Strokes leader Julian Casablancas made his solo network TV bow last night on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien", performing new single "11th Dimension", a twisty new-wave song that recently earned him a Best New Track distinction on this very website. The track is from his album Phrazes for the Young, which comes out next week.

After a shaky start, Casablancas and his new band found their way into things-- though considering some of his impromptu, shifty dance moves, Jules might want to bring his mic stand back.

It's all after the jump:

The Cribs have made their cover of Kaiser Chiefs' 'Modern Way' available as a download, with the proceeds set to go to charity.

The song was recorded in 2005 and released as a B-side to the Wakefield band's single 'Mirror Kissers' (before Johnny Marr joined the band). The song is available from iTunes now, with money raised through sales going to the Cash For Kids Action On Neglect Appeal.

The charity aids neglected children in the Leeds and West Yorkshire area - where the Jarman brothers hail from.

The Cribs are set to release a new single, 'We Share The Same Skies', on November 9.

Word-of-mouth surrounding 3D Dot Game Heroes has been steadily picking up steam the past few weeks, but there's been no word of a North American release until now. For nervous gamers who are thinking they might have to brave the Japanese version though, the PlayStation Twitter feed is here to allay your fears.

According to Sony, "No need to import - 3D Dot Game Heroes for PS3 is definitely coming to NA! Spread the word, more to come."

Sounds like a publishing deal is in place. All that remains is the official announcement.

This is embarrassing and catchy, but it doesn't have anything on "Let It Rock."

I still can't believe this happened, even if it is Weezer.

Jarvis Cocker has spoken out about the rumour that Pulp will be getting back together in order to play Glastonbury Festival next year.

Talking to Teletext, Cocker denied the rumours.

"I can categorically tell Teletext that Pulp have no plans to get back together," he declared. "Someone asked me if I fancied playing at the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury, I said yes, they twisted that into a 'Pulp reform' story. It's not true."

Green Day's new video for "21st Century Breakdown" can be seen below.

Weezer's new album, Raditude, can now be streamed via their MySpace page ahead of its November 3 release.

http://www.myspace.com/weezer

Gravity Kills have announced that they are working on their first new material since 2002's 'Superstarved'. More news is expected sometime soon.

Jarvis Cocker has said that Pulp are "coming back" - and that they are interested in playing Glastonbury 2010.

The singer told The People that the Sheffield band, who have been inactive since the release of 2001 album 'We Love Life', have already talked about the possibility of playing the Worthy Farm event together.

"Glastonbury means an awful lot to me, I would love to play there again," he said. "We've talked about it, there we go, there'll be a band reunion."

Pulp headlined the Pyramid Stage at the event in both 1995 and 1998.

Cocker, who has released two solo albums since Pulp disbanded, is set to bring his solo show to the London Village Underground venue in November. He will play in front of free aerobics classes.

After many teases, the triple-headed rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures has finally, finally seen fit to let us hear a whole entire studio track. Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and John Paul Jones have posted the song "New Fang" to their YouTube page.

Given the people involved, it shouldn't be a shock that these guys know how to make rock happen. But at any given moment during "New Fang", it feels like we're hearing something like five killer riffs simultaneously.

"New Fang" is from Them Crooked Vultures' self-titled album, due November 16 in the UK via Columbia and November 17 in North America via DGC/Interscope.

Click below to hear the song:

Morrissey has confirmed that he play his London Royal Albert Hall date tomorrow (October 27) despite his on-stage collapse at the Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre on Saturday (October 24).

The Smiths' former singer was released from hospital yesterday after collapsing just after playing the opening song at the gig. He postponed a show tonight (October 26) at the Bournemouth Academy, but his spokesperson told NME.COM that tomorrow's London show is still set to go ahead.

Fans have been asked to stand by for refund and potential rescheduling gigs for the Swindon and Bournemouth shows.

Following the London show Morrissey is scheduled to continue to tour the UK and Ireland, wrapping up the jaunt on November 23 in Dublin

"Somewhere along the way, my hopefulness turned to sadness/ Somewhere along the way, my sadness turned to bitterness..."
Suffice to say, the first two lines that slur out of the speakers after pressing 'play' on 'Phrazes For The Young' will be instant red flags to any Strokes fan combing Julian Casablancas' solo debut for portents of doom. As the verse progresses, his bitterness then leads to anger, his anger inextricably to vengeance and his vengeance - oddly enough - to an unabashedly euphoric, Paul Simon-esque mardi-gras gallop of a chorus that, like a lot of things about this album, you'll never see coming.

After four troubling years of collective inactivity, individual Strokes have all of a sudden been going rogue left, right and centre: Fab Moretti and Nikolai Fraiture are both off working on their respective side-projects Little Joy and Nickel Eye, while Albert Hammond, Jr.'s solo albums have found him a niche as a sort of lo-fi Albert Hammond Sr.

Casablancas, on the other hand, seemed content to lay low, occasionally lending vocals to one-off collaborations with and Danger Mouse, and offering frustratingly ambiguous Strokes album updates such as, "We're pretty much ready to go, but at the same time we don't want to rush anything." And then, somewhere along the way, 'Phrazes For The Young' was born, complicating matters further still.

Recorded under the radar with producer Jason Lader and Bright Eyes collaborator Mike Mogis, it's a strange little album, just eight songs long but deceptively dense with ideas. Certain parts of it are unmistakably the work of the man who wrote 'Is This It', certain others you'd swear were anything but, and one part in particular - the inspired 'Ludlow St' - is a bawdy, boozy waltz through the Lower East Side locale that's quite simply stark raving. ?

After aforementioned opener 'Out Of The Blue' establishes that all bets are off with a joyous shrug of the shoulders and Casablancas' cathartic proclamation that "Yes, I know I'm going to hell in a leather jacket/But at least I'll be in another world while you're pissing on my casket", things take a darker turn on 'River Of Brake Lights'. Sharing the ominous, industrial vibe of 'Reptilia', its latticed web of interweaving guitars mark it out as the most obviously Strokesy song on here, though it still takes a few listens to draw you in.?

These are the songs Casablancas apparently felt wouldn't work for The Strokes, although on '4 Chords Of The Apocalypse' he does seem to take the smoky, '60s-soul aesthetic he briefly explored on 2003's 'Under Control' and runs with it, piling on drama and bombastic production where before there would have been rough-hewn garage-rock minimalism.
The halogenic synth-pop swagger he employs on '11th Dimension' and 'Left And Right In The Dark', meanwhile, sugar-coats some interesting lyrical themes. The former's pragmatic, post-Obama take on America ("Where cities come to hate each other in the name of sport" and "Your faith has got to be greater than your fear") in particular feels cheekily subversive, but best by far is 'Ludlow St'. Not only does it take the Native American history of New York and turn it into a metaphor for the area's yuppie invasion, it's delivered
in the form of a drunken country and western croon. And as a love song to the Lower East Side, it even manages to be quite touching.

Events do feel rather abruptly curtailed by the fade of 'Tourist''s minor-key march, and you're left wishing that Casablancas had a few more of these square-peg songs lying around. In fact you feel - perhaps appropriately for an album announced by a teaser trailer - a bit cliff-hung. Our appetite is whetted. Let's have part two quickly, please.

8 out of 10

Square Enix has released two hands full of new Final Fantasy XIII screens, two of which come with English language subtitles.

The other screen has this profound question: "Tell me. Do you really think your life is worth more than the lives of millions of Cocoon citizens?"

Eight New Final Fantasy XIII English Screenshots [Final Fantasy-XIII.net]

From Faith No More to collaborations with a weird and wonderful cast on a baffling range of musical projects, has been responsible for much that is righteous. But arguably topping all of these is the YouTube clip where, backstage at a music festival, the cod-Zeppelin shredding of Australian mock-rockers Wolfmother trickles into his ears like effluent into once-virgin water. "Are you hearing this shit?" Patton thunders, a look of horror upon his face. "What year are we in? Wolfmother: you suck!"

In 2008 Wolfmother split, to much rejoicing from sane persons the world over. Then singer Andrew Stockdale announced he'd be continuing with the moniker to record a new LP. But could Wolfmother Mk II be a different beast, returning with a sound far removed from the canonical pilfering that was their eponymous debut? Perhaps the reason for the band's implosion was disagreements about Stockdale's intended industrial direction?

Course it bloody wasn't. It's all in the name, of course. Who names their album after a yoga position? I mean, really. And then there are the lyrics, tedious, bong-addled piffle about
the "kingdom of the sun" and so on.

The music? Well it's harder and faster than their debut, that's for sure, owing more to Black Sabbath than the pastiche of Page and Plant that still remains in the likes of 'In The Morning'. But 'Cosmic Egg' remains nested in a time long ago, with the only 'progress' coming in 'Far Away', which sounds like it was expelled by Axl Rose during an enema in early sessions for 'Chinese Democracy'.

You could argue Wolfmother's ballsy and carefree hi-octane music is all just innocent fun, ideally washed down with a six pack of tinnies. Yet it's utterly devoid of soul and intelligence. Even basic craft is at a premium. All too often, this kind of luddite rock'n'roll is excused by the proficiency of the players. Who cares if they haven't an original idea between them if fingers blur on fretboards, tubs are thumped hard, and the singer can raise a bat-perplexing wail? But there's no excuse for such mindless effrontery.

Are you still with us, General Patton? Let all those who believe with zealous hearts in the importance of forging something new and fearsome in fire and molten steel join forces, and blast this execrable troupe back to the Stone Age from whence they came.

Luke Turner

The lead singer of this Staten Island quartet used to go by the name of Joe Ferocious. He told NME earlier this year that, although his name originates from when he was in high school, he "wasn't really that ferocious". Although Joe has now reverted to the boring D'Agostino, the feral noise-pop his band creates is as vicious as ever. '...And The Hazy Sea' heads the album with a claustrophobic freak-out of crashing cymbals, dying guitars and maddening screams. It pummels our brain into the Pavement-y distorted indie (best: 'Indiana') and lo-fi orchestrated wail-outs (best: 'Like Blood Does') that make up the rest of the album. 'Why There Are Mountains' is delightfully savage.

Jamie Crossan

8 out of 10

For the uninitiated the mighty Bolt are art students from Providence, Rhode Island. Brian Gibson plays bass and Brian Chippendale plays drums, often with a mask made out of a pillowcase on his head and a mic in his mouth so he can 'sing'. Together they make a sound not unlike an angry volcano god jizzing hot magma into your ears. Live they are kings of the guerrilla gig, playing at intense volumes in the middle of their crowd, often causing pandemonium. On record some of this context is lost, but the band make up for it by plumping for overdriven, live-in-the-studio performances. Out of the lo-fi punk/hardcore/black metal bedrock clatter of sound they create, lysergic and buzzing riffs clarify gloriously before melting back into chaos.

John Doran



8 out of 10

Sound: You have to hand it to Rammstein - the sextet has not lost its ability to shock and/or entertain after 15 years in the business. The German group known for its creepy-yet-somehow-sexy blend of industrial rock/synth pop has always proved themselves to be an awe-inspiring bunch, particularly when the intimidating Till Lindemann sets his limbs afire for the sake of a concert performance. Somehow Rammstein has found a way to keep the danger factor alive with the 6th studio album Liebe ist für alle da, all the while proving that its musical creativity has intensified as well. Four years in the making, the new record never becomes mired in the same sound. Yes, there are quite a few songs that might have a chorus or verse driven by power chords, but there are enough other interesting nuances that things rarely get dull. And then you have a song like the first single "Pussy," which...well...we shall get to shortly.

The opening track "Rammlied" is the epitome of an attention grabber, with its choral-driven intro (akin to what you might hear in a movie about soul possession) that quickly explodes into chants of - what else - "Rammstein!" The music that eventually follows does weave in more of the choral aspect, but the underlying arrangement has almost a Faith No More vibe to it. "Rammlied" draws you in, although that's not to say any other song on the CD mimics the opener. On the contrary, Rammstein is all over the place genre-wise, which is exactly what makes Liebe ist für alle da intriguing.

