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New Idlewild CD – coming soon?

A recent MySpace message from Scottish-band Idlewild says that those who pre-ordered the new CD – Post-Electric Blues – should be getting it in the mail in the next week or two. I believe that the deal with the pre-order was that the band asked fans to help fund the CD and, in exchange, not only got the CD they paid for but also got their names in the liner notes. I seriously considered donating but the donation site was set up in pounds, not dollars, and I wasn’t quite sure how that worked (or if somebody from the U.S. could donate).

The band performed the album, in full, during a run of dates in May where they played over the course of 3 nights and played each of their albums.

Here is the only YouTube clip I could find of a new song, one that the person who posted it is calling “City Hall” (and it’s only about a minute and a half of the song, not the whole thing).

New Breeders EP and video

Jonesing for new music by The Breeders? The Deal sisters have released a new digital EP (Fate to Fatal) today that you can purchase at iTunes, Amazon.com, or through the Breeders’ website. There is also a limited run of vinyl copies (1000) that feature silk-screened cover art.

There are four tracks on the EP including “The Last Time,” feature guest vocals by Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) and a cover of the Bob Marley and the Wailers song, “Chances Are”.

Here’s a video for the title track, “Fate to Fatal”.

Where ya been hiding House of Pain?

Sometimes I live under a rock. Case in point – am I the last person to find out that House of Pain has essentially reunited under a new name? I was flipping through a March issue of Scene magazine (a free weekly from Cleveland) when I spotted an article that started off with a mention of former House of Pain MC Danny Boy. The deeper I read into the article, I discovered that Danny Boy put the old crew back together (DJ Lethal, Everlast) for a new project called La Coka Nostra.

La Coka Nostra’s debut album, A Brand You Can Trust, will be released by Suburban Noize Records on my birthday, July 14.

For now, check out a video for “That’s Coke” (and for all you watching at work or in front of the kiddies, this one ain’t safe to listen to in front of youngsters or co-workers).

Posies to perform classic album in full

Love the idea of a band playing one of their albums in it’s entirety. It’s not a new concept but, nevertheless, a great one especially when it’s a band I love playing an album I love. The Posies will be playing 1993’s Frosting on the Beater on June 12 at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York. Ticket info isn’t available yet but expect this one to sell out quickly. Hopefully it’ll go over so well that Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow will decide to make a tour out of it for those of us unable to make the trip to New York.

Old news travels fast – Faith No More to reunite

Saturday afternoon the wife calls and says a friend has invited us over for a Thanksgiving dinner in February. Crazy talk, even crazy considering that while I was out running errands I was going to stop by the grocery store and pick up a turkey and mashed potatoes. Coincidence? I don’t know.

Then, last night, I dropped Faith No More’s Album of the Year onto my iPod, a CD that I haven’t listened to in years but had a hankerin’ to hear. Woke up this morning to see my Google Reader filled with links to sites announcing that Faith No More (no word on the line-up) is reuniting to play some summer shows in Europe. No word on U.S. dates. I wonder what size venues they could play? I’m thinking the same 1,500 – 3,000 seaters they were playing when they broke up 10 years ago.

“Stripsearch” was the song I had in my head which inspired me to put Album of the Year on my iPod. Kind of a different sound for the band but great nevertheless.