Inbox Update: Nine Inch Nails, Amos Lee, Atoms For Peace

Lots and lots of news to report. Here are some of the most high-profile music media releases worth featuring...

NINE INCH NAILS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, NEW SINGLE   AND NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR  Hesitation Marks Set For September 3 Release, Available For Pre-order On iTunes Now   New Single "Came Back Haunted" Available Thursday, June 6 On iTunes   Tickets For Fall Tour Go On Sale Beginning Friday, June 14

On September 3, 2013, Columbia Records will release Hesitation Marks, the new full-length album from Nine Inch Nails. Recorded in secret over the last year, Trent Reznor teamed with producers Atticus Ross and Alan Moulder to create the first new music from Nine Inch Nails in five years.   Lead single "Came Back Haunted" is available Thursday, June 6 on iTunes (iTunes.com/NineInchNails). In addition, fans who pre-order Hesitation Marks on iTunes will instantly receive a download of "Came Back Haunted." The album can also be pre-ordered at www.nin.com, where the singleis streaming now.   Today plans were also unveiled for "Nine Inch Nails: Tension 2013" - afall 2013 North American arena tour.  Reznor says, "Tension picks up where Lights in the Sky left off.  This is the full-on NIN live experience realized as we never could before." The run will launch on September 28 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN and include shows at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY (October 14) and Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA (November 8).   Tickets for the arena outing will go on sale to the public beginning Friday, June 14, at www.livenation.com. See below for itinerary and specific on sale dates. Fans who register at www.nin.com will receive exclusive first access to tickets before they go on sale to the general public.

AMOS LEE'S MOUNTAINS OF SORROW, RIVERS OF SONG SET FOR OCTOBER 1 RELEASE BY BLUE NOTE RECORDS PRODUCED BY JAY JOYCE, ALBUM INCLUDES SPECIAL GUESTS ALISON KRAUSS AND PATTY GRIFFIN AND FOLLOWS 2011's CHART-TOPPINGMISSION BELL Amos Lee                   Photo credit: Harper Smith

Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song, Amos Lee's fifth studio album, will be released on October 1 by Blue Note Records. See below for track listing. Lee recorded the 12-song collection in Nashville with Jay Joyce (Emmylou Harris, Patty Griffin, Eric Church, Cage the Elephant). "I've always enjoyed it down there, so I thought I'd bring my band and see how a bunch of Philly guys fit in," says Lee. "Jay brings a musicality, a different kind of ear. He definitely hears things in ways that I don't, and brings out extra dimensions in the songs." Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song is the follow-up to 2011's Mission Bell, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and Billboard Rock Albums charts and contained the No. 1 Triple A radio hit "Windows Are Rolled Down." The new studio record is the first to feature Lee's longtime touring band - comprising Freddie Berman, Zach Djanikian, Andy Keenan and Jaron Olevsky - and the first album ever recorded at St. Charles, producer Joyce's brand new studio, which is housed in a converted East Nashville church. The convenient location allowed several remarkable guests to participate in the sessions.Alison Krauss joins Lee on "Chill In The Air" and Patty Griffin sings harmony on "Mountains of Sorrow," a song inspired by Lee's visit to Levon Helm's barn in Woodstock, where he appeared at the legendary drummer's Midnight Ramble not long before Helm's death. Instrumentalists Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss & Union Station),Mickey Raphael (Willie Nelson and Family) and Jeff Coffin (Dave Matthews Band) also contribute to the record. Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song finds Lee in new sonic territory, working with a broader palette of textures and instrumentation yet retaining the trenchant impact of the scenes, characters and stories that he is renowned for. The album arrives a full 10 years after he first signed with Blue Note Records and began a career that continues to grow and surprise. The New York Times praised Lee's "honeyed singing voice," noting that 2011's chart-topping Mission Bell  "sharpens the payoff...it plants Mr. Lee and his tunes in a stark landscape, enveloped by rustling percussion and reverberant drones " while MOJO said: "His lyrics sweat with detail and nervy experience." "Mission Bell is a darker turn for Lee, and shows that his artistic arc is still peaking," observed Associated Press. Lee - who has toured with such artists as Bob Dylan, Norah Jones, Elvis Costello, Adele and Dave Matthews Band - will celebrate the release of Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song with an extensive fall headline tour. Details will be announced shortly. Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song - Track Listing 1.     Johnson Blvd                                               2.     Stranger                                                        3.     Scamps                                                         4.     Chill In The Air                                             5.     Dresser Drawer                                           6.     Indonesia                                                     7.     High Water                                                    8.     The Man Who Wants You                           9.     Loretta                                                           10.  Plain View                                                    11.  Mountains of Sorrow                                 12.  Burden Atoms For Peace (Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich)  LIVE DJ Set on KCRW (89.9FM and KCRW.com) THIS Friday, June 7 at 10am Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich have teamed up on many projects, from Radiohead to their current musical outlet Atoms For Peace, and will join forces for an unprecedented DJ set in our studios -- their first time doing a live set on U.S. radio -- THIS Friday, June 7, 2013 at 10 a.m. (Pacific Standard Time); Tune in to 89.9FM or stream it online at KCRW.com.   KCRW is handing over an entire hour of Morning Becomes Eclectic to the duo, who will alternate between DJ sets and short interview segments with host Jason Bentley.  Atoms For Peace’s debut album “Amok” was released in February on XL Recordings. Tickets are still available for their full band performance at the Hollywood Bowl on October 16.

