Beck is apparently still putting together the pieces for an anticipated follow-up to 2008's Modern Guilt, but the musical mastermind is at least delivering a couple new tunes on an upcoming seven-inch single on Jack White's Third Man Records next week. Beck will deliver a two-song slab of wax May 29 as part of the imprint's Blue Series. That's the simply stated artwork, featuring a sunglasses-and-fedora-sporting Beck posing in front of an ocean-coloured backdrop, up above. Apparently, country-tinged "I Just Started Hating Some People Today" and the thematically titled...Read More
As previously reported, Sun Wizard-offshoot Capitol 6 will deliver their psych-pop-tinged debut LP Pretty Lost June 12 through Light Organ Records. Just after the record hits retailers, the band will head out on a co-headlining tour with new labelmates and fellow Vancouverites Twin River. Both Vancouver acts will kick off the eight-show stretch with a hometown gig at the China Cloud on June 15 before heading out as far as Regina and back. You can check the detailed itinerary down below. The tour opener will also serve as a record release party for new Light Organ signees Twin...Read More
Both King Tuff and Jaill have new albums on the way that will soon be issued by Sub Pop Records, and the acts will show some label-based solidarity when they team up on tour this summer. While both outfits will travel around the U.S. separately this June, a stretch of gigs in July find them gracing stages together. As you can see in the tour schedule down below, the dates include one joint stop in Canada at Vancouver's Biltmore Cabaret on July 21. As previously reported, King Tuff's self-titled LP arrives May 29, and you can stream the hooky "psych-tinged bubblegum garage rock" album...Read More
A new charity album for AIDS work will unite a number of artists to perform the work of the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, including tUnE-yArDs' Merrill Garbus and Roots drummer Questlove. While neither a tracklisting nor a release date has been set for Red Hot + FELA, the project's first single brings together Garbus, Questlove, rapper Akua Naru and African singer Angélique Kidjo for a cover of Kuti's "Lady" (you can stream the original down below). According to a blog post from the (RED) organization, which is working in conjunction with Red Hot to put the compilation...Read More
Having downsized to a two-piece and released the raw and rocking Deformer in 2011, East Coast indie pop outfit Dog Day are getting ready to continue their support of the new LP with a Canadian tour. The outing will launch in June and take the band through July. In that time, the husband-and-wife duo of Seth Smith and Nancy Urich will play shows as far west as Vancouver Island and as far east as the Maritimes. Along the way, they also have a few U.S. dates. Many of the gigs are with Monomyth, while a couple of the West Coast shows are with Apollo Ghosts. See the schedule...Read More
Roger Waters' revival tour for Pink Floyd's The Wall has already given us multiple legs, rumours of a DVD, accusations of anti-semitism and the defacement of an Elliott Smith memorial. Soon, the tour will come to an appropriately epic finale with a newly announced show on July 31 at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. A press release promises that the gig will make history by being Waters' biggest Wall show since his performance at the Berlin Wall in 1990. The concert will boast a surround sound system and a bigger-than-ever wall of over 250 metres, plus extra lighting,...Read More
Having already whipped up countless heartbreaking tunes revolving around the complications of adulthood, three members of indie rock sad-sacks the National have teamed-up to pull a complete 180 by scoring and narrating a new interactive app for children called Dragon Brush. According to press material, vocalist Matt Berninger uses his booming baritone to deliver the story of Bing-Wen, a young boy/rabbit in a small village from China with an affinity for painting. Apparently, "when given a magical brush that makes drawings come to life, Bing-Wen must use his art and wits to outsmart...Read More
