The new Pearl Jam album, Backspacer, is due out September 20th, but in the meantime take a listen to “The Fixer,” the first single now streaming at myspace.com/tenclub.
Backspacer marks the band’s ninth studio album; the standard CD release will be distributed exclusively through Target.
Pearl Jam kick-off a tour beginning on September 21-22 in Seattle.
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.
Pearl Jam debuted their new song, “Get Some,” Monday night with a thrilling performance on Conan O’Brien’s first night as host of The Tonight Show.
“Launching a show like this takes a lot of hard work, and one of the things that has sustained me over the past three months was knowing that at the end of our first show, I would get to watch a performance by one of the greatest rock bands in the world,” Conan O’Brien said as he introduced Pearl Jam.
Check out the video and more below…
June 1st marks the night, Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Jeff Ament, Mike McCready and Matt Cameron also known as Pearl Jam, help inaugurate late night funnyman Conan O’Brien as he replaces Jay Leno as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show. Pearl Jam, who has been described as “modern rock,” will be performing songs off of their unfinished and as-of-yet untitled album. The new album will be the 9th for the band, first in three years. The band that was formed in Seattle,WA in 1990, will follow their The Tonight Show performance with a summer tour throughout August (tour dates listed below).
As if all four new Guitar Heroes weren’t enough, now Rock Band is looking to keep pace with the newest project Pearl Jam Live Rock Band. The Escapist reports that Pearl Jam is working with video game developer Harmonix, MTV Games and online music service Rhapsody to produce a game that features live concert tracks chosen by fans themselves.
You can go to the Pearl Jam Website, and vote on the tracks that you want included in the game. With a Rhapsody subscription, clicking on a song pulls up a playlist “widget” with multiple live versions of that song. The live versions that get the most plays will then “be in consideration to make the final set list for the game.”
The weekend’s over and the Grammys are done, so it’s time to catch up on the news that got put on the back-burner in the midst of all the awards ceremony hubbub. Here’s the scoop on a few of the latest happenings:
Almost 20 years and 12 million copies later, Pearl Jam fans are in for a treat as the band plans to reissue it’s debut album Ten in March of next year. Each set will include two different versions of the album – a remastered version of the original and a version remixed by producer Brenden O’Brien.
I caught Stacy* Clark’s set at The Knitting Factory last week and was so blown away by her performance that I demanded an interview. Clark, a guitar playing singer songwriter, and her band performed a powerful set of guitar-heavy songs and heartfelt melodies from her album, Apples & Oranges. Clark is the Winner of the 2007 Orange County Music Awards for ‘Best Female Performer’ and ‘Best Female Artist’ 2006 Southern California Music Awards. Her music has appeared on the MTV and CBS television networks, and she has appeared on stage with Jacks Mannequin, and the Amsterdams. Thankfully, she took time out to answer a few questions.
