*[theprp.com] Current Shiner reunion plans have them playing four shows this year. The group expect to return to the stage for dates in New York City, NY, Los Angeles, CA, Kansas City, MO and Chicago, IL. At least one of the shows (Kansas City) will take place in August. As previously reported, a vinyl release of the bands 2001 album “The Egg” is currently in the works.
*[pitchfork.com] Given Fiona Apple's history of album delays, it seemed a little fishy when Epic Records CEO L.A. Reid tweeted that we'd be hearing her new music within the next few weeks. TIME got in touch with Epic to reach the bottom of it and found that Fiona Apple's new record is not, in fact, coming in a few weeks - but will arrive "absolutely" during 2012.
Reid's tweets were, "taken a little bit out of context," the Epic spokeswoman said. "It'll absolutely be this year... but timing wise, I don't know exactly when." But what's a few more months after six years?
Tide yourself over with the Zach Galifianakis-starring video for Apple's "Not About Love"...
*[theprp.com] Black Sabbath have checked in from the writing sessions for their new album with the following update:
“The guys have moved writing sessions from Los Angeles to Birmingham, England. Sabbath has gone back to where it all started and it’s been just amazing. This is where the writing of the album will be completed. Funny how it all goes full circle sometimes.”
*[consequenceofsound.net] Aside from collaborating with everyone on god’s green earth, The Flaming Lips’ other current fascination appears to be covering The Beatles. We’ve already witnessed Wayne Coyne and co’s tripped out version of “I Am The Walrus”, and now Hidden Track points us to pro-shot footage of the band’s recent New Year’s Eve show in Oklahoma City, where they teamed up with Wilco’s Nels Cline for a 17-minute rendition of “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”. Watch it below.
In other Lips news, the band is continuing to work on their collaborative album, tentatively due out on Record Store Day 2012 (April 21st). As Pitchfork points out, snippets of their efforts with Bon Iver and Erykah Badu have hit the web, and you can check ‘em out HERE. They’ve also been “working” with Ke$ha.
*[FMQB.com] Iggy Pop has been named the ambassador of Record Store Day 2012, which will take place on April 21. Pop posted a message on www.RecordStoreDay.com that reads: "A person should have a personality. You won't get one dicking around on a computer. It helps to go somewhere where there are other persons. Persons who are interested in something you are. That's how a record store or any shop that's got some life to it should work... As Record Store Day Ambassador for 2012 I feel like a representative from some exotic jungle full of life and death and sex and anger, called upon to wear a leopard skin and translate joy to the world of the dead."
*[consequenceofsound.net] On January 31st, Leonard Cohen will release Old Ideas, his first studio album in eight years. In honor of his return to the spotlight, Columbia Records is holding a cover series called Old Ideas With New Friends, where various musicians and devotees rework classic tracks from Cohen’s catalog.
Kicking off the series is Afghan Whigs head honcho Greg Dulli‘s cover of “Paper Thin Hotel” (from 1977′s Death of a Ladies’ Man). In explaining his decision to tackle this particular cut, Dulli said it ranked as one of his favorites, adding, “I wanted to do a version of this song because I think they might be my favorite set of Leonard Cohen lyrics. I think they kind of explain and validate love all at the same time.” The resulting performance feels incredibly personal and romantic, with Dulli’s jagged vocals a great companion to the classical-sounding violin. Watch it below.
Other participants in the series are to include Deerhunter’s Bradford Cox, Old 97s’ Rhett Miller, Cold War Kids, and The New Pornographers’ A.C. Newman. Stay tuned for more on those performances.
*[theprp.com] The upcoming Mastodon, Opeth and Ghost North American tour has a name according to recent (now pulled) venue listings. Apparently the trek will be titled the “Hunter Heritage Tour“. Thus far the following two stops have leaked out for the trek:
04/25 Las Vegas, NV – House Of Blues
04/26 Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
*[stereogum.com] Royal Baths, a band from San Francisco’s [EIS note: I'm fairly certain they're from Brooklyn these days] ridiculously fertile psych-rock scene, are gearing up to release their new album Better Luck Next Life. We’ve already posted their song “Darling Divine.” And below, we’ve got another one: “Faster, Harder,” a deep fuzz-groove that somehow does not sample Daft Punk.
DOWNLOAD: Royal Baths – “Faster, Harder” [right click, save as]
Better Luck Next Life is out 2/7 on Kanine.
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