well that is the cover of Sonic Youth greatness installment 16 , look at it teasing me with its unheard gems, the cover was done by steel-string guitar pioneered John Fahey who died in 2001

tracklisting in the read more

01 "Sacred Trickster"
02 "Anti-Orgasm"
03 "Leaky Lifeboat (For Gregory Corso)"
04 "Antenna"
05 "What We Know"
06 "Calming The Snake"
07 "Poison Arrow"
08 "Malibu Gas Station"
09 "Thunderclap For Bobby Pyn"
10 "No Way"
11 "Walkin Blue"
12 "Massage The History"

The Eternal is due out June 9 on sonic youths new home Matador Records

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Minus The Bear has announce the release of ACOUSTICS, an exclusive seven track EP available this fall/autumn. The self-released EP via Tigre Blanco Records will be available in two formats and feature newly recorded acoustic versions of fan favorites from the Seattle quintet's prolific career and one new track entitled “Guns & Ammo.” Beginning October 7th, ACOUSTICS will be sold digitally via online outlets such as iTunes, Amazon and Emusic. Physical copies of the EP will be sold exclusively on the bands headlining tour beginning in Spokane, WA on October 8th.


A band known for their unique brand of rock n roll full of finger-taping guitar riffs mixed with memorable melodies and progressive arrangements, ACOUSTICS is an excellent inside look into the band’s history of winning and entertaining a rabid and rapidly growing fan base.


TRACK LISTING:

1.Guns & Ammo (new track)
2.We Are Not a Football Team (from the album, Highly Refined Pirates)
3.Burying Luck (from the album, Planet of Ice)
4.Knights (from the album, Planet of Ice)
5.Pachuca Sunrise (from the album, Menos El Oso)
6.Throwin’ Shapes (from the album, Planet of Ice)
7.Ice Monster (from the album, Planet of Ice)

if you having a tough time trying to imagine what minus the bear sound like acoustic well don't strain yourself too hard because back in July they did a session with the always excellent daytrotter playing acoustic versions of Knights,Ice Monster,Part 2 and Throwin' Shapes which can be heard here enjoy

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This is what the new TV on the Radio album looks like:


The album, which I personally cannot wait for, is due to be released on September 23rd. Tracklisting & more artwork in the readmore...

I notice that Kyp Malone has lost the beard/huge afro (and shirt).

1. Halfway Home
2. Crying
3. Dancing Choose
4. Stork & Owl
5. Golden Age
6. Family Tree
7. Red Dress
8. Love Dog
9. Shout Me Out
10. DLZ
11. Lover's Day

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The Soundtrack for the film "Choke" will be released on September 23, 2008.The album, a digital-only release, will have the seven songs from the film and eight others that are significant to actor, director and screen writer Clark Gregg's vision while he was making it. Highlights include previously recorded songs by the likes of Radiohead, Death Cab For Cutie, My Morning Jacket, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Fiery Furnaces, The Twilights Singers and Ben Kweller. Most notable additions are the previously unreleased or rare tracks that appear on the record, among them "Orgasm Addict" by The Buzzcocks as sung by the band's original singer Howard Devoto, a great version of The Doors' "Crystal Ship" by the incomparable Nicole Atkins and The Sea, and the original version by The Natural History of Spoon's current hit single, "Don't You Ever."
the full tracklisting and comments on each song by Gregg are in the read more.

Ben Kweller - "The Rules"

Ben Kweller kicks ass. These lyrics feel like Victor Mancini's rowdy, pissed-off subtext. I love that it starts off the soundtrack with some slamming indie rock and that it comes in during the colonial village while we're looking at all the puffy shirts and bonnets.

The Natural History - "Don't You Ever" (rare)

I only found this band recently, but I listened to them all through post. Max Tepper's vocals are superb. I actually prefer this version to the one by Spoon and I'm a huge Spoon fan. The band broke up a few years ago. I'm going to picket their houses until they get back together.

Fiery Furnaces - "Navy Nurse"

This groove just takes your breath away.

Radiohead - "Reckoner"

Like most people, I am a huge Radiohead fan. The adaptation took me years to write so I wrote it first to Kid A, then Amnesiac and then Hail to the Thief. Later, I learned from Chuck Palahniuk that he had written the novel while listening to their song, "Creep." In Rainbows came out while we were editing and I used almost every track in my early temp cuts of the movie. They all fit really well, but I particularly loved "Reckoner." The tension between Thom Yorke's keening vocals and Phil Selway's brilliant, driving drum track fit so perfectly that it worked almost like score. I was truly dreading the day when we'd have to take it out. Somehow ATO Pictures producer, Johnathan Dorfman persuaded their manager to show the band some footage and to our shock they were generous enough to let us use the song. It's a monumental addition to the movie.

