Music - 2009

skills. that's a little later than i was expecting, but hey, i guess the 2009 love is spread about a bit more evenly that way.

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Manchester Orchestra release Mean Everything To Nothing comes out on 21st April. i'm really digging their debut at the moment, so pretty siked.

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david crowder band is apparently currently working on an album. a 2009 release would be delightful.

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switchfoot are releasing an album this summer, which i'm sure no one else will really be interested in, but i've been digging them pretty hard lately.

on a similar note, their frontman jon foreman released 4 eps last year, each titled after a season, and i've recently got hold of them. some songs are utterly lovely, others not great.

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the new dredg album is out on the 19/5/09 and will apparently be called "The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion".

ben, have you ever given them a proper listen?

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and flip yeah...

Reman:

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Here's a little 'unofficial' update on where we are at with the upcoming Greatest Hits album. The album is now tentatively scheduled to be released May 5th.

It will definitely be 2 discs. Disc One (Singles ) will contain 13 previously released singles and 2 brand new tracks, "Black Heart Inertia" and "Midnight Swim" recorded this past December/January. Disc Two (Rarities) will include 11 tracks from the Incubus vaults. Amongst the tracks are some real nuggets including the first and only properly recorded cover song the band has ever done (I'll let you guys keep guessing), unreleased versions of Pantomime and Neither of Us Can See, the long lost Stealth track (dusted off and recently polished up), and a couple of other tracks that have never been heard outside the band 'family'. I think it will be a great little collectors item.

In addition, we are putting the final touches on a summer tour of the US. The tour is scheduled to start around the first week of July and continue thru the last week of August. Most of the dates will be in outdoor amphitheaters but the band will likely do a couple of other fun type dates along the way as well. The general public on sale date will likely be in the end of April or early May.

Prior to the release of the album Incubus fans who pre-order the album will receive a unique code which will allow them to participate in an Incubus Fan presale to buy tickets to an upcoming concert in your city prior to the General Public on sale. The exact dates will be made available later but it will be just like the LG Theater tour thing we did last time, just a bit bigger venues which will allow us to accomodate all of fans this time around.

That's it for now. Stay tuned for details.

boss.

interestingly, i had a dream the other night where the greatest hits had been released without me realising, and ben had it, and it was sweet. it had everything in ebb on it, and some track names i didn't know but sounded cool.

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water and bodies are recording their EP this week. it's all happening man.

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Tides of Man release their debut, Empire Theory, 17th April. Phil, did you like the song of theirs i gave you a while ago?

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hmmm, i remember it being alright, nothing particularly exciting.

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our 2009s just collided.

a) GavCaz and W&B played a show together yesterday.

b) W&B said this on their blog, about new EP:

	Water & Bodies wrote:
	this material feels like home. what are we going to call it? “home”?. damn you gavin castleton!!!!!!

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wow, that would be a sick show. i'm glad they're comfortable with Water and Bodies. their music has never really sounded forced, so hopefully W&B will feel just as organic.

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Next week all you Incubus fans will be happy to know that some of the details of the new album will finally be available. Since I know most of you are as impatient as I am I'll give you a little preview here today.

The album is called "Monuments and Melodies". It is a 2 disc set as previously reported and will officially be released on May 5th. The cover art is based on a Brandon Boyd drawing.

A brand new track called "Black Heart Inertia" will be released to Modern Rock radio on March 17th so you'll get a chance to hear something new very soon. A video for the song is planned and would likely be shot in the last week of March and be available soon after.

On May 10th or thereabouts (assuming no snafus and a completed tour itin) you'll be able to pre-order the album which will entitle you to signup for an Incubus fan presale for the upcoming tour which will start July 9 in San Diego and end in Dallas on 8/22. Folks who buy the album will designate which city (only one) they would like to buy tickets for and would be able to purchase up to 4 tickets prior to the tickets going on sale to the general public. The list of cities the band will visit is as follows and subject to change.

San Diego, Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, Hollywood, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, Denver, KC, Chicago, Indianapolis, ST Louis, Cinci, Detroit, Columbus, Cleveland, Toronto, Boston, New York, New Jersey, Philly, DC, Virginia Beach, Charlotte, Atlanta, Tampa, Miami, Houston, and Dallas.

In addition, a special digital vault is planned where Incubus fans can view and download hundreds of private photos taken by the band over the last 10 years as well as rare video footage, recordings, interviews etc.

I hope you will enjoy it and that we'll see you on the road this summer. Thanks for your continued support of the band.

Regards,

Ren

Monuments and Melodies. nice.

Black Heart Inertia. gimme.

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i missed the bit about the digital vault the first time i read that... cool.

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Press Released.

Black Heart Inertia clip: http://www.enjoyincubus.com

not enough to tell, really. not as impressed as i was by some of the LG clips, years ago. in 6/4. once someone on IOV said it sounded like Soundgarden meets Crow, it clicked a bit more for me.

Tracklist:
MONUMENTS AND MELODIES TRACKLISTING:
DISC ONE
1. Black Heart Inertia
2. Drive
3. Megalomaniac
4. Anna-Molly
5. Love Hurts
6. Wish You Were Here
7. Warning
8. Stellar
9. Talk Shows On Mute
10. Pardon Me
11. Dig
12. Oil And Water
13. Are You In?
14. Nice To Know You
15. Midnight Swim

DISC TWO
1. Neither Of Us Can See
2. Look Alive
3. While All The Vultures Feed
4. Pantomime
5. Anything
6. Punch Drunk
7. Admiration
8. Martini
9. A Certain Shade Of Green (Acoustic)
10. Monuments And Melodies
11. Let’s Go Crazy (Prince cover)

i make that 6 new tracks in all.

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interesting... i was expecting/hoping there wouldn't be the recent b-sides like Look Alive and the Red Rocks B-sides, but i'm very excited by Anything and Martini, two tracks out of the blue. i hope they're a little older, it would be great to hear some make Yourself/ Morning View era b-sides. i was also hoping for some Crowded Elevator, but alas.

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hey, i just checked the MV liner notes, and 'Anything' is one of the songs from the MV sessions that never made the final cut. this excites me way tons.

and am i the only one who thinks Martini sounds like it's gonna be a sick tune?

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martini might be an instrumental (i'm not sure where i heard that, so could be nonsense) and i'd prefer lyrics. Anything is what i'm looking forward to most, especially if it's anywhere near Crow?LG B-Side standard.

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martini just sounds like it's gonna groove. i can dig that.

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that's true. i wonder if there will be any unheard songs in the vault? that'd be tasty. there's a second clip from BHI on the enjoyincubus site now, but i didn't really listen.

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i just saw an advert saying Papa Roach are back. 'bout time.

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