All posts from 5 July 2007

Billboard.com has a feature on Underworld’s upcoming October release, “Oblivion With Bells,” which is still awaiting a label and exact release date. Although the duo has not released a studio CD in five years, they certainly have been productive in the interim: the upcoming 11-track album was culled from nearly 200 pieces of music. Also […]

Tags: sunshine, underworld

Not-exactly-legal music download site MP3Sparks.com, which is operated by the same Russian company behind AllOfMP3.com, is no longer operational. Although the latter site was shut down by Russian officials in response to international government and music industry pressure, it is unclear whether MP3Sparks folded due to government pressure or for other reasons (such as a […]

Tags: allofmp3, mp3sparks

They Might Be Giants
The two Johns have dates across the U.S. through July and August in support of next week’s release “The Else.”
They Might Be Giants Are Definitely Touring (Artist Direct)
Ladybug Transistor
The band has a 27-date U.S. tour planned for this summer in honor of recent album release “Can’t Wait Another Day.” They will be […]

Tags: ladybug transistor, papercuts, starlight mints, starsailor, they might be giants

REM
The Athens band mixed oldies (”Wolves, Lower,” the rarely-played”Harborcoat,” “West Of The Fields”) into a set of ten new songs in a show in Dublin, Ireland yesterday, a prelude to heading into a studio there to record their next album. Although the album was originally expected to arrive late this year, we’re not sure if […]

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In an update to a report we filed this morning, the canceled Live Earth event originally scheduled for Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro this Saturday has been uncanceled. The Brazilian judge who originally shut down the concert relented after police finally agreed that security wouldn’t be an issue after all. The South American event […]

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The Al Gore-approved series of climate change awareness-themed global concerts scheduled for this Saturday (July 7) may have lost another city when Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s event was canceled by government officials, who claimed that there were not enough police to guarantee the safety of crowds at the Copacabana beach venue. Promoters of the concert […]

Tags: al gore, arctic monkeys, duran duran, justin timberlake, lenny kravitz, live earth, madonna, paul mccartney, red hot chili peppers

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The band is playing a handful of US dates in August in support of their ‘Is Is’ EP, out July 24th.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce August Dates (Pitchfork)
Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster
The UK band is touring England in support of their upcoming “In The Garden” EP.
The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster return (NME)

Tags: eighties matchbox b-line disaster, yeah yeah yeahs