Moby destroys the charts with new album and book
June 5, 2011
Moby Destroys The Charts with New Album and BookMobys 2010 tour, at least for the musician himself, consisted of even more than Moby music. The ambitious musician decided to write new songs while on the road, and also equipped himself with a camera to keep track of happenings on tour. The result? Two results, actually - one an album and one a photo book, both dubbed Destroyed. Full of airports, backstage areas, stage lights, and cold daylight (the songs and the pics both), the companion works are a great peek at Mobys traveling-musician life. And the album includes guest spots by fellow musicians Inyang Bassey and Anna Maria Friman, among others; preview the set (out now) via a short digital EP titled Be the One thats available at www.moby.com
Coldplay dropped an unexpected new single last week, their first new track in the past couple of years. The band explained on their website that they wanted to test-drive the song, so to speak, in preparation for their upcoming busy roster of summer festival shows, which already included a stop at Germanys Rock Im Park fest, and will see the band performing at the Austin City Limits festival in September. The song, Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, is available digitally now; check out www.coldplay.com to find out more
Johnny Depps musical talents have been getting a little bit of a workout lately (you might remember Depps experiments with his band P, which also included the Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, and Depps additional contributions to albums by Shane MacGowan and Oasis) - in addition to hanging out with his pal, Rolling Stone Keith Richards, Depp has reportedly been co-writing some songs with Aerosmith/American Idols Steven Tyler. Whether theyre for a Johnny Depp album or just for fun, only time will tell
Kings of Leon just premiered a new music video for their newest single on Vevo.com last week. The vid itself was shot in Tennessee, around the Nashville area, and is a tribute of sorts to the bands southern roots. Directed by Casey McGrath, the clip showcases the band performing live outside against a rural background; it was available both on Vevo.com and extensively on the MLB Network, which dropped snippets of the video in with baseball highlights
MODERN ROCK LINK OF THE WEEK:
Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan is in the midst of writing what hes dubbed his spiritual memoirs, which is now set to be published by St. Martins Press in 2012. Titled God is Everywhere, Corgan is writing the book on his own to give fans an insight into both his band life and his personal life; get more details at www.smashingpumpkins.com
MINI MODERN BUZZ:
Elton John will be back in Las Vegas this fall with his Million Dollar Piano Show for another three-year residency at Caesars Palace
Brit heavy rockers Uriah Heep just released their 23rd album, and are now sending out the sets first music video for the song Nail on the Head
Good Charlotte will kick off a short co-headlining U.S. tour with Yellowcard in San Diego on June 10 that will run through the end of June
John Oates (one half of 80s pop duo Hall and Oates) is taking a musical diversion from his trademark sound, and is releasing a new album, Mississippi Mile, that showcases his experiments with old blues and roots music
Arcade Fire will be releasing their Grammy-award-winning set The Suburbs as a deluxe edition later this month; the new version of the album will include two new songs plus a DVD with a Spike Jonez short film, Scenes from the Suburbs, plus a documentary on the recording of the album
Fountains of Waynes latest collection, Sky Full of Holes, is now set for release on August 2 on the bands new indie-label home, Yep Roc Records; the album will include over a dozen new tunes and will be the bands first set since 2007
And these albums are set for release this week Eddie Pearl Jam Vedders Ukelele Songs Johanna and the Dusty Floors Northern Lights and Boris Attention Please and thats the buzz for this weeks Modern Rock.
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