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Joseph Arthur will be touring North America this Summer and Fall in support of his new album The Graduation Ceremony. Performing solo with sound loops and painting live onstage, Arthur has been known to create “a dynamic swirl of noise that somehow appears magically around him” (NPR) and “emotional (but tuneful) exorcisms” (Entertainment Weekly). Tour stops include the Pearl Jam 20 Festival (Sept. 3 & 4), Austin City Limits (Sept. 18) and an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (July 20).

Check out Arthur’s new video for Love Never Asks You To Lie:

Tour dates are below:

July 8 – Quebec City, Quebec               Festival d’ete de Quebec
July 15 – Arlington, VA                         IOTA
July 16 – Annapolis, MD                       Ram’s Head (1pm all-ages matinee)
July 20 – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
July 22 – Camden, NJ                           WXPN’s Xponential Festival
July 23 – Calgary, AB                           Calgary Folk Festival
July 29 – Montreal, QC                         Osheaga 2011
August 2 & 3 – Toronto, ON                  Dakota Tavern
August 5 – Pittsburgh, PA                    Club Café
August 6 – Akron, OH                          Musica
August 20 – Woodland Park, CO           Newhoma Music & Mountain Festival
September 3 & 4 – East Troy, WI          Pearl Jam 20 Festival
September 14 – Asheville, NC               The Grey Eagle
September 15 – Nashville, TN                Bluebird Café
September 17 – Dallas, TX                    Kessler Theater
September 18 – Austin, TX                    Austin City Limits
September 22 – Los Angeles, CA          Troubadour
September 23 – San Francisco, CA       Great American Music Hall

www.josepharthur.com

Armed with fist-pumping energy and pop hooks sure to garner massive sing-a-longs, Chicago’s The Frantic are poised to bridge the gap between the punk of Rancid and the pop of Fall Out Boy. Below is a the official video for “Blackout Brigade,’ the newest single from their recently released self-titled EP.

For more information on The Frantic, visit www.thefrantic.com.

Just another reason to love the amazing Canadian indie rockers in the Arcade Fire – they’re putting you into their new music video.

All you have to do is put in the address where you grew up and the video incorporates videos and street views. Ah, nostalgia.

This works best on Chrome browsers because it uses HTML5.

Check it out: http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com.

After debuting “Nice Guys,” the second single off their upcoming album Barbara, on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 Program, We Are Scientists have now released the video and cover art for the “Nice Guys” single.  The video, which can be now seen at The Sun online, features Keith Murray racing through suburban city streets on a child’s scooter, and eating pavement just as much. And it also includes some recognizably misheard lyrics scrolling across the screen, which is also a testament to the Scientists’ strong sarcastic sense of humor. Instead of “If you’re the nice guy, act like the nice guy,” the closed captioning says, “Act like the night sky, act like the night sky.”

The video is only available at The Sun’s website, but as soon as it’s uploaded to Youtube, we’ll be sure to include it right here at PopWreckoning.

The cover art, both nostalgic and a bit nonsensical, is characteristic of We Are Scientists’ relationship with their fans, and their fans’ overwhelming love for them. The dolls featured on the cover were actually made and given to the Scientists by a friend of mine, Adrian Stone.

“Nice Guys” will be officially released on June 7, and Barbara will be released on June 14.

And if you can’t wait to see the boys on tour, they won’t be touring regularly in the U.S. until at least the fall, but they will be hitting up several festivals and smaller gigs in Europe this summer.

May 2: Roundhouse, London
June 27: Glastonbury
July 9: T In The Park
August 27: Leeds Festival
August 28: Reading Festival

Visit Wearescientists.com for more.

The British band Editors recently released their new music video for “Eat Raw Meat=Blood Drool,” off their latest record In This Light And On This Evening. It’s the third single off the album, and an official release date for the physical single hasn’t been announced yet.

Animated and slightly creepy, the video goes along with the new and more synthetic sound Editors explored on this record. Take a look below.

EDITORS – Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool on muzu.tv

For more on Editors, check out their website at Editorsofficial.com.

Talented London rock/pop trio Stages of Dan , who PopWreckoning featured as a Hidden Talent in July, have filmed a music video for their boppy tune “Gary”. Check out the crazy video that has the guys hamming it up in Soho locations of the Yo Sushi! chain. Personally, I think it’s hilarious. I love sushi on conveyor belts too, so they couldn’t really go wrong here.

The band plans to release an EP later this year.

Stages of Dan: myspace

On April 14th, Metric will release Fantasies, their 4th studio full-length. You can watch the video and download the mp3 for the record’s first single, “Help I’m Alive”. Metric will hit the road in June in support of Fantasies.

Watch “Help I’m Alive”:

Download  “Help I’m Alive”:

Tracklisting:
01. Help I’m Alive
02. Sick Muse
03. Satellite Mind
04. Twilight Galaxy
05. Gold Guns Girls
06. Gimme Sympathy
07. Collect Call
08. Front Row
09. Blindness
10. Stadium Love

Metric: website | myspace | Emily Haines @ union pool

So, to be 100% totally honest, I stopped listening to the Offspring after Americana. But today, the guys have released a new music video for since “Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?” and I kind of like it.

Is The Offspring still relevant?

Ben Kweller – Fight

MySpace Music proudly presented the global premiere of iconic alternative rock band Smashing Pumpkins‘ new music video for their latest single “G.L.O.W.” “G.L.O.W” was released by the Smashing Pumpkins and marks the first time a band has recorded a new song exclusively for the Guitar Hero® franchise which was released afterward.

The band is in the midst of a North American tour tour celebrating their 20th anniversary, playing two night stands (with different set lists for each night) in most of the cities on the tour route.

G.L.O.W.

Smashing Pumpkins: website | myspace | under cover