The latest ACRN news. http://www.acrn.com/ 2002-05-06T00:00:00Z http://acrn.com/images/web_banner_1.jpg http://www.acrn.com/ ACRN The Rock Lobster <p> Matt Pryor, former Get-Up Kids and now frontman for The New Amsterdam, will release a solo album on Vagrant records titled Confidence Man. The album will consist of acoustic folk tunes, echoing a style similar yet more more mellow to The Get-Up Kids.<br /><br /> This album is set to release on July 29, 2008. You can listen to a track off of it on his myspace (http://www.myspace.com/mattpryorsongs). </p> http://acrn.com 2008-05-09 00:00:00 <p>After the unexpected release two weeks ago of a new single, Discipline, Trent Reznor and Co. have released a new (digital) full-length album entirely for free on their website.<br /><br />The album, entitled The Slip, can be found on the bands website. Any interested party just has to provide an email adress and the entire album, with PDF album art, will be sent to them.&nbsp; A physical release on cd and vinyl will be released in July for those interested.<br /><br />www.nin.com</p> http://acrn.com 2008-05-07 01:07:05 <p>Andrew W.K. is a big supporter of all music, from classical, to rock, noise, rap, Lil Wayne and even Hanson.&nbsp; He also has a great liking for Emo, a style that has recently been a huge media buzzword.&nbsp; He recently shot an interview explaining his thoughts on Emo that can be found from a link on his webpage.&nbsp; Other videos include him discussing his hair as well as live performances, including solo piano performances!<br /><br />Andrew W.K. will also be headling ACRN's Lobsterfest behind Baker Center on June 7th.<br /><br />Emo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1mIu1L-RIs<br /><br />Official Website: http://www.andrewwk.com/ &nbsp; <br /> (click through the picture show to get there)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-05-04 21:06:58 <p>Ben Stein recently released an oh so charming film about the fight to teach creationism in schools called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed."&nbsp; Needless to say, a lot of people aren't thrilled about another movie still rattling on the age old debate.&nbsp; <em>Inherit the Wind</em> was most likely more fun, and Spencer Tracy is just a bit more charasmatic than Ben Stein.&nbsp; However, Scopes Monkey Trial aside, the creators of this new movie made one mistake (well, probably many, but I'm only writing about one).<br /><br />They placed a clip on John Lennon's "Imagine" in their film.&nbsp; Anyone familiar with the song can tell you that Lennon and the Expelled creators probably did not agree on the subject of a higher power.&nbsp; Thus said, Yoko and Lennon's two sons, Sean and Julian, are sueing for the removal of the song from the film as well as for "unspecified damages."&nbsp; The creators, however, claim they used the clip legally under the fair use doctrine. This is the same law artists, such as Girl Talk, use to sample clips of other peoples music. Ono and the two sons (and a team of probably very expensive lawyers) will have to prove that the use of the song in the film will hurt the value of the song.<br /><br />(Pitchfork)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-29 01:40:27 <p>A new single, <em>Discpline</em>, has appeared on the Trent Reznor's website.&nbsp; This single has full vocals in contrast to the recent all-instrumental 4x release, <em>Ghosts</em>.&nbsp; The new single sounds much like a song that would have been found on 2005's <em>With Teeth</em>.&nbsp; The sudden release of the single also makes room for speculation as to whether or not a new Nine Inch Nails album could be appearing soon with little notice in Reznor's new, sneaky style.<br /><br />It can be found on www.nin.com .</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-23 14:19:06 <p>Milo Aukerman from the Descendents went to college in 1987 to study biochemistry.&nbsp; The other three members started a band called ALL, named after the title of the Descendents last album up until that point.&nbsp; A man named Scott Reynolds took vocal responsibility from 1989 to 1993.&nbsp; <br /><br />ALL continued in some form or the other for most of the last 15 years, often even at the same time as Descendents reunions. But the most popular lineup with Scott Reynolds is returning, for the first time since his departure, at the Riot Fest happening in Chicago October 10-12.