The focal point is undoubtedly vocalist Till Lindemann, who is still the epitome of German machismo. However, one of the most refreshing things about Lindemann is, regardless of the brute nature he may convey, he still is not afraid to take on a love song. "Frühling in Paris" is a gorgeous ballad featuring an impeccably smooth acoustic section and Lindemann delivering a sensitive, melodically pleasing vocal line. "Haifisch," although not a ballad by any means (it parallels more of an 80's synth pop style), is still a far cry from industrial and Lindemann handles it effectively.

Of course, the full-on manliness of Rammstein still reigns supreme. And if I'm being completely honest, my full preference lies in the moments when the distorted guitars (played by Richard Z Kruspe and Paul H. Landers) take over and Lindemann growls diabolically. The one track on the CD that will probably garner the most attention combines the trademark masculinity, humor, and a whole lot of sex. "Pussy," which is an absolute hoot of a listen (with a chorus sung in English), might also rank at the top of Rammstein's most controversial songs. The reason? Check out the music video if you dare. Wow. // 9

Lyrics and Singing: While we're on the topic of "Pussy," let's just put this on the table: It's the catchiest (and most twisted) track on Liebe ist für alle da. After random comments about a Mercedes Benz, the Autobahn, and Fahrvergnügen, Lindemann gets down to business by singing, "You've got a pussy; I have a dick; So, what's the problem? Let's do it quick." There are plenty of manly lyrics elsewhere, as in "Waidmanns Heil" (loosely translated "I have been in heat for a few days; So I will hunt a naked game; And until the morning I will sit there; So that I can give (it) a sharp shot"). This pretty much sums up why Rammstein has made such a name for itself. There's certain an in-your-face quality to the band's music and lyrics - love 'em or hate 'em - and on this record it makes for a wildly entertaining listen. // 9

Impression: Rammstein has managed to remain not only true to its history on Liebe ist für alle da, but it has shown growth in its song arrangements. Whether inserting a majestic Renaissance-like horn section at the intro of "Waidmanns Heil" or delivering a gritty, industrial sound in "B********" (aka "Bückstabü" or "Whatever You Want"), Rammstein is not afraid to stray from the traditional rock sound. This is a band that still likely won't click with those with delicate sensibilities, but that's what makes me like them all the more. // 10

Deftones are planning a February release for their upcoming as-yet-untitled album. Earlier this year the band decided to hold off on releasing their latest recording 'Eros', they plan to release eventually in the future.

Former Oasis guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher says he plans on pursuing a solo career following his split from the popular UK band this past summer. In an interview with the U.K.'s Daily Mirror Gallagher that he is looking forward to the opportunity.

"I'm having a good time, and the support from my fans has been great. I'm looking forward to doing my own thing, bringing out my own music. I'm glad that's what people want to hear. I am not thinking about much else, Oasis or Liam, I'm just having a good time."

A solo career was expected to be announced by the elder Gallagher brother, who did most of the song writing in Oasis.

Back in August, word broke that Gallagher was leaving the band when he posted a statement on the official Oasis website saying, "I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer."

Liam Gallagher, said publicly that the group has officially split, but the remaining members will continue to create new music in Noel's absence. In addition, it has been rumored that Liam will be working with Jay-Z on a future project.

Pop singer Morrissey is in stable condition following an on-stage collapse at a concert in Swindon, England.

The 50-year-old was taken to hospital after falling to the stage floor just minutes into his performance at the Oasis Leisure Centre, shortly after finishing his opening song, the Smiths classic 'This Charming Man.'

The singer, real name Stephen Patrick Morrissey, has already cancelled a number of dates this year in Australia and the US due to "unspecified illness," however his collapse still came as a shock to fans.

A spokesman for the Great Western hospital said: "Morrissey is being reviewed by the medical staff and his condition is stable."

The status of future scheduled gigs in unclear.

I don't usually post tour dates on the blog, but I figured a lot of you might be interested in what cool shows have been announced in your area for the near future. I know I usually rummage the internet for such information.

Here is this the touring news for the week ending 10/23, including dates for JUSTICE, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Julian Casablancas, Weezer, The Antlers, Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Free Energy, The Drums and These United States.

JUSTICE DJ SETS

10-29 New York, NY - Webster Hall (DJ Set) *
10-30 New Orleans, LA - Voodoo Experience (DJ Set)
10-31 Los Angeles, CA - Hard (DJ Set)

* with Jackson and His Computer Band

ARCTIC MONKEYS

10-18 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room
10-19 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan
11-03 Antwerp, Belgium - Lotto Arena #
11-05 Paris, France - Zenith #
11-06 Paris, France - Zenith #
11-08 Berlin, Germany - Berlin Arena #
11-10 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall #
11-11 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall #
11-13 Liverpool, England - Echo Arena #
11-14 Sheffield, England - Sheffield Arena #
11-16 Newcastle, England - Metro Arena #
11-17 London, England - Wembley Arena #
11-18 London, England - Wembley Arena #
11-20 Birmingham, England - Birmingham NIA #
11-21 Manchester, England - MEN Arena #
11-22 Nottingham, England - Trent FM Arena #
11-24 Glasgow, Scotland - Glasgow SECC #
11-25 Belfast, Ireland - The Odyssey #
11-26 Dublin, Ireland - The O2 #
12-06 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theatre *
12-07 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre *
12-08 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
12-11 New York, NY - Terminal 5 *
12-13 Boston, MA - House of Blues *
12-14 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
01-26 Milan, Italy - PalaSharp
01-27 Grenoble, France - Summum
01-29 Rennes, France - Liberte
01-30 Montpellier, France - Zenith
02-02 Porto, Portugal - Coliseum
02-03 Lisbon, Portugal - Campo Pequeno
02-05 Madrid, Spain - Palacio Vistalegre
02-06 Barcelona, Spain - Sant Jordi Club
02-08 Munich, Germany - Zenith
02-09 Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle
02-10 Dusseldorf, Germany - Philipshalle

# with Eagles of Death Metal
* with Screaming Females

WILCO [ADDS TO WORLD TOUR]

11-03 Leeds, England - Leeds Academy
11-04 London, England - The Forum
11-06 Brussels, Belgium, Ancienne Belgique
11-07 Weissenhauser Strand, Denmark - Ferienpark
11-08 Copenhagen, Denmark - Royal Theatre
11-11 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkshaus
11-13 Florence, Italy - Teatro Della Pergola
11-14 Milan, Italy - Conservatorio ^
11-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
11-17 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenar
02-07 Missoula, MT - Adams Center
02-09 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Hall
02-10 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
02-13 Vancouver, British Columbia - David Lam Park (2010 Olympics free show)
02-15 Edmonton, Alberta - Northern Jubilee Auditorium
02-16 Calgary, Alberta - Southern Jubilee Auditorium
02-17 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place
02-19 Duluth, MN - DECC Arena
02-20 Madison, WI - Overture Hall
02-21 East Lansing, MI - Wharton Cobb Great Hall
02-23 Hamilton, Ontario - Hamilton Place Theatre
02-24 London, Ontario - Centennial Hall
02-27 Montreal, Quebec - Olympia de Montreal
03-01 Ottawa, Ontario - National Arts Centre
03-03 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax Forum Multipurpose Room

^ with Grizzly Bear
% with Tortoise

JULIAN CASABLANCAS

11-06 Los Angeles, CA - Downtown Palace Theatre
11-13 Los Angeles, CA - Downtown Palace Theatre
11-17 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom
11-20 Los Angeles, CA - Downtown Palace Theatre
11-27 Los Angeles, CA - Downtown Palace Theatre

WEEZER

10-24 Los Angeles, CA - Palladium *
10-31 New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom !
12-01 Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
12-03 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom
12-05 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Center
12-07 Boston, MA - Agganis Arena
12-09 Baltimore, MD - UMBC Fieldhouse
12-10 Philadelphia, PA - Susquehanna Center

* with Wax
! with Matt and Kim

THE ANTLERS

10-29 Los Angeles, CA - Origami Records
10-29 Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater ^
10-30 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
10-31 Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk ^
11-01 San Luis Obispo, CA - Downtown Brewing Co ^
11-02 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern ^
11-03 Pomona, CA - Glass House ^
11-04 Flagstaff, AZ - Orpheum Theatre ^
11-06 Fort Worth, TX - The Door ^
11-07 McAllen, TX - Las Palmas Event Center ^
11-08 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit ^
11-10 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theatre ^
11-11 Orlando, FL - Club at Firestone ^
11-12 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club ^
11-16 Nottingham, England - Bodega
11-17 Glasgow, Scotland - 13th Note
11-18 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
11-19 Leeds, England - The Cockpit Room 3
11-21 The Hague, Netherlands - Crossing Border Festival
11-22 Antwerp, Belgium - Crossing Border Festival
11-24 Paris, France - Nouveau Casino &
11-25 London, England - Bush Hall
11-27 Brighton, England - Hope
11-28 Southampton, England - Lennons
11-29 Bristol, England - Louisiana
12-01 Cardiff, Wales - Clwb Ifor Bach
12-02 Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo
12-03 Madrid, Spain - Sala Caracol
12-04 Dublin, Ireland - Academy 2
12-15 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom

^ with Minus the Bear
* with Sleepy Sun
& with Cymbals Eat Guitars

NEKO CASE

11-04 Memphis, TN - Minglewood Hall *
11-05 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
11-06 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club *
11-07 Bowling Green, OH - The Clazel Theater *
11-08 Rochester, NY - Harro East Ballroom *
11-10 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre #
11-11 Tarrytown, NY - Tarrytown Music Hall #
11-12 Portsmouth, NH - The Music Hall
11-13 Northampton, MA - Calvin Theatre #
11-14 Providence, RI - Lupo's #
11-15 Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre #
11-16 New York City, NY - Beacon Theatre #
11-18 Charlotte, NC - Knight Theatre @
11-19 Orlando, FL - The Plaza Theatre @
11-20 Tallahasse, FL - The Moon @
11-21 New Orleans, LA - The Republic @
11-22 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live @
11-23 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater %
11-24 Austin, TX - Antone's %

* with Sarah Harmer
# with Joey Burns and John Convertino (Calexico)
@ with Deer Tick
% with Oh No! Oh My!

