Friday, June 6, 2014

Quick News

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy has formed a band with his son, Spencer, called TWEEDY. The father/son duo will release their debut, Sukierae, in September.

Spoon will release their new album, They Want My Soul, in August.

Speaking to BBC, Lorde has confirmed she is working on a new album, the follow-up to last year's Pure Heroine. She had this to say about the new LP sessions, "I think I've learned so much as a songwriter, there's going to be so much of an improvement because of that. I'm working on stuff quite tentatively, it's definitely still at the beginning and yeah, it's totally different. I wrote the last album about that world which was the suburb where I grew up and populated by my friends and people who were really familiar to me. Now I'm in a different place every day and I'm with new people every day and it's a different vibe."

Speaking to NME, Florence Welch confirmed that their will be a new Florence and the Machine album coming soon. No word as to when it will be released.

Also speaking to NME, Pixies members David Lovering and Joey Santiago have said that "the door is open" for Kim Deal to return to the band after her departure last year. 

Frank Turner has confirmed to Gigwise he will release a new album in February 2015.