Though the band is only four albums into their career, Taking Back Sunday has announced that with their upcoming full length, New Again, the group is in a state of rejuvenation (thus the title of the LP). The band has had its ups and downs over the past eight years, from 2002's explosive debut album Tell All Your Friends to the disappointing follow up Where You Want To Be, and a number of band defections later - there's good reason why frontman Adam Lazzara says that TBS "really does feel like a new band."
New Again will be Taking Back Sunday's second album on a major label and will be released through Warner Bros. on June 2nd. The album is highly anticipated among fans of the genre and can only hope to emulate the outstanding success of their last album Louder Now.
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Rodgers Done With Queen
In an interview with VH1 Classic Radio, Paul Rodgers stated that he's pretty much done with his collaboration with Queen.
“Well, you know, we did a world tour, we did a second tour of Europe and the Far East and Eastern Europe and we did a studio album and I think we’re kind of leaving it there gently. It’s out there for us to do things in the future if there’s something, a huge charity say like Nelson Mandela, I’m always open to that, but I think we are pretty much done.”
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Lips LP Taking Shape
The Flaming Lips are set to release a double album in late September, tentatively called "Embryonic." Thirteen songs are already on paper and plans are to write eight or nine more.
Wayne Coyne told Billboard, "Somewhere along the way it occurred to me that we should do a double album. Just this idea that you can kind of weave a couple of themes into there and you can sort of sprawl a little bit."
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The Donnas Announce "Greatest Hits" Album
In celebration of sixteen years playing high-powered rock and roll, all-female quartet The Donnas will deliver a career-spanning retrospective entitled "The Donnas Greatest Hits, Vol 16" on July 7th on their own Purple Feather Records. The comprehensive album features two brand new songs, two never-before-heard b-sides from their self-released 2007 album "Bitchin," live versions of hits “Take It Off” and “Fall Behind Me,” and two previously unreleased tracks from the band’s earliest days together. The band also re-recorded five tracks, remixed one and included two alternative versions of songs from their Lookout! Records catalog (1998-2001), one of which is sung by original producer/co-writer Darin Raffaelli.
Brett Anderson (vocals), Allison Robertson (vocals, guitar), Maya Ford (bass guitar), and Torry Castellano (drums, percussion, vocals) formed The Donnas in Palo Alto, CA, in 1993 and have been consistently rocking since, an unprecedented longevity for the all-female rock band. Drawing inspiration from The Ramones, AC/DC and Kiss, "Greatest Hits" marks the band’s 8th release and their music has recently been featured in the film and soundtrack toI Love You, Man, Rock Band 2, “The Bad Girls Club” (Oxygen network) and “Ultimate Gamer” (Sci-Fi Channel).
The Donnas will tour the US this summer as headliners and with female musical pioneers Blondie and Pat Benatar
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