&nbsp; This is a reunion to not be missed! <br /><br /> No other acts have been announced on the festival's website yet.&nbsp; Previous acts have consisted of Bad Brains, The Lawrences Arms, Naked Raygun, Agent Orange, and The Bouncing Souls.<br /><br />http://www.riotfest.org/</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-22 23:57:40 <p>Weezer's third self-titled album, referred to simply as <em>The Red Album</em>, will be released on June 24th.&nbsp; The newest single, "Pork and Beans," can be heard on the bands website now.&nbsp; The official press release from the bands label, Geffen, claims that the album returns to the sound of <em>The Blue Album</em> and <em>Pinkerton</em>.&nbsp; Also, in a more interesting turn, all four band members will take turns singing lead on the new album.<br /><br />This is the bands sixth full length release.<br /><br />The album cover art and more information is available at www.weezer.com.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-21 22:16:11 <p>The last several days have been quite hectic for several major performers.&nbsp; First off, Chan Marshall (Cat Power) has injured her vocal chords and has had to postpone atleast seven shows.&nbsp; According to her label, Matador Records, it will take time and the approval of her doctor to determine when Cat Power will be able to perform again.<br /><br />Similarly, Neko Case (New Pornographers) recently took a spill, badly hurting her ankle and damaging her ligaments.&nbsp; She has had to cancel all upcoming appearances with the New Pornographers.&nbsp; The tour, with Okkervil River, will continue without her.<br /><br />The Pipettes have avoided injury, but they are undergoing a reformation.&nbsp; RiotBecky and Rosay have went their seperate ways to work on other musical ventures.&nbsp; Two new faces have come to fill their Pipette shoes, however. Ani and Anna are the two new faces of the group.&nbsp; The two new faces will appear on the sophomore release by the group.<br /><br /><br />(Source: pitchforkmedia.com)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-21 10:02:40 <p>Anyone who actually knows what a Zune is, and also happens to be really into Joy Division (like obsessively really), will be excited for this anouncement from Microsoft.&nbsp; Anyone still reading?<br /><br />In early June, Microsoft is releasing a limited edition of it's Zune MP3 player with a design in the style of Joy Division's album, <em>Unknown Pleasures</em>. The release is a promotional tie-in for the June 10th release of a new Joy Division documentary DVD.<br /><br /> <br />(Source: Pitchfork)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-18 12:01:25 <p>On June 3rd, Capitol/EMI will release a 21-track Radiohead Best Of DVD.&nbsp; The DVD will contain music videos directed by such people as Michel Gondry, Sophie Muller, Jonathan Glazer, and atleast one live video for "2+2=5" from the 2003 Eurock&eacute;ennes de Belfort Festival.<br /><br />(Source: pitchforkmedia.com)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-16 00:21:15 <p>Six of the in-game radio stations for the upcoming GTA 4 have been revealed on the games official website. Audio previews of those stations are available on the site.<br /><br />1. IF99 - International Funk Music<br />2. Vladivostock FM- Eastern European Radio<br />3. K109 The Studio - Disco Revival<br />4. Electro Choc - Contemporary Dance Music<br />5. Liberty City Hardcore - Hardcore Radio Hosted by Jimmy &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gestapo of Murphy's Law<br />6. WKKT- Super Patriotic Talk Radio ("We Know the Truth")<br /><br />The game releases on April 29th.&nbsp; There is no word yet whether a soundtrack will be released seperately from the game as has been done in the past.<br /><br />Source: http://www.rockstargames.com/IV/<br /></p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-14 13:27:31 <p>In November 2005, The Metro in Chicago held the Pope's reunion show after a nearly seven year hiatus.&nbsp; Now the Metro will host&nbsp; the CD release show for their first original album since 1997's <em>Destination Failure</em>.