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The most rocking, energetic U2 single in over 15 years was leaked today. We at Donewaiting.com suspect it’s probably only a short time before sources dry up, so make with the clicky!

(you can discuss the song here, too)

After five years off, Farrar has assembled the group once more to record a new album and start a tour in 2005. (full story)

Can I get an amen?

The AP reports Johnny Ramone has passed. For those keeping track, that’s three original Ramones in four years. Hey God! What the fuck did the Ramones ever do to you?!

Following the success of an amped-up, extended re-issue of Slanted & Enchanted, the kids went nuts when Matador announced they’d be doing the same with Pavement’s second album Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. As the release date approaches, Matador’s Patrick Amory spills the beans about the tracklisting on the label’s message board:

DISC ONE

Back to the Gold Soundz

1. Silence Kit
2. Elevate Me Later
3. Stop Breathin
4. Cut Your Hair
5. Newark Wilder
6. Unfair
7. Gold Soundz
8. 5-4 = Unity
9. Range Life
10. Heaven Is a Truck
11. Hit the Plane Down
12. Fillmore Jive

======== end of original album =========

13. Camera
14. Stare
15. Raft
16. Cooling by Sound
17. Kneeling Bus
18. Strings of Nashville
19. Exit Theory
20. 5-4 Vocal
21. Jam Kids
22. Haunt You Down
23. Unseen Power of the Picket Fence
24. Nail Clinic

#1-12 from Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
#13-14 from “Cut Your Hair” released 1994
#15-16 from “Range Life” released 1994
#17-19 from “Gold Soundz” released 1994
#20 from “Gold Soundz” Australian tour ep released 1994
#21-22 from 7″ included with Crooked Rain
#23 from “No Alternative” released 1993
#24 from “Hey Drag City” released 1993

DISC TWO

After the Glow (Where Eagles Dare)

1. All My Friends
2. Soiled Little Filly
3. Range Life
4. Stop Breathing
5. Ell Ess Two
6. Flux = Rad
7. Bad Version of War
8. Same Way of Saying
9. Hands Off the Bayou
10. Heaven Is a Truck (Egg Shell)
11. Grounded
12. Kennel District
13. Pueblo (Beach Boys)
14. Fucking Righteous
15. Colorado
16. Dark Ages
17. Flood Victim
18. JMC Retro
19. Rug Rat
20. Strings of Nashville (instrumental)
21. Instrumental
22. Brink of the Clouds
23. Orange Black
24. Tartar Martyr
25. Pueblo

#1-21 previously unreleased
#22-25 from John Peel Session Feb 26, 2004 (??? – we presume he meant 1994, rather)

Playlouder reports that David Gedge has resurrected the long-defunct Wedding Present and has already completed an album scheduled for release later this year.

“We were playing faster and more strummy” he told PlayLouder, “so I just thought, ‘I may as well reform the Wedding Present'”. [full story]

Not that his years with Cinerama were markedly different, but it’s nice to see the return of a familiar name.

The rumor mill is bustling over the future of the White Stripes. Launch reports:

Jack White’s cousin claims The White Stripes may split soon.

Ben Blackwell of Detroit band The Dirtbombs told BBC 6 Music that White is planning to end his partnership with ex-wife Meg and go solo.

He said: “Jack hasn’t spoken directly to me about it but the word in Detroit is that The White Stripes are near-done.”

“He could certainly live off The White Stripes’ legacy for the rest of his life. And that’s the best motivator, he can do whatever he wants now and he doesn’t have to worry about whether it’s safe or commercially viable.” [full story]

Stories from cousins aren’t always the most reliable sources of information, but common sense dicates this day would’ve come sooner or later anyway.

I guess this is what passes for a protest song in 2004. Not that it’s bad, mind you, but it’s got no message. Soundbytes from news reports and speeches aren’t exactly on par with something like, say, Dylan’s “Masters of War.” However, 42 years on, it’s nice to see that not everyone is too jaded to even care about this fabricated dirty war. A for effort, Kathleen Hanna.

Download “New Kicks” here.

The album will be out this October.

It appears that Give Up, last year’s debut from the wonder duo of Tamborello and Gibbard (aka The Postal Service) is actually the second best selling album in Sub Pop’s history. Of course we all knew Nirvana’s Bleach had to be number one, but Give Up has surpassed a lot of other great releases to assume the number two spot.

C’mon people! Where’s the love for Chixdiggit?! (j/k)

Drudge and CNN are saying James was found dead in his home this morning by his caretaker. I would have bet dollars to doughnuts that George Clinton would have gone first.

What a surprise and I’m totally pissed that no one thought to invite me! Legendary Athens, GA dance punk band Pylon reunited for an intimate show earlier this week, and have no plans to play another (or another or another) anytime soon. This week, the people of Athens were the luckiest people on Earth. A few more details over at The Day Jobs.