Despite last year's questionable reissue Worship the Animal - 1994: the Lost Recordings, metal fans haven't received any material from Phrygian-following extreme metal unit Nile since 2009's Those Whom the Gods Detest. The long wait is almost over, though, as the troupe have just unveiled plans for their next album, At the Gate of Sethu. Then group's seventh full-length arrives overseas June 29, with a North American release set to drop July 3 through Nuclear Blast Records. The album was produced by Neil Kernon (Nevermore, Cannibal Corpse) and features guest vocals...Read More
While it might not technically count as the follow-up to Justin Timberlake's smash 2006 sophomore LP FutureSex/LoveSounds, the pop-star-turned-actor is returning to the music world to deliver a score for the upcoming film The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Timberlake will compose the movie's soundtrack and act as its music supervisor. While a release date has yet been set, the film is being directed by Bill Purple and will star JT's longtime girlfriend Jessica Biel, Chloe Moretz and Jeffrey Dean Morgan. The story takes place in New...Read More
Widely heralded as a pioneer of electronic music for inventing some of the world's very first synthesizers, Robert Moog would have turned 78 today (May 23), and Google has come up with an awesome way to celebrate. If you've been on the internet this morning, chances are you've already seen what might be the most complex Google doodle to date on the search engine's homepage. Paying tribute to Moog, the doodle allows Google users to create, record and share snippets of their very own Moog compositions. Complete with 19 knobs, four tracks, plus a modulation wheel and switch, the device...Read More
Teen Daze's new album, All of Us, Together, was originally scheduled to come out this week (May 22) via Lefse Records, but the date has since been pushed back to June 5. While we wait for the full-length to arrive, we have a tour announcement and a music video to tide us over. The outing finds Teen Daze travelling throughout North America and playing shows in the U.S. and Canada. This includes gigs across the Prairies, plus a trek with White Arrows and Beat Connection. Teen Daze's currently confirmed schedule wraps up with a Vancouver gig on July 22. See the itinerary below,...Read More
You have to give credit to Lil B for going against the grain. The eclectic rapper recently revealed that he would be helping his tabby cat Keke to launch a hip-hop career, and now he's kept the weird stuff coming, as Lil B has released an all-instrumental album of classic music called Choices and Flowers. Yesterday evening (May 23), Lil B tweeted, "'THE BASEDGOD' HAS MADE HISTORY TODAY HE PRODUCED AND COMPOSED HIS WHOLE CLASSICAL MUSIC ALBUM! HISTORY!! 'CHOICES AND FLOWERS.'" This was part of a Twitter rampage that consisted of dozens of tweets saying almost the exact same...Read More
Welcome back to another week of the Reader Feedback Roundup, where we here at Exclaim! take note of the discussions going on around our music news. In this edition, our readers chime in on some intra-band politics and celebrity drama.
To begin, one of the most commented-on stories this week was the feud between members of Black Sabbath and drummer Bill Ward, which resulted in the band editing Ward out of the promo shots on their website.
Though Ward's image may have been removed at his own request, a number of readers were pointing the finger elsewhere. "What a farce. I blame SharOz," wrote Facebook user Motor Zedd, referring to the combination of Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne, while another reader simply said, "Damn you Sharon Osbourne." No matter who is responsible, though, Exclaim! readers agreed this is not good news. "How come bands can't just suck up personal differences like the Ramones did and just play?" asked Canuckle Head.
In other rock star theatrics, Jack White was outraged when Guinness World Records failed to recognize his one-note concert in St. John's, NL as the shortest of all time. Our readers were not impressed. "I was at that show. Super pissoff," responded Terry. Others focused on the self-indulgence of it all. "He must have the record for number of own farts sniffed," said an anonymous reader.
Finally, after Handsome Fursbroke up without releasing any official reason for the split, Exclaim! readers were pretty baffled. Twitter user @RachelsHero asked us, "Handsome Furs broke up......WTF? What's the story???" Meanwhile, Chaz wondered rhetorically, "so they're not coming to Whitehorse?" But maybe this had something to do with the breakup?