&nbsp; <br /><br />The show will take place on June 7th. Opening acts have yet to be announced.&nbsp; The new album is titled <em>Stay Down</em>, and two of the tracks,<em>Welcome to Janesville</em> and <em>Grab Your Heart and Run</em>, are currently availble on the bands myspace.<br /><br />http://www.myspace.com/smokingpopes<br /></p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-12 14:16:15 <p>Through April, Via Audio will tour the midwest and east coast with Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.&nbsp; The tour kicks off April 12th in Columbia, MO. Additional dates can be found on on the bands website, viaaudio.net.<br /><br />The band is playing the Smilling Skull Saloon with Grade School and Jake Householder here in Athens today before taking off on tour.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-11 15:50:28 <p>Narrow Stairs, the new New Death Cab for Cutie album, will be released on May 13th.&nbsp; It is now available from several companies for pre-order.&nbsp; A special bundle with a T-shirt and bonus digital download can be purchased directly from Atlantic records. iTunes is offering a deluxe edition with bonus tracks, including the album credits being read by Mike West, and a music video.&nbsp; The first single, I Will Posses Your Heart, is already availble from iTunes.<br /><br />Additional information can be found at http://www.deathcabforcutie.com .</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-09 23:50:01 <p>The indie label, G7 Welcoming Committee, has called it quits.&nbsp; The label, originally founded by two of the members of Propagandhi, has announced that it is done releasing new albums.<br /><br />According to the label, all of its releases, which include works from Propagandhi, Noam Chomsky, Ward Churchill, The Subhumans, The (International) Noise Conspiracy, and The Weakerthans, will still be available via digital download from the label.<br /><br />Derek, on of the three members of the label, claimed that a retrosepective of the label will be released by AK Press next year.<br /><br />(www.g7welcomingcommittee.com)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-09 00:17:19 <p>Charles Manson, the man known mostly for his possible involvement in the Tate-LaBianca murders, has joined the likes of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails in releasing a new album, titled "One Mind," under the Creative Commons license.<br /><br />In the United States, an incarcerated person cannot legally make a profit from his or her crimes.&nbsp; This law has prevented Manson from commercially releasing music to profit himself.&nbsp; This release can be attained by anyone interested through a free download, or it can be purchased in a hard copy from Manson's label, Family Jams.<br /><br />The creative commons license allows anyone to use, share, and remix source material noncommercially as long as proper attribution is given to the original creator.<br /><br />(Sources: Wired.com's Listening Post music blog and www.creativecommons.org)</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-08 00:30:14 <p>On April 15th at 10PM, the 1st part of an 8-part weekly documentary will air on the Fuse network.&nbsp; It will follow the bands latest world tour where they visited countries they had never visited such as Israel, Brazil, and Peru. <br /><br /> This is the first television project of this kind for the band. The band had refused access to the press for nearly 10 years until the 2004 elections when they started to interview and make press appearances once again. The band has been playing since 1983 and has had the same lineup since 1991.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-04-07 23:59:57 <p><span class="pageText"> <p>There's no chance of an early leak on the new Elvis Costello album. His latest, <em>Momofuku, </em>has no plans to be released on CD or sold digitally--it will be released only on vinyl, though one can receive a code for a download of the album with purchase of the vinyl edition.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>Momofuku</em> hits stores April 22 from Lost Highway.</p> </span></p> http://acrn.com 2008-03-24 14:50:30 <p>The Raconteurs, the White/Benson 70s rock revival outfit, and Gnarls Barkley, the Danger Mouse/Cee-lo Green 70s blaxploitation sounding soul-funk-r&amp;B revival outfit, both made announcements today that new albums from each will be in stores by March 25th--a week from today.