ANDREW BIRD

10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory *
10-26 South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground *
10-27 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
10-28 Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club *
11-10 London, England - Union Chapel #
11-11 London, England - Union Chapel ^
11-13 Paris, France - Casino de Paris #
11-15 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg Rabozaal ^
11-16 Turnhout, Belgium - De Warande ^
11-17 Gent, Belgium - Vooruit ^
11-19 Katowice, Poland - Festival Ars Cameralis (Rozrywki Theatre)
11-21 Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava ^
11-23 Valencia, Spain - Palau de la Musica ^
11-24 Barcelona, Spain - Sala Apolo ^
12-08 Champaign, IL - Foellinger Auditorium
12-10 Minneapolis, MN - Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Gezelligheid show)
12-11 Minneapolis, MN - Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral (Gezelligheid show)
12-15 Chicago, IL - Fourth Presbyterian Church (Gezelligheid show)
12-16 Chicago, IL - Fourth Presbyterian Church (Gezelligheid show)
12-17 Chicago, IL - Fourth Presbyterian Church (Gezelligheid show)
12-30 Marion Bay, Australia - The Falls Music&Arts Festival
12-31 Lome, Australia - The Falls Music & Arts Festival
01-01 Melbourne, Australia - The Hi-Fi
01-03 Sydney, Australia - The Sydney Opera House
01-07 Brisbane, Australia - Sunset Sounds
01-09 Bussleton, Australia - Southbound Festival
01-26 Singapore, Singapore - The Esplanade
01-27 Hong Kong, China - Grappas
01-29 Shanghai, China - Zhijiang Dream Factory
01-30 Beijing, China - Mao Live House
02-03 Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
02-06 Honolulu, HI - Pipeline Cafe
02-20 Los Angeles, CA - Bovard Auditorium (USC)

* with St. Vincent
# with Moriarty
^ with Jesca Hoop

FREE ENERGY

10/24: London, UK @ Cargo (DFA Night)
10/26: London, UK @ Barfly
10/27: London, UK @ Rough Trade Records (Hoxton) In-Store
(Early Show)/Waterats (Late Show)
10/28: London, UK @ Windmill
11/11: Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11/19: Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
11/20: Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
11/21: Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon
11/22: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
11/23: Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
11/24: Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
11/25: Washington, DC @ DC9, set TBA
11/27: Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
11/28: New York, NY @ Santos Party House

THESE UNITED STATES

10-29 Shreveport, LA - Hayride Diner and Soundstage
10-30 Lubbock, TX - Bash Riprocks %
10-31 Santa Fe, NM - Corazon
11-03 San Diego, CA - Beauty Bar $
11-04 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland $
11-05 Santa Cruz, CA - The Crepe Place $
11-06 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah $
11-08 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios $
11-09 Seattle, WA - High Dive $
11-10 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club $
11-13 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club $
11-15 Chicago, IL - Reggies $
11-16 Detroit, MI - The Cafe at the Majestic Theater $
11-17 Toronto, Ontario - Drake $
11-18 Montreal, Quebec - Il Motore $
11-19 Brooklyn, NY - Bell House $
11-20 New York City, NY - Mercury Lounge $
12-31 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive

$ with Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
% with Warpaint
@ with Evan Dando

THE DRUMS

11-12 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
11-15 San Diego, CA - The Loft
11-16 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
11-19 Santa Barbara, CA - Stroke UCSB

We're less than two weeks away from Phrazes for the Young, the first solo album from Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas. (It's due due November 2 in the UK via Rough Trade and November 3 in the U.S. via Cult/RCA.) But if you're willing to wait a little longer and drop $89.95, you can get yourself a whole lot more Julian, since he's also releasing a deluxe box set edition of the album.

The box, pictured above, includes a whole lot of stuff: the album on CD and 180-gram vinyl, a 48-page book autographed by Julian, a DVD with solo acoustic performances, a second CD with demo versions and B-sides, a double-sided poster, and a Cult Records pin. It'll all come in a fancy antique-styled box. Though the box set isn't out until December 18, you'll also get an immediate download of the album on the album's release date.
In other Casablancas news, he recently gave an interview to The Sun in which he talked about the progress of the fourth Strokes album. (Via the Quietus) Casablancas said, "There is a disagreement as to whether the songs are ready. Some of the band think they are and others don't. I'm somewhere in the middle.

He added, "The problem is getting us together. We're scattered everywhere, and apart from when we're rehearsing we don't see each other. We're not like people who go to the movies together. It's weird with the band. A band is actually a great way to ruin a friendship."

Well, that's not very encouraging! Those of you holding your breaths waiting for another Strokes album are probably already long dead. But if you're still alive, you should go ahead and breathe; it looks like it'll be a while.

Adding to an impressive resume that already includes "frontman for one of the greatest Britpop bands of all time," "solo artist," "Arctic explorer," "political analyst," and "film music composer," Jarvis Cocker is taking on another role: radio show host.

The Quietus reports that Cocker is set to host the 3:30-5:30pm Sunday afternoon slot on BBC 6 Music, starting January 10, 2010.

Talking to the BBC, Cocker said, "Sunday doesn't feel that different to the other days of the week anymore. Although there was something weird about when everything seemed to stop on a Sunday, it kind of marked out the week. I am going to put the boringness back into Sunday. That's my mission."

He added, "I'm very much looking forward to it. I think Sunday afternoon's have got a special atmosphere, and I will be doing something that I think is appropriate to that - or maybe inappropriate, I don't know!...It's a great honour to be working for the BBC, which I consider to be the greatest broadcaster in the world. It is my intention to fill these hours with as much dodgy opinion, crackpot theories, hare-brained schemes&beautiful, beautiful music as is humanly possible. I can't wait to get going."

This isn't the first time Cocker has taken over the BBC airwaves, however. He served as a guest editor of Radio 4's "Today" in December 2008.

And in a repeat of what went down at a gallery in Paris in May, Cocker and his band plan to set up shop at the Village Underground in London from November 9 to November 11. They'll jam with audience members and special guests, provide soundtracks for exercise classes, and play a show on the last night of the residency. The whole thing will be webcast on Jarvis' website.

From June 30 to July 5, 2007, R.E.M. played a series of shows in Dublin's Olympia Theater, which was then intended as a test-run for new material that would appear on their 2008 release, Accelerate, according to NPR.

These performances now make up the 39 tracks of the band's forthcoming Live at the Olympia, a collection of rather unlikely and underplayed R.E.M. songs written in their early Athens, Ga. years. The live release comes out next Tuesday, Oct. 27.

But thanks to NPR, you can listen to the whole album now, right here.

In case you're wondering if your rig will be able to handle Modern Warfare 2 when it storms retailers next month, Infinity Ward has provided the minimum system requirements well in advance. Assuming you're not planning on outright boycotting the game on PC for its console-like implementation of matchmaking -- or its $60 price tag, for that matter -- then these specs should come in handy.

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (Windows 95/98/ME/2000 are unsupported)
• Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+ processor or better supported
• Memory: 1 GB RAM
• Graphics: 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT or better or ATI Radeon 1600XT or better
• DirectX: Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 12GB of free hard drive space
• Sound: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
• Internet: Broadband connection required for Multiplayer Connectivity.
• Internet Connection required for activation

You've still got a couple of weeks to purchase the necessary upgrades if your computer isn't up to snuff. Modern Warfare 2 launches on PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 on November 10

Public Enemy have raised over $50,000 (£30,000) from fan investment to help fund the recording of their next album.

The rap collective who earlier this month signed a deal with fan funding engine SellaBand, are trying to raise $250,000 (£150,000) in order to record and release the as-yet-untitled album.

'Believers' as Sellaband call them, can invest varying increments of $25 (£15) in exchange for things like: copies of the album and limited edition t-shirts, up to executive producer credits and even a studio visit whilst the group record the album.

The burning question that's lingered since Them Crooked Vultures made their live debut August 9th at Chicago's Metro has finally been answered: Rock's newest supergroup announced today that they'll released their self-produced and self-titled album on November 17th, a week and three months after the band of Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones first appeared onstage together.

After debuting in Chicago, the Vultures went a tour of European venues and festivals before returning to the states for a run of dates that concluded October 15th at New York's Roseland Ballroom. The 13 songs that featured in the band's live performances will appear in all their studio glory on Them Crooked Vultures, including opening track "No One Loves Me&Neither Do I." The band is rumored to be releasing their official first single "New Fang" to radio October 26th, Blabbermouth reports.

The Vultures will embark on a brief tour of Germany in early December, then continue on to the U.K. for seven shows in eight nights. From there, they flock Down Under for six shows in Australia and New Zealand. Them Crooked Vultures promise to announce more dates following the album's release.

Check out the Them Crooked Vultures track list below:

"No One Loves Me & Neither Do I"
"Mind Eraser, No Chaser"
"New Fang"
"Dead End Friends"
"Elephants"
"Scumbag Blues"
"Bandoliers"
"Reptiles"
"Interlude With Ludes"
"Warsaw or The First Breath You Take After You Give Up"
"Caligulove"
"Gunman"
"Spinning In Daffodils"

It's amazing what a young Italian nobleman can learn over the course of Assassin's Creed 2's 30-year time frame.

The latest in a series of developer diary videos starring Ubisoft's Patrice and friends looks into progression, one of the most important aspects of AC2. There's a lot more choice is character progression than there was in the first game, allowing you to tailor your Ezio to your liking. And speaking of tailoring, I love the additional armor sets, and I suspect cosplayers will love them too. There's only so much you can do with the all-white cloak ensemble.

Times are tough. Down-trodden world economy. Blah. Whatever. Got that crap out of the way.

Now that we're done with that, we can get to the good stuff. Best Buy is going to do their buy two get one free sale again soon. Any title priced under $59.99 is valid, and you can actually mix platforms if you'd like. Any Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii game is valid for the deal. The promotion is set to begin this Sunday, October 25th.

Here's how I'd do it:

Hang out until Tuesday, and then go pick up Forza Motorsport 3 and Tekken 6, and then get Ratchet and Clank: Tools of Destruction for free. Or something like that.

In related news, Best Buy dropped the price of Resident Evil 5 to $39.99.

Codemasters trotted out the PC version of Colin McRae: DiRT 2 today at the Windows 7 launch in New York, showing off the snazzy DirectX 11 features the game was delayed for.

The DirectX 11 effects actually look rather impressive, though I'm not sure they amount to anything that really warranted the game being delayed on the PC. I guess that's what comes of forming a strategic alliance with Microsoft to gain early access to the DirectX 11 tech.

"The opportunity to enter into a strategic relationship with Microsoft to fuse key DirectX 11 technologies with Codemasters' EGOTM Engine and set the new standard in race gaming on home computers was irresistible," said Bryan Marshall, chief technical officer, Codemasters. "By taking advantage of the DirectX 11 feature set included in Windows 7, including hardware tessellation, multi-threading and Shader Model 5.0, we will deliver the most immersive and realistic off-road racing experience yet and set the technical benchmark in the genre."

Really, they're the kind of effects you only notice if you are watching someone else race. Pretty, but ultimately unnecessary

REM, Pearl Jam, Rage Against The Machine and Billy Bragg have pledged to support US President Barack Obama's campaign to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison.

They join Jackson Browne, Steve Earle, Roseanne Cash and Bonnie Raitt in signing up for a coalition of musicians who are calling for the jail to be closed, reports reports BBC News.

Many of the artists have backed the campaign because they're angry their music was used as an interrogation tool.

REM said in a statement: "We have spent the past 30 years supporting causes related to peace and justice. To now learn that some of our friends' music may have been used as part of the torture tactics, without their consent or knowledge, is horrific. It's anti-American, period."

A report published by the Senate Armed Services Committee last year made several references to music being used for interrogation.

Records were played to to "stress" a prisoner, Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who was questioned while being "exposed to variable lighting patterns" and repeated plays of 'Let The Bodies Hit The Floor by Drowning Pool in 2003.

According to the National Security Archive, songs by AC/DC, Britney Spears, The Bee Gees and Marilyn Manson were also played at the prison.

Puscifer has released a new song entitled 'Polar Bear' on the band's Myspace page.

http://www.myspace.com/censorshipisacancer

Here's a list of this week's major new releases. Please feel free to request reviews for any of the following albums from staff or contributors.