The Numero Group may be more well known for its Eccentric Soul series than for doling out rock reissues, but the Illinois label is hoping to shed some more light on the power pop genre through its newly formed Buttons banner. A press release lays out two upcoming releases coming out July 17 that showcase some relatively unknown power pop acts, though some may be familiar to Numero followers. In 2005, the imprint had issued the Yellow Pills: Prefill CD compilation, a release that celebrated a number of U.S. acts, but that release has since gone out of print. While...Read More
Apparently Jack White isn't the only one determined to beat a Guinness World Record in the near future. Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne confirmed late last night (May 22) that the band will attempt to break the record for "Most live concerts in 24 hours in multiple cities." The record is currently held by Jay-Z, who played seven consecutive shows in Atlanta; Philadelphia; Washington, DC; New York; Chicago; Los Angeles; and Las Vegas back in November 2006. Known as "The Hangar Tour," Hova travelled across the country via plane to support the release of Kingdom Come. Coyne,...Read More
Canadian music fans are already familiar with Vancouver's Edo Van Breeman as the frontman of the forward-thinking indie ensemble Brasstronaut, as well as one of the minds behind the electro project Resorts and Canadian imprint Unfamiliar Records. Well, here's a new addition to his resume: Swiss convict. No, really. The singer-keyboardist received a speeding ticket while in Switzerland in 2011 and, rather than pay an elevated fine, plans to serve one day in prison. While speaking to Exclaim! in a recent interview, Van Breeman had this to say about his upcoming jail time: ...Read More
If you're hoping to get caught up on the latest new music, there's plenty to dive into in Exclaim!'s Recently Reviewed section. So with a new batch of album reviews to peruse, check out some of the highlights below.
First up, Slash returns with his second solo effort, Apocalyptic Love, with a new band and frontman to frame his famous shredding. Read the review to find out if the album lives up to Slash's Guns N' Roses past.
Meanwhile, death metal veterans Six Feet Under are back with Undead, their new album featuring the legendary vocalist Chris Barnes working with a new lineup. Also Peterborough natives Tarantuela have chemistry to burn on the Exclaim!-approved Good Luck-Black Cat-Bad Luck, while Cory Branan lets his varied influences shine through on the appropriately titled MUTT.
And lastly, slowcore pioneers Codeine have their work anthologized in the extensive reissue campaign When I See the Sun, which receives an Exclaim! Mark of Excellence, and Copenhagen DJ duo Laid Back rework some of their own 30-year-old dance tracks on the EP Cosyland.
Dinosaur Jr. bassist Lou Barlow recently confirmed that he would be returning to his band Sebadoh to work on a new album this spring. Not only that, but Barlow's long-running indie rock outfit will be touring North America this summer. The outing takes place in August and finds Barlow travelling around the eastern half of the continent. The bulk of the dates are the in the U.S., but there are also three Canadian shows: August 18 in Hamilton, August 20 in Toronto and August 21 in Montreal. See the schedule below. The Backstage Rider [via Brooklyn Vegan] notes that...Read More
In the weeks since we learned of the tragic passing of Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch, the world has joined together in numerous tributes and memorials. Now, one of two potential parks in Brooklyn may serve as a namesake for the fallen hero. Billboard points to a Facebook-based petition asking for Brooklyn Heights' Squibb Park to be renamed in memory of Yauch. The park, which is currently being converted into a skatepark, is currently named after inventor Dr. Edward Robinson Squibb. The petition currently has upwards of 1,000 supporters. However, Bikini Kill's Kathleen...Read More
Currently on tour with Drake for his Club Paradise tour, rising rap star 2 Chainz (formerly known as Tity Boi) was arrested at New York's LaGuardia Airport today (May 22) when TSA agents found brass knuckles in his carry-on bag. According to TMZ, the rapper born Tauheed Epps was en route to North Carolina when he was arrested at the airport's Delta terminal. Police were called to the scene and Chainz was taken into custody for misdemeanour possession of a criminal weapon at 1:45 local time. As of press time, 2 Chainz is still in police custody, though a rep told TMZ...Read More
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