I’m sure there’s a phrase somewhere along the lines of “good news comes when it’s least expected”, or something much like that, which is definitely the case regarding the upcoming announcement that 12MC favourites, Eels, are releasing their first record in four years. So how does one follow up the magnum opus, double record Blinking [...]

The Basics… do these guys even need an introduction anymore?
We tend to write about them every couple of weeks so I think it’s safe to say that we’re fans, and like any good fan, we are going absolutely mental over their brand new everything-but-”Basic” single, their nautically themed music video and now, the announcement [...]

Howling Bells have been all over the place since recording their May 2006 debut of the same name, Howling Bells. Between writing songs in a country house in Victoria, recording in LA, and mixing in London, the foursome have been working like crazy getting ready for the release of their second album, Radio Wars. Here’s [...]

Wahey! An update! Who would have thought. Christmas just came early for you guys, eh? Although we haven’t updated for a while we’ve been busy little beavers over here at 12MCHQ; editing interviews, organising contests, writing Haikus, and generally getting ready for the blogging year ahead. While the Basics/Bawdies interview video still hasn’t gotten past [...]

Is it a boy? Is it a man? No! It’s Ben Kweller, the perpetually youthful man-child wonder. While it seems like only yesterday Kweller released his last LP (cleverly titled Ben Kweller), Stereogum reported today that LP number four is already on the way and shall be known as Changing Horses. To top it all [...]

Bonnie “Prince” Billy slash Will Oldham slash “that creepy bald dude” is set to release another album in March ‘09. The album will be Oldham’s 27th studio release in the last four months* and will apparently be titled Beware. Sufjan’s got nothin’ on this guy.
Here’s a tracklisting for y’all:
1. Beware Your Only Friend
2. You [...]

Regina Spektor joined Ben Folds on stage on Conan O’Brien yesterday and not only provided some damn fine backing vocals for the track “You Don’t Know Me”, but also wowed audiences with her amazing ability of squatting awkwardly every time it was her turn to sing.
While I’ve never been a huge fan of the [...]

TV On The Radio recently took time out of their busy schedule of recording a shit-hot album and then reading the awesome review that followed to make a video for the first single off their latest full length offering, Dear Science.
The video features the TVOTR boys dressed in full monk attire standing on top of [...]

Trail of Dead fans will be pleased to hear that there are not one but two new releases from Conrad Keely, nay, the whole damn band, on the way in the very near future.
Although the follow up to 2006’s So Divided is slated for a January 2009 release, …And You Will Know Us By [...]

Andrew Bird played the Outside Lands Festival in “San Fran” and the MusicNOW! Festival in Cincinatti just recently and previewed a bunch of songs off his upcoming album to audience members who will no doubt claim to have liked him before you. Among the usual Bird classics, were new songs titled: “The Master Swarm”, “Anoanimal”, [...]

TV On the Radio will follow up their last absolute corker of an album, Return To Cookie Mountain with Dear Science, which is due out in Australia on September 22. And yes, the annoying comma at the end of “Dear Science,” is apparently intentional, don’t ask me why. All I know is this band are [...]

The last we officially heard from Scottish lads Franz Ferdinand, lead singer/culinary adverturer Alex Kapranos had just released a collection of gastro musings entitled Sound Bites but musically speaking, we had nothing more than a few audio teasers of the eventual forthcoming LP 3 to give us the impression they still make music together, released [...]