Oasis - The New Single Leaks Online

The new Oasis single 'Lyla' leaked on the net and is available for download here.
The song is set for release in the UK on May 16, followed by their new album ’Don’t Believe The Truth’ on May 30.

Speaking previously about ‘Lyla’, Noel Gallagher said the track is “the Soundtrack of our Lives doing The Who on Skol in a psychedelic city in the sky (or something!)”

The tracklisting for ’Don’t Believe The Truth’ runs:

‘Turn Up The Sun’
‘Mucky Fingers’
‘Lyla’
‘Love Like A Bomb’
‘The Importance Of Being Idle’
‘The Meaning Of Soul’
‘Guess God Thinks I’m Abel’
‘Part Of The Queue’
‘Keep The Dream Alive’
‘A Bell Will Ring’
‘Let There Be Love’

Monday News

Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst's Bright Eyes will launch a North American tour supporting their Digital Ash in a Digital Urn album with Saddle Creek labelmates the Faint on April 28th in Kansas City, Missouri . . .

The WHITE STRIPES will headline this year's Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta, along with TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS and KID ROCK. The festival will take place June 10-12, with performances by LORETTA LYNN, the KILLERS, BLOC PARTY, JOAN JETT and COHEED AND CAMBRIA. The White Stripes are currently in the studio recording a new album . . .

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN have compiled all their EPS and singles for their upcoming release Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, due May 24th . . .

The SMASHING PUMPKINS will finally make their music available for download on April 5th. The Nineties rockers' will offer 227 songs, including several rarities, through online music stores. Former Pumpkins frontman BILLY CORGAN is working on his solo debut, "TheFutureEmbrace" . . .

The DECEMBERISTS' gear trailer, containing all their instruments and other important items, was stolen on March 17th in Portland, Oregon. The trailer has been found but the instruments are still missing. The band has set up a fund at decemberists.com/fund.html for fans to make donations to help the band replace the lost instruments . . .

The Strokes Early Recordings

You can find The Strokes early recordings and some unreleased tracks at the link here.

Tuesday Downloads: The Decemberists

The Decemberists have released the new album Picaresque.
The Decemberists - Picaresque

Download the live tracks, including the interview, from their live appearance at KEXP here.

The Kills Kick Off A US Tour

The Kills tour dates:

3/21: San Diego, Casbah
3/22: Pomona, CA, Glass House
3/23: San Francisco, the Independent
3/25: Seattle, Crocodile Cafe
3/26: Vancouver, Red Room
3/27: Portland, OR, Douglas Fir Lounge
3/30: Minneapolis, First Avenue
3/31: Milwaukee, Mad Planet
4/1: Chicago, Double Door
4/2: Detroit, Magic Stick
4/3: Newport, KY, Southgate House
4/4: Columbus, Little Brother's
4/5: Cleveland, Beachland Ballroom & Tavern
4/7: Toronto, Horseshoe Tavern
4/8: Montreal, Petit Campus
4/9: Hoboken, NJ, Maxwell's
4/10: Boston, Paradise Rock Club
4/11: New York, Bowery Ballroom
4/13: Washington, DC, Black Cat
4/14: Atlanta, the Earl
4/15: Orlando, the Social
4/16: Fort Lauderdale, Culture Room
4/30: Indio, CA, Coachella Festival

Tuesday News

Texas native ERYKAH BADU launched her new record label entitled Control FreaQ at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin. The label's first signee is New Orleans based MC/lyricist JAY ELECTRONICA . . .

THE WHITE STRIPES are to make their live return in May, after finishing the studio work on songs for the follow-up to Elephant . . .

RADIOHEAD singer THOM YORKE is to participate in a rally to raise awareness of the TRADE JUSTICE MOVEMENT . . .

Sunday Downloads

A selection of live sessions from KVRX:

Broken Social Scene
Cat Power
Devendra Banhart
Explosions in the Sky
The Futureheads
Magnetic Fields
Modest Mouse
The Walkmen
Xiu Xiu

KVRX Archive

Saturday News

Former STONE ROSES lead singer IAN BROWN was detained for allegedly attacking a guard and a fan who climbed on stage at his recent San Francisco show. The singer will not be charged . . .

The DOVES and MERCURY REV will launch a three week North American tour on May 1st in San Francisco, following performances at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California . . .

The FIERY FURNACES are planning a summer release for their upcoming double album, titled Garfield and Singing to Speak Chinese . . .

OASIS will perform their first Los Angeles show in five years at the Hollywood Bowl on September 12th. Like the previously announced east coast dates, this show will feature opening act JET . . .

BABYSHAMBLES have been forced to cancel their two gigs at London’s Boogaloo Bar and Koko venues (March 18th) as singer Pete Doherty has lost his voice . . .

LCD Soundsystem to appear at T In The Park 2005 that will take place at Balado, Kinross between July 9-10 . . .

Oasis - Tracklisting Details Revealed

Oasis have announced details of the tracklisting for their forthcoming 'Don't Believe The Truth' album. It is as follows...