SXSW Preview: Depeche Mode; Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale; John Fogerty; The Coathangers

Over the past several weeks, my inbox has been flooded with invitations and updates relating to SXSW. Sadly I won't be Austin this week, but I still wanted to post some highlights; I'll kick things off with news related to Depeche Mode's first-ever trek to South By Southwest...

Depeche Mode / Photo credit: Accu Soft Co

Depeche Mode Announce Showcase Presented by Yahoo! @ SXSW Music Festival

on Friday, March 15^th

Previously Announced Panel Discussion With The Band @ SXSW To Be Held on Wednesday, March 13^th & Will Be Moderated By

Jason Bentley—Music Director of KCRW in Los Angeles

Depeche Mode's SXSW performance will be available on Yahoo! Music (http://music.yahoo.com) on March 26

Following on the heels of their panel announcement, Depeche Mode have confirmed their first ever showcase at South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival on Friday, March 15, 2013. Presented by Yahoo! the exclusive show will take place at Austin’s Brazos Hall with Depeche Mode scheduled to take the stage at 10pm. The concert will give lucky fans an exclusive preview of the band’s new album, Delta Machine, which is due out on Columbia Records on March 26, 2013.

Depeche Mode released news earlier this week that they will also sit down for a discussion moderated by KCRW Music Director Jason Bentley. This unique look inside the legendary band will be held on Wednesday, March 13^th at 5 p.m. at the Austin Convention Center. The discussion is open to all Music and Platinum badges as well as Artist Wristbands

The band’s new album, Delta Machine, was recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City and was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode will release Delta Machine in an exclusive Deluxe Edition with four additional new tracks and accompanied by a 28 page hardcover book including photos by longtime artistic collaborator Anton Corbijn. The first single, “Heaven,” was released earlier this month to critical acclaim. Depeche Mode will kick off their European tour on May 7^th in Tel Aviv with North American tour details to be announced in the coming weeks.

FULL RUN OF SHOW & SET TIMES:

Doors 7:00 PM

Feathers
The Neighbourhood
Depeche Mode
ERIC PRYDZ

Here are some other announcements related to SXSW...

BUDDY MILLER AND JIM LAUDERDALE CONFIRM SXSW 2013 APPEARANCES    SXSW MARKS AUSTIN STOP ON MONTH-LONG U.S. TOUR IN SUPPORT OF CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED LP BUDDY AND JIM OUT NOW ON NEW WEST RECORDS "As a duo, Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale may have released only one record, the appropriately titled Buddy and Jim, but their 30-plus years of friendship made their show at World Cafe Live on Friday night feel like a long-awaited reunion."  Philadelphia Inquirer "...Jim Lauderdale and Buddy Miller performed a well-crafted, expertly executed set of Americana music that was exhilarating, entertaining, and well, just plain fun." The Huffington Post Critically acclaimed, Grammy® Award winning musicians/songwriters Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale will bring their energetic, musically inspiring performances to Austin, TX for the annual South By Southwest Music Festival.  Buddy and Jim, who are taking the spotlight together for the first time in their 30+ year friendship, will play the official Americana Music Association Showcase, the HGTV/Paste Magazine day party, the South by San Jose day party and the New West Records official showcase at the Parish on Friday night with label mates Max Gomez, John Hiatt, Richard Thompson, Steve Earle and The Devil Makes Three (dates and times below.) Buddy and Jim are out on tour in support of their new duets record titled Buddy and Jim, which was recorded and produced at Buddy's home studio in Nashville.  As two of the most prolific writers and in demand musicians, who the The Chicago Tribune recently described as "...couple of Nashville mavericks who've written, sang, played on or produced some of the best records of the last 25 years," the two friends explained during an interview with The New Yorker that"...it took seventeen years to find the three days they needed to record their first album together."  Buddy and Jim has been in the top 5 on the Americana Radio chart 14 weeks since the record debuted, including three straight weeks in the #1 position.   In addition to making music together, Buddy and Jim co-host a weekly radio show that can be heard on SiriusXM Outlaw Country Channel 60 Saturdays 10 pm ET. They also join forces annually for the Americana Honors and Awards show, which Jim hosts while Buddy leads the all-star band.  Both artists have taken home multiple wins over the past several years at the Americana Honors and Awards show.

