As it’s been earlier reported, DAFT PUNK has a live cd that’s due out by the end of 2007. We’ve now learned the album will be a double disc and is due out on November 20th via the newly merged Capitol Music Group.

The record will feature the live set from their June concert recorded in the band’s hometown of Paris, France. It will also have a 50-page book/insert. The first disc will be the concert and the second disc will be the encore. Fans will have the option to purchase the cd as a single disc or a double disc package.

A live version of their song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” will be issued as a single. The band/song was recently featured in a Kanye West song. The video will be directed by Oliver Gondry and will feature footage shot by fans during the band’s August 9th show where they played Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY.

The band just wrapped up their first tour in almost a decade starting with a huge kickoff at this year’s Coachella festival in California. The band has no plans to release a DVD for the recent concert even though it played heavily on the visuals.

Tracklisting for Alive 2007 can be seen after the jump. (more…)

Activision, the people behind the wildly successful Tony Hawk video game franchise have announced the bands/songs that will appear on the next installment of the video game franchise, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground.

Joel Jewett, President, Neversoft stated the following about the game.

“Tony Hawk Proving Ground drops players into the skateboarding world like never before. This is the largest, deepest and most gripping Tony Hawk game ever. You can skate the best lines, define your own style and produce your own videos. You can even take it further by tricking out your own Skate Lounge, where you can spend time and skate with others online. Proving Ground will toss you so deep into the lifestyle of skateboarding that you will not be able to get out. Hands down, it’s the most exciting Tony Hawk title yet.”

The game is said to be released in late 2007 for XBox, Playstation, and Nintendo platforms. Bands and songs appearing in the video game can be seen after the jump. (more…)

Fresh off an opening stint for Muse, the COLD WAR KIDS have announced a string of fall tour dates. The first half of the tour, they will share the bill with The White Stripes.

The second leg of the tour the band will embark on their own and tour by themselves.

Tour Dates can be seen after the jump. (more…)

THE KILLERS have announced that they will be releasing a B-Sides and Rarities album. Frontman Brandon Flowers has told NME to expect the new record sometime in November 2007.

“We’re going to release a b-sides album in November, that’s a new thing to talk about,” he explained. “There are some good songs that we’ve released and so it will be good to have the out there for people.”

Though there’s been no tracklisting released yet, Flowers has stated to expect b-sides as well as remixes of songs stemming from their first album Hot Fuss and sophomore album Sam’s Town.

Karl Alvarez, the bass player for seminal punk bands DESCENDENTS and ALL was hospitalized on August 11th after having a minor heart attack. He’s now on the mend.

Now his buddies are trying to help him out by raising money for his hospital bills. His friends have organized a myspace page where fans/friends can donate some money via paypal as well as give out information about benefit shows. So if you have ever felt influenced by Karl’s work as a musician, help the guy out.

Karl has posted this statement on the benefit myspace page.

Thanks to everyone who is tryin’ to help out.It’s pretty strange, I have zero risk factors(cholesterol/drugs/family history,etc..) and yet I did in fact have a heart attack. Go figure.

Alvarez was most recently on the road with Gogol Bordello as well as performed on the most recent Lemonheads album.

The Karl Alvarez myspace benefit page can be found here.

THE NIGHTWATCHMAN (aka Tom Morello) has released the video for his song “Alone Without You”. The song appears during the end credits of the Michael Moore documentary Sicko. Moore has been a friend of Morello, directing many of his former band, Rage Against The Machine’s videos.

EVR has announced their latest signing, TAKING BACK SUNDAY side project THE COLOR FRED, which features Fred Mascherino. This marks somewhat of a homecoming for Fred as his band prior to joining TBS, Breaking Pangea was formerly an Equal Vision artist. Fred plans to release his debut disc Bend To Break on October 30th, for now check out a new song titled “If I Surrender” on his myspace page. Look out for fall tour dates for The Color Fred soon.

There’s been an official clip released for the upcoming BOB DYLAN biopic, I’m Not There. The biopic, developed by Todd Haynes, stars 6 different actors playing Dylan at different stages of his life. In this clip, Cate Blanchett is playing Dylan as he has an encounter with Allen Ginsberg, played by David Cross.

Also, if you haven’t caught the trailer for the movie, you can watch it here.

BLOC PARTY have released the third video off thier latest album A Weekend In The City. It’s for the song “Hunting For Witches” which is a jangly rock tune showcasing the band at their best.

Sometimes simply because these types of things need to be shared with the rest of the world…