Assemblage 23 - Compass (Metropolis)
Atlas Sound - Logos (kranky)
Camp Lo - Another Heist (Soulfever)
Cartel - Cycles (Wind-up Records )
Julian Casablancas - Phrazes For The Young (RCA)
Terri Clark - The Long Way Home (Capitol)
Converge - Axe To Fall (Epitaph)
Cormega - Born and Raised (TRAFFIC ENT)
Daitro - Y (Purepainsugar)
Dam-Funk - Toeachizown (Stones Throw)
Do Make Say Think - Other Truths (Chicago Independent)
Electric Six - Kill (Metropolis)
Epica - Design Your Universe (Nuclear Blast)
Failures' Union - In What Way (Paper + Plastick Records)
Fashawn - Boy Meets World (ONE RECORDS)
Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky (Sub Pop)
Fu Manchu - Signs Of Infinite Power (Century Media)
Gorgoroth - Quantos Possunt Ad Satanitatem Trahunt (Regain Records)
Hardcore Superstar - Hardcore Superstar (ReIssue - Nuclear Blast)
Hardcore Superstar - Dreamin' In A Casket (ReIssue - Nuclear Blast)
Killah Priest - Elizabeth (Traffic)
Kings Of Convenience - Declaration Of Dependence (Astralwerks)
Koushik - Out My Window (Instrumentals + Bonus Beats) (Stones Throw)
Lyle Lovett - Natural Forces (Universal Nashville)
Manegarm - Nattvasen (Regain Records)
Maps - Turning The Mind (Mute U.S.)
Chris Marsol - Butterflies, Lipstick, And Hand Grenades (Clear Label)
Tim McGraw - Southern Voice (Curb Records)
The Natural Yogurt Band - Away With Melancholy (Now Again)
OOIOO - Armonica Hewa (Thrill Jockey)
Alec Ounsworth - Mo Beauty (Anti-)
Paten Locke - Super Ramen Rocketship (Tres Records)
Rakim - The 7th Seal (SMC Recordings)
Rammstein - Liebe Ist Fur Alle Da (Vagrant Records)
Royce da 5'9" - Street Hop (ONE RECORDS)
Russian Circles - Geneva (Suicide Squeeze)
SOiL - Picture Perfect (Beiler Bros Records)
Star&Micey - Star & Micey (Ardent Music)
Stat Quo - The Great Depression (Gracie Productions)
Sufjan Stevens - The BQE (Asthmatic Kitty)
Themselves - CrownsDown (Anticon)
Turntables on the Hudson: 10 Year Anniversary (Various Artist - Wonderwheel)
White Denim - Fits (Downtown)
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg (Modular)

Have you ever wondered what Assassin's Creed would look like as an live-action film? Well feast your eyes on this.

At least one version of upcoming Playstation 3 racer Gran Turismo 5 apparently comes with three Blu-ray discs, GT Planet writes.

The Gran Turismo fan site spotted the game's box in the hands of game creator Kazunori Yamauchi on a Mercedes-Benz video that talks about the inclusion of the Mercedes SLS AMG.

Gran Turismo 5 Packaging Reveals Three Discs [GT Planet]

Deftones have debuted a new song, titled "Rocket Skates" live on their current tour. Earlier this year the band put Eros on the backburner for an undetermined future release and instead recorded an as-of-yet untitled new record, due late 2009/early 2010.
Check out "Rocket Skates" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3GXcbiSIDo

Julian Casablancas has released a new song titled "River of Brakelights" which will be featured on his upcoming solo album "Phrazes For The Young".
http://www.juliancasablancas.com/

The Flaming Lips have performed the first song from their recently announced cover album of Pink Floyd's iconic Dark Side of The Moon live in studio at KCRW.
Watch 'Eclipse' here: http://www.kcrw.com/music/in_studio
Or the full performance and interview: http://www.kcrw.com/media-player/mediaPlayer2.html?type=video&id=mb091016the_flamin g_lips

The fastest guitar player in the world Skiwsgaar Skwigelf of the biggest band in the world Metalocalypse has posted a video from his Advanced Fast Hand Finger Wizard Master Class instructional series, teaching less superior guitar players how to play some of his mind blowing solos


http://www.metalinjection.net/tv/view/3797/dethklok-skwisgaar-skwigelf-guitar-lesson

Green Day has premiered a new video for the title track off their latest album 21st Century Breakdown on their
official website.

Watch the video here:
http://www.greendayauthority.com/TheBand/Videos/21CB.php

Architects have posted the video for their new single 'Follow The Water' to MySpace.

http://tinyurl.com/yl5s4dw

A new Eminem song, 'Taking My Ball,' has surfaced on Youtube.

According to Rolling Stone, the track is to appear on the new DJ Hero: Renegade Edition video game, that is scheduled to be released on October 27 in North America and on October 30 in Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaF5Ihgj9Xk

According to an L.A. Times report, the Flaming Lips are set to follow-up their life- (and death)-affirming LP Embryonic with a full-album redo of Pink Floyd's gazillion-selling 1973 psych-rock classic Dark Side of the Moon.

The Lips version of Dark Side is a collaboration with the band Stardeath and White Dwarfs (which includes Wayne Coyne's nephew Dennis Coyne as a member), and features guest spots from Henry Rollins and Peaches. It will most probably be an iTunes-only release.

The announcement was made last night during a Q&A session with fans at a MySpace show last night at L.A.'s Nike/Ricardo Montalbรกn Theater.

Other tidbits revealed: While Embryonic was the final album of the Flaming Lips' current contract with Warner Bros., they plan on sticking with the label for future releases.

Also, the video for "Watching the Planets" features a nude Wayne Coyne (as well as a bunch of nude bikers). The internet's not ready.

Maynard James Keenan's side project Puscifer will release a new EP, C is for (Please Insert Sophomoric Genitalia Reference Here), on November 10.

The EP will contain six tracks: three new songs, two live versions of old songs and one remix.








Tracklist:

1. Polar Bear
2. The Mission (Renholder Mix) featuring Milla Jovovich
3. Momma Sed "Alive @ Club Nokia"
4. Vagina Mine "Alive @ Club Nokia"
5. Potions (Deliverance Mix)
6. The Humbling River

Aussie rock trio Wolfmother's new album Cosmic Egg is available to stream in full on the band's MySpace ahead of its October 27 release.
http://www.myspace.com/wolfmother

Johnny Marr came to prominence in the 80s playing guitar in a little band called the Smiths. When that little band broke up, he went on to work with the everybody from the Talking Heads and Pet Shop Boys to Beck and Oasis. He founded Electronic with Bernard Sumner and released a solo album with his band the Healers. More recently, he joined the Pacific Northwest indie powerhouse Modest Mouse.

The latest notch on Marr's resume came when he joined the brotherly Brit-punk band the Cribs, playing on their new album Ignore the Ignorant. This summer, we talked with Cribs bassist/vocalist Gary Jarman about what it's like to have a legend in the band. And earlier this week, we got Marr himself on the phone to talk about everything he's been up to lately.

A word of advice: don't ask him about the Smiths.

Pitchfork: You live in Portland, Oregon and Manchester, England right now. You have a knack for picking really rainy cities.

JM: I know. I don't know what the hell that's about. Well, I like places where there's a good creative atmosphere. I'm sure the rain has got something to do with it, although Americans make a really big deal about the rain in Portland. Compared to Manchester, it's like Hawaii.

Pitchfork: Do you think that everyone staying inside contributes to creativity?

JM: Yeah, it's got to have something to do with it. It's got to have some impact on people's minds. I know it did when I was growing up. I think humans need some color, sometimes technicolor. If you're not getting it from the outside world, you have to create it yourself. I think that's got something to do with it. I don't see that many great groups coming out of Bondi Beach these days.

Pitchfork: How does it feel to be a Crib?

JM: It feels just like the way I usually feel, except I'm playing some songs that I wrote last year and that are in my life now. That's what I'm playing to people, but I was pretty much always the same. That's probably why it works-- because I didn't really have to change one bit.

Pitchfork: What attracted you to this band?

JM: I heard them and was really knocked out by their song "Hey Scenesters!" I actually had one of those moments I've read about, where I heard the track in the car. I didn't actually need to pull over to the side of the road and get oxygen, but I was really knocked out by it. I immediately downloaded the rest of the album when I got home. And then I listened to that record for a while. For the longest time, when I was asked about what bands I like, it was the Cribs, and they got to hear about that.

I just fell in love with the music first, which I was really happy about. I hadn't read about them, and I didn't really know about their reputation. I just made some assumptions that were all positive, and they turned out to be true. I've been surprised, actually; since I've been playing with them, you go out and you sit in front of people with microphones and tape recorders or whatever. And there's this dimension that I heard in the band's music that kind of doesn't really get addressed. I'm having to deal with this reputation they've gotten. I found that to be quite reductive. The point is, I'm really glad that I came to the music first rather than the story first. The music tells a bigger story, I think.

Pitchfork: What do you think is the quality that doesn't get addressed?

JM: Their intelligence. They're smart people. I heard really smart people making smart music, and that was done with some deliberate idea in mind and somewhat of an agenda, if not manifesto. I was crossing my fingers when I first got into this band. Often these days, you hear a track, and it's a great track, but there's not really a lot else going on with the band. I like liking bands, so it was nice to be a fan for a while and to just discover this music. So that intelligence-- and good tunes, great riffs, and all of those things. To be able to kind of enhance it and take it somewhere is exciting.

Pitchfork: A couple of times now, you've come and just joined bands that already existed as established units. It's got to be a lot of fun, to join a band that you already know you like.

JM: Yeah. Well, I don't make assumptions that it's going to work. Modest Mouse and then the Cribs, you know, it's serious business. It's anything but party time, if you think about the principles and the people involved in those bands. It's all well and good being friends and having things in common, but you don't have to join a band to have them in your life. Joining it is a very different matter, and it's quite a serious undertaking. I've been making music as my living since I was 18, I've had that opportunity a few times, and I'm always really knocked out when I'm invited. That's the thing, you know-- I do get invited. People do have a say in it. Hopefully, we're not people that take ourselves so seriously, but we take what we do seriously. I take what I do seriously, and I respect the bands that I've joined. I have absolutely nothing but respect for them, quite rightly. So to make it work is serious business.

Pitchfork: All the other members of the Cribs are brothers. How does it feel to enter into a dynamic like that?

JM: Well, at first I thought it made no difference and there wasn't any significance in it. But in truth, there is. I've got to say, it's all pretty positive. Occasionally, I'm asked about being in a band with brothers, and there's an expectation that I'm going to possibly raise my eyebrows and roll my eyes, that it's like a boxing match going on. But these guys have all got a really great understanding and a good way of working together. It's not explosive or uptight or anything like that.

I think that with brothers, with maybe one or two exceptions, there's a refreshing lack of neurosis. Often-- and I'm not just talking about one particular group, I'm talking about almost every group-- there's a neurosis. They're quite paranoid. There seems to be not so much of that with the Cribs. Everybody keeps each other in check, and there is sort of an innate understanding between the three of them. That saves a lot of bullshit. I don't mind if things are good or bad as long as everybody understands what's going on in the dynamic of the band, and it just saves an awful lot of nonsense. There's just an assumption that everything's okay, and if it's not, then it just gets brought out into the open. It's very healthy, you know. And then it's just down to people's own tension with themselves to keep things from getting too easy. But that's all right, too.

Pitchfork: I picture them getting into big, long conversations about the cartoons they watched when they were younger or what their mom used to cook for dinner.

JM: Yeah, that does happen. But it's always like a great, fascinating story. Plus you've got the dynamic of Gary and Ryan being twins, so a lot of their experiences are shared. It's interesting; it's just another interesting experience for me. Because they're gentlemen and gracious guys, they've always done as much as possible to make me feel at home. The two families kind of merged, anyway. The band was living wherever I was for the first year-- except for Gary, because he lived in Portland. But Ryan and Ross were living with me in Portland, and then we all lived together in Manchester at my studio for quite a few months. The rest of the time, we've been on the tour bus together. I don't feel like an outsider unless I want to.

Pitchfork: Musically, they're a more straightforward bash-it-out band than any of the groups you've been in before. How do you feel like you've changed their sound?

JM: I can only really just say, with the way I play guitar and the way I think, some of the chord changes that I sometimes use. They're all really good musicians, though. If they were going to bash something out, that's a very deliberate kind of intention. Ryan's a really unusual guitar player, and I love playing with other guitar players. The sound of two electric guitars is great to me, and maybe because of that, Ryan is thinking like a two-headed beast with me on that. So maybe that has changed things somewhat, because it's giving Ryan someone to bounce off of a little bit. He's smart; he's managed to maintain a lot of his own thing while he's backing me up at the same time. He and I just do this thing where we work as a duo. Quite often in bands, the guy who wrote the song will just strum some chords, and the other guy will do the fiddly bits. We're not interested in that at all; we never do that. We're into it being a twin guitar attack, so I think that's one aspect where the band has maybe taken off on this album. The other thing is that I have some lyrics that I wrote for them. We all have lyrics that we write for songs; all four of us write songs together. None of us brings in a complete song because we know that the band is going to make it better. That's a really good position to be in.