Alap Momin - "Sin Terror"

I love this jam. We needed music for the strip-club scenes and music supervisors Lyle Hysen and Ken Weinstein knew Alap Momin from the band Dälek and he was kind enough to cook this up just for the movie. He even tailored the tracks to the scenes. The driving discordant build they layered into this piece feels like it's feeding the tension between Denny and Victor.

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - "Satan Said Dance"

I loved their first album and we needed something dark but not too heavy for Victor's sudden rollercoaster ride back to the dark side. Hysen and Weinstein pitched this song and when we saw it over the scene it was just right.

Buzzcocks - "Orgasm Addict" (rare)

This is the anthem. I sort of grew up loving The Buzzcocks, moshing my way through their songs in the East Village. I must have played it every day I was writing "Choke." I always thought we'd open the movie with it, but it didn't work out. In any case here is a cool alternate version with a more deadpan feel and at least it made it on to our soundtrack.

Death Cab For Cutie - "No Sunlight"

What can you say, they're just really, really good.

Blitzen Trapper - "Wicked" (unreleased)

We listened to a lot of Blitzen Trapper during the crazed five-week summer shoot. It just seemed to fit with spending your 18-hour days in a sweltering mental hospital. They've got some excellent chaos going on.

Ms. Tyree Sugar Jones - "If You Feel It"

This plays in another tricky scene where everything we tried felt wrong. And then I got turned on to the soulful sexy stylings of Ms. Tyree "Sugar" Jones. You put this on and you know some clothes are coming off.

My Morning Jacket - "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt 1"

We're all big Jacket fans. Listened to them constantly during the shoot. Very proud to have them on here.

Shout Out Louds - "Bicycle" (rare)

Nothing like a little kick ass Swedish indie rock. They're like The Shins' attitudinal Scandinavian cousins.

Twilight Singers - "There's Been An Accident"

One of the producers, Contrafilm's Beau Flynn, and I have been Greg Dulli fans for years. I listened to The Twilight Singers a lot when I was writing the script. The song is really moving in a haunting, portentous way that really works for the movie.

Nicole Atkins - "Crystal Ship" (unreleased)

Brilliant. She's got a great torchy, Peggy Lee sound with just enough tongue in cheek to feel like a perfect citizen of the Palahniuk world.

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Don Caballero have revealed the tracklisting for their new album called Punkgasm(Punkgasm was recorded in spring 2008 at Rust Belt Studios in Royal Oak, Michigan). As some might know the band broke up in 2000, with other members going there own way (Ian Willaims forming battles and Eric Emm with Good Morning).Drummer Damon Che recruited new personnel for a reconstituted Don Caballero in 2003 (this is the second album under this new lineup).
tracklisting in the read more

Punkgasm tracklisting

Loudest Shop Vac In The World’
‘The Irrespective Dick Area’
‘Bulk Eye’
‘Shit Kids Galore’
‘Celestial Dusty Groove’
‘Pour You Into The Rug’
‘Challenge Jets’
‘Lord Krepelka’
‘Why Is The Couch Always Wet?’
‘Slaughbaugh's Ought Not Own Dog Data’
‘Dirty Looks’
‘Who's A Puppy Cat’
‘Awe Man That's Jive Skip’
‘Punkgasm’

heres what Drummer Che had to say about the album as they where recording it
"I know this sounds like an obligatory and potentially phony statement but, I at least, firmly believe this will be the "best Caballero yet"

Mp3>Don Caballero - Bulk Eye

Punkgasm is due out 19/08/08 from Replase

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With the re-issue of Young Team already in shops now, the Scottish noise mungers Mogwai have released the detail for there next album called The Hawk Is Howling (album cover above) they also have a new EP called Batcat out soon as well

tracklisting for both in the read more , as well as a live video for Batcat and a really good old Mogwai video


The Hawk Is Howling traclisting

01 I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead
02 Batcat
03 Daphne and the Brain
04 Local Authority
05 The Sun Smells Too Loud
06 Kings Meadow
07 I Love You, I'm Going to Blow Up Your School
08 Scotland's Shame
09 Thank You Space Expert
10 The Precipice

Batcat Ep traclisting
01 Batcat
02 Stupid Prick Gets Chased by the Police and Loses His Slut Girlfriend
03 Devil Rides (ft. Roky Erickson)

The Hawk Is Howling comes out September 22 on PIAS/Wall of Sound,and Batcat EP is out on September 8.

Mogwai - Batcat (live @ Queen Elizabeth Hall 12 May 2008)


MOGWAI - Friend Of The Night

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Fujiya & Miyagi who have recently up graded to a quartet with Lee Adams replacing the drum machine, have just released the track listing for their new album Lightbulbs which will be out September 1 on Full Time Hobby
Tracklist

‘Knickerbocker’
‘Uh’
‘Pickpocket’
‘Goosebumps’
‘Rook to Queen's Pawn Six’
‘Sore Thumb’
‘Dishwasher’
‘Pterodactyls’
‘Pussyfooting’
‘Lightbulbs’
‘Hundreds & Thousands’

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