PJ Harvey returns!

PJ HARVEY LET ENGLAND SHAKE NEW ALBUM OUT FEBRUARY 15, 2011 New Track To Be Previewed at www.pjharvey.netBeginning Tues. Nov. 30

PJ Harvey's eighth studio album 'Let England Shake' is set to be released on the February 15, 2011 on Vagrant Records in the U.S. 'Let England Shake' was recorded in a 19th Century church in Dorset with long time collaborator Flood who co-produced the album with PJ Harvey, John Parish and Mick Harvey. The record was also mixed by Flood. The new album will be supported by a run of sold out live shows early next year, with dates in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, and London's Troxy on February 27th and 28th.  2011 will also see Harvey return to the festival stage, with more details to be announced. PJ Harvey will perform with a live band which includes Mick Harvey, John Parish and Jean-Marc Butty. A new album track will be previewed at the official website www.pjharvey.net  beginning Tuesday November 30.  The completed tracklisting for 'Let England Shake' is as follows: 1.       Let England Shake 2.       The Last Living Rose 3.       The Glorious Land 4.       The Words That Maketh Murder 5.       All And Everyone 6.       On Battleship Hill 7.       England 8.       In The Dark Places 9.       Bitter Branches 10.   Hanging In The Wire 11.   Written On The Forehead 12.   The Colour of The Earth Source: Nasty Little Man

Motion City Soundtrack teams with Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, other cool kids

Motion City Soundtrack Presents the First Ever Popsickle Festival!
Taking Over Minneapolis' Famed First Avenue on December 18th, Motion City Soundtrack Headlines and are Joined by Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, Gold Motel and many others!

Motion City Soundtrack’s Music Video for “A Lifeless Ordinary” Exclusively Premiered on SPIN.com Last Week & Currently in the Top 4 Most Popular Articles:

http://www.spin.com/articles/exclusive-new-motion-city-soundtrack-video

New York, NY - Motion City Soundtrack are excited to present the first ever Popsickle festival in their hometown of Minneapolis, MN on December 18th.  Taking over Minneapolis' famed  First Avenue and spilling over into 7th Street Entry, the all ages festival will feature headliners Motion City Soundtrack along with Minus the Bear, Foxy Shazam, Gold Motel, A Great Big Pile of Leaves, Now Now Every Children, One for the Team, Gospel Gossip, Take Cover and The Chord and the Fawn with more to be announced.

We wanted to start a festival in the vein of what Lollapalooza was to me in the early '90's -- a bunch of bands that most likely would never have toured together, but were all doing something interesting and unique in that particular point in time. Our version of that will be much smaller of course, but the idea is the same.  We hope to make this an annual festival that takes place in Minnesota every winter and hopefully can continue to grow in both scope and girth. – Justin Pierre/MCS

Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 13^th at noon at all Ticketmaster outlets and the First Avenue box office. The first 100 tickets purchased at the box office will be specially priced at just $12.50 (two ticket limit). All other tickets are $22.50 in advance.

www.popsicklefestival.com
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www.facebook.com/popsicklefestival

Motion City Soundtrack is currently out on a co-headlining tour of the US with Say Anything, with Saves The Day supporting. Check out the remaining tour dates below:

Nov.      9^th           Nokia Theatre                                                                                   New York, NY

                10^th         Electric Factory                                                                                 Philadelphia, PA

                12^th         Sonar                                                                                                    Baltimore, MD

                13^th         Amos’ Southend Music Hall                                                        Charlotte, NC

                14^th         Variety Playhouse                                                                          Atlanta, GA

                16^th         Revolution                                                                                         Ft. Lauderdale, FL

                17^th         House of Blues                                                                                 Orlando, FL

                19^th         The Palladium Ballroom                                                               Dallas, TX

                20^th         Warehouse Live                                                                               Houston, TX

                21^st         Stubb’s BBQ                                                                                       Austin, TX

Source: Stunt Company

Google gets sued over Buzz privacy issues, is forced to apologize (kind of)

I apologize for the non-music-related post, but I found this e-mail from Google HQ this morning to be quite interesting ... funny how it doesn't mention how Google violated our privacy, just that the company did:

Important Information about Google Buzz Class Action Settlement

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Google rarely contacts Gmail users via email, but we are making an exception to let you know that we've reached a settlement in a lawsuit regarding Google Buzz (http://buzz.google.com), a service we launched within Gmail in February of this year.

Shortly after its launch, we heard from a number of people who were concerned about privacy. In addition, we were sued by a group of Buzz users and recently reached a settlement in this case.

The settlement acknowledges that we quickly changed the service to address users' concerns. In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. The more people know about privacy online, the better their online experience will be.

Just to be clear, this is not a settlement in which people who use Gmail can file to receive compensation. Everyone in the U.S. who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you personally decide to opt out before December 6, 2010. The Court will consider final approval of the agreement on January 31, 2011. This email is a summary of the settlement, and more detailed information and instructions approved by the court, including instructions about how to opt out, object, or comment, are available at http://www.BuzzClassAction.com.

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