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Dayton
News Fading Captain Series #17,
Go Back Snowball - Calling Zero, which is due out in February
2002, is the long-awaited collaboration between Bob Pollard
and Superchunk's Mac McCaughan. March will bring us Fading Captain Series #18, which will be
another release from Pollard and ex-Guided by Voices co-songwriter
Tobin Sprout under the name Airport 5. The record
will be titled Life Starts Here. The Guided by Voices DVD,
Some Drinking Implied, just hit stores and is currently available
online from Rockathon Records.
For The Rest of You... A mugger tried to rob Chris Dangerous of The Hives in Jyväskylä, Finland. Apparently Dangerous was sprayed with pepper-spray and the perpetrator attempt to steal his money and cell-phone. Burning Heart described the resolution to the conflict this way: "Of course the robbers were outsmarted, and not a single tear came out of his stone cold face. Don't mess with Texas! Mister Armed & Dangerous himself won't take shit! Rumours say the Finland population was severely decimated around the same time, though this has not been confirmed by Finnish Authorities." Coheed
and Cambria's The Second Stage Turbine Blade an interplay
of sparse guitars, driving UK’s Gorillaz are
readying a collection of rarities, remixes, interactive material
and new tracks titled G-Sides. The disc is due February 23rd, coinciding
with the opening date of their first tour of the United States.
The disc consists of two animated videos and nine tracks, eight
of which were previously unavailable in these United States. D.C.-based elctro-glam rockers
Girls Against Boys recently announced that they've signed
with Jade Tree.
Jade Trees are shooting for a May release and will be touring
the US in March. In related new, Jade
Tree is releasing its first-ever retail label sampler, titled
Location Is Everything, Vol. 1, on April 16th. The 23-track
sampler will feature previously unreleased songs by Jets to Brazil,
the Promise Ring, Pedro the Lion, Milemarker,
and Girls Against Boys. Everyones favorite fat,
gay, 40-something rawk icon (or at least mine, pb), Bob Mould,
will be releasing three to four (depending on how you count 'em)
albums in 2002. The first called Modulate should be at
your local Best Buy on March 12. It's supposed to be half-guitar/half-electric,
which -- as much I want to love the idea -- brings to mind that
weak "rap" song on The Last Dog and Pony Show.
Anyway, he has had more than three years to work out the kinks in
that he hasn't released anything since 1998. The Modulate
track list includes "Sound on Sound," which I'm guessing
isn't a cover of that Big Boys song that Jawbox most recently
covered. Can't wait to hear "Lost Zoloft," either. That's
bound to be a real pick me. I'm imagining something along the lines
of "Hanging Tree" from Black Sheets of Rain.
Anyway, later in the year Bob's releasing an all-electronica
(yikes) album called Long Playing Grooves (double-yikes!)
and something a little Surgarier/acoustic called Body of Song
(Holy delusions of grandeur, Bob! Who produced it? Oscar Wilde?).
He'll also be on the road in the Spring when recently bankrupt,
but yet to be satiated, fans can pick up the BBC recording of a
show from the 1998 tour. Recently disbanded Seattle
punkers Murder City Devils are regrouping under the name
Dead Low Tide. DLT consists of MCD members Nate Manny, Coady
Willis, Spencer Moody, and Gabe "the Roadie," along with
Mike Kunka (formerly of Godheadsilo and Enemymine).
The Dead Low Tide are in the studio and taking baby steps toward
some March tour dates. Ex-Replacement Paul Westerberg
has signed a deal Vagrant Records. Westerberg's new solo
CD, which consists of stripped-down scratch tracks, will be titled
Stereo/Mono. San Diego's own Kill
Me Tomorrow will hit the road in March to support their EP Chrome
Yellow, released by Silver Girl Records. The band has
been described as "damaged, post-punk anti-rock, where every
guitar, vocal, bass, or electronic component is set on stun to see
how abrasive, nutty or off-kilter they can make it." Pinq, who blend a
desert rock feel with swishy-swooshy keyboards, and paralleling
lullabyish vocals are set to release their debut full length, Quiet
Games For Hot Weather on May 21. They will tour the west coast
in March to support the release. Massachusetts prog-rockers
Cave-In kicked off a tour of Europe on January 14, wowing
audiences in Germany, England, Spain, and a few other countries.
The tour is in support of the full-length Jupiter, which
is being released in Europe by Chrome Saint Magnus Records.
