Radiohead Seventh Album "In Rainbows" Out October 10th

Courtesy of Stereogum

LP7 announcement, this time straight from the bear's blog...

Mon, 01 October

In Rainbows
Hello everyone.

Well, the new album is finished, and it's coming out in 10 days;

We've called it In Rainbows.

Love from us all.
Jonny

Wait, it gets much better...

According to inrainbows.com, the album will be available as digital download or deluxe discbox. Both editions are available for pre-order now. Re: the discbox:

THIS CONSISTS OF THE NEW ALBUM, IN RAINBOWS, ON CD
AND ON 2 X 12 INCH HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL RECORDS.
A SECOND, ENHANCED CD CONTAINS MORE NEW SONGS, ALONG WITH DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK.
THE DISCBOX ALSO INCLUDES ARTWORK AND LYRIC BOOKLETS.
ALL ARE ENCASED IN A HARDBACK BOOK AND SLIPCASE.

THE ALBUM DOWNLOAD AUTOMATICALLY COMES WITH THIS PACK.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE DIGITALLY FROM THE 10TH OCTOBER 2007.

DISCBOXES ARE BEING MADE TO ORDER AND ARE PRICED AT £40.00 INCLUDING POSTAGE.
SHIPPING WILL BEGIN ON OR BEFORE 3RD DECEMBER 2007.

The package is pretty (not unlike a rainbow):



Yep, discboxes = cool merch and bonus tracks. So what's the transaction fee for the download-only? It's up to you. NO REALLY, IT'S UP TO YOU.

CD 1 AND VINYL TRACKLIST
15 STEP
BODYSNATCHERS
NUDE
WEIRD FISHES/ARPEGGI
ALL I NEED
FAUST ARP
RECKONER
HOUSE OF CARDS
JIGSAW FALLING INTO PLACE
VIDEOTAPE

CD 2 AND VINYL TRACKLIST
MK 1
DOWN IS THE NEW UP
GO SLOWLY
MK 2
LAST FLOWERS
UP ON THE LADDER
BANGERS AND MASH
4 MINUTE WARNING

WASTE, we're very impressed. Unless it's a hoax. In which case, yeah we knew it all along.

Incidentally, inrainbows.com was registered June 15th. Administrative contact? Sandbag Ltd (W.A.S.T.E.'s sister company). Technical contact? Phil Allsopp (Radiohead.com programmer).

No label? Ten day marketing? Optional pricing? Scatter your brain on that, Rick Rubin. Gander On!

Matt Costa "Unfamiliar Faces" Tracklist

Matt had one of our favorite albums last year and even though we managed to catch him at Coachella, Sasquatch, Austin City Limits, Bumbershoot, The Crocodile Cafe, and a handful or two of other venues/festivals the sets never got old. Now Matt's been hard at work putting together his second album entitled "Unfamiliar Faces" and we expect it will be just as good as the last. The songs titles are definitly intriguing and we're hoping an advance copy arrives in the mail very soon because we don't think we can wait until October 2nd.

Tracklist
01) Mr. Pitiful
02) Lilacs
03) Never Looking Back
04) Emergency Call
05) Vienna
06) Unfamiliar Faces
07) Cigarette Eyes
08) Downfall
09) Trying To Lose My Mind
10) Bound
11) Heart Of Stone
12) Miss Magnolia Gander On!

Kanye West "Graduation" Tracklist

Kanye teams up with T-Pain, Mos Def, Al-B, DJ Premier, Lupe and Pharrell on the new album. We can't wait for September 11th to get here. Mainly because we can't wait for Mr. Curtis Jackson to get stomped out on the charts. Check the tracklist below.

1. Good Morning
2. Homecoming (Featuring Chris Martin)
3. Stronger
4. Champion
5. Good Life (Featuring T-Pain)
6. I Wonder
7. Even More Broke Phi Broke (Skit)
8. Can’t Tell Me Nothing
9. Drunk and Hot Girls (Featuring Mos Def)
10. Everything I Am (Scratches By DJ Priemier)
11.Good Night (Featuring Mos Def & Al Be)
12. Big Brother
13. Graduation (Skit)
14. The Glory
15. CRS (Featuring Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell) Gander On!

9th Wonder Goes Solo With Dream Merchant Vol. 2

On October 9th, 9th wonder will drop The Dream Merchant Vol. 2, his much anticipated solo album. After producing records for some of the biggest names in hip hop and R&B(Jay-Z, Destiny's Child, Mary J. Blige, Mos Def etc. etc. etc.) and collaborating with Phonte and Big Pooh on several Little Brother albums 9th decided to fulfill a dream born six years ago in his Uncle's basement. Oh yeah did we also mention 9th is teaching a class entitled Hip-Hop In Context 1973-1997 at his alma mater NCCU with Chris Martin From Kid N Play.

So your probably asking yourself. Where did 9th find time to track down and collab all the artists on his upcoming album? Coming from 9th it sounds pretty easy.

"Basically it came down to who wanted to work with me. I wanted to work with a group of artists where some you had heard of and some you haven’t, but all in all wanted to work with me, without having to go through 50 different people to get to the artist. The artists that are on the album are cats who genuinely wanted to do music with me. That was more important to me then anything else."

We're big fans of Little Brother and 9th has produced some classic records already. On top of that when you do an album with artists that are hungry to work with you and not the other way around you have a formula for great music. Gander On for an amazing tracklist and look for The Dream Merchant Vol. 2 on Six Hole/Hall of Justus records on October 9th.

Dream Merchant Vol. 2 Tracklist

1 Mr. Dream Merchant Intro
2 Shots f/Big Dho & Sean Price
3 Merchant Of Dreams f/The EMBASSY, Skyzoo & Torae
4 Brooklyn In My Mind f/ Mos Def, Jean Grae & Memphis Bleek
5 Sunday f/Keisha Shontelle & Chaundon
6 Baking Soda f/Big Treal
7 Reminisce (Take Time) f/Big Remo & The Great Novej of the A.L.L.I.E.S.
8 No Time To Chill f/Little Brother
9 It Aint Over ft. Jozee Mo & Tyler Woods
10 The Last Time f/ Royce the 5'9, Naledge & Vandalyzm, The D, The Chi & The Lou
11 Saved f/Saigon & Joe Scudda
12 Milky Lowa ft. Camp Lo
13 Backlash f/Sean Boog & Buckshot
14 Thank You f/ D.O.X & O-Dash
15 Let It Bang f/Ness & Skyzoo
16 What Makes A Man f/Rapper Big Pooh & Buddy Klein Gander On!