Candlebox Returns with New Album and a Tour
While not one of my favorite bands from the 90’s, it’s cool to see the Seattle natives return with a new album.
Beck’s Modern Guilt Gets Release Date and Track listing
Beck has officially announced the release date for his tenth studio album Modern Guilt.
The Danger Mouse produced project will hit shelves on July 8 through DGC in North America and July 7 in Europe through XL Recordings. Besides announcing the release date, the track listing for Modern Guilt has also been released.
Beck Unveils New Songs at Secret Show
Last night Beck played a surprise gig at the Echo in Los Angeles, where he unveiled five tracks from his upcoming album Modern Guilt.
Just over 300 folks were lucky enough to check out the hour long set, which also included some classic Beck tunes.
The Offspring stream new album and video premire
Starting today The Offspring will be streaming their eighth studio album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace on imeem. Fans can buy the album on June 17.
You can check out the new album right here.
Summer Concert Guide for 90’s Rock Fans
The summer concert season is well under way. But just in case you didn’t have time to catch up on all the shows coming around here’s a glimpse at who’s on the road.
Yahoo’s 25 Best Alt-Rock Bands of the 90’s
You could probably imagine my excitement when I jumped online this morning and saw that Yahoo had compiled a list of the 25 best alternative rock bands of the 1990’s.
Then, it dawned on me that music lists on Yahoo are made up by this clown named Rob O’ Connor, but I still gave it chance.
New Music Tuesday: Weezer, Radiohead, Gavin Rossdale
It’s Tuesday, which means brand new music. This week will be an interesting one for 90’s alt. rock fans with releases from Weezer, Radiohead and Gavin Rossdale.
311 Working on New Album
The boys from Omaha have apparently entered the studio to begin work on album number nine. The band has been joined by Metallica producer Bob Rock, who has also worked with Motley Crue, The Offspring and Aerosmith.
Sonic Youth Compilation Picked By Some Big Names
Sonic Youth are set to release Hits Are For Squares on June 1o exclusively through uber corporate chain Starbucks (ugh, not cool) in their New York, L.A., San Fran, Philly, Seattle, Boston and D.C. stores, as well as on line.
What is great about the compilation is that some cool folks handpicked the tracks, which goes like this:
Beck Streaming New Song
Beck is currently streaming a new track entitled “Chemtrails” on his official site and his MySpace page.
“Chemtrials”premiered yesterday (May 19) on BBC Radio 1 and will be included on Beck’s upcoming album, which was produced by some dude named Danger Mouse. It’s a very cool track. It’s mellow and hypnotic during the chorus, which I didn’t expect. I’ve listened to it like six times already, and it gets better with each listen.
2 Songs That You Need To Add To Your iPod
The Music Channel here at b5 decided to get together and compile a list of songs that you need to add to you iPod…immediately.
Since I’m pretty much devoting May to Pearl Jam, it only makes sense for me to select two songs from the greatest American rock band ever.
Scott Weiland Recording 2nd Solo Album
Despite getting back together with STP, Scott Weiland is already looking forward to his second solo album.
While on the Howard Stern show, Weiland announced that he was working on the album with legendary producer Steve Albini (he’s worked with the Pixies, Page & Plant, PJ Harvey and Nirvana). Also, Weiland revealed that No Doubt’s Adrian Young would be appearing as the album’s drummer.
Jane’s Addiction Reunion
Last week I mentioned that Jane’s Addiction would be receiving the “Godlike Genius Award” from NME.
Now, it gets even better.
The band’s original bassist, Eric Avery, will be reuniting with the rest of the band. This will mark the first performance from the original line up since 1991.
Filter - ‘Anthems for the Damned’ and a Tour
April 15, 2008 by acostill
Filed under Concert News, Random
Filter, remember the guys who brought us “Hey Man Nice Shot” and “Take A Picture”, are gearing up for a new album and a tour.
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