March saw the first new music from Chuck Berry since the Carter administration, The Jesus and Mary Chain’s first album in 19 years, the first Grandaddy release in eleven years and the first from The Magnetic Fields and The Shins in half a decade. There was also another solid release from indie rock’s most consistent band, Spoon, and a beyond-words emotional collection from Mount Eerie. There were sophomore LPs from Temples and Jay Som, a third album from Blanck Mass; and Real Estate’s fourth. So what will be remembered? Which is already forgotten?
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New Beck Album Planned For Summer 2017 With “Five Solid Months Touring” To Follow
“Beck will be touring in July and his new album will be coming out this summer most likely,” is the latest update from Beck’s longtime keyboardist Roger Joseph Manning Jr. “There will probably be five solid months touring with him between 2017 and 2018, which I love.”
Stream New Sam Cohen/Brian Burton Album “Resistance Radio” Featuring Beck, The Shins, MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden, Grandaddy, Karen O, Benjamin Booker, Sharon Van Etten, Norah Jones, Kevin Morby, Angel Olsen, More
Sam Cohen and Brian Burton recorded music for an imaginary radio station in Amazon’s “The Man In The High Castle” with an all-star roster: Beck, MGMT’s Andrew VanWyngarden, Grandaddy’s Jason Lytle, The Shins’ James Mercer, Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ Karen O, Kevin Morby, Angel Olsen, Benjamin Booker, Sharon Van Etten, Curtis Harding, Norah Jones and more. The 18 tracks from this fictitious pirate radio station will be released April 7th as the latest album on Burton’s 30th Century Records label.
The Zombies Classic Lineup Reunited For First Tour In 50 Years, Playing “Odyssey & Oracle” . . . New “Odyssey & Oracle” Book Out Today; Three Vinyl Releases Out Record Store Day
The Zombies have reunited to play ‘Odessey And Oracle’ in its entirety on the first tour featuring the line-up behind the LP – Colin Blunstone, Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson, Chris White and Hugh Grundy – since they disbanded nearly a half century ago in December 1967.
They’re also issuing a book commemorating the anniversary of the classic album, and three separate 7-inch vinyl releases out Record Store Day.
Stream Pink Floyd’s Unreleased 15 Minute Version Of ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ Due Out This Record Store Day as a 12″ Single*
Pink Floyd is releasing a very early version of ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ running 15 minutes long. Numerous sources suggest recording was used in an obscure 1968 documentary, so although it’s never been officially released, it can be heard right now by streaming the film.
Preview Claypool Lennon Delirium New EP’s Pink Floyd, Who And King Crimson Covers
Watch Les Claypool and Sean Lennon’s supergroup cover “Astronomy Domine,” “Boris The Spider” and “The Court of the Crimson King” ahead of their official release on Record Store Day.
Full Updated Record Store Day Release List ….The Beatles, Paul McCartney, Jack White, Pink Floyd, War On Drugs, Fleetwood Mac, Flaming Lips, Animal Collective, Spoon, U2, Grateful Dead, David Bowie, Prince, Zappa, Smiths, Rush, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The The, Zombies, Cure, Black Angels, Gerard Way And Hundreds More Confirmed For April 2017 RSD
Information on records from The Flaming Lips, Grateful Dead, War on Drugs, Air, Frank Zappa, The Claypool Deliriuum Lennon, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and many more due out Record Store Day.
Chuck Berry: Oct 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017
Chuck Berry: The lyricist to fuse fun with intelligence, the guitarist that schooled all, the band leader that infectiously rubbed straight rhythms against swung notes, the wordsmith that single-handedly advanced rock’s vocabulary, the singer that demanded attention not with range but rather the patter of his voice, the songwriter that wrote about many of rock’s greatest themes first, the “black man playing hillbilly music” for mixed audiences in a time of segregation… the greatest.
Chuck Berry; Musicians React
Tributes from musicians on the passing of Chuck Berry have flooded in since his death was announced on the afternoon of March … More
Föllakzoid “London Sessions” 12-Inch Featuring J Spaceman Out Record Store Day …..Plus The Spacemen 3 Reissues The Band Members Don’t Want You To Buy
You may know him as J. Spaceman of Spacemen 3 or Jason Pierce of Spiritualized. He’s teamed with Föllakzoid for new, live-in-the-studio versions of two songs from the Chilean trio’s 2015 album “III.”
UPDATE: Flaming Lips Record Store Day Live LP “Onboard the International Space Station: Concert for Peace” Now Available On CD And Digital Everywhere; Streaming On Spotify
The Flaming Lips to release new album “Onboard the International Space Station: Concert for Peace” as an orange vinyl this Record Store Day, April 22nd.