Ex-Blur guitarist Graham Coxon will have a new album called Love Travels at Illegal Speeds November 11th on EMI UK/Parlophone. Produced by Stephen Street (who was responsible for Blur’s Parklife and Modern Life is Rubbish), Love Travels at Illegal Speeds, is Coxon’s fourth album in the US and his sixth solo effort overall. Check out the Coxtastic audio stream for Standing On My Own and look for a full album review on USOUNDS soon.
Continue reading
Zach, Philip, and Chris seem to have lost their appetites after drowning a guy in the tub upstairs.
Atypical Athens, GA rock band, Summer Hymns, have been working on their new album Backward Masks for over four years. The album will be released November 21st on Misra. Check out the mp3’s for Pity And Envy and Start Swimming.
Continue reading
So Divided – the new album from …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead will be available in stores on November 14th. However, if you’re jonzing for some new Dead right now, the entire album is now streamable on the sensation known as MySpace. Stay tuned for another stunning USOUNDS review of So Divided soon!
According to Matador Records, not one, but TWO mp3s are posted on the website in connection with Pavement’s upcoming deluxe release “Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition.” The first, for those new to Pavement, is “Rattled By The Rush,” the initial single from back in Nam.
The second, “Heckler Spray/In The Mouth Of A Desert,” isn’t even on the album and comes from Pavement’s long-lost live album. Check them both out HERE!
The return of Cash will probably continue for the next 10 decades, so prepare yourself for the newest installment which happens on November 14th with the release of Johnny Cash – At San Quentin: Legacy Edition.
Audio Streams:
Walk The Line (Live)
San Quentin (Live)
Do you often find yourself wondering what that dude Torquil Campbell’s (from Stars) other band sounds like? (The answer is: like Stars) The band is called Memphis and their latest album, A Little Place In The Wilderness will be released in the US sometime in early 2007. You can check out Memphis’ first video, “I’ll Do Whatever You Want” on the Tube. Word is, Memphis will even do that thing that Meatloaf has refused to do for almost a decade now. Meatloaf is such an asshole.
Christmas music blows. But it blows slightly less when Aimee Mann and husband Michael Penn share the yule tide joy that is One More Drifter in the Snow (released October 31st). Mann will also hit the road for a limited tour joined by special guests Fred Armisen or Paul F. Tompkins. Other special guests will be announced shortly. Check back at aimeemann.com every few minutes for more updates.
The First Annual Aimee Mann Christmas Show
12/4 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbos*
12/5 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbos*
Continue reading