Yeah Yeah Yeahs announce map August dates

NY favorite rockers [tag]Yeah Yeah Yeahs[/tag] will embark on a late summer tour in the US, to promote their soon to be released EP “Is Is”, due to be released on July 23 in the UK, and a day later in US. The band will tour for a period on two weeks, beginning from the 1st of August in Lawrence, Kansas, spanning until the 18th of August when they’ll play at the grand Download Festival…

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Rilo Kiley: “The Moneymaker” video

OK … here’s an “interesting” video for you guys from Rilo Kiley called “The Moneymaker”, from their upcoming forth album “Under the Blacklight” (due Auguts 21). The video is centered around a porn shop, with Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis singing  a blues style melody, with a squitchy guitar on the background, while explicit erotic scenes unfold. If you have the patience to listen to the 10 minute intro, featuring some porn stars interviews then…

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Art Brut new video: ‘Direct Hit’

[tag]Art Brut[/tag] are back with their first video Direct Hit from their 2nd album, It’s a Bit Complicated. I gotta say when i first saw this video I was almost on the floor laughing, but i managed to remain sited and giggled through out the whole video. It appears the video’s action takes place in ancient Rome were it seems there’s a party, a toga party but giving the circumstances I guess this is a…

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We Are Scientists on tour this winter

The Californian trio [tag]We Are Scientists[/tag] have released the dates, for their upcoming winter tour in the UK, which will begin in November. If you’re interested you can buy the tickets begging this Friday, the 29th of june from gigsandtours.com, or if you wan’t to buy them faster you turn to kaiserchiefstickets.co.uk, who’ve started to sell tickets since yesterday.

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Editors: ‘An End Has A Start’

Artist name: Editors Album name: An End Has A Start Label: Kitchenware Records Gender: Indie/Rock Release date: June 25, 2007 ZMErating: 7/10 Website: http://www.editorsofficial.com/ [tag]Editors[/tag] stormed the rock charts in early 2005 with their platinum debut album “The Back Room”. It was such a stunning first album, critic acclaimed world wide, but what of their second installment ‘An End Has A Start’? It’s always hard for any band to out due them selfs, after a…

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs with a new video

NY rockers [tag]Yeah Yeah Yeahs[/tag] have recently released the music video for the leading track, from their latest EP “Is Is”, namely “Down Boy”. The video features the YYYs performing live on a stage Down Boy. Some cool upfront riffage by lead guitarist Nick Zinner and Karen O’s sudden shifts in notes makes a good track out of Down Boy, but also makes a great video. The video’s touch of blanc-noir is really cool, an…

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Yeah Yeah Yeahs set to release new EP

New York based indie trio [tag]Yeah Yeah Yeahs[/tag] are set to release their third EP: Is Is. The EP contains 5 brand new tracks and will be released on the 24th of July, via Fontana Interscope. The songs from the EP were written in 2004, during their Fever to Tell tour. The producer appointed by the band is Nick Launay (producer of Silverchair, Taking Heads). Vocalist Karen O had this to add about their choice…

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Wolf Parade on tour this summer

The Canadian quintet [tag]Wolf Parade[/tag] will team up once again for an all American East-West tour, with a few Canadian hometown tours in between their acts. The lads first show in their summer tour will be at, coincidental or not, Wolf Island Festival in Ontario,Canada on August 11th. After this they’ll head straight to Boston, MA for their first US show on their summer schedule on the 18th of August. Their last appearance will be…

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Icky Thump on USB

Eccentricity is a word that would characterize the [tag]White Stripes[/tag] or maybe it’s just a strong sense of marketing, whatever it is White Stripes have surprised us again, this time by announcing that they will release the forthcoming album “Icky Thump” full-length in USB drive format. This is a very limited edition, the 512 USB 2.0 drives will come in 3,333 Jack depicting units and 3,333 Meg depicting units ( see picture for reference) ….

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