Pitchfork: Are you still a member of Modest Mouse?

JM: Well, Modest Mouse are out on the road right now with my friend Jim Fairchild [All Smiles, ex-Grandaddy] standing in for me. So as of this moment, Jim Fairchild is occupying the place I was occupying. But there's no final fallout. There's just no finality about me and Modest Mouse. Isaac [Brock]'s approach has always been that the door is always open; he leaves the door open to create partners and to ensure that none of us wanted to get in the way of something good happening. We're all friends together, and something was happening, so we're all happy to make it happen. I played on the new Modest Mouse release and wrote some of that with the guys. And I see the guys and hang out with the guys and keep in touch with them. So that's kind of the way it is. We're all very grown-up about it and very supportive of each other.

Pitchfork: That's a really good position to be in.

JM: Yeah, that's right. It is really good. Because none of us is stupid.

Pitchfork: With the Cribs, do you think you'll be able to jump in and out of the fold the same way?

JM: It's not really come up. That's not really on the agenda. We're only just on tour with this record, so we're being a group, and I'm the guitar player in the group. So that's a little bit theoretical, really. Right now, I'm just out of soundcheck, about to play a show. Today, I'm the best guitar player-- and friend-- in this group that I can be. And tomorrow, I'm going to be exactly the same. Probably the day after that, too, I guess. That's the way I live my life, and that's what you see when we're on stage. So I kind of don't think about it, to be honest with you.

Pitchfork: You also played on the recent 7 Worlds Collide record. In the documentary about the recording of it, you looked like you were really enjoying yourself.

JM: Yeah, that was funny. I think that documentary got made to be very lighthearted, you know. In between fucking around, I did manage to play a lot of guitar and write a couple of songs. It doesn't tell the entire picture. But yeah, it was a fantastic feeling being there, and why sit around being po-faced all the time? There's a time to be serious, and sometimes you can have a really good time. But everybody there was really fucking cool. I always love hearing Lisa Germano sing vocals on songs and being around Sebastian Steinberg and Ed O'Brien, people like that. Getting to know the Wilco guys. It's just a fantastic time. Neil [Finn] is quite an amazing songwriter.

Pitchfork: You said in a recent interview that you and Morrissey aren't feuding, and that you email with each other. Is that true?

JM: I'm done talking about that shit. Who cares?

Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and voted as "Nirvana's #1 Greatest Moment" by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining appearance at the UK's Reading Festival is one of the most bootlegged concerts in the annals of rock n roll. Now, fans will have an opportunity to own a pristine copy of that entire performance -- color-corrected video from the original film with audio sourced from the original multi-track masters. Nirvana Live At Reading will be issued in a limited edition CD+DVD Deluxe Edition as well as DVD-only, CD-only configurations on November 3, 2009, followed by a 2LP version on November 17, 2009.

While the show's centerpiece was a performance of nearly the entire Nevermind tracklist, also noteworthy were early performances of three as yet unrecorded songs which wouldn't be released until 2 years later on In Utero: "All Apologies," "Dumb," and in its first ever public performance, "Tourettes." The career-spanning setlist also reached back to the band's 1989 Sub Pop debut album, Bleach, for "Blew," "About A Girl," "School," "Negative Creep" and first single "Love Buzz," and even further back to the mid-80s for "Spank Thru." Other songs from the Reading set would appear in studio form on the Incesticide compilation later in the year: "Aneurysm," "Been A Son" and "Sliver." Additionally, the band played a pair of beloved covers by two bands that helped shape the formative Nirvana sound "The Money Will Roll Right In" by Fang and "D-7" by The Wipers.

Only 2 of the 25 performances on the DVD have ever been released before. Watch "School" now, exclusively on Amazon.com.

Nirvana Live At Reading DVD:
1. Breed
2. Drain You
3. Aneurysm
4. School
5. Sliver
6. In Bloom
7. Come As You Are
8. Lithium
9. About A Girl
10. Tourette's
11. Polly
12. Lounge Act
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. On A Plain
15. Negative Creep
16. Been A Son
17. All Apologies
18. Blew
19. Dumb
20. Stay Away
21. Spank Thru
22. Love Buzz*
23. The Money Will Roll Right In
24. D-7
25. Territorial Pissings
* not included on CD/LP

The Swell Season's new album, Strict Joy, is streaming in its entirety via NPR ahead of its October 27 release.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113630469#tracks

God Forbid have released a cover of Muse's hit song 'Stockholm Syndrome' as a single via iTunes. The song is the band's last recording to have featured vocalist/guitarist Dallas Coyle.

Wrestling manager Captain Lou, Cyndi Lauper's fake dad, and Mario in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, Lou Albano passed away today at the age of 76.

Wrestling fans know him as the WWE Hall of Famer who managed more than 50 wrestlers in his day, with more than two dozen championships won by athletes taken under his wing. 80's music fans might remember him from his appearances in many Cyndi Lauper music videos, including "Girls Just Want To Have Fun", "She Bop", "Time After Time" and "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough." As gamers, we of course remember him as the best live-action Mario of all time. That's not saying much when your chief competition is Bob Hoskins, but at least he was Italian. The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! might have only run a grand total of 52 episodes, but that was more than enough to cement Captain Lou's place in gaming history.

Mr. Albano suffered from a heart attack in 2005 and has been in failing health ever since. He was at home with his family under hospice care when he passed away.

The Flaming Lips are back to making great albums and great videos and just generally being one of those ageless and insane bands you love to love.

They brought Embryonic's cataclysmic closer "Watching the Planets" to "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" last night and killed it. The performance included nifty little hand stickers, a Yes t-shirt, and some dude obliterating a huge gong throughout the entire song.

Tom Waits has posted a free 8 song download of his upcoming live album Glitter&Doom on his official website. The album contains 17 tracks recorded live on his tour last year. Also included is a second disc, featuring one track of all Tom's stage banter. It will be released on November 24th.
http://www.tomwaits.com/

Maynard James Keenan's side project Puscifer is set to release a new EP this November. Keenan tweeted: Quote " Finishing up a new EP. Should be available early Nov".

While BioWare's Dragon Age: Origins isn't out until next month, PC players can get a head start building their avatar with the Dragon Age Character Creator, now available for download.

You might not know where you'll be going, but you'll sure know who you'll be. BioWare has released the entire character creation process for the PC version of Dragon Age: Origins as a free download on the official website. The download is around 370mb or so, and once installed it allows you to completely create your Dragon Age character, save it, and then import it once the full game hits store shelves and digital distribution channels.

I love BioWare for doing this. This is exactly the sort of pre-release application that gets me excited about sinking my time and teeth into an epic RPG. They've got versions in German, French, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Czech, and Hungarian, so not being able to read what I am typing here is no excuse.

Character Creator Now Online! [Dragon Age - Thanks PurpleChair!]

Now that Beatles Rock Band is out and has proved such a successful concept, we're sure to see many other band-specific versions of the popular game. Like Queen, for example, may be next, if a recent BBC interview with guitarist Brian May has anything to say about it. While praising the new Muse album (which you need to go buy right now because it's stellar), the topic of Queen's appearance in Lego Rock Band came up, and that led to talk of other Queen-centric games.

May mentioned discussion going on behind the scenes in regards to a Queen Rock Band game, and he was quoted as saying: "Yes we're into it, I think it may happen." Who could blame him for being into it -- I am really into the idea of rocking out some Queen Rock Band style myself.

What do you think of the idea of a slew of Rock Band titles focusing on specific bands. Cool? Or milking the franchise?

Reissue set for November release

Fall Out Boy have posted their new SINGLE 'Alpha Dog' to their official website.

The track is one of two new songs set to appear on the group's upcoming greatest hits collection, Believers Never Die, which is scheduled for a November 17 release.

'Alpha Dog' originally appeared in demo form on 2008's pre-Folie A Deux mixtape Welcome To The New Administration as 'ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac.'
http://www.falloutboyrock.com/

A distinct few of the legion of Lips-obsessed will be able to take their new-album happiness to the next level come Wednesday. The band will play a one-off show at the Nike/Ricardo Montalblan Theater in Hollywood, and it'll be the band's last show until 2010. Tickets will be available at L.A.'s famous Amoeba Records with the purchase of Embryonic, as well as through KCRW 89.9 FM and LA Weekly. The show is first-come, first-serve, and as doors open at 6:30, expect people to be camped out hours earlier.

Good luck, Los Angelites.

Ready for some real hotness? Check out this ridiculously over-the-top launch trailer for Dragon Age: Origins, with cinematic action so good that the actually videogame itself won't even dream of living up to it. It's got a dragon in it, as well as a sexy sorceress that turns into a spider. What more do you need?

Origins is out next month and I seriously cannot wait. Having played quite a bit of the game already, I can confirm that it's an excellent RPG that may very well give Demon's Souls a run for its money as my RPG of the year. Good times ahead for roleplaying fans. Very good times indeed.

Former Joy Division and New Order bassist Peter Hook has labelled fellow Mancunian Morrissey a "twat" after admitting there was an intense rivalry between his bands and The Smiths during the '80s.

Speaking at a Q&A session on Saturday (October 10) at Bristol Borders, where he was promoting his first book 'The Haรงienda: How Not To Run A Club', Hook said he was never a fan of his rivals.

"There's no way I could have liked The Smiths as they were our competition," he declared, "Morrissey's a twat anyway! He makes Mark E Smith look popular! He really does."

He went on to joke about his rival's approach to legal issues.

He said: "What I do love about Mozzer though, is that any time anyone has any legal problem with him, the only person you can speak to about [it] is his mother! That's true. So if you have a problem you have to deal with Morrissey's mother. And the first thing she says is, "Our Steven wouldn't do that!""

Since the acrimonious break-up of New Order in 2007, Hook has been working on his new project, Freebass, with Stone Roses/Primal Scream bassist Mani, and Morrissey's former bandmate Andy Rourke. After rumours that Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke and Liam Gallagher would front the band, he revealed that they have found a permanent singer in Gary Briggs, formerly of indie band Haven.

When asked how this came about, he said that after a futile "indie 'X Factor'" style search, Mani suggested that they enlist the help of some famous friends.

"He said 'We know everyone don't we? Liam, Kele, Tim Burgess - let's ask them'. So we asked a lot of people, and to be honest, I'm a bit busy, so most of them are really busy too, and the only three that delivered were Howard Marks - Mr Nice - who's done a fantastic state of the world rap, which is mega. Pete Wiley did a fantastic track for us, Tim Burgess did one, and I sing the other.

"Then Gary appeared, which was a relief so then I didn't have to deal with them other idiots! Going from one difficult lead singer to nine, you know...! Mani said 'Let's get someone who's just starting out and then we can persecute him!' So that's what we're doing, but don't tell him!"

He added that Freebass are planning to release an EP featuring the guest singers, followed by an album with Briggs.

'The Haรงienda: How Not To Run A Club' is out now.

Members of Radiohead, Pink Floyd and Marillion are all set to take part in a debate about the future of the music industry on October 28.

The musicians will speak in a debate entitled 'Survival in the 21st Century', which is being organised by the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), PRS Foundation For New Music's base in Berners Street, London.

Marillion's Mark Kelly and rapper Master Shortie are set contribute to the debate for musicians artists only. FAC founders Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and , who allowed consumers to "name their own price" for the 2007 download release of 'In Rainbows'. Alternative revenue streams and the future of the FAC will also be discussed.

For more information head to Featuredartistscoalition.com.

Detroit post-hardcore act We Came As Romans have posted two new songs to MySpace.

'Broken Statues' and 'Roads That Don't End And Views That Never Cease' are taken from the group's new album To Plant A Seed, which is scheduled for release on November 3.

http://www.myspace.com/wecameasromans

Progressive rock band Rishloo have posted a new song, 'Downhill,' to their official website.

http://www.rishloo.com/download.html

A new Micheal Jackson song, entitled 'This Is It,' has been posted to the singer's official website.