SXSW PERFORMANCES: 3-14                9:00 pm                     Antones / Americana Music Association Showcase 3-15                12:00 pm                   Stages on Sixth / Paste Magazine Showcase 3-15                4:00 pm                     San Jose Hotel / South by San Jose 3-15                9:00 pm                     The Parish / New West Records Showcase JOHN FOGERTY TO CLOSE OUT SXSW ON A HIGH NOTE: LEGENDARY ROCKER TO PERFORM SPECIAL SHOW WITH HIS BAND SATURDAY, MARCH 16 AT THE ACL MOODY THEATRE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS It’s almost Saturday night. JOHN FOGERTY will close out SXSW this year on a high note with a special performance Saturday, March 16 at 10 p.m. at the ACL Moody Theatre in Austin, Texas. This show with the legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist’s band comes as the excitement is building for the May 28 release of his new self-produced album for Vanguard Records, WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE.  A celebration of his iconic songbook, it is a collection of 12 classics and deep tracks from his remarkable canon of hits recorded in collaboration with other artists, plus two brand new solo songs. FOGERTY will also perform Thursday, March 14 at SXSW at Stubb’s as part of theSound City Players, the all-star band assembled by Dave Grohl. This past Tuesday (March 5), FOGERTY appeared with the Sound City Players on“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” playing the classic FOGERTY original “Fortunate Son.” FOGERTY performs a new version of this song with the Foo Fighters on WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE. To see the “Kimmel” performance, which took place on Hollywood Blvd in Los Angeles, go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TODQc2Lu3Js FOGERTY recently appeared at album playbacks for media and tastemakers, talking about each song on WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE in sessions moderated by Bill Flanagan (in New York at Iridium) and David Wild (in Los Angeles at Hotel Café). USA Today’s Edna Gundersen, writing about the Los Angeles event, praised the new version of “Fortunate Son”: “The Foo Fighters join in on a fierce, raucous all-too-timely remake of Fogerty's bitter slap at the entitled class” (2/24/13). Read the full piece here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2013/02/24/john-fogerty-wrote-a-song-for-everyone-album-preview/1944281/ Billboard’s Thom Duffy noted that FOGERTY “songs like ‘Proud Mary,’ ‘Bad Moon Rising,’ and ‘Fortunate Son’ not only created a soundtrack for those tumultuous years in America, they've transcended that era to define rock n' roll for the ages.” Duffy also said: “As a solo artist Fogerty's songwriting gift has been undiminished, with tunes like the joyous anticipation of ‘Almost Saturday Night’ or the wheels-on-fire celebration of ‘Hot Rod Heart’ from his Grammy-winning Blue Moon Swamp album” (2/14/13). Read the full piece here: http://m.billboard.com/v/News/JohnFogertyTalksJoyf/?KSID=421b4969d216305d2e8658d1205e20e2 WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE--performed alongside an array of today’s biggest superstars from the  country, pop and rock worlds--marks FOGERTY's ninth studio solo album since disbanding Creedence Clearwater Revival.  Mixed by Bob Clearmountain, it was recorded in Los Angeles and Nashville except for "Proud Mary" which was recorded in New Orleans with Allen Toussaint and the Rebirth Brass Band.  