Category: Album News

Full recorded output of Seattle underground pioneers U-Men to be compiled by Sub Pop

Full recorded output of Seattle underground pioneers U-Men to be compiled by Sub Pop

Sub Pop Records this fall will release an anthology compiling the entire recorded output — including five unreleased songs — of Seattle’s U-Men, considered the leading light of the ’80s underground music scene in that city that ultimately would birth grunge upon the world. Check out one of the tracks here.

Morrissey announces new album 'Low in High-School,' plus Hollywood Bowl concert

Morrissey announces new album ‘Low in High-School,’ plus Hollywood Bowl concert

Morrissey today announced the release of his first album in three years and 11th overall as a solo artist, a collection titled Low in High-School that will arrive Nov. 17 via his new Etienne Records imprint on the BMG label, according to the Manchester Evening News.

Crowded House's Neil Finn to livestream recording of new solo album 'Out of Silence'

Crowded House’s Neil Finn to livestream recording of new solo album ‘Out of Silence’

Crowded House frontman Neil Finn is working on his upcoming new solo record Out of Silence in full view of his fans, livestreaming his in-studio performances each Friday this month — culminating, on Aug. 25, with the full recording of the album live on the internet. Watch footage of the recording sessions here.

Swervedriver to record follow-up to 2015 comeback 'I Wasn't Born to Lose You'

Swervedriver to record follow-up to 2015 comeback ‘I Wasn’t Born to Lose You’

Hard-rocking shoegazers Swervedriver are returning to the studio to record their second post-reunion album, a follow-up to 2015 comeback I Wasn’t Born To Lose You that can now be pre-ordered — along with various fan-friendly enticements — via a PledgeMusic campaign. Full details, and tour dates, here.

The Butthole Surfers working on first new album since 2001's 'Weird Revolution'

The Butthole Surfers working on first new album since 2001’s ‘Weird Revolution’

Experimental psych-rock legends Butthole Surfers will return to the studio to record their ninth album and first in 16 years — news that broke last week at, of all places, a meeting of the Austin, Texas, City Council’s music advisory commission, according to the Austin Chronicle.

Cindy Wilson of The B-52s to release solo debut, tour this fall — hear 1st single 'Mystic'

Cindy Wilson of The B-52s to release solo debut, tour this fall — hear 1st single ‘Mystic’

Cindy Wilson, one of the founding vocalists of Athens, Ga., favorites The B-52s, will release her debut solo album — the electro-flavored Change — on Kill Rock Stars this fall and head out on what she’s calling an “unprecedented multimedia concert tour” of North America. Stream the first single here.