Author: USOUNDS

PJ Harvey – The Peel Sessions 1991 – 2004

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PJ Harvey – The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 will be released, in conjunction with the BBC, by Island Records on 31st October 2006. Available on CD and vinyl formats, the twelve tracks, chosen by Polly Harvey, span her career – from early versions of the songs on debut album Dry (1992) to her seventh album Uh Huh Her, released in 2004.

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(Be Sure To Fire Up Wang Dang Doodle) Tracklisting:
(1991)
1. Oh My Lover
2. Victory
3. Sheela-Na-Gig
4. Water
(1993)
5. Naked Cousin
6. Wang Dang Doodle
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Neutral Milk Hotel Book – In The Aeroplane Over the Sea

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Continuum Books have published a book about Neutral Milk Hotel (as part of their eclectic 33 1/3 series about great albums) by Kim Cooper. NMH broke up in 1998 shortly after the release of In The Aeroplane Over The Sea, an album that continues to sell over 25,000 copies a year. Cooper’s book delves into Neutral Milk’s relationship with Elephant 6, the evolution of NMH as a band, songwriting and tours, unpublished recordings, and part of the reason Mangum went MIA. Neutral Milk Hotel’s In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (33 1/3) available on paperback HERE.

V2 Records Signs Alkaline Trio – New album Cover Made from Litmus Paper

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Alkalis are bases, but not all bases are alkali

V2 Records will release a collection of new material from Alkaline Trio in early 2007. The Chicago band’s line up is Matt Skiba on guitar and vocals, Dan Andriano on bass and vocals and Derek Grant on drums. V2 says, “Their seventh record will continue on with their signature sound; a combination of two voices creating the balance of lyrical hell and pop heaven.”

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Matador to Release Pavement’s Wowee Zowee Expanded

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Matador Records will release the super mega remastered version of Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition on November 7th. 50 tracks! 2 CD’s! 64-page book! Eighteen unreleased recordings! Nine non-album b-sides! Compilation tracks! Comprehensive translation for the song “Best Friend’s Arm”! Not really, but that would be nice.

Track Listing:
Disc 1
01 We Dance
02 Rattled by the Rush
03 Black Out
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The Changes Contest and Stream

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Be the 855th person to email usounds AT gmail DOT com with “ch-ch-ch Changes” in the subject line, and win a copy of The Changes’ thrilling new album, Today Is Tonight.

When I Wake
Water of the Gods
Such a Scene
Such a Scene mp3

Dave currently has mono:
October 18 – Indianapolis, IN – Radio Radio
October 19 – Ames, IA – The Maintenance Shop
October 20 – Chicago, IL – Double Door
October 21 – State College, PA – Tall Shiva
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The Slip mp3 and Tour

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After casting a few dead bodies into the ocean, Slip members immediately wonder if perhaps they made a mistake

Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) recently tripped over The Slip at one of their avant art-rock shows and told The New York Times about it:

“Seeing them live was amazing…I instantly felt a bond with these three guys. You see so many tired, boring rock acts doing the same thing over and over, but these guys are reaching out…They’re taking what we know of music and trying to twist it to a different place.” – My Morning Jacket’s Jim James

The Slip’s new album Eisenhower will be out November 7th on Bar/None. Check out the mp3’s for Even Rats and Children of December. Also, look for tour dates with The Lovely Feathers and mi chaqueta de mañana.

The Dates (Nova Scotia alert!):
October 20 – St. John NB – Neptunes
October 21 – Halifax, NS – The Attic
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New Beck Out Today

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Beck’s The Information is out today. Each copy will come in a blank package with one of four collectible sticker sheets specially designed by American and European artists hand-picked by Beck. Check out a new track called Nausea. Two turntables and one E-meter.

Look for the ghost of L Ron:
10/7 – Los Angeles, CA – 1st and Main Streets (Detour Music Festival)
10/13 – Nashville, TN – City Hall
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