English rock trio Muse will have a new album, Black Holes and Revelations, out July 11th on Warner Bros. New track “Supermassive Black Hole” can be heard on myspace.com.
186 thousand miles/second is maybe not fast enough to escape this tracklist:
1. Take A Bow
2. Starlight
3. Supermassive Black Hole
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OCD International HQ’s
A red light blinks on the machine. As play is pressed, a frantic message comes over sound system.
“I just got chased by a freakin’ gorilla in a pick up truck. What’s going on? Doesn’t feel right. I’m coming to L.A. to get to the bottom of this. Sonic out.”
The staff at OCD Headquarters had heard rumors that something was happening on the east coast and they had sent out a crack team of experts to investigate. Entrusted with the cure provided by The Money Fight, they knew they could be of great assistance. Gray Kid and Mike Relm were all but recovered and ready to get back to deciphering the strange messaged received from Dr. Oct.
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Tom from Snow Patrol graciously took time between shows to answer a few conventional questions for us.
USOUNDS: Your tour started in Denver on May 23rd. Did you know that Denver is nicknamed Menver because there are supposedly assloads of single dudes there? What would you tell the people of Menver to expect from your live show?
Tom: Come to this show and get yourself a girl. Oh! and free beer?
USOUNDS: Free beer is a good motivational tactic. Menver is actually the #1 city for singles in general, so hopefully you guys were able to sow some of your wild oates over there. What were your favorite tour stops in the past?
Tom: It’s great to see what lies between the two coasts (US) and we love an adventure but I’d have to say the places I enjoy are the port towns. I think they have the best history and the most colourful people. I think this is probably because I’ve always lived in port towns, I can relate better and I start freaking out if I haven’t seen the sea in bit.
USOUNDS: Yeah, I think as far as port towns go, it’s all fun and colorful until someone drowns. What is your opinion on the “Not proven” verdict that is controversially used under Scots law? Do you feel that this verdict can unfairly hurt someone’s public standing, or do you believe that it is a court-based judgment that should not consider civilian opinions and should possibly replace the “Not guilty” verdict as an alternative to condemnation?
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Boston band Guster’s fifth studio album, Ganging Up On The Sun, will be out June 20th on Reprise. The perfect summer soundtrack, or the perfect soundtrack to that reality fishing show on the Discovery channel. Or, whatever.
Ganging Up On Assloads of Tour Dates:
June 18 – Detroit, Mi – State Theatre
July 7 – Minneapolis, MN – Basilica Block Party
July 8 – Milwaukee, WI – Summerfest
July 11 – Baltimore, MD – The Pier Six Pavilion #
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According to KRS, Chris has left Deerhoof to focus full-time on The Curtains. Check out a new Deerhoof EP of cover songs and live stuff dedicated to all the good times with Chris. Also, look for a new Deerhoof album this fall on Asthmatic Kitty.
My Pal Foot Tour:
June 3 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Festival
June 5 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio
June 6 – Lisbon, Portugal – Lux
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I bet a lot of people are jealous of The Walkmen. They cracked some code a few years back and somehow can make the late 70’s sound like the early 60’s with a revisionist approach to recording, and any attempt to pigeonhole them with their better dressed New York contemporaries has proven fruitless. And on top of this they somehow have broken commercially. It’s not too often that a band can sit back and feel relatively little backlash while collecting checks from “The O.C.” If I were them, I wouldn’t want to move a muscle, lest I start losing this perfect balance of fame and musical integrity.
Of course, since I’m not them I’m going to criticize the fuck out of their new record.
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