Queens Of The Stone Age Studio Footage

This is a clip of QOTSA in the studio recording a song for their upcoming album Era Vulgaris.





This track sounds like it is going to be fantastic!

Still no real word on when this album is going to come out, but at least we now have footage that work is actually being done.

Placebo: North American Tour

Placebo continues to tour in support of their album Meds which was released last year. Their last tour of the US was a co-headlining effort with Los Angeles' She Wants Revenge.

This tour has them hitting 15 cities starting with Boston on April 6th and ending with the Cochella Music Festival on April 29th.

Placebo always puts on a great show, especially in a club setting as most dates on this tour will be.

The dates of this tour are:

April 2007

6 - Boston, MA - Roxy

7 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis

9 - Toronto, Ontario - Guvernment

10 - Philadelphia, PA - Theater of the Living Arts

11 - New York, NY - Roseland

13 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues

14 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club

15 - Frisco, TX - Pizza Hut Park

18 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium

21 - Seattle, WA - The Fenix

22 - Portland, OR - Roseland

23 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

26 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues

27 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater

29 - Indio, CA - Coachella Music Festival

New Music Tuesday 3/6/07

Today marks the release of a few albums that are worth a look...


Albert Hammonds Jr.'s album Yours To Keep finally gets its stateside release this Tuesday. Hammond Jr.'s album was actually released in Europe last year. The US release contains 2 bonus tracks which are a Guided By Voices cover and interestingly enough a cover of a Buddy Holly song. The complete album, including bonus tracks is being streamed at his myspace page.






Also this week, is the release of Pocket Symphony, the follow up to Talkie Walkie for the french group Air. The album is sprinkled with guest apperances such as Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon. You can sample their album at their website here.

Update on Morrissey Tour Dates

True-to-you.net has announced that dates for Morrissey's 40 date upcoming tour will be announced sometime this week.

The posting on the fansite, which has direct contact with the man himself, states that the tour will begin in Stockton, CA at the Bob Hope Theatre on April 27th.

Looks like this means the eastcost will be later on into the summer. Which will be fine with me as long as he shows up!

Tickets will go onsale March 17th for all 40 dates.

Pearl Jam at Lollapalooza!

Although it hasn't been confirmed by the 10 Club or by any other news outlet for that matter, an article by the Chicago Sun Times has been released in which Pop Music Critic, Jim DeRogatis claims that Pearl Jam will be headlining this years Lollapalooza festival in Grant Park in Chicago this August 3-5.

This will be Pearl Jam's first appearance with Lollapalooza since their legendary jaunt with the festival in 1992.

Great news...er rumor for now...

Wilco Coming Back With - "Sky Blue Sky"

Wilco has announced that their followup to 2004's A Ghost is Born is currently being mastered in Portland Maine.

A release date under Nonesuch Records has been announced as May 15th...

The tracklisting has been announced as follows:

Either Way
You Are My Face
Impossible Germany
Sky Blue Sky
Side with the Seeds
Shake it Off
Please Be Patient With Me
Hate it Here
Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
Walken
What Light
On and On and On

Cornell Album Pushed Back

Chris Cornell's second solo album has now been pushed back according to livedaily.com.

According to reports Carry On, was orginally slated to come out on April, 30th.

The new release date has been is now reported as June, 5th.

Let's just hope this means Cornell is just needs more time to put more awesomeness in his album...

P.S.
This is the same date that Ryan Adams will release Easy Tiger.