Franz Ferdinand unveils new version of "No You Girls" video

The band will open for Green Day during their U.S. shows from August 8 to 22. Click here to check out the first version of "No You Girls."



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Muse announces release date for fifth album

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Muse will release the "The Resistance" on September 14 in the UK. Recording and mixing for the band's fifth album is practically done and Muse will begin to tour starting in late October.

It makes me incredibly excited to know that in the next three months, both Muse and the Arctic Monkeys will release two of this year's most anticipated albums (sorry Grizzly Bear).

The band's website also said that more information and tracklisting will be announced soon. To stay updated, visit Muse on its website, or keep reading this blog, as I will update it with all the latest news and updates from the band.

To download Muse demos, rare songs, acoustic songs and full, live concerts from as early as 1999, visit Microcuts.net . It also has a large collection of Muse photos from throughout the band's career. Head on over to it's download section to get some great tracks. You might want to start off with one of the best unofficial live concerts ever - their performance at Reading Festival in 2006. The acoustic songs are equally as brilliant.

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Muse drummer says fifth album possibly finished

Dominic Howard posted a blog on his myspace earlier today that he thinks the band's fifth album, "The Resistance," is finished. He said they've listened to it a lot and like it, so the mixing is done.

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He also said something about September possibly being the release date, but nothing is set as of right now. Here's his whole blog post:

Hi,

So, I think,,, we've actually finished the album. Its all mixed so we are just listening to it a lot to really make sure its done but we seem to be agreeing it is.
It sounds f**king great and is my favorite album by far, but the new ones always are.!
September is hopefully the month of kick off but there are still lots of things to get together before then. Like learning how to play these songs live for one.. That should take a while!

Just want to say thanks to everyone who bought tickets for the tour in the autumn. We are immensely looking forward to it but also can only apologize for some idiot touts that are selling tickets for £200 - £600 in certain places. Obviously this has nothing to do with the band and not something we condone at all. We can try our best to try and prevent this but as you can imagine its quite hard. All our tickets are a fixed price and spending more than that is not something we expect. But keep posted as some more tickets for some shows may get released later down the line.

Anyway, see you guys soon,

Dom.

This is possibly the greatest news I've heard in a while. A new Muse album before the end of 2009.

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Arctic Monkeys announce album release date and tracklisting

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The Arctic Monkeys have just announced that their currently untitled third album will be released on August 24. It will feature 10 new Arctic Monkeys songs and is produced by Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and Simian Mobile Disco's James Ford (who also produced Alex Turner's side project, The Last Shadow Puppets).

Here is the tracklisting:

01) My Propeller
02) Crying Lightning
03) Dangerous Animals
04) Secret Door
05) Potion Approaching
06) Fire & The Thud
07) Cornerstone
08) Dance Little Liar
09) Pretty Visitors
10) The Jeweller's Hands

The album will be available on CD, Vinyl and as an MP3 download.

Head on over to We All Want Someone To Shout For to download an acoustic version of "Fire & The Thud" recorded a while back.

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