The track is the lead single to the movie of the same name, which will begin a 2-week theater run on October 28, and a 2-disc greatest hits compilation to be released on October 27.

http://www.michaeljackson.com/us

The Devin Townsend Project will release Addicted on November 17.

Townsend said of the album: "Musically, Addicted is along the lines of the big, wall of sound hard rock/heavy metal of Ocean Machine and Accelerated Evolution (even Physicist at points). It is a very direct and 'to the point' album with an emphasis on groove and the chorus.

"In the past, lots of my records ended up taking a kind of Pink Floyd-ish route (between song meandering, etc.) Addicted is really simple: 11 rocking songs with no bullshit."

'Hyperdrive!' is a re-recording of the track of the same name on Devin's previous album Ziltoid The Omniscient. The new version will feature vocals by ex-The Gathering singer Anneke van Giersbergen.

Tracklist:

1. Addicted!
2. Universe In A Ball!
3. Bend It Like Bender!
4. Supercrush!
5. Hyperdrive!
6. Resolve!
7. Ih-Ah!
8. The Way Home!
9. Numbered!
10. Awake!

Jarvis Cocker is to be awarded an honorary doctorate at Sheffield Hallam University this November.

Sheffield-born Cocker credits the establishment - where Pulp first gave John Peel a demo tape - as being responsible for his career in music and art.

His studies at the then-polytechnic (now part of Sheffield Hallam University) also led to him being offered a place at London's Central St Martin's college in 1988, reports Uncut.co.uk.

"Sheffield Hallam started my career in two ways - firstly as a musician because John Peel 'discovered' us at Sheffield Polytechnic, and then as an artist," Cocker explained.

"If Sheffield Polytechnic hadn't allowed me to study on an access course then I would never have got my place at St Martins [college in London]."

The Cribs have announced details of the second single from their 'Ignore The Ignorant' album - plus a guest slot from The Slits on a forthcoming live date.

The new wave legends will join the band as special guests at their Doncaster Arena show on December 5. The show will come roughly a month after the band release 'We Share The Same Skies' as a single, on November 9.

The single will be available as a download and on seven-inch vinyl.

The Doncaster date will be part of a short December UK tour.

The Cribs will play:

Birmingham O2 Academy (December 2)
London O2 Academy Brixton (3)
Doncaster Dome (5)
Edinburgh Corn Exchange (6)

The New York singer is going it along with solo debut 'Phrazes For The Young', but has assured fans that the band's long-awaited fourth record is not far away.

He told XFM: "I'm looking forward to it. We worked on it for months, we have most of the songs written, more than half of them written. But it's just a question of getting all five dudes in the room. I'm ready to do it. We're supposed to have done it already but it got pushed back."

Quizzed on the nature of the record, Casablancas said it was too early to tell, but that he has his own ideas of how it should sound. "I have my own personal wish that it would sound like Thin Lizzy, but if they could peer into the future and kind of have eighties melodies. Like a super-tight late seventies rock band but with A-Ha moments, if that makes sense."

But he added that he has less control in the band than he might like. "The Strokes is a tough musical jury," he explained, "so if something is going to survive it's got to pretty much please five incredibly picky dudes. That's the great thing about the band but on the other hand sometimes it can be stifling for certain parts."

"You might have a vision for a part but you can't express what you want to look like in its final state. And it's hard to even get to the final state because before it works, people are like 'I don't like it', so it's hard to work an idea through when people are fighting you."

Three albums by Pulp are set to be released in the US next month.

The deluxe packages for 1994's 'His 'n' Hers', 1995's 'Different Class' and 1998's 'This is Hardcore' will contain the original albums plus bonus material selected by former Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker.

All three packages will feature a second disc of single b-sides and previously unreleased session tracks and demos, as well as a 32-page booklet with session photos and Cocker-penned liner notes.

The re-issues which have been available in the UK since 2006, will finally hit shelves in the US on November 17.

Pixies are making the London, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris legs of their current 'Doolittle' tour available to buy as live albums.

Exactly 1,000 copies of each CD are being made - and are being made available to buy ten minutes after each show ends from Pixies.sandbag.uk.com, and in person after the gigs.

Some 500 USB wristbands are being made for each show too, also available online and after the gigs. As well as recordings of the gigs the USBs contain videos made for the tour. The live albums will also be available to download.

Live albums for the following gigs will be available:

London O2 Academy Brixton (October 6, 7, 8, 9)
Amsterdam Heineken Music Hall (13)
Brussels Forest National (14)
Paris Zenith (15, 16)

Pixies kicked off their 'Doolittle' London residency at the O2 Academy Brixton on October 6. They had started the European tour in Dublin on October 1.

Nirvana will release Nirvana Live At Reading in CD/DVD, CD-only and DVD-only formats on November 3, with a 2xLP edition to follow on November 17.

The release documents the band's legendary performance at 1992's Reading Festival in Berkshire, England. In anticipation of its impending release, a video of 'School' (originally featured on the band's 1989 debut Bleach) has been made available for viewing via Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m3LNDSRY20NPB


Tracklist:

1. Breed
2. Drain You
3. Aneurysm
4. School
5. Sliver
6. In Bloom
7. Come As You Are
8. Lithium
9. About A Girl
10. Tourette's
11. Polly
12. Lounge Act
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
14. On A Plain
15. Negative Creep
16. Been A Son
17. All Apologies
18. Blew
19. Dumb
20. Stay Away
21. Spank Thru
22. Love Buzz*
23. The Money Will Roll Right In
24. D-7
25. Territorial Pissings

* not included on CD/LP

Despite earlier reports that cited Thom Yorke as stating that the band might be finished with creating albums, Radiohead will indeed record another record in 2010 according to the band's guitarist, Ed O'Brian.

"O'Brien assures the NME that Yorke was "misquoted," promising that the studio sessions Radiohead has booked for this winter will "definitely" lead to a full-length physical album in 2010. Hallelujah! In fact, he goes on at some length about how much he and the other band members love the tangible artwork that comes with vinyl and CDs. Given the gorgeous packaging that has accompanied each of Radiohead's releases for the past decade and a half, I can't say that's a shock.

Is it too early to start speculating about what Radiohead's LP8 might sound like? O'Brien tells the NME that this summer's free single "These Are My Twisted Words" isn't necessarily an indicator, which is too bad since I really love that song. Clearly Radiohead's creative juices are flowing right now, though - just look at all the fantastic new material Yorke played at his recent solo shows. I trust them to come up with something mind-blowing once they get back into the studio."

http://music-mix.ew.com/2009/10/07/radiohead-new-album-2010/

Guns N' Roses are being sued for $1 million (ÂŁ627,116) for copying songs which ended up on their last album 'Chinese Democracy'.

Filing the lawsuit are British record label Independiente and the U.S. arm of Domino Records, who are seeking damages against the band and the album's producers.

The songs in question - 'Wherever You Are' and 'A Strangely Isolated Place' by German electronic musician Ulrich Schnauss, were used on the Guns N' Roses track 'Riad N' the Bedouins', according to the lawsuit.

'Chinese Democracy' the band's first new album in 17 years was released in November 2008.

Damn. How great do these screens of Ferrari and Lamborghini cars look? Eye-searingly good, I'd say.

I'm not sure why there's a focus on exotics in the screens released from Sony of Gran Turismo 5. Other car games focus on that sports car that is just out of reach for most, toying with that feeling that you could at least drive your dream car in a game. A Ferrari? You're never getting one of those. And they're in all car games anyway - big deal.

But these screens look fantastic. Honestly, these screens look better than any time I've seen Gran Turismo 5 in person. I'm not trying to call anyone out, though. I'm just saying that I hope the final game looks this good.

Muse have reportedly asked under-fire Fox TV presenter Glenn Beck to retract his public endorsement of the band after he praised them on his radio show.

Listen to the broadcast by scrolling down now.

Beck, who is known for his conservative stance on politics, is currently embroiled in a scandal over remarks he made in July when he called President Obama "a racist". The Press Association today (October 5) reports that Waitrose has pulled its advertisements on Fox News over the incident.

Speaking on 'The Glenn Beck Program' on September 16, the presenter hailed Muse's latest album 'The Resistance' as "fantastic", before stating that the band themselves are known to share his libertarian views concerning how the western world is governed.

"These guys are brilliant, they know the time that we live in. They are libertarians from England," he said. "All of the lyrics are just dead on, on what's coming our way."

Beck also endorsed the band on his Twitter page the same day, again alluding that they are libertarians.

"New Muse CD. Amazing. These guys are right on the money. Lyrics on target, talent off the charts. They 'get it'. Libertarian!" he Tweeted.

However, speaking later on his radio show, Beck revealed he had been asked to retract his praise for the band after being emailed by a Muse representative while on air.

"I just got an email from representation of Muse," he said. "They would like me to retract my endorsement. My apologies to Muse for saying that I like them. I didn't mean to destroy all their credibility and all their coolness.

"Let me just set the record straight. Muse - I hate them. It's an awful album and you should never go out and buy it."

Listen to the broadcast, which is being streamed on Mediamatters.org below:

Radiohead's Thom Yorke played his second solo show of the weekend in Los Angeles last night (October 4).

Yorke played at the city's Orpheum Theater following a gig on Friday (October 2) at the Echoplex venue, again with musicians including Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, producer Nigel Godrich, REM collaborator Joey Waronker and Brazilian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco in his live band.

Watch fan footage of the show by clicking below.

He played a similar set to the Friday gig, running through his 2006 solo album 'The Eraser'. He also played a new Radiohead song, for which they have two working titles, 'Lotus Flower' and 'Moon Upon A Stick'.

Yorke dedicated Radiohead 2003 B-side 'Paperbag Writer' to his bandmate Colin Greenwood, who was in the audience.

Yorke played both a solo and band encore to end the show.

The frontman is due to play again at the venue tonight (October 5).

Thom Yorke played:

'The Eraser'
'Analyse'
'The Clock'
'Black Swan'
'Skip Divided'
'Atoms For Peace'
'And It Rained All Night'
'Harrowdown Hill'
'Cymbal Rush'
'Lotus Flower'/'Moon Upon A Stick'
'Open The Floodgates'
'Super Collider'
'Paperbag Writer'
'Judge, Jury&Executioner'
'The Hollow Earth'
'FeelingPulledApartByHorses'

Vampire Weekend have released "Horchata" off their upcoming album Contra on their website. Contra is set to release on January 12th.

http://www.vampireweekend.com/

Last night in Los Angeles, Radiohead's Thom Yorke debuted his new band with a "public rehearsal" at the tiny Echoplex club. (Their first "official" shows are this Sunday at Monday at L.A.'s Orpheum Theatre.) Backed by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea (who did, in fact, keep his shirt on), Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, Beck/R.E.M. drummer Joey Waronker, and percussionist/multi-instrumentalist Mauro Refosco of Forro in the Dark, Yorke performed his 2006 solo album The Eraser in its entirety, Radiohead fansite At Ease Web reports. For the encore, Yorke premiered four new songs completely solo: "Open the Floodgates", "Lotus Flower", "Skirting on the Surface", and "Judge, Jury, Executioner". The band then returned for takes on the Radiohead Com Lag EP track "Paperbag Writer" and the new 12" tracks "The Hollow Earth" and "Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses". (See below for the full set list, via At Ease.)

