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Dayton’s Twelve Tribes have officially changed their name to Prodigal Zoo. Expect a release from them via Ferret sometime next year. Early Day Miners is hitting the road this winter and are sharing the stage with Le Tigre and Les Georges Leningrad. All this precedes the November 24 release of The Sonograph EP, which is dropping on the Acuarela label. Talib Kweli is in the studio working on his next solo album. The tentative title is The Beautiful People, and it's due out in the spring. Secret Machines have just mastered their full-length debut for Warner-affiliated Sire Records, according to guitarist Benjamin Curtis. Wilco have begun work on their fifth album in a New York studio with producer/multi-instrumentalist Jim O'Rourke of Sonic Youth. The LP is expected to surface in the spring. White Stripes frontman Jack White has contributed two new songs, "Never Far Away" and "Christmas Time Will Soon Be Over," as well as three covers to the soundtrack to his film debut, "Cold Mountain." The soundtrack drops December 16. Warp Records, the London-based electronic record label and film company, is becoming the first label to provide the world with their entire discography as pay-per-track MP3 downloads. Named Bleep.com, the whole deal is set to launch in December Jimmy Coup, the guitarist for Andrew W.K.'s band, parted company with the band over musical differences. The group's guitar tech will sit in on the current tour until AWK can find a permanent replacement. Roy, the band featuring ex and current members of Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, Harkonen and Deathknight, will be releasing their full length debut Big City Sin and Small Town Redemption on Fueled By Ramen this coming January. Statistics, an electro-pop/rock project from Desaparecidos guitarist Denver Dalley, will release Leave Your Name, the full-length follow-up to their debut EP on Jade Tree on January 20th. The Cure's four-disc box set, The Cure: Join the Dots: B-Sides and Rarities, 1978-2001 (The Fiction Years) is due January 27. The (International) Noise Conspiracy have signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings (itself a part of the Island/Def Jam conglomeration). The Strokes are slated to play Las Vegas' Cox Pavilion on New Year's Eve. Unsane, Mastodon, Alabama Thunder Pussy, Kung Pao, Dixie Witch, Lamont, Keelhaul, Buried at Sea and Yob are among the acts lined up for next year's Emissions From the Monolith festival in Youngstown, Ohio. The Vans Warped Tour will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a special show in Boston on August 20 that will bring together bands from throughout the tour's history. Next year's edition of the tour will hit the road with a lineup featuring New Found Glory, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, and others beginning June 24 in Houston. On December 10, unsigned bands will compete in Los Angeles for a spot on the tour. Pretty Girls Make Graves got their van back, but it was empty and all their merch was stolen. They've set up a PayPal donation account at www.prettygirlsmakegraves.com . Dillinger Escape Plan will tour with the Locust starting January
14 in Sauget, Illinois, and running through March 3 in Denver. Kung Fu, the label operated by the Vandals' Joe Escalante is tentatively eyeing a May release for a Warped Tour DVD that will include performances from the Ataris, Poison the Well, Tsunami Bomb, and Simple Plan. Refused will rear their heads again with the Refused Are F---ing Dead collection, which will be comprised of never-before-seen material and videos. Meanwhile, Refused's landmark 1998 album, The Shape of Punk to Come, has been remixed and remastered in 5.1 surround DVD audio format, with the re-release (as well as remastered editions of Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent and The EP Compilation) set for release early next year. Former This Runs Through singer Spencer Chamberlain has joined Underoath and will make his first recorded appearance with the band on next year's follow-up to The Changing of Times. The band plans to enter the studio in February. New wave punk band the Stranglers will begin a tour of the U.K. November 25 to support their new album, Norfolk Coast, which drops February 10 overseas. After two years of touring to support their self-titled debut, The Datsuns are settling into recording. It is rumored that a member of Led Zepplin will be producing the effort, which will include several songs that were written before the release of their previous record. Desaparecidos are working on a new album that should be in the can by early February. The band may be touring to support it, with new bass player Casey Scott (of Drip, a band featuring Andy Lemaster of Now Its Overhead). One of the founding members and bassist for The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Dan Maier, is calling it a day. He's leaving the band for personal reasons and because of his inability to commit to touring plans. Willy Graves (formerly of Dosage & Usage/Schoolboys) is taking over bass duties for the band. Lots of news from the Troubleman camp: Die Monitr Batss will release their new album sometime next year. TMU will also be releasing the next Fat Day record, the 7” vinyl version of the Numbers/Erase Errata split and solo singles by Al Burian, Paradise Island, Dan Littleton, Kid 606 and Sharon Cheslow. Tracy and the Plastics finished their new record for TMU titled, Culture For Pigeon. It will be a LP/DVD OR CD/DVD set. The DVD will contain two original films with music. Broke Revue finished their TMU debut debut titled, O Clouds Unfold. It will be a double LP and CD. TMU hope to have it out by March 