Picture of the day: April 2, 2012

Awesome John Butler during his recent performance at Sunset Pictures, Broome, Australia. I really admire this guy because of his great guitar skills.

Hear new song from MGMT

MGMT are currently on tour in South America. Last Friday (March 30), they debuted new track entitled "Alien Days" during their gig at Colombia's Festival Estereo Picnic.

It is first song ever heard from their forthcoming record, which will be entitled simply MGMT. The band has been working on this album with producer Dave Fridmann at his Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, Florida.

You can hear the new track here. Of course, the quality is not the best, but it is pretty decent.

Smashing Pumpkins' Oceania finally to be released

Smashing Pumpkins have finally revealed release date for their anticipated record Oceania. It will be released on July 19. The band had been silent for almost year after they announced they will release new record. This announcement was done in April last year.

The band signed contract with EMI label. Mike Harris, EMI’s GM said:

"We are thrilled to extend the long-term partnership between The Smashing Pumpkins and EMI with the release of Oceania. Everybody at EMI Label Services is looking forward to working closely with Billy and the band to help them deliver their vision and their music to fans around the world."

I think that this record will decide whether Smashing Pumpkins can still make a good music or not because lately it didn't seem so. I actually think this album will finally bury Corgan and his band.

Watch interview with ex-Joy Division's Peter Hook

Former bass player of Joy Division Peter Hook did an interview with legendary record store Amoeba. They posted it on their Web site and you can watch it here.

He talks about Joy Division's records Unknown Pleasures and Closer and also about his recent tour during which he played the whole legendary debut album Unknown Pleasures (the album features tracks like "She's Lost Control" and "Disorder") + other big hits from Joy Division such as "Love Will Tear Us Apart", "Transmission" or "Dead Souls". Enjoy the interview, it is pretty cool.

New month, new start

Well, I know it's been a while since I posted something new. However, I've been busy with school and also with other personal stuff. Nevertheless, I decided to start over again with start of a new month. I promised myself that I will always find time to write about my love - music, on daily basis with an exception of weekends. So, prepare for tomorrow's dose of music news.

Song of the day: Howler - "Back Of Your Neck"

I just found out about these guys today and they really blew me away. They're pretty cool. I hope you'll like them as well.

Watch Bruce Springsteen and Jimmy Fallon cover LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It"

Bruce Springsteen recently released new album Wrecking Ball. He was a host of Jimmy Fallon's talkshow and they together performed LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It". Watch the country performance of the song here. Also, Jimmy Fallon is dressed as Neil Young, which makes the whole video even cooler.

Watch new video from The Subways + tour dates

The Subways made a video for their new singe "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang", which will be released on May 7. There will be also limited special 7'' edition.

The music video was directed by Blake Claridge who also directed their previous video for their first single from their last record Money And Celebrity "We Don't Need Money To Have A Good Time".

Both videos are pretty cool and you can check them both below.

The Subways announced Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Uk & European tour dates as well:

KISS KISS BANG BANG UK TOUR

Fri 27-Apr Belfast The Limelight tickets
Sat 28-Apr Dublin Academy 2 tickets

Sun 29-Apr Cardiff University tickets
Tue 01-May Bournemouth Old Fire Station tickets
Wed 02-May Middlesborough Empire tickets
Thu 03-May Coventry Kasbah tickets
Sat 05-May Leeds Live At Leeds (Cockpit) tickets
Sun 06-May Edinburgh Liquid Rooms tickets
Tue 08-May Manchester HMV Ritz tickets
Thu 10-May London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire tickets


KISS KISS BANG BANG EUROPEAN TOUR

Mon 12-Mar Munster Skaters Palace tickets
Wed 14-Mar Bielefeld Ringlokschuppen tickets

Thu 15-Mar Krefeld Kulturfabrik tickets
Fri 16-Mar Saarbrucken Garage tickets
Sun 18-Mar Lindau Club Vaudeville tickets
Mon 19-Mar Karlsruhe Substage tickets
Wed 21-Mar Wurzburg Posthalle tickets
Thu 22-Mar Leipzig Werk 2 tickets
Fri 23-Mar Erfurt Stadtgarten tickets
Sun 25-Mar Ljubljana Kino Šiška tickets
Mon 26-Mar Budapest A38 tickets
Thu 29-Mar Berne Bierhubeli tickets

Song of the day: Rage Against The Machine - "Killing In The Name"

Awesome performance of kick-ass song.

Watch new Anti-Flag music video

New studio record entitled The General Strike from Pittsburgh's punk-rockers Anti-Flag will be out on March 20. Therefore, band revealed new music video for their new song called "This Is The New Sound". It si second song revealed from new record after "1915".

New music video was made in cooperation with Amnesty International, which is one of the biggest organizations fighting for human rights.

The band made an official statement on their Web site:

"The erosion of human rights should always be taken seriously. We wanted to find a creative and clever way to introduce these ideas into the discourse about our new record “The General Strike”. This video is
a culmination of that idea, yea, maybe we’ll talk about how funny it is to see puppets beating the hell out of us, but we’ll also discuss the idea that people are being held in prisons without fair trials, and the promise Obama has made to shut down Guantanamo Bay has yet to be fulfilled."

Tom Parker, Policy Director for Terrorism & (Counter)terrorism and Human Rights for Amnesty International said about the video and cooperation with Anti-Flag:

"The passage of the NDAA represents a further erosion of human rights in the United States and we are excited to be partnering with Anti-flag to help get this message out to a wider audience."

The song and video are actually pretty awesome and you can watch it below: