Month

MORE NEWS! Damnit, I'm so behind on my Melvins business. (Not really. I'm just grumpy since I missed a chance to buy the HAZE XXL version of "The Bride Screamed Murder". Has anyone managed to get any of these?)

Anyways, this is a live Melvins recording which is awesome. This is titled "Sugar Daddy", which is also awesome. If you look at the track listing you will see that is also, in fact (you guessed it) awesome. This will be released March 31st on Ipecac. (The person as well as the label).

1. Nude with Boots
2. Dog Island
3. Dies Iraea
4. Civilized Worm
5. The Kicking Machine
6. Eye Flies
7. Tipping The Lion
8. Rat Faced Granny
9. The Hawk
10. You've Never Been Right
11. A History of Bad Men
12. Star Spangled Banner
13. Boris

News: Graveyard to Release New Album "Hisingen Blues" This April

Evan turned me on to this new upcoming Graveyard release titled"Hisingen Blues", and after hopelessly trolling Tee Pee for some information on it I discovered that they're taking the leap to Nuclear Blast for this one. "Hisingen Blues" will be released this April 19th in North America and March 25th in Europe, and the tracklisting is as follows:

1. Ain’t Fit To Live Here
2. No Good, Mr. Holden
3. Hisingen Blues
4. Uncomfortably Numb
5. Buying Truth (tack och förlåt)
6. Longing
7. Ungrateful Are The Dead
8. RSS
9. The Siren

You can listen to the damn fine sounding title track "Hisingen Blues" on Graveyard's MySpace page here. My full support goes out to this group as they are one of the few 70's rock bands existing today that sound like they came straight from the era rather than just doing some cheesy emulation Wolfmother style. In the words of Graveyard... "Don’t mistake classic pieces of work for retro". Mark your calendars!

News: Soundgarden In The Studio

Okay, this isn't so much news as photographic evidence that Soundgarden is actually in the studio recording a new album but gimmie a break. Look at Chris Cornell. Look at the bun in his hair. They clearly mean business. I'm definitely curious to know what will come of this.

News: Kyuss Vinyl Pressings on Tee Pee Records

KYUSS VINYL ALERT. There are some limited pressings of "Blues For The Red Sun", "....And The Circus Leaves Town" and "Welcome To Sky Valley" available on the Tee Pee webstore now. Limited to 400 pressings each on 180 gram vinyl - it may just be another stop on the recent Kyuss money train but they'll sound oh so sweet. Move fast if you want a piece of the action!

http://www.teepee.hasawebstore.com/

News: ATP "I'll Be Your Mirror" - New York 2011

So the lineup for ATP New York is starting to unravel again, but I'm not nearly as giddy as I was last year at this point. The lineup so far looks alright (Shellac, Bonnie Prince Billy) but I don't see myself buying a ticket and putting my life aside to travel to New York for it like I did last year. (Which was amazing.) I guess it's not really my cup of tea this year but I can see certain people being really stoked on this. Also, the festival is relocating to Astbury Park in New Jersey.

From ATP's website: "All Tomorrow's Parties returns to the USA this September in the new location of Asbury Park, N.J. bringing an I'll Be Your Mirror event to the iconic Asbury Park waterfront. For the inaugural American I'll Be Your Mirror, Portishead will curate the Saturday and Sunday and headline their first East Coast shows since 1998!"

You can check the full announced lineup here, and I'll be posting regular lineup updates like I did last year.

News: More Kyuss Lives! Tour Dates + An Album?

I'm only just now catching myself up on Kyuss Lives! news (it's times like this that I really miss stonerrock.com for their great updates on this sort of thing) and have some European dates to post. Apparently this will be a worldwide tour (?!?!) so I'm really excited to see what North American dates are to come.

3/11 Bergen, Norway - Rökeriet

3/12 Oslo, Norway- Rockefeller

3/13 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis

3/15 Hamburg, Germany - Docks

3/16 Berlin, Germany - Columbia Halle

3/17 Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage

3/18 Basel, Switzerland - Z7

3/19 München, Bayern, Germany - Backstage Werk

3/20 Budapest, Hungary - Gödör

3/22 Vienna, Austria - Arena

3/23 Milan, Italy - Live Club

3/24 Frankfurt, Germany - Hugenottenhalle

3/25 Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre

3/26 Athens, Greece - Fuss Club

3/27 Brussels, Belgium - AB

3/28 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall

3/29 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

3/31 Nottingham, United Kingdom - Rock City

4/1 Wolverhampton, United Kingdom - Wulfrun Hall

4/2 London, United Kingdom - The Forum

Also, ready yourselves, there's some talk of a new album. I'm not sure if this is set in stone yet or how to feel about it but hey. A quote from the man John Garcia himself: "Our rehearsals are going so well that we’re thinking of doing another record… Brant [Bjork], Nick [Oliveri] and myself have collectively agreed that once everything is done live and we're done with our solo projects, we're going to do another record." Scintillating.

News: Crowbar - Cemetary Angels and new album

Sorry for my incredibly long abscence. To (not) make up for it, here's a new Crowbar track for the holidays! Get stoked. I'll try and come back in 2011. Hail Santa.

News: Kyuss (Lives!) Reunion Tour

A little while ago I posted about the "Garcia Plays Kyuss" tour, and now another tour has been announced under the name "Kyuss Lives!" which is essentially Kyuss minus Josh Homme. (umm, maybe just mentally omit Josh from the above photo). Right now only the Australian leg of the tour is announced, but some European dates will also take place in March/April. Very cool news!

