People in Planes and Pretty Buildings

antiMusic reports: People in Planes are offering their fans a free preview of the music they have been working on for their next release.

The track, called "Pretty Buildings," is being offered as a free download when you sign up for their newsletter.

Here is what the band has to say about the new project and song: "Our new project was recorded with four different producers in six studios across Wales, England and America, and we've put our entire souls into it. It's been a long wait for all of us, and we're really excited to present this first track to you- 'Pretty Buildings'." - Grab it here

Set Your Goals DVD Still A Work in Progress

Lambgoat reports: Set Your Goals has issued an update regarding two DVDs projects. Here you go: "As most of you know, we had an original DVD edited back in the fall and winter of 2006. This DVD, titled 'Work In Progress,' compiled great documentary style band footage from that entire 2006 year and it was, what we felt to be, a perfect representation of each member of Set Your Goals. But due to a high amount of copyrighted song material we used to edit our footage to, our attorney and label both advised us against releasing the DVD.

"So ironically enough, 'Work In Progress' is indeed a work-in-progress and has yet to see an official release date. We are still hoping to gain clearance on the music we used in the feature, and hope to get this out in some way still (maybe an online download or stream of sorts) as we are all proud of how it turned out.

"So what about the new SYG DVD? Well, while we are still figuring out how to make 'Work In Progress' viewable to the public, we have been busy compiling footage for a newer, more updated DVD." - more on this story

Joel Madden Doing Everything But Music

Punknews.org reports: Brand new papa and Good Charlotte frontman Joel Madden is expanding his repertoire. Gotta buy those diapers somehow!

First he'll be interviewed on The Naked Brothers Band on Nickelodeon before playing a shrink on "Head Case," a comedy that is shown on the premium channel Starz.

Finally, Joel is duking it out with Pete Wentz for a role in an upcoming film that will star Diablo Cody (Juno). They're both vying for a role as the frontman of an emo band in the film. Presumably, Madden will have a leg up since he actually is the frontman of his band, and not just the bass player. - more breaking news from Punknews

A Perfect YouTube from ASHES dIVIDE

PR reports: ASHES dIVIDE have posted 5 new clips from the Matt Pinfield interview session on their YouTube channel. Frontman Billy Howerdel, co-founder of A Perfect Circle, goes into detail about the inspiration behind a couple of songs from the upcoming album, taking complete creative reigns of the new project, his early musical influences and A Perfect Circle's hiatus.

The first single, "The Stone," has had a fantastic reception at radio getting the most adds on Active Rock and Modern Rock formats. Howerdel is currently in L.A. putting the finishing touches on his touring line-up.

Keep Telling Myself Its Alright will be out on April 8th through Island Records. - ASHES dIVIDE YouTube Channel

More Download Bands

Metal Underground reports: ALTER BRIDGE, DISTURBED, IN FLAMES and INCUBUS have been added to the bill of this year's Download festival, set to take place the weekend of June 13-15 at Castle Donington, UK.

The festival billing is now shaping up as follows:

Kiss (Headliner), Lostprophets (Headliner), The Offspring (Headliner), Judas Priest, Motörhead, Rise Against, Him, Alter Bridge, Disturbed, In Flames, Incubus.
- click here for more on this story as you scratch your head trying to figure out how Lostprophets got higher billing than most of the other bands on the bill, including a couple of legends.

The Submarines Soph

PR reports: Indie-pop duo The Submarines will release HONEYSUCKLE WEEKS, the follow up to their 2006 debut Declare A New State!, on May 13, 2008 through Nettwerk Music Group. The band will perform new material as part of NPR affiliate KUT's SXSW showcase on Friday, March 14.

Honeysuckle Weeks marks the first time that The Submarines - John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard - collaborated as a duo from start to finish (Declare A New State! was written separately during a breakup and recorded upon their reunion.) The new album, which was recorded in the band's East LA garage-turned-home-studio, draws together themes from their immediate surroundings and experience: the garden outside their home studio, and the push and pull of life and love inside.

