All posts from July, 2007

Gerard Way, frontman for My Chemical Romance, will launch his new Dark Horse comic book series “The Umbrella Academy” this fall, with the first issue due September 19. It’s about, in part, “a [closeted] space alien [who] has adopted seven extraordinary children to save the world.” Naturally. And he’s not the only rocker to put […]

Tags: alkaline trio, apple, eminem, itunes, kanye west, lou reed, my chemical romance, neil young, peter bjorn and john, timbaland

A Camp
No release date is set yet, but Cardigans frontwoman Nina Persson is working on her second solo record (like her first, under the name A Camp), which she has indicated will be influenced by Adam & The Ants.
Canon Blue
Nashville’s Daniel James–aka Canon Blue–will release his debut album, “Colonies,” on October 1st in the UK. […]

Tags: a camp, canon blue, cardigans, eagles, kano, raveonettes, sally shapiro

The Chicago rapper’s 2005 album ‘Be’ was a success on many levels, scoring good reviews, selling well, and earning the artist four Grammy nominations. So what does Common do for an encore? Make ‘Be, Part 2.’ Once again, fellow Chicago hip hop star Kanye West is on hand to handle most of the production duties, […]

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Architecture In Helsinki
The Aussie collective will get a chance to examine architecture in America now that they have added US dates to their world tour (which, yes, includes a stop in Helsinki). The North American leg begins October 10th and runs through mid-November.

View tour dates (Pitchfork)

Chris Carrabba
The Dashboard Confessional frontman will kick off his first […]

Tags: architecture in helsinki, chris carrabba, dashboard confessional, joanna newsom

The Forms
The Forms’ eponymous, Steve Albini-produced second album arrives in stores on October 23rd.
Lil Jon
The rapper hopes to release “Crunk Rock” (which, as the title suggests, is a blend of crunk-y rap and rock) before the end of the year. The Game, Kid Rock, Ice Cube, Three 6 Mafia, Ciara, P.O.D., and R. Kelly […]

Tags: lil jon, mae shi, super furry animals, the forms

If you have ever enjoyed a Josh Rouse album in the past–or if you enjoy the softer rock sounds of the early 1970s–then odds are good you will like the latest release from the American singer-songwriter who currently calls Spain home. He’s nothing if not consistent, with almost every critic noting that “Country Mouse” fails […]

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Atmosphere
Ant and Slug’s next album (”When Life Gives You Lemons…”) won’t arrive until early 2008, but in the meantime, the duo will have a new EP, “Sad Clown Bad Summer Accompanied By Piano,” available this summer.
Vashti Bunyan
Expect a double-disc set (”Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind”) of rare early recordings from the veteran folkie […]

Tags: atmosphere, drive-by truckers, mother and the addicts, patterson hood, sigur ros, vashti bunyan

It’s not a big week for music releases (expect more of that for a while as the music business enters its usual mid-summer slow period), but here are the major releases you can expect to find in US record stores tomorrow, July 31st:
1990s: Cookies* listen at AOL’s Spinner
Bat For Lashes: Fur And Gold* listen at […]

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Rihanna’s streak of 10 consecutive weeks atop the UK singles charts came to an end when her “Umbrella” fell to number three, with Timbaland (”The Way I Are”) taking over the top spot.
UK survey group Entertainment Media Research has conducted its fourth annual opinion poll about music downloading, and 43% of respondents (a four-year high) […]

Tags: deerhunter, file-sharing, new order, rihanna, sigur ros, timbaland

Dotmusic reports that Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones are currently in talks to tour together in 2008 as Led Zeppelin for the first time in nearly 30 years.
They may want to get a physical first, however. KISS singer Paul Stanley was forced to pull out of a planned California show Friday when […]

Tags: hard-fi, kiss, led zeppelin, ozzy osbourne