Primus - Lee Van Cleef

Norska - Two Coins for the Ferryman

Sleep - Dopesmoker

Russian Circles - Carpe

Mike Patton - Putting On The Blitz

This Will Destroy You - Quiet

Elephant of the Ocean - Salt, Salt, Salt!

Sparks & Faith No More - This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us

Beastwars - Lake of Fire

The Book of Knots - Drosophila Melanogaster

Battles - My Machines (featuring Gary Numan)

Puscifier - Conditions of My Parole

Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman, Maynard James Keenan's third project, Puscifier, looks set to release it's second album, titled Conditions of My Parole, on October 18.

The album was recorded in Northern Arozona with MJK describing the recording process to SPIN Magazine; "It's different writing music in the outback compared to writing music on Hollywood Boulevard," he says of the high desert location. "The Verde Valley has so much diversity. You've got stories of ghosts and aliens, plus republicans, democrats, conservatives, liberals, vineyards, ranches, horses. It's hostile territory: You've got scorpions, black widows, brown recluse, javelina, rattlesnakes... and hippies." 

The first single off the album, Man Overboard, came out last month.

Dub Trio - IV

(ROIR, 2011)

 

Exciting news from Dub Trio with the band set to release a new album, entitled IV, on October 25. It's been a while between releases for Dub Trio after touring extensively with Mike Patton in Peeping Tom and then as the backing band for Matisyahu.

Druumer Joe Tomino describes the album; “When listening to IV you can hear that ‘dub’, as a concept and less as a genre synonymous to reggae, is at the core of the music, and while listening you’ll hear every thing from metal to dubstep….there’s even a prepared piano track,” says Tomino.” As always, we aspire to create a visceral experience for the listener, and IV is no exception. Our intent is that you listen to this album from start to finish. While this record is heavy, in more ways than one, there are a lot of subtleties inherent in the music. IV is a snapshot of where and who we are at this moment in time,” Tomino explains. “There are a lot of twists and turns sonically, emotionally, and stylistically on this record. Play it loud!”

Watch the evolution of Dub Trio below and check out my review for their previous album Another Sound is Dying here:

Casting Out the Nines - Exploring the Dangers of (2004):

Illegal Dub - New Heavy (2006):

Mortar Dub - Another Sound is Dying (2008):

Primus - Green Naugahyde

(Prawn Song Records, 2011)

 

Primus are set to release a new album on September 13th. It is titled Green Naugahyde and will be their first full album since Antipop in 1999.

The June 2010 Rehearsal Ep they released last year proved they are still sounding great. Here's a live performance of Jilly's on Smack, a track off the new album.

Acid Mothers Temple - Anthem of the Space

Acid Mothers Temple go by many names, this time it's The Cosmic Inferno, but their sound remains the same; psychedelic, progressive, eclectic, jazz, rock, fusion goodness.

Red Fang - Murder the Mountains

Enjoy these two videos of Red Fang doing what they do best. Rocking and boozing.

Explosions in the Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care

Explosions in the Sky have a new album and a new video. In fact, it's their first video ever, I believe. The song is Last Known Surroundings.

(Temporary Residence, 2011)

Fantomas - The Director’s Cut Live: A New Year’s Revolution

UPDATE: It looks like the Fantomas live DVD will now be released on September 6th.

Judging by the title it will be from Fantomas show at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco on 31st December, 2008, where they played The Director's Cut in its entirety, along with Simply Beautiful and Chariot Choogle. Disappointingly, I don't think Dave Lombardo played this show (as he wasn't on the tour which followed) but Dale Crover does a great job filling in.

Soon after they played the Big Day Out festival's in New Zealand and Australia. Here's some footage from that tour:

Russian Circles - New Zealand Tour

Russian Circles are heading to Australia in September and will stop off in New Zealand at the same time. At this stage they'll play Wellington on the 14th and Auckland on the 15th with venues TBA. These dates could possibly be swapped. Joining them on the bill will be Jakob, who sold out recent shows so this is sure to be popular. No word on tickets yet, stay tuned.

Kids Eat Crayons - Kids Eat Crayons Is for Lovers

I wish there was some new material from these guys as KEC's debut album (released in 2007) is pretty damn impressive.

I guess we just have to wait, patiently.

(Kids Eat Crayons, 2007)