"Our first album was hugely cathartic for us to make, dealing with a breakup and getting out the sorrow, but we've been ready to freak out and have a lot more fun this time around. We're thankful not to have to make that record again, to be in a better place," says Hazard.

Stay tuned for further announcements from The Submarines, including North American tour plans - Myspace page

A Day in The Life of The Black Dahlia Murder

PR reports: Zune recently sent a video crew out to shadow the guys in The Black Dahlia Murder on the New York City stop of their current US headlining tour. Zune's video crew was on a mission to capture a day in the life of one of metal's most entertaining bands, and that they did.

Follow along as Trevor, Brian, and Shannon make stops at tour sponsors Metal Maniacs offices for a roof top interview, Fangoria Magazine's offices to sit down and talk horror movies, and run amuck in New York City. In the mix of it all is live footage from the show that night at BB King's, backstage interviews, and Trevor and Bart heading out to the streets to talk to their rabid fans. There will be a total of six 3 minute exclusive 'behind the scenes' video podcasts, all filmed in New York City on January 16th 2008, available only through Zune Marketplace and Zune.net.

"It's great to get the opportunity to work with The Black Dahlia Murder and Metal Blade. We're all huge music fans here and do everything we can to help people discover great music and to share the experience with their friends," said Richard Winn from Zune. - The first of 6 video podcasts featuring The Black Dahlia Murder is available now and can be viewed and downloaded here

Dolly Tour on Hold

Jam! reports: A back problem has forced Dolly Parton to postpone a concert tour she planned in support of her new CD.

Parton was scheduled to kick off a 13-show tour Feb. 28 in Minneapolis, two days after the release of "Backwoods Barbie," publicist Marcee Rondan said Monday.

Doctors advised Parton to take up to eight weeks off to recover from the unspecified problem. - more on this story

Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin

PR reports: Minneapolis-based Voyageur Press has just announced it will publish the first-ever complete illustrated history of legendary rock band Led Zeppelin, titled Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin: The Illustrated History of the Heaviest Band of All Time.

Available in September 2008, Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin features a detailed history of these members of rock 'n' roll royalty from veteran music critic Jon Bream and contributions from an elite cast of American and British rock journalists, including Rolling Stone's David Fricke, Creem cofounders Robert Matheu and Jaan Uhelszki, and famed UK music author Charles Shaar Murray. Several of rock's elite musicians, including members of Aerosmith, KISS, ZZ Top, the Stooges, Matchbox 20, the Hold Steady, and many other performers, will also reflect on the glory days of Led Zeppelin. - more on this story

Anathema Recording Two Albums

antiMusic reports: Anathema are hard at work on two new releases for this year. Here is an update from the band: We have taken all of our recording equipment to a house in England where we have built a studio and begun the first of two records to be released this year. The recording has been going very well.

This first record is a semi-acoustic recording of many of our most loved older tracks. This will be released on Peaceville Records. The working title is Temporary Peace.

In late winter/early spring, immediately following the recording of this semi-acoustic album, we will enter a studio to record the next full length Anathema album, which will be produced by Anathema and mixed by Steven Wilson, independently from a record company.
- All the details we skipped over are here

Mountain Ink With Zakk Wylde's Manager

PR reports: Legendary rockers MOUNTAIN have signed a new management deal with Survival Management. Survival's roster also includes Zakk Wylde, Black Label Society, and Dope.

"It is an honor and a privilege to represent Mountain, Leslie West, and Corky Laing," said Survival owner Bob Ringe.

"It took a long time to find a manager that knew what playing guitar was about, and knowing that Bob did a great job for Zakk, it was very simple," said West. "I am thrilled to be with Survival Management. I am a survivor!"

