22 cities revealed, but not when or where

A couple of records I’ve been meaning to blog about for weeks today. One is the new album by Earth, “The Bees Made Honey In The Lion’s Skull”, which further confirms Dylan Carlson’s drift away from absolute minimalist metal drone to a kind of slow, but surprisingly melodious desert rock.

Three rough tracks from the new album appear

Steve Earle, Tom Waits and Paul Weller all shape soundtrack

Inspiral Carpets and The Fratellis also lined-up

With the news that their sixth album is complete, we dig out this

Plus - read the first album preview of 'Real Emotional Trash' here

The Alarm's Mike Peters, The Animals and Jah Wobble all confirmed

A bit early in 2008, I think, to start talking about Albums Of The Year and such. But over the past week, I must admit I’ve been completely knocked out by the new Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks album. It’s called “Real Emotional Trash”, and it’s out in March on Domino in the UK.

Cat Power, Ry Cooder and Mavis Staples all appear on Blue Note OST