The Features Prep New LP, 7-inch

Nashville's The Features return on July 26 with their third studio effort The Wilderness. It'll be released through Kings of Leon's Serpents and Snakes label and, strangely, it seems those Followill's have an ear for radio-ready alt. rock. The lead single "Rambo" blends in just enough spaghetti western riffology to keep their middle of the road guitars and vocals interesting. That track will be featured on a 7-inch along with B-side "That Much I Know" available through the band's website or at selected indie record shops.

Rambo 7 inch by The Features

US tour dates after the jump . . .

New Features Comin' in June

[MP3]

The Features: The Drawing Board

As the press release openly states, The Features sort of fell off the radar after generating a great deal of buzz behind their great debut Exhibit A and subsequent shows with Kings of Leon, the Raconteurs and The Walkmen. Well, Nashville's The Features are back with Some Kind of Salvation (6/9) which "combines the eclectic, folksy sensibility of the band’s EP, The Beginning (2003, Fierce Panda), with the driving, live energy of Exhibit A (2006, Universal)." We just received our copy yesterday, and the first few run-throughs have been quite satisfying. You'll hear more on this in the coming weeks for sure, but for now check out an MP3. Cover and tracks after the jump...





Complete Track List
1: Whatever Gets You By
2: The Drawing Board
3: Foundation
4: GMF
5: The Temporary Blues
6: Wooden Heart
7: The Gates of Hell
8: Still Lost
9: Baby's Hammer
10: Lions
11: Concrete
12: Off Track
13: All I Ask

Dexateens - New Video + Tour Dates + MP3

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Dexateens - "Down Low"

Tuscaloosa, Alabama's the Dexateens prepare to release their debut album, Singlewide, dropping May 12 on Skybucket/Cornelius Chapel Records. These 'Bama boys conjure images of jangling Kinks, with Ray Davies-esque, nasal-lead, scratchy vocals and hooky choruses. 2:57 running time, "Down Load" bounces along, only after a slow start, but picks up speed with that Traveling Wilburys sound; i.e.hard-strumming, layered-acoustic patterns. It's definitely a good start for this down low band, from down south.

Check out tour dates with The Features and Those Darlins after the jump.

Tour dates:
May 2 Tuscaloosa, AL Mellow Mushroom
May 8 Birmingham, AL Zydeco
May 9 Atlanta, GA The Earl
May 11 Charlotte, NC The Milestone
May 12 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel
May 13 Charlottesville, VA iS Venue
May 14 New York, NY Pianos
May 15 Cambridge, MA TT the Bears
May 16 Philadelphia, PA Khyber
May 17 Brooklyn, NY Union Hall
May 19 Cleveland, OH Grog Shop
May 20 Chicago, IL Schuba's Tavern
May 21 Newport, KY Southgate House-The Parlour
May 22 Lexington, KY The Dame
May 23 Knoxville, TN Barley's
May 24 Nashville, TN The Basement
Jun 6 Chattanooga, TN Riverbend Festival Bud

May 8th The Features open
May 11th - May 23rd co-bill with The Features
May 11th - 13th & May 19th-23rd Those Darlins open