Naturally, plenty of video from the show has already hit YouTube. Click below to check out three of the new songs:

"Open the Floodgates":



"Lotus Flower":



"Skirting on the Surface":



Set list (Via At Ease):

01 The Eraser
02 Analyse
03 The Clock
04 Black Swan
05 Skip Divided
06 Atoms for Peace
07 And It Rained All Night
08 Harrowdown Hill
09 Cymbal Rush

Encore one [Thom solo]:

10 Open the Floodgates
11 Lotus Flower
12 Skirting on the Surface
13 Judge, Jury, Executioner

Encore two [full band]:

14 Paperbag Writer
15 The Hollow Earth
16 Feeling Pulled Apart by Horses

OCTOBER

10-05

Bad Lieutenant: Never Cry Another Tear [Triple Echo] [UK release]
Massive Attack: Splitting the Atom EP [Virgin] [UK release]

10-06

Air: Love 2 [Astralwerks]
Alela Diane: Alela and Alina EP [Rough Trade]
Alexander Robotnick: "Obsession for the Disco" 12" [Fool's Gold]
Aliens: Luna [Birmdan]
Ancestors: Of Sound Mind [Tee Pee]
Bellini: The Precious Prize of Gravity [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
Betty Davis: Nasty Gal [Light in the Attic][reissue]
Black Heart Procession: Six [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
The Black Hollies: Softly Towards the Light [Ernest Jenning]
Blitzen Trapper: Black River Killer 12" EP [Sub Pop]
Boston Spaceships: Zero to 99 [Guided by Voices Inc.]
Boys Noize: Power [Last Gang Records/ Turbo Recordings/ Boysnoize Rec]
Brakesbrakesbrakes: Rock Is Dodelijk [FatCat]
Built to Spill: There Is No Enemy [Warner Bros.]
Califone: All My Friends Are Funeral Singers [Dead Oceans]
Christmas Island: Blackout Summer [In the Red]
The Cinematics: Love&Terror [Orchard]
The Clientele: Bonfires on the Heath [Merge]
Daniel Johnston: Is and Always Was [Eternal Yip Eye Music/ High Wire Music]
Daniel Merriweather: Love & War [J/Allido]
Dead Man's Bones: Dead Man's Bones [Anti-]
Dinowalrus: Dinowalrus [Kanine]
DJ Gant-Man: "Juke Dat Girl" 12" single [Fool's Gold]
DJ Spooky: The Secret Song [Thirsty Ear]
The Dutchess & the Duke: Sunset/Sunrise [Hardly Art]
Emily Rodgers: Bright Day [Misra]
Ethernet: 144 Pulsations of Light [Kranky]
Eugene Mirman: God Is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy With Asperger's [Sub Pop]
Exene Cervenka: Somewhere Gone [Bloodshot]
Evangelista: Prince of Truth [Constellation]
Gogol Bordello: Live From Axis Mundi [Side One Dummy]
Grant Hart: Hot Wax [Con D'or/ MVD Audio]
Harmonia & Eno: Tracks and Traces [Gronland][reissue]
Headlights: Wildlife [Polyvinyl] [U.S. release]
Hockey: Mind Chaos [Capitol]
The Horns of Happiness: Weathering Alterations [St. Ives]
Hunx and His Punx: Gay Singles [True Panther Sounds]
Hush Arbors: Yankee Reality [Ecstatic Peace!]
Jesus Lizard: Entire Catalogue [Touch & Go][reissue]
Jemina Pearl: Break It Up [Universal/Ecstatic Peace!]
Jessica 6: Fun Girls EP [self-released]
John Vanderslice: "Too Much Time" 7" [Dead Oceans]
Karl Blau: Zebra [K]
Kraftwerk: Autobahn [Astralwerks][reissue]
Kraftwerk: Man Machine [Astralwerks][reissue]
Kraftwerk: Radio-Activity [Astralwerks][reissue]
Kraftwerk: Tour de France [Astralwerks][reissue]
Kraftwerk: Trans Europe Express [Astralwerks][reissue]
Kurt Vile: Childish Prodigy [Matador]
LAKE: Let's Build a Roof [K]
Lou Barlow: Goodnight Unknown [Merge]
Lucero: 1372 Overton Park [Universal Republic]
Massive Attack: Splitting the Atom EP [Virgin]
Matthew Friedberger: Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School [Thrill Jockey][reissue]
Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement [Stones Throw]
Me'Shell Ndegeocello: Devil's Halo [Downtown]
Michael Hurley: Ida Con Snock [Gnomonsong]
Mike Doughty: Sad Man Happy Man [ATO]
Misson of Burma: The Sound The Speed The Light [Matador]
Mountain Goats: The Life of the World to Come [4AD]
Murder By Death: Finch [Murder By Death]
Music Go Music: Expressions [Secretly Canadian]
Nick Oliveri: Death Acoustic [Impedance/ MVD Audio]
No Age: Losing Feeling EP [Sub Pop][12" and digital release only]
Noah and the Whale: First Days of Spring [Interscope]
Octoberman: Fortresses [White Whale] [U.S. release]
Orenda Fink: Ask the Night [Saddle Creek]
A Place to Bury Strangers: Exploding Head [Mute]
Port O'Brien: Threadbare [TBD]
Port Royal: Dying in Time [n5MD][physical release]
Princeton: Cocoon of Love [Kanine]
The Raveonettes: In and Out of Control [Vice]
Revelations: Bleeding Edge [Traffic]
Richard Pinhas: Rhizosphere/Live, Paris [Cuneiform]
Rosanne Cash: The List [Manhattan]
Sarandon/Membranes: Spike Milligan's Tape 7" [Slumberland]
Slits: Trapped Animal [Narnack]
Spinto Band: Slim & Slender EP [Park the Van Records]
Sufjan Stevens/Osso: Run Rabbit Run [Asthmatic Kitty]
Supercluster: Waves [Cloud Recordings]
Thank You: Pathetic Magic [Thrill Jockey]
Th'Inbred: Legacy of Fertility V.1 [Alternative Tentacles]
Three Mile Pilot: "Planets/Grey Clouds" 7" [Temporary Residence]
Toro y Moi: "Blessa" 7" [Carpark]
Vic Chesnutt: Skitter On Take-Off [Vapor]
Wadada Leo Smith: Spiritual Dimensions [Cuneiform]
White Hills: Dead EP [Thrill Jockey]
White Mystery/BlackApple: Split 7" [Whistler]
Yura Yura Teikoku: "Dekinai/Sweet Surrender" 12" [DFA]

10-12

Editors: In This Light and on This Evening [Kitchenware] [UK release]
Fuck Buttons: Tarot Sport [ATP] [UK release]
Luciano: Tribute to the Sun [Cadenza] [International release]
Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg [Modular/Interscope] [European release]

10-13

Andrew Bird: "Anonanimal"/"See the Enemy" 7" [Fat Possum]
Anti-Pop Consortium: Fluorescent Black [Big Dada] [U.S. release]
Baroness: Blue Record [Relapse]
Bear in Heaven: Beast Rest Forth Mouth [Hometapes]
Beaten Awake: Thunder$troke [Fat Possum]
Bell Horses: This Loves Last Time [Try Square]
Black Feelings: Black Feelings [Alien 8]
BOAT: Setting the Paces [Magic Marker]
Bob Dylan: Christmas in the Heart [Columbia]
Broadcast & the Focus Group: Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age [Warp]
CANT/Arthur Russell split 7" [Terrible]
Chinese Stars: Heaven on Speed Dial [Anchor Brian]
Coma: Crystal 12" [Kompakt]
Del the Funky Homosapien/Tame One: Parallel Uni-Verse [Gold Dust]
Digital Leather: Warm Brother [Fat Possum]
Echo and the Bunnymen: The Fountain [Ocean Rain]
Fanfario: Reservoir [Canvasback/Atlantic]
The Flaming Lips: Embryonic [Warner Bros.]
Forro In the Dark: Light a Candle [In Grooves]
Godflesh: Pure/Cold World [Earache][3xCD reissue]
Grant Lee Phillips: Little Moon [Yep Roc]
Grooms: Rejoicer [Death By Audio]
Har Mar Superstar: Dark Touches [Dilettante Recordings]
Harper Simon: Harper Simon [Vagrant]
Hi Red Center: Assemble [Joyful Noise]
Hudson Mohawke: Butter [Warp]
J Dilla: Dillanthology 3 [Rapster]
Jodis: Secret House [Hydra Head]
Kaito: Trust [Kompakt]
Lackthereof: Retrospective 1998-2008 or When I was a Christian Emo Twenty-Something [FILMgeurrero]
Lightning Bolt: Earthly Delights [Load]
Little Girls: Concepts [Paper Bag]
Little Wings: Wonder City [Knw-Yr-Own][reissue]
Luciano: Tribute to the Sun [Cadenza] [US release]
Majority Rule: Interviews with David [MagicBullet][CD/LP reissue]
MV & EE: Barn Nova [Ecstatic Peace!]
Nellie McKay: Normal as Blueberry Pie [Verve]
Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
Nihill: Grond [Hydra Head]
Olafur Arnalds: Found Sounds [Erased Tapes]
Peanut Butter Wolf: 45 Live 7" Box Set [Stones Throw]
Piano Magic: Ovations [Darla]
The Raincoats: The Raincoats [Kill Rock Stars][Vinyl-only reissue]
Small Black: Small Black [CassClub]
Sole and the Skyrider Band: Plastique [Fake Four Inc.]
Spider Bags: "Teenage Eyes" 7" [Odessa]
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down: Know Better Learn Faster [Kill Rock Stars]
Think About Life: Family [Alien8]
Thomas Function: In the Valley of Sickness [Fat Possum]
Tinariwen: Imidiwan: Companions [World Village]
Viva Voce: Rose City [Jealous Butcher]
Warpaint: Exquisite Corpse EP [Manimal Vinyl][physical release]

10-19

Beak>: Beak> [Invada][UK release]
Efterklang: Performing Parades CD/DVD [Leaf] [UK release]
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young [RCA] [UK release]
Sufjan Stevens: The BQE DVD/CD [Rough Trade] [UK release]
White Rainbow: New Clouds [Kranky]
Various Artists: 5: 5 Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub] [UK release]

10-20

60 Watt Kid: We Come From the Bright Side [Absolutely Kosher]
Akron/Family: "River" 7" [Dead Oceans]
Alasdair Roberts: Wyrd Meme 12" [Drag City]
Alec Ounsworth: Mo Beauty [Anti-]
Atlas Sound: Logos [Kranky]
Bats: Don't You Rise 7" [Slumberland]
Beak>: Beak> [Ipecac] [U.S. release]
Bloody Beetroots: "Awesome [ft. Cool Kids]" 12" [Downtown]
Chll Pll: Aggressively Humble [Porter]
Clare and the Reasons: Arrow [Frog Stand]
Cococoma: Things Are Not All Right [Goner]
Converge: Axe to Fall [Epitaph]
Dark Meat: Truce Opium [Emergency Umbrella]
DJ Tiësto: Kaleidoscope [Ultra]
Do Make Say Think: Other Truths [Constellation]
Doveman: The Conformist [Brassland]
Efterklang: Performing Parades CD/DVD [Leaf] [U.S. release]
El Perro Del Mar: Love Is Not Pop [Control Group]
Elvis Perkins in Dearland: The Doomsday EP [XL]
Espers: III [Drag City/Wichita] [U.S. release]
Excepter: Black Beach [Paw Tracks]
Falty DL: Bravery EP [Planet Mu]
Flight of the Concords: I Told You I Was Freaky [Sub Pop]
Florence and the Machine: Lungs [Island][U.S. physical release]
Former Ghosts: Fleurs [Upset the Rhythm]
Frankie and the Outs: "Thee Only One" 7" single [Slumberland]
Fuck Buttons: Tarot Sport [ATP][U.S. Release]
Get Back Guinozzi!: Carpet Madness [FatCat]
Glass Ghost: Idol Omen [Western Vinyl]
Gregory Webster: "Promised Land" 7" [Slumberland]
Irmin Schmidt: Filmmusik Anthology [Mute]
Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard: One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Music from Kerouac's Big Sur [Atlantic]
Julian Casablancas: Phrazes for the Young [RCA] [U.S. release]
Kings of Convenience: Declaration of Dependence [Virgin]
Lissy Trullie: Self-Taught Learner EP [Downtown] [reissue]
Little Dragon: Machine Dreams [Peacefrog]
Nancy Elizabeth: Wrought Iron [Leaf]
Majeure: Timespan 2xLP [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
Maps: Turning the Mind [Mute]
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson: Summer of Fear [Saddle Creek]
Mountains: Etching [Thrill Jockey]
Old Canes: Feral Harmonic [Saddle Creek]
Old Lights: Every Night Begins the Same [St. Ives]
OOIOO: Armonico Hewa [Thrill Jockey]
Parenthetical Girls: The Scottish Play: Wherein the Group Parenthetical Girls Pay Well-intentioned (If Occasionally Misguided) Tribute to the Works of Ivor Cutler 10" [Tomlab]
Pontiak: Sea Voids EP [Thrill Jockey]
Pylon: Chomp More [DFA][reissue]
The Pixies: Minotaur (Limited Edition) [Artist in Residence] [5xCD/5xLP/6xDVD/6xBlu-ray/2xBK box set]
Richard Youngs: Under Stellar Stream [Jagjaguwar]
Russian Circles: Geneva [Suicide Squeeze]
Silver Starling: Silver Starling [Last Gang]
Spiral Stairs: The Real Feel [Matador]
Sufjan Stevens: The BQE DVD/LP [Asthmatic Kitty] [U.S. release]
Themselves: CrownsDown [Anticon]
Tickley Feather: Hors d'Oeuvres [Paw Tracks]
Tropa Macaca: Sensação do Princípio [Siltbreeze]
Various Artists: 5: 5 Years of Hyperdub [Hyperdub] [U.S. release]
Various Artists: Black Dynamite OST [Wax Poetics]
White Denim: Fits [Downtown]
White Mice: Ganjahovahdose [20 Buck Spin]