2004. The Lake of Dracula discography will also be out on TMU in early 2004. Measles Mumps Rubella are currently recording their TMU full-length for a January 2003 release and The Rogers Sisters just finished their new record for TMU. According to the Matador Records website: "On Wednesday, December 3rd, hear Cat Power perform on the World Café with David Dye. The World Café can be heard on more than 160 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by going to the World Café website, or they can listen online Monday to Friday at 2 PM and 1 AM EST via the WXPN website." The Blood Brothers are working on a new video for the song "Cecilia and Silhouette Saloon" with the help of the fine folks over at Strictly Amatuer Films. Heavy Party, the band featuring members of Radio Berlin, Red Light Sting, A Luna Red, Secret Mommy and Piers Whyte, will complete their studio recording this month and set aside time from duties in their other bands to begin playing some shows in 2004. No official dates for release have been set. Rumor has it that the Jealous Sound is close to closing a deal over at Immortal Planes Mistaken For Stars are still working on material for the follow-up to 2001's Fuck with Fire. They recently recorded a number of demos with Alex Newport, who has worked in the past with The Mars Volta and The Icarus Line. The demos are essentially being used to shop around for a label to release the record, which they plan on recording during the winter. Factory Records is releasing a Joy Division live box set on November 24th. The Receiving End Of Sirens is looking for a vocalist. Contact fs4nrokstar@aol.com if interested.. The Turn-On's will release their new album titled, East on Childstar Records in January of 2004. Mogwai is planning on touring Japan with Envy. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that this means Mogwai convince them to come to the states or the UK. The Red Light Sting's put the final touches on their first full-length record, which will be out in February 2004 on Sound Virus. Norman Arenas (Texas Is The Reason, New End Original) was hit
by a car on Saturday, Nov. 1st. If you wish to send him a get well
card or flowers, please send it to the following address: Unearth will be recording their Metal Blade Records debut in February 2004. Les Savy Fav have finally completed recording material for their nine-volume series of seven-inches. The group eventually plans to release all 18 tracks on a CD compilation on bassist Syd Butler's Frenchkiss Records. Originally slated for a 2003 release, the comp is now expected to drop in April of 2004. A new Los Angeles based record label, Cold Sweat (which I believe is run by Sam from Bluebird) has announced that they’ll be releasing the new record from The Starlite Desperation. The Starlite Desperation have reformed as a three-piece, and have been playing shows around Cali with The Kills, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Datsuns, Look for that record to drop with six new songs (recorded with Donnas producer Jason Cramer) this winter. Between The Buried And Me have parted ways with guitarist Nick Fletcher. The group will finish out their current tour as a four-piece, but will be looking for a new full-time guitarist upon arrival home in mid-December. 4AD announced November 8 that New York trio Blonde Redhead are the latest addition to their roster. The Gloria Record are writing songs for a follow up to last year's Start Here. The Envy, This Machine Kills, Yaphet Kotto split CD is out now on Sonzai Records, which is Tetsu from Envy’s label. Darkest Hour will be touring Europe in February and March 2004. Whirlwind Heat will be releasing a single or EP with Dim Mak sometime in the future. Syracuse-based Ed Gein will be hitting the road this winter from December 27 to January 13. Level-Plane has plans to drop stuff by the following bands in 2004: Hot Cross, City of Caterpillar, Anodyne, One AM Radio, Lickgoldensky, The Fiction, Books Lie, Wolves and Transistor Transistor Small Brown Bike have posted an official announcement on their site www.smallbrownbike.com of their plans to call it quits. Lookout! Records announced the signing of one of San Francisco's Evening. Their debut album, Other Victorians will be released February 10 Downset have apparently signed a deal with Seattle label Hawino for the release of their new album, Universal. Two members of Forstella Ford are looking to start a new band in the Denton, TX area. Nick (bass, vocals), and Mark (vocals, guitar) Sheppard are initially looking for a drummer, though they may also look to add a second guitarist in the near future. Matador Records and XL Recordings are pleased to announce that we will jointly be releasing the acclaimed debut album by Dizzee Rascal, Boy In Da Corner in the US this January. The Intelligence’s Boredom And Terror CD will be officially released on Omnibus Records on Jan. 6, 2004. Also coming soon from Omnibus are 7”s from The Coachwhips, A-Frames, and a CD from Karate Party. Rye Coallition has been signed to Dreamworks. Kings of Leon, the Darkness, Muse, Felix Da Housecat, Thursday, Afrika Bambaataa, Poison the Well, Sleepy Jackson, Audio Bullys and Lost Prophets have been added to Australia’s Big Day Out touring festival. The festival begins its trek through Australia and New Zealand January 16 in Auckland. Kill Rock Stars will be releasing the debut album by Casual Dots, the latest project fronted by Christina Billotte (formerly of Autoclave and Slant 6, currently of Quix*o*tic) in late winter. The Washington, D.C. trio, comprised of vocals, two guitars and drums also includes Kathi Wilcox (Bikini Kill) and Steve Dore (The Corrections, Deep Lust). There is a big show going down New Year's Day in Syracuse. The show, which will take place at Action Sports and Skate in Mattydale, a suburb on Syracuse, will include Bane, Throwdown, Most Precious Blood, Wall of Jericho, and Freya among others. Stereolab is preparing to drop their next album, Margerine Eclipse. This will be Stereolab's first full-length album since the accidental death of guitarist Mary Hansen last year. It is set for a release date of January 27th, 2004 in these United States via Elektra (plus a double vinyl release on Duophonic UHF Disks). Two members of Love Life have started a new band. Katrina Ford and Sean Antanaitis are now playing as just a duo and are going under the name of Birdland. Sean plays keyboard, organ, guitar and drum programming while Katrina belts out the vocals. Social Distortion have completed some demos, and have confirmed
