Neil Young is scheduled to release his new album, "Fork in the Road," on April 7. The entire album revolves around his 'Linc Volt' electric car project that he has been working on with auto guru Jonathan Goodwin.
The first single from the album, "Johnny Magic," is a tribute to Goodwin commented to Rolling Stone that he really doesn't know much about Young's other career.
“For the first month I thought he was Neil Diamond. I guess he is another singer. My wife told me ‘That’s Neil Young. He sings the older songs.’ To this day I’ve never listened to any of his music.”
Young has been playing nine of the ten songs on the album in concert since the end of last year with only the single being a brand new debut. General reaction to the new material has been mixed at best.
Participating on the album are Ben Keith , Chad Cromwell, Rick Rosas, Pegi Young and Anthony Crawford.
The track list:
When Worlds Collide
Fuel Line
Just Singing A Song
Johnny Magic
Cough Up The Bucks
Get Behind The Wheel
Off The Road
Hit The Road
Light A Candle
Fork In The Road
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Cursive Spells Out Unique Pricing Plan For Latest Release
Rock band Cursive is offering up a digital download of its forthcoming Saddle Creek effort "Mama, I'm Swollen" at dramatically low prices leading up to its release on March 10. The promotion kicked off last Sunday, March 1, with cost at $1. On Monday, it was bumped up to $2, Tuesday at $3 and so on until it reaches $9. The sale is taking place on the Saddle Creek website.
Cursive are scheduled to release physical copies of the album, as CDs and a deluxe LPs and these will include download cards for bonus material and instant digital versions of the set.
Headed by frontman Tim Kasher, they will be performing on "The Late Show With David Letterman" on March 13.
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The Fray Announces Summer Dates
The hot Denver-based rock band The Fray, which last month scored its first #1 album, has announced plans for a summer headlining tour. The 35-city trek kicks off on June 12 in Atlanta and ends up in Spokane, WA on August 7. Jacks Mannequin is the opening act for all dates.
The Fray's second album, "The Fray," was released by Epic on February 3 and debuted on the Billboard Hot 200 at #1. The album remains at #3, having sold a total of 306,000 copies to date according to Nielson SoundScan.
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Here is the beginning tour dates for The Fray with many more coming:
June 12: Atlanta, GA (Chastain Park Amphitheatre)
June 13: Charlotte, NC (Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre)
June 14: Virginia Beach, VA (Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater)
June 16: Washington, DC (Merriweather Post Pavilion)
June 17: Darien Lake, NY (Darien Lake Performing Arts Center)
June 19: Holmdel, NJ (PNC Bank Arts Center)
June 20: Hartford, CT (The Meadows Music Theatre)
June 21: Boston, MA (Comcast Center)
June 23: Toronto, ON (Molson Amphitheatre)
June 24: Philadelphia, PA (Susquehanna Bank Center)
June 25: Wantagh, NY (Nikon at Jones Beach Theater)
June 27: Detroit, MI (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
June 28: Chicago, IL (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)
June 29: Cincinnati, OH (Riverbend Music Center)
July 1: Cleveland, OH (Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre at Tower City)
July 2: Indianapolis, IN (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
July 3: St. Louis, MO (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
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Arc Angels To Work On New Material
The Arc Angels, the Austin, Texas-based all-star group that was formed in the wake of Stevie Ray Vaughn's death, are ready to take off again.After playing together periodically during the past several years, the band is planning to release a DVD this year and tour extensively -- including two appearances during this month's South By Southwest music festival and a May tour with Eric Clapton in England -- and to start work on its first album in 17 years.
"We feel like we have unfinished business here, and it always feels right when we're together," guitarist Doyle Bramhall II told Billboard.com. "The chemistry is sort of undeniable when we get together. We really enjoy playing with one another."
The Arc Angels formed during the early 1990's, following fellow Texan Stevie Ray Vaughan's Aug. 27, 1990 death in a helicopter crash in East Troy, Wisconsin. Vaughan's Double Trouble Rhythm Section -- drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon -- joined forces with Bramhall and Charlie Sexton at the Austin Rehearsal Center (ARC), which gave the group its name. But after one well-received album, 1992's "Arc Angels," the group broke up in 1994 -- partly, Bramhall acknowledges, due to his heroin addiction.
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Beatles 101
The city of London already has a Beatles museum, a Beatles-themed hotel and an airport named after John Lennon. Now a Liverpool university said that it rolling out a graduate program entirely devoted to the Fab Four.
Liverpool Hope University said yesterday that its new master's program, "The Beatles, Popular Music and Society," would enable students the opportunity to study and analyze popular music and culture through the band's work.
"There have been over 8,000 books about The Beatles but there has never been serious academic study and that is what we are going to address," commented Mike Brocken, who is directing the program at the university, which is in the band's hometown in northwestern England.
Brocken, who said he learned to play his favorite album, "Revolver," on his tennis racket as a child, said students would be expected to study the Beatles' songs, stardom, hometown and cultural impact through four 12-week courses and a dissertation.
In one such course — studio sound and composition — a student could perform a Beatles song as an assignment.
Brocken said studying the band was really a way of examining society as a whole.
"If popular music is about anything, it's about people," he said. "If we look at popular culture, it simply provides us with a very complex mirror of ourselves."
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No Doubt Tour
For No Doubt’s upcoming tour, the band has announced a special deal: they’re giving away a free digital download of their entire catalog, from 1992’s No Doubt to 2003’s greatest hits compilation The Singles, to each person who purchases a full-priced ticket.