<br /><br />While the Raconteurs album is a complete surprise, GB's <em>The Odd Couple</em> has been floating around the internet for the past few weeks. (I hear it's good). <br /><br />So, I guess this is what people are doing to try to combat piracy? I suppose if there isn't time for it to be pirated before release that kind of helps... but not really.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-03-18 16:11:11 <p>It's true. Andrew W.K. will be headlining this year's ACRN Lobsterfest. Get excited for June 7!</p> http://acrn.com 2008-03-11 12:47:38 I new CD review has been posted! This time of The Dodos and their cd entitled "Visiter". Their spelling may be bad but their music good! Check it out <a href="http://acrn.com/media/reviews/?review=5">here</a>. http://acrn.com 2008-03-10 00:00:00 <p>Facebook took a cue yesterday from competing social-networking site MySpace with its release of a Facebook Music page. Soon you'll be getting annoying friend requests from bands you've never heard of. Like MySpace, the pages integrate social networking tools such as fan connectivity, tour date information, photo galleries and, of course, a music player.&nbsp;<span class="pageText"> </span></p> http://acrn.com 2008-03-04 16:21:54 <p><span class="pageText">Not long after his disbandment with Interscope, Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has released a new album available strictly for download on the band's official site starting Sunday, March 2. The album, <em>Ghosts I-IV,</em> can be downloaded for many prices depending on how badly you want it. $0 gets you a nine-track sampler, $5 gets you all 36 instumental tracks, $10 buys a double disc digipack, and a large $300 scores the fan a hand-numbered and signed by Reznor limited-edition release. </span><br /><span class="pageText"> <p>The high amount of web traffic from fans looking to pick up a free or cheap download last night caused the site to crash. Nine Inch Nails' download server was taken offline until it could be fixed.</p> <p>According to Reznor's publicist, more volumes of <em>Ghost</em> are "likely to appear in the future."</p> </span></p> http://acrn.com 2008-03-04 16:19:13 <p>Oh sweet mother of indie/alt-country/folksy-bluegrass/etc. goodness! The Avett Brothers AND Akron/Family will be headlining at the Fourth Annual Nelsonville Art and Music Festival on the weekend of May 16th-May 18th in Nelsonville, OH. Over 20 bands will play the festival on multiple stages, including national, regional, and local music. Early bird discount weekend passes are available for three weeks starting this past Monday, February 25th. <br /><br />&hellip;and don&rsquo;t forget to check out ACRN&rsquo;s own <a href="http://acrn.com/djs/profile/?dj=DJ%20Sills">DJ Sills</a> review of the latest Avett Brothers album entitled <em>Emotionalism</em> on our <a href="http://acrn.com/media/reviews/?review=2">CD review page</a>.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-27 07:53:06 <p>Oh Snat! Here are some new releases out today (February 26).<br />Janet Jackson AND Dolly Parton have new ones out. It's gonna be a good week.<br /></p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr valign="top"> <td width="150"><strong>Erykah Badu</strong></td> <td>New Amerykah: Part One (4th World War)</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Beach House</strong></td> <td>Devotion</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Cheri Dennis</strong></td> <td>In and Out of Love</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Farmer's Market</strong></td> <td>[Title TBA]</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Goldfrapp</strong></td> <td>Seventh Tree</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Janet Jackson</strong></td> <td>Discipline</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Dolly Parton</strong></td> <td>Backwoods Barbie</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Pete Rock</strong></td> <td>NY's Finest</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Punch Brothers</strong></td> <td>Punch</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Rocket From The Crypt</strong></td> <td>RIP</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><strong>Webbie</strong></td> <td>Savage Life 2</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> http://acrn.com 2008-02-26 08:42:38 <p>Always dreamed of what it would be like to dress Devendra Banhardt? Now you can find out with the new super fun Devendra dressing game posted on his official website! Enjoy.