The New Music

Future Of The Left have parted ways with their label 4AD. Frontman Andy Falkous said that the band are going full steam ahead with a new album, however. “This time I’m hoping to take the thing full circle and to channel the spirit of Freddie Mercury - not Brian May - through Slayer’s backline.”

Though there hasn’t been much hoopla over it, Sub Pop is releasing the new album by Auckland, New Zealand’s terrific The Ruby Suns. Fight Softly will be out on March 2nd.

Need another reason to be excited about the new Liars album? Of course not, but how about this? Sisterworld will come with a second disc of “remixes and reinterpretations” of each track. Some of the parties involved include Thom Yorke, Suicide’s Alan Vega, Deerhunter/Atlas Sound’s Bradford Cox, TV On The Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe, The Melvins and Blonde Redhead.

Jack White is talking about a solo album again. Speaking to Rolling Stone, the leader of the White Stripes/Dead Weather/Raconteurs said he’s looking at it in 2010, but it could be a challenge “to differentiate from anything else that I’ve done.”

New Young Pony Club are getting people geared up for their new album, The Optimist. Ty Bulmer says the songs are more introspective this time around and that “‘it makes the first sound like a bunch of nursery rhymes.”