Guided By Voices: ‘English Little League’ due in April

After re-uniting in 2011, Guided By Voices released three full length albums in 2012.

The Dayton, OH lo-fi kings kicked off 2013 with an EP of unheard material (‘Down By The Racetrack’), and now, as unstoppable as ever, they’ve announced the tracklist for another album, as seen below.

GBV: English Little League

01 Xeno Pariah
02 Know Me As Heavy
03 Island (She Talks In Rainbows)
04 Trash Can Full Of Nails
05 Send To Celeste (And The Cosmic Athletes)
06 Quiet Game
07 Noble Insect
08 Sir Garlic Breath
09 Crybaby 4-Star Hotel
10 Biographer Seahorse
11 Flunky Minnows
12 Birds
13 The Sudden Death Of Epstein’s Ways
14 Reflections In A Metal Whistle
15 Tacitum Caves
16 A Burning Glass
17 W/ Glass In Foot

‘English Little League’ is released on April 30th in the US.

Flaming Lips reveal tracklist for new LP

The Flaming Lips have revealed the track listing for their upcoming album.

‘The Terror’ is the psyche/alt-rock band’s fifteenth full length studio album and the first Lips album without collaborators since 2009’s ‘Embryonic’. It is also released without gimmicks, unlike the band’s prior EPs which were released on USB sticks inside gummy gelatin skulls and jelly foetuses. [The band also made music news headlines in 2011 when they released a 24 hour song.

Full track listing for ‘The Terror’:
Look…The Sun Is Rising
Be Free, A Way
Try To Explain
You Lust
The Terror
You Are Alone
Butterfly, How Long It Takes To Die
Turning Violent
Always There…In Our Hearts
Sun Blows Up Today [digital release only]

Read a review of The Flaming Lips’ ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ here.
Watch two hugely NSFW Flaming Lips videos here.

The Mars Volta: 2003-2013

According to Cedric Bixler-Zacala, The Mars Volta are no more. In a message to fans, the guitarist wrote “I can’t sit here and pretend any more. I no longer am a member of Mars Volta.”

The progressive-metal/avant-metal outfit have gained a cult following since the release of their debut ‘Deloused In The Comatorium’ in 2003.

Aside from early reports that Bixler is working on a new solo record, very little else is known about the plit at this time.

In 2012, Bixler-Zacala and his musical partner Omar Roderiguez-Lopez surprised fans when they announced the resuurection of their former band, At The Drive In.

Riverside: 2013 tour dates

Cult progressive rock band Riverside released their fifth album ‘Shrine of New Generation Slaves’ this week.

In order to promote the release, the Polish band are undertaking an extensive world tour, starting in March.  The thirty six date tour will take in shows across Europe and the US, as follows:

09.03.2013 Dresden (Germany) – Tante Ju
10.03.2013 Leipzig (Germany) – Werk 2
11.03.2013 Berlin (Germany) – K17
12.03.2013 Osnabrück (Germany) – Rosenhof
14.03.2013 London (UK) – O2 Islington Academy
15.03.2013 Sheffield (UK) – The Corporation / Y-Prog 2013
16.03.2013 Glasgow (UK) – Classic Grand
17.03.2013 Leamington Spa (UK) – The Assembly
19.03.2013 Vosselaar (Belgium) – Biebob
20.03.2013 Paris (France) – Le Divan du Monde
22.03.2013 Haarlem (The Netherlands) – Patronaat
23.03.2013 Hengelo (The Netherlands) – Metropool
24.03.2013 Weert (The Netherlands) – De Bosuil
25.03.2013 Köln (Germany) – Live Music Hall
27.03.2013 Karlsruhe (Germany) – Substage
28.03.2013 Darmstadt (Germany) – Central Station
04.04.2013 Konin (Poland) – Oskard
05.04.2013 Poznan (Poland) – Eskulap
06.04.2013 Swiebodzice (Poland) – Rock Fest 2013
07.04.2013 Wroclaw (Poland) – Eter
10.04.2013 Opole (Poland) – NCPP
11.04.2013 Katowice (Poland) – Mega Club
12.04.2013 Rzeszów (Poland) – Pod Palma
13.04.2013 Kraków (Poland – Studio
14.04.2013 Warsaw (Poland) – Progresja
18.04.2013 Bydgoszcz (Poland) – MCK
19.04.2013 Torun (Poland) – Od Nowa
20.04.2013 Olsztyn (Poland) – Andergrant
21.04.2013 Gdansk (Poland) – Parlament
30.04.2013 Isle of Palms / Charleston (US) – The WindJammer
02.05.2013 Atlanta (US) – Vinyl @ Centerstage
04.05.2013 Gettysburg (US) – Rosfest 2013
06.05.2013 Dunellen (US) – Roxy and Dukes
08.05.2013 Chicago (US) – Double Door
10.05.2013 Raleigh (US) – The Pour House
12.05.2013 Mexico City (Mexico) – José Cuervo Salón