Cave In recently signed to RCA Records in the U.S. and will
be recording with Brendan O'Brien, whose previous output includes
Korn, Rage Against the Machine and Stone Temple
Pilots. Recording has been slated for early 2002 with a possible
release come summer time. Sparta, who is comprised
of three-fifths of At the Drive-In (the ones without the
fros), recently announced that they've signed a record deal with
Dreamworks. The band will head into Vancouver's Armoury studio
this month with producer Jerry Finn (Green Day, Rancid,
Fenix TX) to record their debut full-length, which is slated
for a summer release. The band will release a four-song EP, Austere,
in March. After shaking their money
maker for more than a decade, the Black Crowes are taking
a “hiatus.” Despite rumors they're breaking up for good, the Southern
rock band, led by battling brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, released
a statement Wednesday saying that Chris Robinson is pursuing a solo
career and that Steve Gorman has left the band for personal reasons. After waiting almost five
years between Pinkerton and The Green Album, it seems
Weezer fans will have to wait less than a year for a new
album. The fourth LP will be released around late April. Arborvitae Records
has announced its next release, which will be a compilation album.
Called Foreign Nationals, the album will consist of tracks
by The Potomac Accord, North by Northwest, The
Bright Apocalypse, Guns of Navarone and more. The album
is slated for a February release. Kyle Fischer of Rainer
Maria will be releasing his debut record February 5. The record
is titled Open Ground and was performed by Kyle, Caithlin
De Marrais (Rainer Maria), and Mike Kinsella (Owen). Pele, Sunday’s
Best, and Aloha are all currently recording new records
for release on Polyvinyl in spring 2002. Kill Rock Stars reports
that their unique solo artist/DJ Har Mar Superstar is headed
out on tour with the Strokes. Har Mar, will be opening on
seven of their tour dates across the warmer areas of the United
States. Har Mar Superstar, is Sean Tilmann (you may also recognize
him from such projects as Sean Na Na and the defunct Amphetamine
Reptile band Calvin Krime). With the Murder City
Devils buried, bassist Derek Fudesco's new band Pretty Girls
Make Graves will soon be hitting the west coast for a short
tour in support of a recently released self-titled single. They
are also said to be somewhere in the recording process for an upcoming
EP. Nick Cave and the Bad
Seeds' North American tour, originally scheduled to take place
between September 18th and October 9th but postponed due to the
terrorist attacks of September 11th, has been rescheduled for April
and May. The tour begins in California, travels across the northern
US and Canada to the East Coast, and finishes in Austin, Texas.
In most cases, tickets for the original tour will be honored, but
ticketholders are advised to visit their local ticket offices for
information about specific shows. Cave's latest album, No More
Shall We Part, hit the streets in April 2001 on Reprise Records. Tiger Style Records has
recently announced dates for a really long Tristeza tour
that will take them through the US, Japan, and Northern Europe.
Next month, Tiger Style will also release Mixed Signals, a remix
album that will feature the masterings of Styrofoam,
Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, Windy & Carl,
Astorria, Yellow6, Sientific American, Marumari,
and others. Shiner will be releasing
their new LP The Egg very soon. Also, DeSoto Records
is planning a spring re-release of Shiner's LP Lula Divinia, originally
released in 1997 on HitIt! Recordings. The band also plans a springtime
west coast tour and a summertime Japanese tour, coinciding with
the Japanese release of The Egg. Brooklyn's Ida are
preparing the release of an album featuring alternate versions and
remixes of some of their songs. The album is Ida's first release
on Timestereo, the new label from His Name is Alive
mastermind Warren Defever. The Gloria Record (ex/Mineral)
have returned with a new label (Arena Rock Recording Company)
and a full-length album. It's titled Start Here.
The record was recorded by Mike Mogis (The Faint,
Bright Eyes) and the release date is set for April 9th. Terrin of Boilermaker
is taking time away from writing new songs to go through chemotherapy
to take care of melanoma cancer.
Doctors say he'll make a full recovery. In other Better Looking
Records News, Reuben's Accomplice are writing new songs for
their next full-length and preparing to hit the road once again,
The Jealous Sound are still writing / recording some tunes,
The Good Life have a new album coming out soon on Saddle-Creek
records and The Album Leaf / Bright Eyes collaboration 7-inch
comes out in early Feb. In addition, Better Looking’s
The And/Ors were in a van accident in Flagstaff, AZ coming
home from their US tour. Apart
from a bunch of cuts, bruises and a wrecked van, The And/Ors are
fine. They are back
home in San Diego writing new songs and preparing to record their
next full-length. Weezer have invited current emo-wunderkinds, Saves The Day, to accompany them on their East Coast dates spanning February 5-22. STD will also be appearing on Late Night With Conan O’Brien on Feb. 9.
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