Due Aug. 22 via Merge, “Post-War” is Рњ. Ward‘s first “full band” record. The artist recruited percussionists Rachel Blumberg (formerly of the Decemberists) and Jordan Hudson (formerly of the Thermals), who toured with him over the past year and a half, to fill out the record. Multi-instrumentalist Mike Coykendall, singer Neko Case and My Morning […]

After spending its entire career on Epic, folk/rock duo the Indigo Girls has signed a new deal with Hollywood Records. The first release under the agreement will be a new, as-yet-untitled studio album, due Sept. 19.Principal members Amy Ray and Emily Saliers are recording with producer Mitchell Froom in his Los Angeles studio. The album […]

The last song ever written Johnny Cash will be included on the album ‘American V: A Hundred Highways’, to be released in July. In the months before his death on 12 September 2003, Cash teamed up with producer Rick Rubin to record new material. Cash reinterprets works as diverse as Hank Williams’ ‘On The Evening […]

Porcupine Tree are to release a live DVD in september called ‘Arriving Somewhere…’. The band will tour the UK to coincide. the first confirmed dates are Manchester University September 30, Glasgow Academy October 1.

Finland’s Eurovision champions Lordi are headlining their own shows over here later in the year. They happen at Nottingham Rock City October 26, Birmingham Carling Academy II 27, London Kentish Town Forum 31.

Dry Kill Logic have covered Guns n’ Roses’ ‘It’s So Easy’ for their upcoming album ‘The Magellan Complex’, due for release next month. You may hear their version now here.

Atlanta band Rockets To Ruin, featuring Cleveland Willis (vocals), Mike Grimmett (guitars), Chris Taylor (bass) and Rob Hammersmith (drums), have completed work on their full-length CD, entitled “Love * Drugs * Rebellion”, with producer Rachel Bolan (Skid Row bassist) at Koda Studios in Atlanta. They are putting the finishing touches on the artwork and packaging, […]

Norwegian hard rock band Cat Eye has inked a deal with Powerzone Records for the worldwide release of their first full-length album, “Reaching for the Sky“. A late 2006 release is expected.

Thom Yorke’s solo album ‘The Eraser’ has leaked over a month ahead of its release. According to atease.com, limited promo copies of the album have been sent out, one of which has appeared online.The copies have been watermarked with the receiver’s details, but it’s not known whether the person who leaked the album is being […]

The Go! Team are planning to rope in My Bloody Valentine founder Kevin Shields to help produce their second album.Shields has already worked on a remix of the Brighton collective’s songs ‘Huddle Formation’ and ‘Ladyflash‘.The band are hoping to start recording their second album, which is scheduled for release next spring/summer, in their hometown next […]