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New Red Hot Chili Peppers In June
According to drummer Chad Smith, the Red Hot Chili Peppers will be releasing their newest album in June of this year. The new album will again be produced by Rick Rubin and will feature new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer insteadof John Frusciante, who is focusing on his solo career.
Hoodie Allen Releases “Dreams Up”
Four months after the release of his mixtape Pep Rally, rapper Hoodie Allen has sent us first single “Dreams Up”. The Oh Land sampling track will be on Hoodie’s forthcoming Leap Year mixtape. Check out the song below.
The Strokes Confirm Release Date
The Strokes‘ bassist Nikolai Fraiture confirmed that the official release date for the new, untitled album is March 22. The bassist previously said in an interview, “Sonically, I feel it’s the album which should have been made between Room on Fire and First Impressions of Earth.”
UPDATE: They have officially announced that the name of the new album will be Angles. The lead single is “Undercover of Darkness”.
New Dangerous Summer Clip
A new short clip from The Dangerous Summer can be heard here. Keep in mind that the song is not completely finished.
Single: I See Stars – “End of the World Party”
Track: “End of the World Party”
Artist: I See Stars
Release Date: December 7, 2010
Label: Sumerian Records
We all know the explosion of popularity that has come to the “synthcore” genre in the past five or so years, and one band that I seem to have taken a liking to above most of the other more generic bands out there is the six piece, Warren, Michigan based group I See Stars. Their debut full-length on Sumerian Records, 3D, was received with mixed opinions by the music community, I being one of those on the “liked it” side. With their sophomore LP titled End of the World Party, due to be released late next month, I See Stars gave us a taste of what they will be delivering when they released their first single last month, which will be the title track on the upcoming release. And I must say, it’s nothing that we haven’t heard before on their previous release. Opening with (you guessed it!) a breakdown accompanied by some dubstep programming in the background, “End of the World Party” shows that their is not much to be considered new to this band, but for what they do, they pull it off fairly well, so I’ll give them a sliver of credit for that. After the screams subside (with more dubstep!) this young group shows one of their most prominent qualities: the ability to write an excellent hook. The chorus of this song will spread through your mind like the black plague, and will stay there until it fully runs its course, all the while the musicianship stays on par with their previous material. The song goes on with semi-catchy verses and then hits hard again with the huge sing-a-long chorus provided by the obviously tampered-with vocals of Devin Oliver. As the song comes to an end, we hear the same breakdown that accompanied the beginning of the track and then the three minute track ends, without much to be remembered other than the flashy chorus.
All in all, it’s a good effort, and for what it’s worth, it’s a fun track to jam in the car. But “End of the World Party” leaves not much to be desired in the long-run.
“End of the World Party” is from End of the World Party, out February 21, 2011 via Sumerian Records.
Listen: Via I See Stars’ Myspace
Rating: 6.8/10
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Goes Platinum
Just eight weeks after its release, Kanye West‘s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has been certified platinum (officially selling over 1 million units). This was West’s fifth platinum solo LP. Congratulations Yeezy!
More information can be obtained from the RIAA.
Panda Bear Announces Album Release Date
Animal Collective founding member Panda Bear has announced that the release date for Tomboy, his highly anticipated followup to 2007’s Person Pitch, will be April 19th. The album will contain all the previous singles that had been released on vinyl in 2010 and unreleased material.
Grizzly Bear Contribute Soundtrack to Blue Valentine
Grizzly Bear contributed the soundtrack to the new movie Blue Valentine. According to The Playlist, the band intended their soundtrack to include original music, but when the film’s release date was pushed up, the band chose to instead include instrumentals of existing Grizzly Bear songs. Bummer.
The Blue Valentine soundtrack will be available on February 1 via Lakeshore Records. The digital album will be out January 25 on iTunes. Check out the tracklisting below.
Blue Valentine Tracklisting:
01 Grizzly Bear: “Granny Diner”
02 Department of Eagles: “In Ear Park”
03 Grizzly Bear: “Easier (Instrumental)”
04 Grizzly Bear: “Lullabye (Instrumental)”
05 Grizzly Bear: “I Live With You (Instrumental)”
06 Grizzly Bear: “Foreground (Instrumental)”
07 Grizzly Bear: “Dory (Instrumental)”
08 Ryan Gosling: “You Always Hurt the Ones You Love”
09 Penny & the Quarters: “You and Me”
10 Grizzly Bear: “Shift (Alternate Version)”
11 Grizzly Bear: “Alligator [ft. Zach Condon, Dave Longstreth & Amber Coffman] (Choir Version)”
12 Grizzly Bear: “Easier”
13 Grizzly Bear: “Lullaby”
14 Grizzly Bear: “I Live With You”
15 Grizzly Bear: “Foreground”
New Member of the Gorillaz
A new member has been added to the Gorillaz, based on a fan-submitted design from the character competition contest. The new character is called “The Evangelist” and has been redrawn by Gorillaz co-creator/animator Jamie Hewlett.
According to the Gorillaz website, “‘The Evangelist’ is the opposite of ‘The Boogieman;’ the light to his awful shade…’The Evangelist’ is a similar entity, but the flip-side of ‘The Boogieman.’ He/she may even be revealed as ‘The Boogieman’s’ avenger. His/her outer appearance is yet to be defined.”
You can see the images and find more information here.
Scotty and Rivers Collab
Scotty Murphy of Allister and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer are recording an album together, which will be “sung mostly in Japanese.” Check out a message from Scotty below.
“Lately I’ve been working on a side project with Rivers Cuomo, lead singer of the band Weezer. We’ve been recording an album’s worth of songs over the past couple months, trading off lead vocal duties. It’s been a lot of fun, and the songs are turning out awesome! They’ll be sung mostly in Japanese, and the CD will be out sometime this year!”
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