A Shock to the New Muse Album

• Muse has announced that their much anticipated new album will be released worldwide on July 3rd, while those in North America will have to wait a little longer. Drummer Dominic Howard has been quoted as saying that "the diversity of the album and some of the directions we've discovered and gone for might shock (our fans) in some way".
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• Sub Pop artist The Shins were originally expecting to get their third album on the record store shelves this summer. However, the timeline for release has now changed for the yet to be titled album. You can hopefully see signs of it in October 2006.
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• Seattle's own Pretty Girls Make Graves will be hitting the road starting April 26th in Portland, Oregon to begin promoting their new album "Elan Vital". It will be available starting April 11th (April 3rd for those in Europe). Giant Drag and various other guests will be supporting the quintet across the United States. There has yet to be an announcement if they will make a trip north of the boarder to Canada on the same tour. Their first single off the album called "The Nocturnal House" can be heard on the Matador Records website - :: here ::