New Music: David Bowie, Pearl Jam, We Have Band, Kyle Hollingsworth, The Bronx

A solid five-some on deck this week of music for the Coming Soon file; a nice mix old-school heavyweights and exciting new artists.

Everyone’s favorite Thin White Duke, David Bowie returns with a re-release of a special-edition EP of the spooky, rock classic “Space Oddity” on July 20, the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s stroll on the moon. This time with a DIY spin.

Four versions of the song (three edits and a 1979 rerecording) will be released as The Space Oddity Digital EP, according to Bowie’s website. Buyers will get eight tracks featuring various instruments for free, which can be rearranged and remixed by fans.

The original “Space Oddity” was released July 11, 1969, nine days prior to Apollo 11’s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Jr. landing on the moon.

The EP will include four different versions of the song and have this tracklisting:

• 1. “Space Oddity” (original UK mono single edit)
• 2. “Space Oddity” (US mono single edit)
• 3. “Space Oddity” (US stereo single edit)
• 4. “Space Oddity” (1979 re-record)

Pearl Jam’s new album, Backspacer, will be released September 20. The ninth title will have 11 songs, including new single “The Fixer,” which will be released digitally on August 24.

The band has also announced new tour dates to celebrate the release of Backspacer.

• August 8 – Calgary, AB @ Virgin Fest
• August 21 – Toronto, ON @ Molson Amphitheatre
• August 23 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
• August 24 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
• August 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands Festival
• September 21 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
• September 22 – Seattle, WA @ Key Arena
• September 30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
• October 1 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
• October 4 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits Festival
• October 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
• October 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ Gibson Amphitheatre
• October 9 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
• October 28 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum
• October 30 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Spectrum

Ben Harper and Relentless7 will open all dates, except for the Spectrum shows.

We Have Band will release their Self Tilted Debut EP in Mid September on iTunes, featuring their UK single, “OH!”, “Hear It In The Cans”, and their new single “You Came Out.” There’s also a cover of the Pet Shop Boys classic, “West End Girls”.

We Have Band have also done a nice remix for Bloc Party on their new ‘Intimacy Remixed’ album. It’s been quite a year for the three members of We Have Band, having only played their debut gig a year ago.

Track-listing:

• Hear It In The Cans
• Oh!
• You Came Out
• West End Girls (Pet Shop Boys Cover)

Upcoming shows:

• Jul 11 2009     8:00P Loop Festival     Brighton, UK
• Jul 15 2009     8:00P War Child ’Army Of You’ Charity Gig @ Tabernacle     London, UK
• Jul 17 2009     8:00P Latitude Festival     Suffolk, UK
• Jul 18 2009    8:00P Obstwiesen Festival     Baden-Württembergm, Germany
• Jul 19 2009    8:00P Rock’N Coke Festival     Istanbul, Turkey
• Jul 25 2009    8:00P Secret Garden Party     Cambridgeshire, UK
• Jul 31 2009    8:00P Standon Calling Festival     Standon, UK
• Aug 7 2009    8:00P Nuits Secretes Festival     Aulnoye Aymeries, France
• Aug 21 2009  8:00P V Festival (SOLD OUT)     Stafford, UK
• Aug 22 2009 8:00P V Festival (SOLD OUT)     Chelmsford, UK
• Sep 5 2009    8:00P Solyanka     Moscow, Russia
• Sep 9 2009    8:00P Nation of Shopkeepers     Leeds, UK
• Sep 10 2009  8:00P Ruby Lounge     Manchester, UK
• Sep 11 2009   8:00P Korova     Liverpool, UK
• Sep 12 2009  8:00P Plug     Sheffield, UK
• Sep 15 2009  8:00P The ICA     London, UK
• Sep 18 2009  8:00P Scopitone Festival     Nantes, France
• Sep 25 2009  8:00P Grand Palais Festival @ Showcase (with Friendly Fires)     Paris, France
• Sep 26 2009  8:00P Marsatac Festival     Marseille, France
• Sep 30 2009  8:00P Botanique     Brusells, Be

You might know Kyle Hollingsworth as the keyboardist for Colorado’s String Cheese Incident. Now, with the Sept. 15th release of Then There’s Now (SCI Fidelity Records), his first album since the band announced a hiatus in 2007, Hollingsworth extends his reach into areas that will both delight longtime admirers and lock in countless new ones.

Then There’s Now:

• 1. Way That It Goes 3:41
• 2. She  3:53
• 3. Piece of Mine  4:22
• 4. Phat Cat  4:33
• 5. Don’t Wake Me  5:08
• 6. All I Need  2:25
• 7. Wide Open  5:53
• 8. Too Young  3:57
• 9. All Inside  5:22
• *Bonus Track*
• 10. On Fire   5:41

Look out for the latest offering from Los Angeles punk band The Bronx, newly reincarnated for their next record performing as Mariachi El Bronx; the band’s self-titled full-length will be released on September 1st on Swami Records.

The band will perform in a variety of different ways, sometimes incorporating mariachi into their punk set, sometimes playing two nights at a venue performing each band respectively, often having one band open for the other. This embodiment of The Bronx was originally conceived as a new twist on the electric-goes-acoustic performance.  Citing the influence of various worldwide locales, as well as the addition of guitarron player Vincent Hidalgo (son of David Hidalgo of Los Lobos and Latin Playboys,) eventually Mariachi El Bronx was born.

According to the band, “mariachi music is every bit as much a soundtrack to southern California” as The Bronx’s raucous punk rock.