have secured a U.S. release date for their new album, .
will release it Stateside May 8, and it is still scheduled for an April 2 release in the UK. The U.S.
version will include the bonus tracks Pride Before a Fall and Distance Makes . Both will appear as B-sides to the album s first single, Our Velocity , which comes out March 19 in the UK. As , Max i mo Park have plenty of UK and European dates scheduled, quite a few of which are with Art Brut.
A full U.S. tour is forthcoming.
Smart dude, that Zach Condon. He knows that in order to maintain the rabidity of your fan base, you have to keep them wanting more. Just a few weeks after the release of the , have dropped a couple more morsels to feed the starving masses: the , currently available only at .
(It will be available soon in Europe via .) Thanks to the folks at for pointing out the EP! Beirut return to the stage at the 4AD SXSW showcase at Emo s on March 14, playing alongside labelmates Blonde Redhead, the Mountain Goats, Emma Pollock and Wolf Cub.
They ll also do a live KEXP set on March 16. And on May 6 and 7, they ll play the Bowery Ballroom in their adopted home of New York City.
A video for is in the works, as is Beirut s second album.
The band plan to return to their hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico to record in March and April. Griffin Rodriguez, who has worked with Man Man, Bablicon, and A Hawk and a Hacksaw, among others, will be helping out with the recording.
Condon and co.
will also head up to Canada in May to work with Owen Pallett on the next album. My, do those kids have pluck. And the bigger kids are taking notice: by Kaiser Chiefs and the Walkmen to open a string of shows on the coupling s North American tour, Annuals will now also join as the art-rock vets in support of the forthcoming 23 (out April 10 on ), which your humble reporter is fairly obsessed with right now.
So much so that he s .
, Annuals must first plow through a Noise Pop appearance, a short tour with Aqueduct, and about three dozen SXSW showcases and parties before riling the masses up for the aforementioned indie stars.
In a slightly more congruous pairing, cinematic L.
A. brooders open a stretch of dates for Blonde Redhead as well. This summer, Jason Swinscoe will return with the first album since 2002 s Every Day.
The new record, titled Ma Fleur, was conceived as the soundtrack to an imagined film. Swinscoe made use of a scriptwriter and photographer Maya Hayuk for inspiration, bringing unfinished pieces to them and writing more music based on their responses in the forms of short story scripts and photographs. It s out on on May 7 in the UK and June 5 on in North America.
Swinscoe collaborated with longtime bassist Phil France on Ma Fleur s arrangements. He also assembled a trio of vocalists, each of which he used to voice specific characters or thematic elements of the Ma Fleur story. Legendary soul singer and previous Cinematic Orchestra collaborator Fontella Bass plays the part of the elderly protagonist, and Lou Rhodes plays a character in mid-life.
The youngest member of the trio is Montreal s Patrick Watson, who sings on the beautiful album closer To Build a Home .
Ninja Tune is offering the radio edit of To Build a Home as an MP3 download if you sign up for the Cinematic Orchestra mailing list . It s worth it, but if you d rather not provide an email address, you can stream the song from the group s .
The Cinematic Orchestra will tour Europe and the UK in April and May, with plans to play select North American venues in July. So far, only an NYC date has been announced. A full tour is in the works for the fall.
Seems has finally parsed down (or tossed aside entirely) the into one concise, 13-song album. Ryan s ninth full-length proper, Easy Tiger, enters the physical universe June 5 via .
Possibly named for a line Mr.
Adams often gets in bed, Easy Tiger s not-yet-sequenced baker s dozen is reprinted below for your speculative pleasure. Will Goodnight Rose be a rollicking alt-country romper? Will Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.
involve cheap beat boxes and witch impersonations? Lord we hope so. I guess it s the first time we re presenting ourselves to a lot of people, s Ramesh Srivastava told Pitchfork when asked about his band s long-awaited debut, so maybe we ll just name it after us.
And self-title it they did.
Voxtrot, the debut LP from, yes, Voxtrot, arrives May 22 ( ) on / . The 11-track set follows three favorably received EPs-- Raised by Wolves, Mothers, Sisters, Daughters Wives, and Your Biggest Fan-- and contains entirely new material.
Tracks include Firecracker , which Ramesh cited as one of his favorites and called an odd marriage of styles, as well as previously mentioned jams Kid Gloves and Blood Red Blood .
Voxtrot-- whose Trouble single dropped just this past Monday in the UK-- wrap up a European tour this weekend, then return to North American for SXSW, a gig in Mexico, and a proper spring jaunt in late May. New R.
Kelly Album Due in May
T.I. guests on new single I'm a Flirt (Remix) The crown prince of Cloud Cuckoo Land, r b god -- whose fall from grace landed him in some zany lyrical nether-realm that culminated with 2005 s Trapped in the Closet saga-- has a new LP on the way.