Mountain released its latest album, "Masters of War," a ground-breaking album made up entirely of Bob Dylan cover songs, last year. - more on this story

Ed Harcourt Coming Stateside

PR reports: An adventurous statement of beauty, complexity and impressive musicianship, Ed Harcourt's long-awaited 'The Beautiful Lie' will receive the stateside release it so deserves, June 3 on Dovecote Records (Mason Proper, Aberdeen City, Tim Williams).

Originally released in the U.K. in 2006 on EMI to heaps of critical acclaim, the album never arrived on these shores. To celebrate, Harcourt will return to the states for the first time in two years, for a round of shows including the SXSW Music Festival.

This will be bookended by several high profile bi-coastal dates, March 10 at the Echoplex in Los Angeles, March 17 at Union Hall in Brooklyn and March 18 at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. - more on this story

The Hack Fight: Paris Vs Lohan

antiMusic reports: This silly news story of the week (about even sillier celebs) comes from our favorite hecklers at Hecklerspray: There are two things in the world that could liven up the Grammys - one is to release a sack of hornets into the auditorium and the other is to watch Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have a bit of a ding-dong.

Sadly nobody's ever taken us up on the hornet thing, but at least Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan are keeping their end of the bargain. Apparently Paris and Lindsay had a scrap at Timbaland's pre-Grammy party over which of them liked Timbaland more, or something.

We know. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan were at a music awards party. Perhaps they were both serving drinks. The Mirror reports: We watched open-mouthed as Lindsay pointed at Paris and snarled: "What the hell is that bitch doing here? I didn't know she was on the list." To which Paris spat back: "F*ck off you bitch." [we love the hornet idea - - more on this silliness can be had here]

Are you Ready for Sahg II?

PR reports: The new masters of doom, Norway's Sahg, are set to unveil their latest masterpiece, the simply named "Sahg II," on March 18 on Regain Records.

While the band's 2006 debut, "Sahg I," established the band as a force to be reckoned with in doom metal, "Sahg II" proves the band's staying power. Taking inspiration from the forefathers of all things heavy - Black Sabbath - Sahg creates its own interpretation of retro, trippy, heavy music, based around memorable, ear-catching riffs.

"This album is definitely a big step forward for us, both musically and technically/sound-wise," said guitarist/vocalist Olav Iversen. "The songs are more diverse on 'Sahg II' because we have allowed ourselves to think more freely and be more receptive to a wider range of inspiration. There are so many directions we want to explore with this band, and this is just what we had time for in this round." - more on this story

Bad Seed's Barry Adamson Sets Release

PR reports: Somewhere between Dan the Automater, Ennio Morricone, and Leonard Cohen, lies Barry Adamson. Over a wide-ranging career as a film composer, a founding member of both Magazine and Nick Cave's Bad Seeds, and a solo artist, his music has continuously looked to the future.

However, Back to the Cat, Adamson's 7th record, finds him looking to the past, gaining inspiration from some of his favorite artists from the past 50 years. Back to the Cat will hit stores on April 22. - more on this story

.... MorleyView: Cy Curnin (The Fixx)<

Morley speaks with former Fixx frontman Cy Curnin about his amazing new solo CD 'The Returning Sun' as well as the history making Everest Rocks concert. The world's highest concert ever, performed above base camp. - Read the full Cy Curnin (The Fixx) MorleyView

.... Halford - The Metal God Essentials: Volume 1

The Metal God Essentials: Volume 1 presents the metal god's choice cuts from his self-titled group, but not without tossing in a few new tunes and a cool DVD also- it's a mini-arsenal of Halford, Halford, and more Halford! - Read the full Halford - The Metal God Essentials: Volume 1 review

.... Partly Cloudy - Arm Your Weapons

Few CDs encourage me to give a glowing review after the first listen. Wait, never mind, few CDs encourage me to give a glowing review halfway through the first listen. Partly Cloudy's 5-song EP Arm Your Weapons is such a CD. (5 stars) - Read the full Partly Cloudy - Arm Your Weapons review

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