<br /><br /><a href="http://devendrabanhart.com/clothes.html">http://devendrabanhart.com/clothes.html</a></p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-25 20:16:11 <p>Long-running independent label TVT Records has reportedly terminated a majority of its employees and is expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the week. <br /><br />The label started in 1985 and through the years has released albums by Nine Inch Nails, Sevendust, Guided by Voices, the Ying Yang Twins, Ja Rule and more. Recently President Steve Gottlieb has been criticized for poor promotion of his artists' albums. <br /><br />The status of TVT subsidaries and future releases is unknown.&nbsp;</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-19 11:20:34 <p>A Pennsylvania man by the name of Paul Mawhinney is auctioning off the self-proclaimed "World's Greatest Music Collection" containing three million records and three-hundred thouosand CDs on eBay. Every genre of American music is represented. According to the collection's official site, www.thegreatestmusiccollection.com, <span>advancing age</span><span>, declining health and associated financial concerns, are forcing the owner of the collection to part with the result of his lifelong passion.</span><br /><br />The auction ends this Thursday, so start saving up --the opening bid is&nbsp; $3 million. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"></span></p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-18 15:16:44 <p>Hey, you!&nbsp; It's two days before Valentine's Day.&nbsp; Impress your crush by picking up one of these new albums for them:<br /><br /> <strong>British Sea Power:</strong> Do You Like Rock Music?<br /><strong>Die! Die! Die!:</strong> Promises Promises<br /><strong>Estelle: </strong>Shine<br /><strong>Doug Hoekstra: </strong>Blooming Roses<br /><strong>Michael Jackson: </strong>Thriller--25th Anniversary Edition<br /><strong>Kylie Minogue:&nbsp;</strong> X<br /><strong>Murder By Death: </strong>Fuego! EP<br /><strong>Simple Plan: </strong>Simple Plan<strong><br />Speakeasy:</strong> All Your New Favorite Songs<br /><strong>Widespread Panic:</strong> Free Somehow</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-12 10:46:39 <p>While they didn't quite bare it all, Daft Punk, Hot Chip, Iggy Pop, Gogol Bordello, Duran Duran and the Shins are bringing the sexy in the annual Sex and Music issue of Playboy that came out this weekend. In addition to posing for (full-clothed) photos, the artists desgined t-shirts featuring the iconic Playboy bunny to be sold at Bloomingdale's.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-11 21:33:31 <p>As if all their songs weren't gems already, Radiohead's former label, EMI, has decided to grace us with a Greatest Hits album. The album will be released concurrently with the upcoming tour which kicks off in Europe on June 6. According to guitarist Ed O'Brien, there will be no promotion for the album.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-11 21:24:18 <p>This year's Bonnaroo festival is shaping up to look amazing. The event takes place on June 12-15 and is star-studded with what seems like the greatest lineup yet. The performers announced so far include Pearl Jam, Metallica, Alison Krauss &amp; Robert Plant, Willie Nelson, Kanye West, Death Cab for Cutie, M.I.A., My Morning Jacket, Broken Social Scene, Sigur R&oacute;s, Vampire Weekend, the Raconteurs, Iron and Wine, Mastodon, Battles, Rilo Kiley, Lupe Fiasco, B.B. King, !!!, Ladytron, the Fiery Furnaces, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Jos&eacute; Gonz&aacute;lez, Black Kids, Talib Kweli, Drive-By Truckers, Minus the Bear, Tegan and Sara, Ben Folds, Gogol Bordello, Lez Zeppelin, and Jack Johnson. While music is the driving force of this festival, there will be comedians, movies, crafts, yoga and more!