After some heady anticipation (thanks to the warm reception of “You’ve Changed” – see below), Sia has released the cover art and drop date for her new album. We Are Born drops in the US on June 8th on her own Monkey Puzzle label but through a deal with Jive. A full six tracks from the album are available now for streaming on her own site, including the second lead single, “Clap Your Hands” (sans ’say yeah’). The rest of the material continues the bouyant poptronica of “You’ve Changed,” which is kind of a bold move considering how much cash Sia’s still raking in from the emotive downtempo “Breathe” (did you see that Coke commercial during the Olympics?). Still, “I’m In Here” features some of that undulating Sia auto-harmony she’s known and loved for. The streams are via YouTube, so you could listen there too. The We Meaning You Tour precedes the album’s release. Track info and dates below.
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Keane will release a new collection of material this spring. Night Train will be an eight track “album” of songs the band wrote while on tour for their previous release, Perfect Symmetry. The collection includes live fave “My Shadow” as well as two collabos with K’naan – “Stop for a Minute” and “Looking Back” – making this release a 25% K’naan guest drop. While it’s to be accompanied by a North American tour, the length is a little curious. Granted, previous Keane LPs have maxxed out at 11 tracks, but when has 8 been enough for an entire album? We should consider the success of their US labelmate Lady Gaga, whose eight-song-long release The Fame Monster (mostly sold packaged with her full-length debut) has not only been a big seller, but a way to keep the artist in the spot without having to wait for even more material. In this sense, Gaga and Keane are exploring the newly revived territory between EP and LP lengths – possibly the future of recorded music and a bit of salvation for the record industry. Night Train drops May 11. Tour dates tba!
Somehow, Metric has found their 2009 album, Fantasies, on the Billboard 200 album charts. After the recent success of the album’s third single, “Gold Guns Girls,” the album has entered the Top 200 at 162. Kind of remarkable given that this is the band’s third album and the band isn’t even on tour. They will be shortly (dates below). The band has also provided the Mike Shinoda remix of “Gold” for 