10-26

M.A.N.D.Y.: The Mix Collection [Renaissance]
Morrissey: Swords [Polydor] [UK release]
R.E.M.: Live at the Olympia [Warner Bros.]

10-27

Broadfield Marchers: Displayed In Reflections [Rainbow Quartz]
CFCF: Continent [Paper Bag]
Cobra Killer: Uppers & Downers [Monika]
Dam-Funk: Toeachizown [Stones Throw]
Devendra Banhart: What Will We Be [Warner]
DOOM: Unexpected Guests [Gold Dust]
Fela Kuti: The Best of the Black President [Knitting Factory Records][reissue]
Fight Amp: Manners & Praise [Translation Loss]
Gift of Gab: Escape 2 Mars [Cornerstone Recording Arts Society]
Guano Padano: Guano Padano [Important]
Holy Sons: Criminals Return [Important]
Horse Feathers: "Cascades" 7" [Kill Rock Stars]
It's Casual: New Los Angeles [Friendly Hills Recording Co.]
James Husband: A Parallax I [Polyvinyl]
Jesu: Opiate Sun EP [Caldo Verde]
Jozef Van Wissem: Ex-Patris [Important]
Junk Culture: West Coast [Illegal Art]
Katsen: It Hertz! [Shelflife]
Matias Aguayo: Ay Ay Ay [Kompakt]
Merzbow: Bird Series Volume Ten [Important]
Michael Jackson: This Is It 2CD Soundtrack [Epic/Columbia]
Neon Indian: Psychic Chasms [Lefse]
Pelican: What We All Come to Need [Southern Lord]
Phill Niblock: Touch Strings [Touch] [2CD]
Ocean: Pantheon of the Lesser [Important]
Pink Martini: Splendor in the Grass [Heinz]
Pyramids with Nadja: Pyramids with Nadja [Hydra Head]
Saviours: Accelerated Living [Kemado]
Sean Lennon: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern [Chimera Music
Seven Storey Mountain: Seven Storey Mountain [Important]
Shrinebuilder: Shrinebuilder [Neurot]
The Sight Below: Murmer EP [Ghostly International]
Sun Ra Arkestra: Heliocentric Worlds V.2 [ESP-Disk]
Tegan and Sara: Sainthood [Sire]
U2: The Unforgettable Fire [Mercury][reissue]
Various Artists: Fire In My Bones: Raw + Rare + Other-Worldly African-American Gospel [3CD] [Tomkins Square]
Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg [Modular/Interscope] [U.S. release]

10-28

Acrylics: All of the Fire 10" EP [Terrible Records]

NOVEMBER

11-02

Espers: III [Drag City/Wichita] [UK release]
Slayer: World Painted Blood [Columbia/American] [International Release]

11-03

Arrington de Dionyso: Malaikat Dan Singa [K]
Bat For Lashes: Two Suns [Astralwerks] [CD+DVD special edition]
Brilliant Colors: Introducing [Slumberland]
Citay: Remixes LP [Dead Oceans]
Cold Cave: Love Comes Close [Matador][reissue]
Curtis Harvey: Box of Stones [FatCat]
David Bazan: "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" b/w "Say it Isn't Greensleeves (A Chance at Christmas)" 7" [Suicide Squeeze]
David Bowie: Aladdin Sane [Capitol] [2LP][reissue]
David Bowie: Diamond Dogs [Capitol] [2LP][reissue]
David Bowie: Space Oddity: Deluxe Edition [Virgin/EMI][reissue]
David Bowie: Young Americans [Capitol][reissue]
Efterklang & Danish Chamber Orchestra - Performing Parades [Leaf] [CD+DVD]
Felix: You Are the One I Pick [Kranky]
Foo Fighters: Foo Fighters Greatest Hits [Roswell/RCA]
Guided by Voices: Suitcase 3: Up We Go Now [Guided By Voices Inc.]
Half-Handed Cloud: Cut Me Down and Count My Rings [Asthmatic Kitty]
Helen Money: In Tune [Table of Elements]
Holopaw: Oh Glory, Oh Wilderness [Bakery Outlet]
Ikonika: Smuck 12" [Planet Mu]
Jookabox: Dead Zone Boys [Asthmatic Kitty]
King Khan & the BBQ Show: Invisible Girl [In the Red/Paper Bag]
Laarks: An Exaltation of Laarks [Absolutely Kosher]
Lymbyc Systym: Shutter Release [Mush]
Mary Onettes: Islands [Labrador]
Max Richter: Memoryhouse [FatCat][reissue]
Molina & Johnson: Molina & Johnson [Secretly Canadian]
Morrissey: Swords [Polydor] [U.S. release]
Múm: Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know [Euphono][2xLP U.S. release only]
Nesey Gallons: Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago [Hurrah for Karamazov / Cloud]
Neutral Milk Hotel: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea [Merge][180g vinyl reissue]
Neutral Milk Hotel: On Avery Island [Merge][180g vinyl reissue]
Nirvana: Bleach [Sub Pop][reissue]
Ola Podrida: Belly of the Lion [Western Vinyl]
On Fillmore: Extended Vacation [Dead Oceans]
Slayer: World Painted Blood [Columbia/American] [U.S. Release]
Sleep Whale: Houseboat [Western Vinyl]
Stricken City: Songs About People [The Kora]
Subeena: "Solidify" 12" [Planet Mu]
The Swimmers: People Are Soft [Mad Dragon]
Syntaks: Ylajali [Ghostly International]
Systems Officer: Underslept [Temporary Residence Ltd.]
Useless Eaters: "Sucked In" 7" [Goner]
Various Artists: Goner Fest 4 [Goner]
Vitalic: Flashmob [Different/PIAS] [U.S. release, out now in Europe]
Weezer: Raditude [Geffen]

11-09

The Killers: Live at the Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD [Island] [UK release]
Lake Heartbeat: Trust in Numbers [Service] [UK release]

11-10

Asobi Seksu: Rewolf [Polyvinyl]
Cave In: EP [Hydra Head]
Dead Meadow: David Peel Sessions [Xemu]
DJ/Rupture: Solar Life Raft [The Agriculture]
Javelin: "Javelin" 12" [Thrill Jockey]
The Killers: Live at the Royal Albert Hall CD/DVD [Island] [U.S. release]
Merzbow: Bird Series Volume Eleven [Important]
Midnight Masses: Rapture Ready, I Gazed at the Body [Collect]
Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection [Columbia/Legacy]
Pants Yell!: Recieved Pronunciation [Slumberland]
Ray Davies: The Kinks Choral Collection [Decca]
Robin Crutchfield: The Hidden Folk [Important]
Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains in New York [Yep Roc]
Various Artists: The Harmonic Series: A Compilation of Music Works in Just Intonation [Important]

11-16

Spiritualized: Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space [Sony][reissue]

11-17

Annie: Don't Stop [Smalltown Supersound]
Felt: Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez [Rhymesayers]
Kid Sister: Ultraviolet [Downtown Music]
Nurse With Wound: Space Music [Beta-Lactum Ring]
Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City [Hear Music/Concord Music Group]
Real Estate: Real Estate [Woodsist]
Robin Guthrie: Songs to Help My Children Sleep EP [Darla]
Tape Deck Mountain: Ghost [Lefse]

11-23

Rose Elinor Dougall: "Fallen Over" [Scarlett Music]

11-24

Miracle Condition: Miracle Condition [Tizona]
Numero Group: Light: On the South Side/Pepper's Jukebox [Book+2LP][Numero Group]
Various Artists: Daptone Gold [Daptone]

DECEMBER

TBA

Mi Ami: "Cut Men" 12" [Thrill Jockey]

JANUARY

TBA
Charlotte Gainsbourg: IRM [Because]

01-11

Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL] [UK release]

01-12

Blunt Mechanic: World Record [Barsuk]
Final Fantasy: Heartland [Domino]
Malakai: Ugly Side of Love [Domino]
OK Go: Of the Blue Colour of the Sky [Capitol]
Vampire Weekend: Contra [XL] [U.S. release]

01-19

RJD2: The Colossus [RJ's Electrical Connections]


OTHER RELEASES TBA

Beach House: TBA [Sub Pop]
David Bowie: Station to Station [TBA][reissue]
Dr. Dog: TBA [Anti-]
Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley [Thrill Jockey]
The Love Language: TBA [Merge]
Matthew Herbert: One Pig [TBA]
Mi Ami: TBA [Thrill Jockey]
Smashing Pumpkins: Teargarden by Kaleidyscope [Self-released]
Tokyo Police Club: TBD [Mom & Pop]

Thom Yorke has announced his new solo band will make their live debut earlier than expected - tonight (October 2) in fact.

The group, which includes Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, were due to play their first show on Sunday (October 4).

However writing on the Dead Air Space blog, the Radiohead singer has decided to kick things off early.

"So yes, that band that doesn't really have a name that I'm working with at the moment have decided to do a warm-up show," he explained.

The gig will take place at Los Angeles' Echoplex, though Yorke warned, "It's not that big, it'll be total chaos and its kind of a rehearsal but .. if you are near by..."

Tickets are available from Ticketweb.com

Jarvis Cocker has announced plans to release a strictly limited seven-inch single next month.

The former Pulp singer has lined up a 1,000 copies of the double A-sided record, which features the the title track from his 2009 LP 'Further Complications' and album track 'Girls Like It Too'.

To mark the release, which is due out on November 9, Cocker will be staging a residency at London's Village Underground in Shoreditch, similar to his Galerie Chappe Paris show earlier this year where the singer soundtracked yoga and pilates classes.

The singer has also contributed a new song to 'The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou' director Wes Anderson's new movie 'The Fantastic Mr Fox' and is set to appear in the film as a puppet.

Meanwhile, Cocker is currently making podcasts of himself reading short stories from his official website www.jarviscocker.net.

The video for the new Foo Fighters single 'Wheels' can now be streamed via MTVU.

The new song is taken from the band's upcoming greatest hits compilation, which is due for release on November 3.

http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/foo-fighters-wheels/#4

New York's The Bravery have posted a video for a new song entitled 'Hatefuck.'

http://vimeo.com/6823916

The first single from the band's new album Stir The Blood, entitled 'Slow Poison,' can be heard at the band's official website. Stir The Blood is slated for release on November 10.

http://www.thebravery.com/