Arcade Fire will release a deluxe CD/DVD version of its Album of the Year Grammy Award-winning The Suburbs on the album’s one year anniversary, August 2nd. The expanded CD includes a longer version of “Wasted Hours (A Life That We Can Live),” and previously unreleased “Culture War” and “Speaking In Tongues” featuring David Byrne on additional vocals. DVD highlights include the half-hour short film Scenes From The Suburbs directed by Spike Jonze, the companion documentary Behind The Scenes From The Suburbs, and “The Suburbs” video.
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Washed Out is the operational alias for Atlanta, Georgia’s Ernest Greene, and Sub Pop Records presents the first Washed Out full-length, Within and Without. Greene recorded Within and Without with Ben Allen, who, among a great many other things, co-produced Animal Collective’s Merriweather Post Pavillion, Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere, and Deerhunter’s Halcyon Digest.
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311's new studio album, Universal Pulse, will be released July 19th. Produced by Bob Rock, (Metallica, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Offspring), it includes the huge summer hit, "Sunset In July", which is currently climbing up the radio charts. This is the first release on 311's own imprint, 311 Records, via an exclusive partnership with ATO Records. Universal Pulse will be available on CD and Vinyl. 311 will be on tour headlining amphitheaters from July 6th - August 26th on the Unity Tour 2011.
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Imelda May has achieved triple-platinum status in her native Ireland and gold status in the U.K. America is well acquainted with Imelda through her performances on “The Tonight Show” in April, the 2010 Grammy Awards, and a PBS Concert Special with Jeff Beck. On Mayhem, Imelda wrote 13 out of the 14 tracks including the title track/first single, and U.K. hits “Inside Out” and “Psycho.” The album also contains a rendition of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love.”
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Pennies In A Jar began with an idea. Nikki Jean would travel cross-country, working on songs with collaborators who would top any list of the greatest songwriters of all time. Who could imagine that a new artist, still in her early 20s, could reach out to a wish list of Hall of Fame songwriters, and that so many would say yes? Featuring songs written with Bob Dylan, Burt Bacharach, Carole King, Carly Simon and more!
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