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Built To Spill Announce Hiatus

Interviews are hard. Forget what anyone tells you, or how cool it sounds to spend your time talking to people others spend their days and nights thinking about, when it comes to developing creative ways to pry into someone’s life who spend every day talking to people about their life before performing songs based off their life is a difficult task. You want to be original, but you also want to develop a real sense of conversation. Throwing in a curveball can derail things, especially if that conversational vibe you’re feeling is inauthentic in any way. Sometimes gold falls in your lap however, and that is exactly what happened to Pitchfork contributor Jayson Greene.

During a recent interview with Built To Spill’s vocalist Doug Martsch, Green was told “without prompting” that Built To Spill is on hiatus and has no plans to produce new music any time soon. It wasn’t exactly you most would consider an official announcement, but following up on the comment Greene learned BTS is indeed taking time. You can read an excerpt from the interview below. Click here to ready the full article. Continue reading ‘Built To Spill Announce Hiatus’

MGMT Announces Spring Tour

After spending some time on hiatus. MGMT have returned with plans to embark on a Spring tour in the coming months. The outing should keep fans excited for a new release from the group, which is rumored to be scheduled for store arrival sometime this Summer.

Though no details have been released concerning on sale time or who will be supporting the band, those interested in seeing the confirmed tour dates can do so below:

04-26 University Park, PA – Penn State
04-28 Geneseo, NY – SUNY Geneseo
04-30 Portland, ME – State Theatre
05-01 Providence, RI – Lupo’s
05-04 Cleveland, OH – Masonic Auditorium
05-06 Grand Rapids, MI – Hoogenboom Center @ Calvin College
05-08 Winnipeg, Manitoba – Burton Cummings Theatre
05-09 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – The Odean Events Centre Continue reading ‘MGMT Announces Spring Tour’

New Found Glory “Taking Time Off”

Ever since last night’s Billboard interview with Jordan Pundik, the internet has been going haywire with rumors of New Found Glory’s impending hiatus. The only problem? It isn’t true.

Speaking to Billboard, Pudnik said:

“I think we need to go away for a little bit,” explains Pundik, who’s in the process of opening a tattoo shop in Nashville. “We’ve been touring for a long time. I don’t think anybody’s in the headspace for writing a new record. We won’t go away completely; we’re still gonna be doing things here and there, probably some one-offs and things like that. But to be honest I don’t think we’ll have anything new out until 2014.” But, Pundik adds, he’s not worried about the band members straying apart during any kind of hiatus.

To be honest, it’s easy to see this from both sides, however as guitarist Chad Gilbert points out, Pundik never used the word hiatus, and Gilbert says the entire thing has been a misunderstanding. At most he says, they’ll be taking six months off.

Check out what Gilbert had to say after the jump, and weigh in below in the comments. Do you think there’s more to the story? Continue reading ‘New Found Glory “Taking Time Off”’

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Confirms The Mars Volta’s Hiatus

When bands break up, it’s usually with a shout, a big announcement, or a farewell note. But when bands enter the shady and undefined realm of the “indefinite hiatus,” they usually do so with a nothing more than a quiet murmur. In a recent interview with CityArtsOnline, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, the guitarist of The Mars Volta and former member of seminal post-hardcore outfit At The Drive-In, responded to a question regarding The Mars Volta’s hiatus with the type of uncertain language characteristic of bands who have entered the liminal space of their lifespans. When asked about the current status of the band, Rodriguez-Lopez responded:

Continue reading ‘Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Confirms The Mars Volta’s Hiatus’

Blink-182 Working On New Album

Pop-punk veterans Blink-182 have plans to write and record a follow up to 2011′s return from hiatus, Neighborhoods. According to NME.com, bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus says the trio are “starting to write a new record right now… [but the] new album probably won’t happen for about a year,” due to current tour schedules. Hoppus hopes to bring some life back into the music world after what he believes to have been “a dry summer” in 2011, “devoid of a lot of great new music.” Drummer Travis Barker adds, ”I feel like the best is yet to come, the next album is going to be exciting.” So keep your ear to the ground for more updates on the next album from Blink-182!

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Dave Grohl Confirms Foo Fighters Hiatus

It looks like the Foo Fighters will finally be making their way back home. Was that a really bad “Learn To Fly” joke? Probably. Unfortunately, the Foo Fighters hiatus is no joke. The rumors, which have been circulating since Saturday’s performance at the Global Citizens Festival in NY, were confirmed on the band’s Facebook Page. You can read the letter in full below. Continue reading ‘Dave Grohl Confirms Foo Fighters Hiatus’

New Ben Folds Five Album – First One In 13 Years

After a 13-year hiatus, Ben Folds Five are back with a new album called The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind. The three original members, including pianist/singer/songwriter Ben Folds, bassist Robert Sledge, and drummer Darren Jesse, started the band in 1993 but split up in 2000 while Folds went on to pursue a solo career. Since then, nostalgia has grown among fans and band members alike, with a 2008 reunion show that found them performing their last album The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner in its entirety, and a “best-of” album released by Folds last year, reflecting upon some of the highlights of his and the band’s career.

The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind is due out September 18th, accompanied by a two-month international tour starting on September 13th. Head to Hypetrak.com to see tracklisting and hear a new song called “Erase Me.”

 


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