Friday, January 22, 2010

Bullet Points - The White Stripes, Them Crooked Vultures, The New Pornographers

The White Stripes will release their first official live album on March 15th to coincide with the DVD release of their new documentary Under Great White Northern Lights which follows the band as they trek across Canada in 2007.
Tracks from the album are taken from the tour which was documented by director Emmett Malloy.
The rest of the tour was cancelled after drummer Meg White complained of anxiety.
Track Listing:
  • "Let's Shake Hands"
  • "Black Math"
  • "Little Ghost"
  • "Blue Orchid"
  • "The Union Forever"
  • "Ball And Biscuit"
  • "Icky Thump"
  • "I'm Slowly Turning Into You"
  • "Jolene"
  • "300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues"
  • "We Are Going To Be Friends"
  • "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself"
  • "Prickly Thorn, But Sweetly Worn"
  • "Fell In Love With A Girl"
  • "When I Hear My Name"
  • "Seven Nation Army"
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Super group Them Crooked Vultures will perform on Saturday Night Live on February 6th with douche bag Ashton Kutcher hosting the festivities.
The band has recently been out of the states playing shows in Europe. This will mark their first show in the U.S. since November of last year.
The SNL performance will also be the kickoff to 3 new tour dates in New York, Charlotte, NC and Atlanta. Click here for more details.
TCV are also scheduled to play at Coachella on Friday April 16th with Jay-Z and LCD Soundsystem as the other headliners. Watch a performance of the band's current single New Fang below.

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The New Pornographers have announced a new album due May 4th titled Together.
The album will feature, apart from the band's eclectic line up of prove solo men (and woman), Zach Condon of Beirut, St. Vincent's Annie Clark and Will Sheff of Okkervil River's.
The band also posted many pictures of the recoding process on their website. Click here to see them.

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