mp3 blog news updates

There have been a few notable posts on other fellow mp3 music blogs from overseas, and here are some that caught my eye (and ears):

One of my absolute favourites (and currently five track mixed), Sufjan Stevens has a new album coming out titled Illinois on July 5 in the US. Its part of his "50 States" project, and only one release before this one is out so far, Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lakes State in 2003. Pitchfork has the track-list here. You can download track #3 Come on! Feel the Illinoise! (Part I: The World's Columbian Exposition / Part II: Carl Sandburg Visits Me in a Dream) at mp3 blog Teaching The Indie Kids To Dance Again. Choirgirls and horn section galore!

My favourite band, The Blood Brothers, have a side project called Neon Blonde. Their new songs are like The Blood Brothers but with cooler piano riffs, a drum machine and of all things, a saxophone ending. But so, so good. Via Music (For Robots).

A few albums have been leaked. Some notable ones were:
Nine Inch Nails' With Teeth
Weezers's Make Believe
Fall Out Boys's From Under The Cork Tree 7-Track Album Sampler
Sufjan Stevens' Illinois
and many, many more. Don't ask me for them. Tsk.

BUT you can stream the new Nine Inch Nails' With Teeth in full at their official myspace anyway. Damn Americans and their Coachella. The album comes out this Sunday, May 1st in Australia, pre-ordered yours yet?

Finally, Explosions In The Sky's official website is back online after a terrible WWW deleting mishap. I've music recommended not once but twice. They're currently in the studio working on their next album, possibly out in 2006, which will be followed by a tour including an Australian tour. I asked the band about touring and they informed me that they ARE planning to tour sometime in 2006, possibly after the new record is released in US. They will be a releasing a "website-ordered only" E.P. for The Travels In Constants Series at their US label Temporary Residence. More information about that here. The band are on Spunk! Records in Australia and you can purchase their third album, The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place, through that label.