As reported on Billboard.com, Kelly will issue the as-yet-untitled follow-up to 2005 s TP.3 Reloaded on May 29.
The new album will include latest single I m a Flirt (Remix) , featuring guest verses from T.I. and T-Pain.
It s a remix because the piano romp originally appeared under the same title on Bow Wow s 2006 LP The Price of Fame. On Kelly s version (stream below!), we learn to keep our women far away from the self-proclaimed king of r b because he s a dog on the prowl when I m walking through the mall.
Furthermore, The moral of the story is cuff your bitch/ cause hey/ I m black, handsome, I sing, plus I m rich. You ve been warned. Kelly recently missed a court appearance for his child porn trial because his appendix burst.
Apparently, he was trapped in the hospital. home country, Canada, and new album, , on tour this May and June. The solo artist/Broken Coast U.
S. dates, so stay tuned for that info, non-Canadians. She ll also play on June 16.
short UK/Euro ) and May 1 in the rest of the world.
With all indie compasses fixed firmly on Austin right now, it s easy to forget there s a pretty damned excellent festival kicking off tonight in the (sorta) West by North West: San Francisco s .
Celebrating its fifteenth anniversary, this year s Noise Pop goes down at 15 different San Fran venues over six days, February 27-March 4.
The Mezzanine plays host to a FREEDM Night kickoff bonanza this evening, featuring Tapes n Tapes, Har Mar Superstar, and Extra Action Marching Band-- with David Cross acting as master of ceremonies.
, the indie hordes will march though San Francisco over the course of the week, led by Sebadoh, Ted Leo, Clinic, Roky Erickson, Hella, Cake, the Ponys, Annuals, Brightblack Morning Light, Damien Jurado, Love of Diagrams, Earlimart, Malajube, John Vanderslice, Jolie Holland, Midlake, Snowden, Dead Meadow, the Dandy Warhols, the Coup, the French Kicks, Georgie James, and Autolux, among others.
For the complete schedule and details, check out the fest s state-of-the-art .
Plus: Willie Nelson, Roger McGuinn of the Byrds Sorry, Adam Duritz. You don t get to be . But guess what?
In Velvet Goldmine/Far From Heaven director Todd Haynes forthcoming feature I m Not There, six other people do-- including Richard Gere, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and even Cate Blanchett. Each plays a Dylan of a different period in the experimental flick, presently in post-production and tentatively slated for release later this year.
A lot of fine folks who aren t playing Dylan get to do the next best thing-- cover the man s timeless songs for the film s soundtrack.
While details have not yet been completely confirmed, we do know , , and -- with , , and the Byrds -- are among the acts giving it the old Dylan try.
According to Rollingstone.com, Stephen Malkmus takes on Dylan s Maggie s Farm and Ballad of a Thin Man -- with Dylan bandmember Tony Garnier in his band and Sonic Youth s Lee Ranaldo in the producer s chair.
Judging from a post on the Malkmus website, it seems the indie icon s cover will appear in the film itself with an actor mouthing the words: Maybe we arent supposed to talk about this too much. but one of our favorite movie stars inhabits senor jick s voice to perfection, claims the Malkmus site.
The Hold Steady, meanwhile, take on B-side Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
, according to a post on sound engineer s website (intense high five to reader Kaley Evans for the tip!). Mustachioed Hold Steady keyboardist confirmed the band s participation in I m Not There on his own website.
Calexico contribute a rendition of Street Legal s Se or (Tales of Yankee Power) , joined by folk legend Willie Nelson and flamenco guitarist Salvador Duran. The band performed and briefly discussed their cover on Minnesota Public Radio last September. Check out the video .
Finally, in an August 2006 with The Daily Californian, Joey Burns of Calexico mentioned My Morning Jacket s Jim James had lent vocals to another Calexico-backed I m Not Here Dylan cover (apparently set to appear in a Richard Gere scene), and that Calexico had recorded tracks for Roger McGuinn for a third soundtrack contribution.
Contrary to early reports, Jack White will not be participating, according to his publicist. Other rumored participants include PJ Harvey, Aimee Mann, and Michael Stipe.
UK/Euro trek to include North America. They will visit the continent for five shows in early June. There s a nice window of space surrounding the dates on their schedule, so we hope they add quite a few more.
one-off gig in Puebla, Mexico in March as part of the MX Beat festival, and make its way through Europe and the UK for most of April. It will and UK gigs on the agenda for May. In addition, they re scheduled to play Scotland s T in the Park, Ireland s Oxegen Festival, and Spain s Benic ssim this summer.
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