Ryan Adams Releases Double Album of His Archives


FINALLY. Ryan Adams is set to release a double album of his musical archives. The most bad-ass musician on earth will be releasing the now titled III/IV hopefully before the year’s end (no release date yet), on his own label Pax-AM. This double album was recorded with the Cardinals in 2007 when the band was recording Easy Tiger(Lost Highway).

The set will be released on vinyl, cd and download, and if you head to the Pax-Am site, you can read all about the project. Amazon is already letting you pre-order as the album drops December 14th. Pax-Am is starting their pre-order later this month, with one on i-tunes on November 23rd.

The site describes the record like:


“a rock record that felt more like a hybrid of all the records that the band had mutually consumed as kids… from influences as wide as KISS and The Cars.” It’s also a “concept rock opera about the 80s, ninjas, cigarettes, sex, and pizza,”

Ah Ryan, it is good to have you back in any form.

Tracklisting:

01 Breakdown Into the Resolve
02 Dear Candy
03 Wasteland
04 Ultraviolet Light
05 Stop Playing With My Heart
06 Lovely and Blue
07 Happy Birthday
08 Kisses Start Wars
09 The Crystal Skull
10 Users
11 No
12 Numbers
13 Gracie
14 Icebreaker
15 Sewers at the Bottom of the Wishing Well
16 Typecast
17 Star Wars
18 My Favorite Song
19 P.S.
20 Death and Rats
21 Kill the Lights

Twin Shadow Mixes Things Up


On November 15th, Twin Shadow will release his debut album, Forget. In the meantime, Shadow, who Pitchfork recently featured in their Best New Music section, has unveiled two high profile remixes to tide over fans.

The first is a collaborative effort with Hooray For Earth, which sees the pair remixing “A Place We Like.” That can be downloaded HERE. The second, a remix of The Drums’ “Me and the Moon, can be downloaded HERE.

Twin Shadow is also headed out on the road, come November; a full list of dates can be found below.

 

 

US TOUR

Nov 10 Il Motore Montreal, QC
Nov 11 The Drake Hotel Toronto, ON
Nov 12 Crofoot Ballroom – Pike Room Pontiac, MI
Nov 13 Lincoln Hall Chicago, IL
Nov 15 Black Cat Backstage    Washington, DC
Nov 16 The Southern Charlottesville, VA
Nov. 17th Johnny Brendas Philadelphia, Pa
Nov. 18th Middle East Downstairs    Boston, Ma
Nov 19th    Music Hall of Williamsburg New York, NY With Bear in Heaven

Bad Books Release First Video for “You Wouldn’t Have to Ask”


The Kevin Devine – Manchester Orchestra power couple have just released their first video from their self titled debut for “You Wouldn’t Have to Ask.” It’s black and white and reminds us of a New Pornorgraphers video, but its cool to say the least. The band takes a 1960’s looking turn in it which makes for a fun view!

Pulp to Reunite for Shows Next Year

No you didn’t just misread the title. Indie Godfathers (and Mothers) Pulp have announced they are reuniting next summer to play shows. I guess we have something to look forward to after the Pavement reunion, right?  The lineup which includes Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks, Candida Doyle, Steve Mackey, Russell Senior, and Mark Webber will kick off the tour on May 27th at the Primavera Sound Festival where they will be headlining. Only one other date has been revealed right now, which is at London’s Wireless Fest on July 3rd. More tour dates will be added of course, so keep checking back.

This will be the first time the original band has played together since August 24th, 1996. The last Pulp show took place in December 2002.

Be sure to sign up to the band’s e-mail list on their website, HERE, for all of the latest Pulp news.

Wavves and Best Coast to Tour Together

Indie rock power couple Nathan Williams of Wavves and Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast have just announced that the two bands will be heading out on tour together in the near future. The two have not announced the dates yet but trust us, this is one tour that you will certainly want to check out. The lovebirds are on the road seperately right now, but check back to ModernMysteryBlog.com as the tour dates start to roll in.

Take a peak below at Wavves and Best Coast tour dates below:

Wavves:

11-08 Glasgow, Scotland – Arches
11-09 Manchester, England – Islington Mill
11-10 London, England – Garage
11-12 Brussels, Belgium – AB Club
11-13 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso
11-14 Copenhagen, Denmark – Little Vega
11-15 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser Slussen
11-16 Malmo, Sweden – Babel
11-18 Berlin, Germany – Comet
11-19 Munich, Germany – 59:1
11-20 Frankfurt, Germany – Hafen 2
11-21 Geneva, Switzerland – Usine PTR
11-22 Paris, France – FMR
11-29 Milan, Italy – London Loves Party
11-30 Ravenna, Italy – Bronson
12-01 Rome, Italy – Circolo Deglis Aristi
12-03 Lisbon, Portugal – Super Bock em Stock Festival

Best Coast:

11-09 Phoenix, AZ – Rhythm Room ^
11-10 San Diego, CA – Casbah ^
11-13-14 Los Angeles, CA – The Troubadour *
11-26-27 Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre #
11-29 Manchester, England – Ruby Lounge
11-30 Birmingham, England – Glee Club
12-01 London, England – Scala
12-03 Paris, France – Noveau Casino
12-04 Zurich, Switzerland – Mascotte
12-05 Munich, Germany – Atomic Cafe
12-07 Cologne, Germany – MTC
12-08 Brussels, Belgium – AB Club
12-10 Minehead, England – ATP Presents Bowlie 2
12-12 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Bitterzoet
12-13 Hamburg, Germany – Beatlemania
12-14 Berlin, Germany – Magnet
12-15 Malmo, Sweden – Debaser
12-16 Stockholm, Sweden – Debaser

^ with Sonny & the Sunsets
* with Dunes
# with Weezer

Listen To The New Single From The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, “Heart In Your Heartbreak”


The Pains of Being Pure at Heart is continuing to ride the wave of success they had with their self-titled first album for not only did they just release a new single, “Heart In Your Heartbreak,” but they are also hitting up the concert halls of the West Coast! The new single will drop on 7″ vinyl on December 14th, and their new LP will drop in March 2011 on Slumberland Records.

On tour they will be joined for these dates by Weekend, Stars, Sonny and the Sunsets and Glasser, so if you are in the general area of California, Oregon and Washington this coming week, be sure to check them out! Details are below.

Here are their remaining upcoming tour dates:

Nov 9 – The Independent San Francisco, CA (with Weekend)
Nov 10 – SoHo Santa Barbara, CA (with Weekend)
Nov 11 – The Loft UCSD La Jolla, CA (with Weekend)
Nov 12 – Echoplex Los Angeles, CA (with Weekend and Sonny and the Sunsets)
Nov 14 – Glasshouse Pomona CA  (with Stars)

The Pains of Being Pure at Heart – Heart In Your Heartbreak by forcefieldpr