Paul Weller, formerly of The Jam and Style Council, will play twelve UK dates in May running up to the release of his next studio album, 22 Dreams, in June. Tickets for the shows will be available starting February 16th.
Recently, the remaining two-thirds of The Jam are planning a live DVD and new album and a few tour dates of their…
Bob Mould, former frontperson of both Hüsker Dü and Sugar , has suffered an injury to his ankle that has put the kibosh on some solo gigs this weekend. As explained on his blog:
This Tuesday afternoon, I broke my left ankle. Non-displaced fracture of the lateral malleolus. I spent 4 hours at Sibley ER, and was sent home in an air cast, with my first (and hopefully only) set of crutches.
He went on to explain in a later…
Bob Mould, known best for his work in Hüsker Dü and Sugar, will be releasing a DVD this coming October. Due for release on October 7th, Circle of Friends documents the last show of the 2005 tour in support of Mould's most recent solo album, Body Of Song. The performance, set at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, features a backing band consisting of Jason Narducy on bass, Richard Morel on keyboards and Brendan Canty (of Fugazi fame) on Drums. The set includes tracks from his Hüsker Dü days, as…
Bob Mould, solo artist and frontman of the legendary Hüsker Dü and Sugar, has announced that he will be releasing his next solo full length in January of next year. His last record was 2005's critically acclaimed Body Of Song.
Mould previewed the new song “Again and Again” this past Friday the Henry Rollins Show. The show's website has a video of the performance and an interview.…
X frontman John Doe is on the road now supporting his new album A Year in the Wilderness. The record was released last week by Yep Roc. Among the dates are a few in store signings and an appearance at this year's Hootennay alongside bands like Social Distortion, Nekromantix, the Supersuckers and the Angel City Outcasts.
A Year in the Wilderness follows up 2005's Forever Hasn't Happened…
The Legendary Shack Shakers have announced a summer tour beginning June 7th at The Mad Hatter in Covington, Ky. The Mad Hatter has recently hosted legendary acts such as Jello Biafra, The Queers and The Casualties, as well as The Lawrence Arms.
The band is inspired by punk, polka, delta blues, hillbilly, and other traditional Southern music genres, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in the mid 1990's. The band originally had a more traditional rockabilly sound, but later moved away from this and now relies more on its punk and hillbilly…
John Doe has released a new track from his upcoming album. The record is titled A Year in the Wilderness and is due out June 12, 2007. It is the follow-up to Forever Hasn't Happened Yet which was released in 2005.
Salon, who hosted the song, had this to say about the track
Spurred on by some seriously Stones-y guitars, "The Golden State" finds Doe rocking out with all the conviction and authority of the rebel music pioneers he cares so deeply for, thanks in no…
X frontman John Doe will release A Year In The Wilderness on June 12th on Yep Rock. The record was co-produced by Doe and Dave Way, recorded at the Way Station in Los Angeles. Like his previous solo effort Forever Hasn’t Happened Yet, the album will feature a number of geust musicians. The record will feature apperances by Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach, pedal steel player Greg Leisz and vocalists Aimee Mann, Jill Sobule and Kathleen Edwards.
Doe will hit…
Paul Weller will be releasing a career spanning box set on January 23rd titled Hit Parade. The Yep Roc box set will include material from his Jam and Style Council days, as well as from his recent years as a solo artist. The release will coincide with a full-length BBC documentary, and Hit includes seminal Jam anthems like "Town Called Malice", "Going Underground", "Eton Rifles" and "Down In The Tube Station", along with Style Council selections "Shout To The Top!" and "You're The Best Thing."
To celebrate the release, and the 30th…
Some good news in the theft of Th' Shack Shakers equipment coming as the band has recovered "95% of their gear."
The band explained:
At 10am October 30th, Officer Rob Egger with the Nashville Police Dept. awakened the sleeping giant Mark Robertson with the awesome news that the Shack Shakers' trailer, gear and merch had all been FOUND!
Dumped at a nearby airstrip by the river, the trailer sat idle with 95% of the contents still in tact. Only David's orange…