“Since the band is heading back to the road, we wanted to find a cool way to get people listening to our music and stoke them with a great deal at the same time,” guitarist Tom Dumont said in a statement. “With this download it’s easy for fans to get psyched up to hear our music live once again and that rocks.”
So why offer such an incredible deal? Maybe No Doubt are being cautious with the recession expected to cripple the summer touring season or maybe they’re rewarding their fans for their patience. Either way, the digital download is a pretty awesome and generous move on the part of Gwen Stefani and crew. There is a small catch, however: The digital download only comes with the purchase of a full-priced, $42.50 ticket and not lower-tiered or lawn tickets.
No Doubt Catalog
The Singles 1992-2003 (2003)
Everything In Time (B-Sides, Rarities, Remixes) (2003)
Rock Steady (2001)
Return Of Saturn (2000)
Tragic Kingdom (1995)
The Beacon Street Collection (1993)
No Doubt (1992)“Stand And Deliver”
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666 From Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden is all set to show their new documentary, Flight 666, for one day only at 400 theaters around the world, officially dubbing April 21 as Maiden Day.
The film followed the band during their "Somewhere Back in Time Tour."
"This film is a testament to an extraordinary tour and to our incredible fans all over the world. Seeing it on the big screen will make you feel like you were there on that spectacular journey," manager Rod Smallwood said.
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Vinyl Collective Top Ten
Vinyl Collective Top 10 Sales of the past Week (Stop by the site and get your vinyl!- www.vinylcollective.com)
1. AUSTIN LUCAS/FRANK TURNER “Under the Influence Vol 8″ 7″ Red/White color in colo
2. THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM “Great Expectations” 7″ import
3. AUSTIN LUCAS/FRANK TURNER “Under the Influence Vol 8″ 7″ both colors
4. NEW FOUND GLORY “Not Without A Fight” LP
5. Suburban Home Pick 5 for $25 Sale (CDs, Vinyl, Pint Glasses)
6. AUSTIN LUCAS/FRANK TURNER “Under the Influence Vol 8″ 7″ White/Bllack half and h
7. TORCHE “Healer/Across The Shields” LP + DVD orange vinyl
8. RIVERDALES “Phase 3″ LP clear gold vinyl
9. TWO TONGUES “S/T” LP picture disc
10. O PIONEERS!!! “Neon Creeps” LP orange vinyl silk-screened jackets
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Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have moved up their release of "It’s Blitz" after their new album leaked last week. Blitz will hit digital retailers March 10th, with the physical release to follow on March 31st. The album was originally slated for release on April 14th. “YYYs have been brimming with nervous excitement in anticipation of releasing this record to the world! Leaks are NO FUN but it’s out of our hands,” the band wrote on their Website.
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TIM EASTON TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM PORCUPINE ON NEW WEST RECORDS APRIL 28
Contemporary folk/rocker Tim Easton has been driven westward both geographically and musically since his college days in Ohio. On his 5th album, Porcupine due out April 28 from New West Records, the Joshua Tree, CA resident returns to his mid-western sound and lets a myriad of guitar riffs rooted in blues, rock, and folk set the color for observational lyrics capturing life from the desert to the sea, and around the world. The new album finds Tim's writing skills sharpened, possibly inspired by his friend and mentor Lucinda Williams. Easton, known for his non-stop touring (from Dublin to Anchorage to Bangor to Jacksonville), will be on the road with a band, supporting Porcupine beginning this Spring, including a stop in Austin, TX where Tim will appear at several events during the South By Southwest convention, including the New West Records day party, Pop Culture Press party, Ground Control Touring showcase and the Sin City Social Club party (dates below).
For Porcupine, Tim went back to Alex The Great and Club Roar studios in Nashville to work with Brad Jones and Robin Eaton who produced his debut album, Special 20. He wanted to "make some noise and get that jagged, midwestern rock and roll sound again" so he hand-picked the Ohio-based rhythm section - Sam Brown on drums (Gaunt, New Bomb Turks, RJD2) and Matt Surgeson on bass and backing vocals (Matt also played on Special 20). Renowned guitarist Kenny Vaughn, who Tim met playing in Lucinda's band for her Car Wheels tour, played second guitar.
Porcupine visits the rough edged and electric side of Tim's recordings, although it's an acoustic track that provides the record's shiniest moment in the pop-folk jangle of "Seventh Wheel." Tim wrote the song in as much time as it takes to sing it while staying at friend's house in Dublin, and the band demanded that he record it for the album after hearing the demo he made in Ireland. As for the title Porcupine, Tim explains "I thought the physical animal called the porcupine was a perfect symbol for the sound of this record in that it appears to be a gentle and harmless creature from a distance but up close it is in fact sharp and potentially dangerous."
Tim has released three critically acclaimed albums on New West thus far: The Truth About Us (2001), Break Your Mother's Heart (2003) and Ammunition (2006). He has toured with label mates John Hiatt and The Flatlanders, as well as with The Jayhawks and Lucinda Williams. Living in the village of Joshua Tree between tours has made more time available for other creative endeavors such as painting and writing. "There's not much else to do out here," Tim remarked, "so going for long hikes with my dogs or making music, paintings, and stories is what fills my average day at home." There will be an exhibition of Tim's paintings, which are folk art based pieces that focus on the guitar, at Yard Dog Gallery in Austin during this year's SXSW conference. A series of 500 individually painted vinyl album jackets will be part of the Porcupine release, and the New West CD release will feature Tim's art on the cover.
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