May 04 - Gold Coast - Coolangatta Hotel
May 06 - Brisbane - The Tivoli
May 07 - Sydney - Metro Theatre
May 08 - Melbourne - Billboard
May 10 - Adelaide - Fowlers
May 11 - Perth - Capitol

Tickets go on sale today at 9:00 a.m. which was actually quite a few hours ago Aus. time. (It's 9 a.m. here in Canada, does that count?)

News: Bringing in the new year with NEUROSIS

Breaking my silence to quickly post some awesome news. It just got announced that NEUROSIS will be playing two shows in Seattle on Thursday Dec. 30, and Friday Dec. 31st. It doesn't really get much better than this. After missing them a few different times for bullshit reasons, I'm beyond stoked. Check it:

Thurs. Dec. 30th
@Neumos All Ages/Bar W/ID-Infinite Productions presents:
NEUROSIS, Wolves In The Throne Room and Black Breath.
$25.00 adv. @ www.etix.com, Moe Bar, Zions Gate, Singles Going Steady and all Sonic Boom locations.
Tickets are on sale Sat. October 16th at 10:00 a.m.
Doors: 8:00 p.m. Show: 9:00 p.m. Curfew: 1:00 a.m.

New Years Eve Fri. Dec. 31st
@Neumos 21+ only-Infinite Productions presents:
NEUROSIS, Ludicra, YOB and Brothers Of The Sonic Cloth.
$25.00 adv. @ www.etix.com, Moe Bar, Zions Gate, Singles Going Steady and all Sonic Boom locations.
Tickets are on sale Sat. October 16th at 10:00 a.m.
Doors: 8:00 p.m. Show: 9:00 p.m. Curfew: 1:30 a.m.

News: Mad Season - "Above" Vinyl Reissue

I'm going to keep this one short and sweet since it's pretty straightforward, but I just thought I'd do a quick post to inform you all that the legendary "Above" album by Mad Season is being reissued on vinyl and is available to pre-order here. I'm pretty sure a good amount of people have been dreaming of this reissue for a while so here's your chance.

News: Jason Simon's Debut Solo Album Available for Purchase

Jason Simon's (Dead Meadow) debut self-titled solo album is now available to order on the Tee Pee Records webstore here. There are CDs or 500 copies available on white vinyl. I love me some Dead Meadow and am really stoked to hear this release!

The official release date for Jason Simon's solo record is September 14th and here's what the Tee Pee website had to say about it: "It is a stripped down and intimate record filled with intricate guitar work and poignant well-thought lyrics. Some songs are filled with dark brooding drones. Others songs leisurely carry the listener down meandering rivers as they slowly develop in their own unhurried way."

http://www.myspace.com/manfromelsewhere
http://www.myspace.com/deadmeadow
http://www.teepeerecords.com/

News: Premiere of Soundgarden Track "Black Rain"

The recently reunited Soundgarden just premiered a new (old?) track called "Black Rain" from the Badmotorfinger-era sessions. This track was dug up by the band and reworked a bit, and apparantly Chris Cornell added new vocals in parts, etc.

Yes... this is the track that will appear on Guitar Hero. Yes... this is also the track that will appear on their new "greatest hits" album. But negative connotations aside, this is a really cool track (you can basically just expect something from Badmotorfinger) and the link below also includes a video of their Lollapalooza performance and some audio of the band talking about the reunion.

Listen to "Black Rain"

Tour Dates: Sleep Reunion Tour

This is probably pretty common knowledge by now, but in case you've been living under a rock, SLEEP is reuniting to play a few shows this September. Not only that, but they'll be playing Holy Mountain in it's entirety for this tour. I also read that Jason Roeder of NEUROSIS will be behind the kit. If you get a chance, hit one of these dates up! I know Cara will be at ATP, and I'll likely be able to end up in Portland to check out YOB and Scott Kelly as well. Not even the amount of shitty hipsters who are stoked right now will be able to take away from how awesome this will be.

9/3 Monticello, NY – All Tomorrow’s Parties

9/7 Philadelphia, PA – Starlight Ballroom

9/8 New York, NY – Brooklyn Masonic Temple w/ Lichens
9/9 Chicago, IL – Logan Square Auditorium w/ Lichens

9/10 Austin, TX – Mohawk w/ Sub Oslo

9/11 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater w/ Scott Kelly and Yob
9/12 San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom

News: Melvins/Isis Split - Finished Artwork + Track Listing

I just noticed the final images for the Melvins/Isis split 12" being posted on Aaron Turner's blog, so here they are! I'm going take a guess and say there will likely be some different pressings of colored vinyl for this as well since, well, it's a Hydra Head release. This is the finished artwork for the split and the track listing is as follows:

Isis:
1. Way Through Woven Branches
2. Pliable Foe

The Melvins:
1. Pig House (alt version)
2. I’ll Finish You Off (alt version)

"above: layout images from the forthcoming ISIS/MELVINS split 12". i supplied the illustrations, mackie osborne completed the layout. the 12" is intended to be released to coincide with the upcoming isis and melvins tours, during part of which the 2 bands will be touring together. if all goes with smoothly with print and vinyl production this plan will become actuality..." -from artist Aaron Turner's blog - read and see more here

Hopefully we'll actually see a release of this during the upcoming Melvins tour and HH will get their shit together on time (unlike with (A)SA). The new Melvins album "The Bride Screamed Murder" will be released June 1st also on Hydra Head.

On a more irrelevant note, I've been out of town for the past few days and my internet connection here has been beyond horrendous. Trying to upload albums is painstaking and pretty much impossible with hours of waiting and my computer freezing every couple of hours so I'll probably just skip the uploads until Thursday when I'm back home. (This is mostly in reference to the Screaming Trees covers I promised to post today.)