RCA Records is proud to announce the release of Kings of Leon’s new record. Entitled “Because Of The Times,” it will be released on April 3, 2007. Turning once again to producers Ethan Johns and Angelo Petraglia, “Because Of The Times” is the Tennessee-based band’s first record since 2004’s widely acclaimed “Aha Shake Heartbreak,” which firmly established the Followills – Caleb, Jared, Matthew and Nathan — as international stars. The first single from “Because Of The Times,” will be “On Call,” and will be sent to radio February 12. The song will be available on itunes beginning February 6. (more…)

BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB have announced details of their 4th studio album Baby 81. It’s the band’s second album on RCA records. According to a press release from the band, the album will hit stores on May 1. Following the album’s release there will be an extensive tour to support the album. Baby 81 is the followup to 2005’s Howl which was a departure for the band sonically representing their folk/blues roots. The new record is said to have more of the loud, wall-of-sound and reverb guitar work that was the band’s trademark sound on their first two albums.

The tracklisting for Baby 81 is as follows.

1. Took Out a Loan
2. Berlin
3. Weapon of Choice
4. Window
5. Cold Wind
6. Not What You Wanted
7. 666 Conducer
8. All You Do Is Talk
9. Lien on Your Dreams
10. Need Some Air
11. Killing the Light
12. American X
13. Am I Only

MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE are the topic of scrutiny with some iTunes subscribers. After the band classified their music as “Religious/Inspirational” with the popular download service, many people in the conserviative Christian community registered complaints after downloading the songs without previewing them and ignoring that the songs were clearly marked explicit.

iTunes considers this genre tag as “Christian/Gospel” so when people looking for a bit of faith music went and downloaded the music they got a shock. In fact, so many people ignored the explicit warnings and downloaded the album that their most recent album You’ll Rebel To Anything, actually peaked at #27 on the iTunes Christian/Gospel charts.

MSI frontman Jimmy Urine issued a statement saying: “It was iTunes, not us, that interpreted ‘religious’ to mean Christian. What is offensive to some people is obviously inspirational to others. To our fans this is inspirational music. I have no intention of changing the genre listing of this album.”

In this episode of Idiosyncratic Routine we got our chance to ask some questions of West Virginia’s own THE EMERGENCY. The band’s lead singer/guitarist (and all around swell guy) Rob Wherle subjected himself to our own brand of interviewing skills answering questions ranging from everything to his band’s new album Doo-Lang Doo-Lang to his appearance on 70’s television shows.

Call it what you want, but we have a good time asking the questions. We just hope he has just as good a time answering them. (more…)

Nothing to do with music or entertainment but this is just cool. I snagged it from CNN:

WASHINGTON (AP) — Archaeologists have uncovered what may have been a village for workers or festival-goers near the mysterious stone circle Stonehenge in England.

The village was located at Durrington Walls, about two miles from Stonehenge, and is also the location of a wooden version of the stone circle.

Eight houses have been excavated and the researchers believe there were at least 25 of them, archaeologist Mike Parker Pearson said Tuesday at a briefing held by the National Geographic Society. (Watch scientist describe big parties for Stonehenge builders )

The village was carbon dated to about 2600 B.C., about the same time Stonehenge was built. The Great Pyramid in Egypt was built at about the same time, said Parker Pearson of Sheffield University.

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Thu 02/01/07 Revolution Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fri 02/02/07 House Of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
Sat 02/03/07 Coca Cola Roxy Theatre Atlanta, GA
Mon 02/05/07 Rams Head Live! Baltimore, MD
Tue 02/06/07 Theater Of Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
Wed 02/07/07 Avalon Boston, MA
Fri 02/09/07 The Guvernment Toronto, ON, CANADA
Sat 02/10/07 Nokia Theatre Times Square New York, NY
Mon 02/12/07 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
Tue 02/13/07 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
Wed 02/14/07 Fine Line Music Cafe Minneapolis, MN
Fri 02/16/07 Gothic Theatre Englewood, CO
Sun 02/18/07 Meridian Houston, TX
Mon 02/19/07 Palladium Ballroom Dallas, TX
Wed 02/21/07 The Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
Fri 02/23/07 The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
Sat 02/24/07 The Avalon Los Angeles, CA
Sun 02/25/07 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
Sun 04/29/07 Empire Polo Field Indio, CA

From DigitalMusicNews.com:

More Details Surface on Starbucks Music Roadmap

YouTube to pay royalties to contributors?

Warner Officially Aquires Roadrunner Records

Thrice frontman DUSTIN KENSRUE recently put out his first solo album Please Come Home. Here’s your chance to check out the premiere of it’s first single/video. It’s for the track “Pistol” which is a song he wrote about finding the love of his life.

If you’ve been a fan of anything that [adult swim] has put out music-wise, then you’re probably a fan of Stones Throw Records.

As of today at www.stonesthrow.com/chromechildren/ , there’s a new, full-length, FREE compiliation for download - masterminded by their main-man DJ Peanut Butter Wolf - Chrome Children vol. 2! The first was awesome, and I’ve got high hopes for the second!

UPDATE: Due to some black ice and a busted trailer, Patent Pending will not be able to take part in this chat. However, MC Lars and Suburban Legends will still be involved. More importantly, all the PP guys are A-OK!

Our favorite Long Island YouTube stars/rockers/cetacean fanatics Patent Pending will be taking part in a online chat with the Suburban Legends and MC Lars to discuss their upcoming tour.

It will be taking place at 8 pm EST tomorrow, January 30th. To take part, simply sign up at this link. Have fun!