As summer slowly approaches, we’ve got some new tunes and albums to check out and possibly add to the summer music mix that’s waiting on the back-burner. This week we’ve got a fresh pick of indie and alt rock music from some well-knowns and other newcomers – a good blend of discovery and reintroductions:
Of the many dangers that drug users must face, the chance of ending up stoned and wandering around Moby’s house in the Hollywood Hills probably isn’t one of them. Until now.
Moby has teamed up with Genero.tv to launch a music video competition; win $5000 to make your own video for Moby’s new single, “Wait For Me.”
Head over to genero.tv/moby to enter the competition. From there, aspiring video directors will be able to download the track and submit the finished product. All competition entries will be posted for viewing.
If you’re going to the film portion of SXSW this year, you may just get to see the new vampire flick that stars rock legends Alice Cooper, Iggy Pop, Henry Rollins (and Moby). The name of the film is blatantly Suck, as it takes on the the attitude of heavy rock and roll and then the world of vampires which so many teens and have fallen in love with thanks to films and TV shows such as Twilight and True Blood. Other actors include Malcolm McDowell and Dave Foley (of Kids in the Hall) among other unlikely cast members.
This will be the sophomore release for director Rob Stefaniuk and although we’re wondering how in the world he managed to grab such a major cast, we’re a bit more curious about how these musicians will do with comedic timing on their part.
Moby will release “Mistake” the new single from his critically lauded album “Wait For Me,” tomorrow, September 15, 2009. The single will only be released digitally and includes mixes from Lifelike, Yuksek, Maxime Dangles, Dabruck & Klein, Funkagenda, Soundfly System/Rusty Egan, and a classical interpretation by Davide Rossi.
Moby said about the album:
The European Commission is launching a campaign with MTV called “Play to Stop”, which aims to promote environmental consciousness on MTV in eleven EU countries. There will be concerts, television programming and online content aimed at educating European youth about climate change.
The initiative is part of the energy and climate change policy adopted by the EU in December 2008, and may be related to a recently released Europe-wide survey which shows that only half of people aged between 15 and 24 have ever taken action against climate change.
American alternative rock band, Wilco have their seventh studio album coming out this week, titled Wilco (The Album). It is the first release since the passing of former band member, Jay Bennett. Even though the album leaked on the Internet awhile ago, you can now purchase it for your collection. Also this week, we have Matchbox Twenty frontman, Rob Thomas releasing his second solo album titled Cradlesong. If his first try, 2005 …Something to be, is any indication then this should be another hit. And Moby has just come back with another album, Wait For Me, which he recorded from his home and so far has a good (but small) buzz surrounding it.
Here is the full list of albums coming out June 30th:
Those cool cats at NPR are kindly offering up an exclusive full album stream of Moby’s 9th album, Wait For Me, as part of their Exclusive First Listen series. Wait For Me will be available for listening from June 15 to the 30th. And on June 30th is when Mute Records will officially release the new Moby album.
Listen to the album stream here.
Twitter users can post their thoughts of Moby’s new tunes with @thelittleidiot and ending with #waitforme.
NPR’s Bob Boilen is definitely a fan of the new music:
Pitchfork TV premiered Moby’s new video for “Pale Horses” today.
The video reintroduces Moby’s familiar little idiot, and is the first official single from his new album WAIT FOR ME (out June 30). The album’s a more personal work for Moby – lush, beautiful, and completely moving through and through.
Check out the video below…