Turn Up The Sun
Mucky Fingers
Lyla
Love Like A Bomb
The Importance Of Being Idle
The Meaning Of Soul
Guess God Thinks I’m Abel
Part Of The Queue
Keep The Dream Alive
A Bell Will Ring
Let There Be Love

Noel has also been offering his own appraisal of tracks on the album. According to his royal highness the single 'Lyla' sounds like "the Soundtrack of our Lives doing The Who on Skol in a psychedelic city in the sky", 'The Meaning of Soul' like "Elvis on Red Bell" and of 'Part Of the Queue' he says "Legendary Cuban percussionist Lenny Castro shuffles up a storm. Amazing.". Or it could all just sound like Oasis. We await to see whether Noel is an accurate critic of his own work, but not with baited breath - we don't want to do ourselves a mischief, like.

Friday Downloads

The Strokes - Last Nite
The White Stripes - Jolene(Live)
Mando Diao - Paralyzed
Apples In Stereo - Please
The Kills - Black Rooster
The Kills - Cat Claw

News

The KILLS will kick-off their North American tour in support of their second album No Wow with two shows in Austin on March 16th and 17th . . .

The COCTEAU TWINS reunion performance at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival on April 30th has been canceled. The trio's vocalist ELIZABETH FRASER has declined to participate due to personal reasons . . .

The SHINS will launch a spring tour April 11th in Minneapolis. The three-week trek wraps April 30th in Asheville, North Carolina . . .

The CHARLATANS will release The Charlatans -- Live At Last, a DVD filmed at London's Brixton Academy, on April 11th . . .

Industrial vets PSYCHIC TV have recorded a remix of YEAH YEAH YEAHS' "Y Control" for their as-yet-untitled upcoming album . . .

PEARL JAM are almost finished with their follow-up to 2002's Riot Act. The band plans to spend the next three weeks in the studio recording vocals and mixing. If all goes according to plan, the yet-to-be-titled disc could be released as early as May . . .

After a surprise show at the Troubadour in Los Angeles Friday night, COLDPLAY performed five new songs from their third album, X&Y (due June 7th), at the Sounds Eclectic Evening festival Saturday at the Universal Amphitheater . . .

Today Downloads

The Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Bloc Party - Banquet
The Decemberists - The Engine Driver
Brendan Benson - The Pledge
Sonic Youth - Coca Neon Kamera Sutra

The Robot Ate Me - On Vacation

The Lo-Fi trio from San-Diego released in 2004 a double CD - On Vacation.

The Robot Ate Me - On Vacation

Download the songs from the album:

The Genocide Ball
Oh No! Oh My!
On Vacation
Apricot Tea

Stream this cool video for On Vacation song.

The Arcade Fire Video & B-s

Unfortunately, I missed The Arcade Fire gig at the Magnet Club in Berlin (13th March) due to the worst headache I ever had.

However, one can watch them at Conan O'Brian show performing alive Neighborhood#2 (Laika). Download the video clip here.



More to download:
The Arcade Fire - Headlights Look Like Diamonds
The Arcade Fire - Old Flame
The Arcade Fire - I'm Sleeping in a Submarine

What We Listen Today

Good Morning!

This morning we listen some electro pop.

Le Tigre

Le Tigre - Deceptacon
Le Tigre - Get Off the Internet

Beck In Business

BECK played a short-notice, intimate show in LONDON last night (March 14). Read more about it at NME.

Check the BECKs new album Guero.
BECK - Guero

Preview the new album here.

Music You Never Stop To Listen

If there is some band around that makes me completely connected to it's music than it is Neutral Milk Hotel. Check this fansite for their early music and some bootleg recordings.
For all those that never listened to NMH I strongly recommend their masterpiece In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
NMH - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Let's Try Some More

Can you walk on fire???

Check the new reviews at Metacritic !
Among the highscores: LCD Soundsystem.

Watch the videos for Daft Punk is playing at my house
and Movement.
Live gigs:
march 2005
Thursday 17th : Austin, TX, USA : SXSW @ Elysium
april 2005
Saturday 2nd : New York, USA : Bowery Ballroom
Thursday 14th : Brussels, Belgium : Domino Festival @ A/B Box
Friday 15th : Rotterdam, Holland : Motel Mozaique @ Nighttown
Saturday 16th : Milan, Italy : TDK Dance Marathon
Monday 18th : Barcelona, Spain : Razzmatazz Room 2
Wednesday 20th : Paris, France : Elysee Monmarte
Thursday 21st : Evreux, France : L'Abordage
Friday 22nd : Dijon, France : La Vapeur (Eurokeenes)
Saturday 23rd : Bourges, France : Printemps de Bourges @ Phoenix
Monday 25th : London, UK : Hammersmith Palais
Tuesday 26th : Birmingham, UK : Academy
Wednesday 27th : Bristol, UK : Academy
Friday 29th : Edinburgh, UK : Trip Tych Festival @ the Venue
may 2005
Sunday 1st : Glasgow, UK : Trip Tych Festival @ Tramway