Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba to release new record with his sideproject

Matt Skiba, frontman of Alkaline Trio, has recently spoken about his side project called Matt Skiba And The Sekrets. My Chemical Romance's drummer Jarrod Alexander and bassist of AFI Hunter Burgan are also in this band.

Skiba talked about band's current and future plans:

"To create a record by myself, pick who is gonna play on it, and create its sound - that was a lot of fun. Of course, I love my friends from Alkaline Trio, however, to create my own rock record has been my dream for a long time."

The band should release its debut record entitled Babylon later this year.

Song of the day: Metallica - "Nothing Else Matters"

Watch new The Kills music video

Yesterday I informed you about trailer for The Kills - "The Last Goodbye" music video. I also told you that they will premiere the video at midnight via Nowness.com.

Well, now you can check the whole video at here. We didn't see a lot fro the video in the trailer because in the video itself, there is not a lot of going on. Half of the video it is just Alison sitting in tiny room in front of the camera. Then she is joined by Jamie and they together do touching poses. It is beautiful video.

Below the video you can read about the song, music video and how Jamie and Alison first met.

Watch The Kills trailer for "The Last Goodbye" music video

The Kills have just announced via their Facebook page that they will premiere new music video for "Last Goodbye" tonight at midnight (NYC time). It will be streamed via Nowness.com. The video was directed by Samantha Morton. 

"Last Goodbye" is their another single from their latest and great record Blood Pressures.

If you don't want to wait for the actual video, you can watch trailer below. It only features Alison Mosshart with crazy hair though. But she's hot...

Song of the day: Lynyrd Skynyrd - "Free Bird"

Jane's Addiction announce intimate tour

Jane's Addiction released their fourth record last year and I gotta say, it is awesome record. They toured a lot last year, too. However, they are set to do something different in 2012. They plan to go on intimate North American tour.

They will play show at classic theaters. Tour will be called Theatre Of The Escapists.


Frontman Perry Farrell said about the tour:

"We wanted to immerse the audience in a unique experience unlike any they have ever seen at a rock show. Expect an orgy of musical and visual delights. We like orgies, and hope you do too."

Well, that sounds quite interesting. Tour kicks off on February 5 in Indianapolis and ends on March 24 in Milwaukee.

Jane’s Addiction Theatre Of The Escapists tour:
2/5 – Indianapolis, IN, The Crane Bay
2/22 – St. Louis, MO, The Pageant
2/24 – Detroit, MI, The Fillmore
2/25 – Columbus, OH, The LC Indoor Pavilion
2/27 – Toronto, ON, Massey Hall
2/29 – Rochester, NY, Auditorium Theatre
3/2 – Albany, NY, The Palace Theatre
3/3 – Portland, ME, State Theatre
3/4 – Huntington, NY, The Paramount
3/6 – Montclair, NJ, Wellmont Theatre
3/7 – Waterbury, CT, Palace Theatre
3/9 – Richmond, VA, The National
3/10 – Myrtle Beach, SC, House of Blues
3/13 – Atlanta, GA, The Tabernacle
3/15 – Catoosa, OK, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
3/16 – Kansas City, MO, Uptown Theatre
3/19 – Minneapolis, MN, The Brick
3/24 – Milwaukee, WI, Eagles Ballroom

New Anti-Flag record out at the end of March

All the fans of this great punk band will finally get what they wanted. New Anti-Flag record entitled The General Strike (first it was named Magnum, but then they decided to rename it) will be out on March 20 via SideOneDummy Records.

The band has also released teaser in form of new song called "The Neoliberal Anthem". You can listen to it below. It is awesome.

Van Halen announced new album and tour dates

Van Halen has performed an intimate show in NYC at Greenwich Village's iconic Café Wha? couple of days ago. During this show, Van Halen has announced February tour dates.

Tour will kick off in Louisville, Ky on February 18 and will end on June 26 in New Orleans. Tickets go on sale on January 14.

Also, band has announced they will release new record entitled A Different Kind of Truth on February 7.

North America Van Halen tour dates:

February
18 — Louisville, Ky. @ KFC Yum! Center
20 — Detroit, Mich. @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
22 — Indianapolis, Ind. @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
24 — Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
28 — New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
March
1 — New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden
3 — Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena
5 — Philadelphia, Pa. @ Wells Fargo Center
9 — Buffalo, N.Y. @ First Niagara Center
11 — Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden
15 — Montreal, Quebec @ Bell Centre
17 — Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Centre
21 — Ottawa, Ontario @ Scotiabank Place
24 — Atlantic City, N.J. @ Boardwalk Hall
28 — Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
30 — Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Consol Energy Center
April
1 — Rosemont, Ill. @ Allstate Arena
10 — Fort Lauderdale, Fla. @ BankAtlantic Center
12 — Tampa, Fla. @ St. Pete Times Forum
14 — Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Arena
16 — Jacksonville, Fla. @ Jacksonville Arena
19 — Atlanta, Ga. @ Philips Arena
21 — Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum
25 — Charlotte, N.C. @ Time Warner Cable Arena
27 — Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena
May
1 — Tulsa, Okla. @ BOK Center
5 — Tacoma, Wash. @ Tacoma Dome
7 — Vancouver, B.C. @ Rogers Arena
9 — Calgary, Alberta @ Scotiabank Saddledome
11 — Edmonton, Alberta @ Rexall Place
17 — Winnipeg, Manitoba @ MTS Centre
19 — St. Paul, Minn. @ Xcel Energy Center
22 — Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
24 — Denver, Colo. @ Pepsi Center
27 — Las Vegas, Nev. @ MGM Grand Garden Arena
June
1 — Los Angeles, Calif. @ STAPLES Center
3 — Oakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena
5 — San Jose, Calif. @ HP Pavilion
12 — Anaheim, Calif. @ Honda Center
14 — San Diego, Calif. @ Viejas Arena
16 — Phoenix, Ariz. @ US Airways Center
20 — Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center
22 — San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center
24 — Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center
26 — New Orleans, La. @ New Orleans Arena

Song of the day: Placebo - "Song To Say Goodbye"

I am going to hospital tomorrow so I'll be off for week or so. I may eventually write something, but it won't be a lot...

Listen to REM covering ABBA

REM sadly ended their great career back in September, but rare tracks and covers are still emerging from the internet. The latest is cover of ABBA's track “Does Your Mother Know?”. You can listen to it down below.