Listen to new Disco Ensemble track

It seems like Finnish indie rockers are back after little quiet from them. They announced new tour dates, which you can check out here. They are set to play mostly in Finland, but they also announced two festival gigs at german Hurricane and Southside festivals. Hopefully, they'll add more shows.

Disco Ensemble also posted new video from studio. They perform new song in it called "Your Shadow" and you can check it here (via vimeo). It sound all right I guess. It's got more keyboards in it and less guitars, but that doesn't mean it's worse. It's just little different than what I'm used to from these guys.

Listen Florence + The Machine and Josh Homme perform together

Two very different artists joined forces and covered Johnny Cash/June Carter's song "Jackson". Florence + The Machine and Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme performed together this track as part of MTV Unplugged series. It will premiere on April 21 on MTV Music. However, you can now listen to the track below. It shows QOTSA leader in completely different light, but I like it.

SOAD's Serj Tankian to release new solo album this summer

Even though System Of A Down reunited last summer for plenty of shows and they will also play shows this year, no new album is expected form the this band. However, frontman Serj Tankian will release new solo album this summer.

It will be entitled Harakiri and it should be out in couple of next months. It was all produced and recorded by Serj with the help of an iPad. Tracks of this album were written in year 2011.

Tankian said about the record following:

"The year 2011 started with a fire. Some kids in Piha, NZ were setting off fireworks that landed on my neighbor’s property and lit the whole hill on fire. I knew it was going to be a hell of a year and it certainly was. Within 5 days of that, reports came out about birds and fish dying in massive numbers globally. The omen was not lost on me. Varied creatures on earth were committing massive hara-kiri (the Japanese term signifying ritualistic suicide.) Do they know something we don’t about the coming times or the sustainability of the environment? That is the day I started writing this record.

The album is much more driving and punk oriented, with influences ranging from goth to electronic to 80′s vibes, dynamically heavy rock to epic melodic songs."

Me personally, I would be much more happier if SOAD released new album. However, I believe this one will be good, too.

Patti Smith to release new album

Legendary Patti Smith has confirmed that she will release new record entitled Banga. It will be released via Columbia Records and it will be out on June 5.

Patti Smith's eleventh studio album was co-produced by her long-term collaborator Lenny Kaye.

Tracklisting of Banga:

1. Amerigo
2. Fuji-san
3. April Fool
4. This is the Girl
5. Banga
6. Maria
7. Tarkovsky (The Second Stop is Jupiter)
8. Mosaic
9. Nine
10. Seneca
11. Constantine’s Dream
12. After the Gold Rush

Crocodiles revealed new album details

Californian indie band Crocodiles revealed details of their new album. Their third LP is entitled Endless Flowers and it will be out on June 4.

They revealed tracklisting for their follow-up to 2010's Sleep Forever as well:

"Endless Flowers"
"Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)"
"No Black Clouds for Dee Dee"
"Electric Death Song"
"Hung Up on a Flower"
"My Surfing Lucifer"
"Dark Alleys"
"Bubblegum Trash"
"Welcome Trouble"
"You Are Forgiven"

You can also hear first single of the record "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)" here.

Download new EP from Red Hot Chili Peppers for free

Californian funk-rockers Red Hot Chili Peppers are giving away new EP for free on their Web site Redhotchillipeppers.com.

It features 5 tracks, which they were all recorded during their 2011's European tour in UK. In fact, the band is coming back to Europe this summer after they finish US tour. To check all the tour dates, go here.

Tracklisting of 2011 Live EP:

"Look Around"
"Dani California"
"Monarchy Of Roses"
"If You Have To Ask"
"Give It Away"

Jack White released new song via helium balloon

Well, Jack White surprised us once again. Even though yesterday was April Fool's Day, for Jack White it was day of release of his brand new song called "Freedom At 21". However, if you think he released it by regular way, you're wrong.

He and workers from Third Man Records decided to do something really unusual. They released 1,000 copies of new track "Freedom At 21" via helium balloon.

Third Man Records site explains:

"Envisioned as an experiment exploring non-traditional forms of record distribution and a way to get records in the hands of people who don’t visit record shops, the label was sure to use biodegradable latex balloons and all-natural twine in the process.

Accompanying the balloons were custom postcards with instructions for the finders to submit photos, discovery location and the date on which the record was found, all of which will be viewable atThirdManRecords.com/balloon.


Statistics for similar balloon launches show a recovery rate of approximately 10% so it’s quite possible that less than 100 of the 1000 records launched will ever be discovered."

Well, this is really unusual way of releasing new music, but I do not really think it is efficient way and I don't think they'll do it anytime soon again. Anyways, we are surely all excited about Jack White's debut LP Blunderbuss, which will be out in three weeks - on April 21.

Stream Lostprophets' new album in its entirety

Lostprophets' new record entitled Weapons officially came out today (April 2). However, band is kind enough to make it available online for all the fans who want to listen to it before they actually buy it. You can stream the whole record here (via Soundcloud).

The album was produced by Ken Andrews and it was recorded in Los Angeles' NRG Studios.

The band is also set to tour in support of Weapons. First, they will tour UK and Ireland. They will kick off the tour in Dublin's Olympia on April 15. It will end on May 4 in London's O2 Brixton Academy.

Then, Lostprophets will tour rest of the Europe starting in Koln, Germany on May 6.

To see all their tour dates, visit Lostprophets' Web site.

Deftones to record new album

During recent interview, frontman Chino Moreno said that Deftones not only finished writing new material for their new record, but he also confirmed that they will start recording the record on July 9.

He said:

"I know everybody says this, but I believe this is the best record we’ve made. I’m very enthusiastic, because it sounds futuristic in comparison to our last one (2010′s Diamond Eyes), so it feels like a step forward. The songs are very different from each other, not heavier or slower, but more dynamic, going towards several directions; it’s heavy, but beautiful."

There is no release date yet, but we can expect the album to be out at the end of 2012, or at the beginning of 2013.

Song of the day: The Subways: "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang"

This is the most recent music video for their latest single. It is actually third single from their latest record Money & Celebrity, which came out last year.