time soon in a Los Angeles studio to begin recording their follow
up to White Light, White Heat, White Avenged Sevenfold have signed to Warner Brothers, joining now label-mates Rancid, Glassjaw, Less than Jake, and The Used. The Offspring have announced that drummer Atom Willard will be touring with the band starting this fall as they head out in support of their new album Splinter. Atom was in Rocket From The Crypt and more recently played with The Alkaline Trio and Melissa Auf Der Maur. Escapist, featuring ex-members of Drowningman, has broken up. The End has officially signed with Relapse Records. The band has also recorded another album, with producer Pierre Remillard (Cryptopsy, Misery Index), which will stores on January 23th via Relapse. Zao has officially signed with Ferret Music. The group, with new frontman Josh Ashworth (ex-Society's Finest), will be entering the studio in March 2004 to record their next album, Burn Beautiful. Lookout! Records just signed The Reputation, which is a new band featuring ex-Sarge frontwoman Elizabeth Elmore. The Dillinger Escape Plan, High on Fire and Meshuggah are among the bands slated for inclusion on the tribute album We Reach: The Music of the Melvins, due in the summer. The album will be the second release for Fractured Transmitter, the imprint owned by Mushroomhead frontman Jason Mann. The label's first offering will be a Meshuggah EP in the spring. Sam Beam (aka. Iron and Wine) has completed recording on the follow-up to last year's The Creek Drank the Cradle, and is now working on mixing and mastering. The album is still untitled and un-tracklisted, but it does have a tentative release date of March 23rd on Sub Pop. Seattle punk/metal band Zeke has signed with Relapse Records. Look for their Relapse debut to hit stores in spring 2004. Suede broke up. Waking Kills The Dream have entered the studio to record their next album, which is currently untitled. The effort will consist of at least seven songs and will allegedly hit stores on February 17th via Good Life Recordings. Guy Speranza, 47, the original singer of Riot, died on November 8 from pancreatic cancer. Speranza performed on the band's first three studio records, 1977's Rock City, 1979's Narita and 1981's Fire Down Under. Speranza's replacement, Rhett Forrester, was murdered in Atlanta in 1994. After leaving behind his career in music, Speranza worked as an exterminator in Florida. He was diagnosed with cancer last spring. Andy Ward of Get Hustle is in a new group called the Dears. Kut U Up will be featured in the upcoming documentary "Riding In Vans With Boys" (Resting Bird / Melee) that also features Blink 182, Green Day and Jimmy Eat World. Starsailor will launch a 16-date North American tour on January 15 in Detroit. The outing, in support of their LP Silence Is Easy, wraps February 12 in San Diego. Lamb of God recently shot a video for "Ruin," the next single off their album As the Palaces Burn. Lamb are also working on a DVD for next year that will include live footage from Hellfest and the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, their videos, and interview and behind-the-scenes footage. Hans Fjellestad and Ryan Page are currently working on a full-length feature film documenting Bob Moog. Get the inside scoop here: www.zu33.com Fu Manchu have recorded six new demo tracks, including a cover of Black Flag's "Six Pack." When the tracks might surface, however, has yet to be determined; the band is currently looking for a label and management. The Descendents will return in March with a new album, their seventh and first since 1996. Pop-punk act Fall Out Boy has signed with Island Records. There may soon be another feature length movie focusing on the life of one of the Sex Pistols. This time it will be based on the group’s lead singer John Lydon (a.k.a. Johnnie Rotten) and his autobiography “Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs.” Ferret Music has signed Wisconsin's Misery Signals. The band is currently writing their debut full length for Ferret. They'll head into the studio this winter, and the album can be expected in the first half of 2004 Irish rockers Ash have begun recording their fifth album in Los Angeles. Nick Raskulinecz, who worked behind the boards on the Foo Fighters' One by One, is producing the record, due in the spring. Fairweather have announced that they are breaking up. Dwid, vocalist with Cleveland's Integrity, has started a project called Sledgehammer with members of the European bands Congress and Liar. Integrity's split EP with the band First Blood, the third in Deathwish Recordings' "Dead Man's Hand" split single series, is due early next year. The Get Up Kids have finished recording their new album, which will be the follow up to their 2002 release, On A Wire. The album is still untitled, but will be released sometime in February.
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