FOGERTYrecorded “Fortunate Son” with Foo Fighters at their 606 studio using "the" legendary Neve recording console featured in the #1 iTunes documentary Sound City. In an in-studio feature in Rolling Stone (2/14/13), Clearmountain is quoted as saying: “It’s no nostalgia fest. It’s like they’re new songs.” WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE tracklisting: 1. Fortunate Son (with Foo Fighters) 2. Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban) 3. Lodi (with Shane Fogerty and Tyler Fogerty) 4. Mystic Highway (John Fogerty solo) 5. Wrote a Song for Everyone (with Miranda Lambert feat. Tom Morello) 6. Bad Moon Rising (with Zac Brown Band) 7. Long As I Can See the Light (with My Morning Jacket) 8. Born on the Bayou (with Kid Rock) 9. Train of Fools (John Fogerty solo) 10. Someday Never Comes (with Dawes) 11. Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) 12. Hot Rod Heart (with Brad Paisley) 13. Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson) 14. Proud Mary (with Jennifer Hudson feat. Allen Toussaint and the Rebirth Brass Band) THE COATHANGERS ON TOUR NOW + HEAD TO SXSW LISTEN TO DEREK’S SONG PREMIERED BY SPIN HERE Atlanta’s reigning garage rock daughters, The Coathangers, are set to hit the road and play Savannah Stopover, 35 Denton, Galax Z Fair festivals before making their way down to Austin for this year’s SXSW.  The Coathangers take their devil-may-care attitude and rowdy house-show vibe on a short stint of US dates before crossing over to Europe for a tour with Trail of Dead. Come March 19, The Coathangers release a split 7” with labelmates Nü Sensae which will be the third installment in their series of split 7”s on Suicide Squeeze.  Both new listeners and longtime fans of The Coathangers will be whipped into a frenzy with “Derek’s Song,” a party-banger perfectly encapsulating the quartet’s capacity for sharp hooks and jagged instrumentation - listen on Spin here or on Soundcloud here:https://soundcloud.com/suicide-squeeze-records/dereks-song-by-the-coathangers(please repost / share) SXSW SHOWS WED 3/13: 1:00 PM - Thrasher @ Scoot Inn 12:00 AM – Suicide Squeeze @ Holy Mountain – 617 E 7th Street THURS 3/14: 2:00 PM –Needle Drop/Terror Eyes @ The Museum of Human Achievement - 3600 Lyons Road FRI 3/15: 5:00 PM – Suicide Squeeze/Hardly Art @ The North Door – 501 N IH 35 SAT 3/16: 4:15 PM – Burger Records @ Hotel Vegas Compound – 1500 East 6th Street THE COATHANGERS TOUR DATES 3/7: Savannah Stopover Fest – Savannah, GA 3/8: Bird’s Aphrodisiac Oyster Shack – Tallahassee, FL 3/9: Siberia - New Orleans, LA 3/10: 35 Denton Festival – Denton, TX 3/11: Galax Z Fair – McAllen, TX 3/13 – 3/16: SXSW – Austin, TX 3/17: Spillover Fest – Dallas, TX 3/19: Proud Larry’s – Oxford, MS 3/24: Zwischenbrau - Rostock Germany $ 3/25: Ubel & Gefayehrlich Hamburg Germany $ 3/27: Vera Groningen, Holland $ 3/30: Leipzig Germany, Conne Island $ 4/1: Düsseldorf Germany, Zakk $ 4/2: Bielefeld Germany, Forum $ 4/4: Sankt Hanshaugen Norway, John Dee $ 4/7: Stockholm Sweden, Debaser $ 4/9: Berlin Germany, Astra $ 4/10: Warsaw Poland, Proxima $ 4/11: Wroclaw Poland, Firlej $ 4/12: Munich Germany, Theaterfabrik $ 4/13: Vienna Austria, WUK $ 4/15: Wil Switzerland, Gare de Lion$ 4/16: Zurich Switzerland, Mascotte $ 4/17: Paris France, La Maroquinerie $ 4/19: Manchester UK, Academy 2/3 $ 4/20: Glasgow UK, SW3 $ 4/21: Wolverhampton UK, Slade Rooms $ 4/22: Cardiff UK, The Great Hall 2 $ 4/23: Bristol UK, Academy $ 4/24: Nottingham UK, Rescue Rooms $ 4/25: London UK,  Islington Academy $ $ = w/ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Click here for more information on The Coathangers