</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-06 14:27:09 <p>Feist is excited to have added several new US tour dates to her schedule, including a date in Athens on April 22! The US portion of the tour starts April 10 in Detriot and ends April 30 in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom. Feist is currently nominated for four Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist.<br /><br /><br /> 04-22 Athens, OH - Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium<br /> 04-23 Cleveland, OH - Palace Theatre</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-05 11:39:45 <p>Just when you thought your music collection couldn't get any better, this motley crew of renegade musical artists come out of the woodwork to release hot new music TODAY:<br /> <br /><strong>Hot Chip: </strong>Made in the Dark (The album cover is embossed. It's tight.)<br /><strong>Sheryl Crow: </strong>Detours<br /><strong>Taylor Dayne:</strong> Satisfied<br /><strong>Jack Johnson:</strong> Sleep Through the Static<br /><strong>Lenny Kravitz: </strong>It Is Time for a Love Revolution<br /><strong>k.d. lang: </strong>Watershed<br /><strong>Josh Kelley:</strong> Special Company<br /><strong>Shelby Lynne:&nbsp;</strong> Just a Little Lovin'<br /><strong>Bob Mould:</strong> District Line<br /><strong>Nada Surf: </strong>Lucky<br /><strong>Samamidon: </strong>All Is Well<br /><strong>Yip-Yip:</strong> Two Kings of The Same Kingdom</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-05 08:39:50 <p>The next debate in the Sex, Drugs and Rock n&rsquo; Roll debate series will be on music piracy this Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in Baker Ballroom. Representing the recording industry will be Tess Taylor, president and founder of the National Association of Record Industry Professionals (NARIP), and against her will be John Perry Barlow, co-writer of the Grateful Dead songs and co-founder of Electronic Frontier Foundation. Taylor believes music is not free and is a vigorous defender of intellectual property rights. Barlow believes that the non-commercial sharing of music online is no more a case of theft than is listening to it on the radio.<br /><br />Tickets to this event are free and are available Monday, Feb. 4 at 8 a.m. at the Guests Services desk on the fourth floor in Baker University Center.&nbsp; There is a limit of one ticket per I.D. card.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-02-01 10:13:02 <p>Kanye. Lupe. N.E.R.D. Rihanna. OH MY! Kanye West recently posted the excellent tour poster for his upcoming Glow in the Dark tour. No dates for the tour have been posted yet, but get excited. <a href="http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=192374_-1__0_~0_-1_1_2008_0_0&em3161=&em3281=">www.kanyeuniversecity.com</a></p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-30 09:42:44 <p>Woah, Nelly!&nbsp; This Tuesday (today) isn't the 22nd, it's the 29th! (Womp, womp).&nbsp; THESE are the hot new realses that drop today:<br /> <br /><strong>Dub Trio : </strong>Another Sound is Dying<br /><strong>Elephant Man: </strong>Let's Get Physical<br /><strong>Helio Sequence:&nbsp; </strong>Keep Your Eyes Open<br /><strong>Joe Jackson:</strong> Rain<br /><strong>Louis XIV: </strong>Slick Dogs and Ponies<br /><strong>The Mars Volta:&nbsp; </strong>The Bedlam In Goliath<br /><strong>The Shackeltons: </strong>The Shackeltons<br /><strong>Sons and Daughters:&nbsp; </strong>This Gift<br /><strong>Vampire Weekend:</strong> Vampire Weekend<br /><strong>Chris Walla: </strong>Field Manual<br /><strong>Xiu Xiu: </strong>Women As Lovers</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-29 09:39:38 <p>Qtrax, a digital "peer-to-peer" service announced today, offers a catalogue of more than 25 million songs that users can download to keep, free and with no limit on the number of tracks. The program is endorsed by record companies. Too good to be true? The catch is that fans will put up with a limited amount of advertising around the Qtrax website&rsquo;s jukebox in return for authorised use of almost every song available. Ford and McDonald's are just two of the advertisers signed up to place ads on what is thought to become the world's largest legal downloading site. <br /><br /> As of now, songs downloaded from Qtrax will not be compatible with iPod, but plans are in the developmental stage for a solution to&nbsp; this by April.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-28 13:27:06 <p>Hold on to your pants!&nbsp; Here are the new US CD releases for Tuesday, January 22, 2008:<br /><br /> <strong>Natasha Bedingfield: </strong>Pocket Full of Sunshine <br /><strong>Cat Power: </strong>Jukebox<br /><strong>Damemas: </strong>Let Your Tape Rock<br /><strong>Dengue Fever:</strong> Venus On Earth<br /><strong>Get Set Go: </strong>Sunshine, Joy and Happiness: A Tragic Tale of Death, Despair and Other Silly Nonsense<br /><strong>Hello, Blue Roses: </strong>Hello, Blue Roses<br /><strong>Hey Willpower: </strong>P.D.A.<br /><strong>Super Furry Animals: </strong>Hey Venus! CD Release (digital/vinyl released on 28 Aug 2007)<br /><strong>Whigs: </strong>Mission Control</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-28 12:26:49 <p>Well, we all know that The Hold Steady's legendary keyboardist/accordionist/harmonica-ist Franz Nicolay has an awesome mustache, but did you know that he's auctioning off an original love song on February 8th?&nbsp; Go on over to the Parlor in New York City on that very day in order to stake your claim on this invaluable nugget of musical wizardry at the third annual Cupid-On-Demand Benefit Party!&nbsp; Nicolay will compose and perform a personalized love song to the object of the highest bidder's affection in one hour.&nbsp; Erin McKeown, Olabelle, and others will also be there to provide their talents in the Song Auction.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-28 08:50:28 My Morning Jacket&#39;s newest album, scheduled for a June 10 release, is nameless no longer. It will be called <i>Evil Urges</i>. http://acrn.com 2008-01-27 14:50:26 Kevin Devine will be uploading a new song to his MySapce page every 7-10 days starting this week with &ldquo;I Can Be With Anyone.&rdquo;&nbsp; These demoes will foreshadow the new full-length which is due in 2008. Kevin Devine will be ending his tour, The Anti-Freeze Tour, in Ohio with dates in Cleveland, ATHENS, and Cincinnati. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/kevindevine">Kevin Devine</a> http://acrn.com 2008-01-25 23:57:27 R.E.M has revealed the tracklisting for their upcoming LP (#14!). The album, entitled <i>Accelerate,</i> is scheduled for an April 1 U.S. release. <br /><i><br />Accelerate</i>:<br /> <br /> 01 Living Well&#39;s the Best Revenge<br /> 02 Mansized Wreath<br /> 03 Supernatural Superserious<br /> 04 Hollow Man<br /> 05 Houston<br /> 06 Accelerate<br /> 07 Until the Day Is Done<br /> 08 Mr. Richards<br /> 09 Sing for the Submarine<br /> 10 Horse to Water<br /> 11 I&#39;m Gonna DJ http://acrn.com 2008-01-25 12:31:35 <p>Murder by Death will release a three song digital EP, <em>Fuego!</em>, on February 12. A full length album, <em>Red Of Tooth And Claw, </em>will be released on March 4.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-25 00:28:29 <p>Kevin Devine will make his fourth Athens appearance this February 16 at The Union, 18 W. Union St. The show, also featuring the Jealous Girlfriends and AA Bondy, will begin at 9pm and advanced tickets will be sold for $8 at Haffa's Records.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-24 23:39:42 <p>Still running off of the success of "Rehab" (and the six Grammy nominations), Amy Winehouse entered rehab on January 24 to treat her drug addiction problem--she was allegedly caught on tape smoking crack last week. The singer has canceled her appearance at the NRJ Awards in France.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-24 23:35:24 <p>After just over a week on the road, Athen's own Southeast Engine will return Friday night to rock your socks. <br /><br />Who: Southeast Engine<br />Where: Casa Cantina, W. State St.<br />When: 10pm<br /><br />The Whiles will also be performing.</p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-24 23:29:18 <p><strong>Scarlett Johansson </strong>is putting out an album. Yes, you heard right; the actress recently recorded an album with TV on the Radio producer David Sitek. The album, titled "Anywhere I Lay My Head," will be released on March 20 and is her attempt at covering ten Tom Waits songs. There is word that there will be one original! The track-list is still unknown.<br /></p> http://acrn.com 2008-01-24 23:25:47