Music

This Morning In New Music March 11, 2010

by Ciaran Thompson

Seattle band Sunny Day Real Estate is planning to record their first album in 15 years. Although no release date has been announced all original members including Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, William Goldsmith and Nate Mendel will be present and have been working on new material since last fall. The band will be performing at this year’s Coachella Festival on April 18. [Billboard]

Pink Floyd have won a court battle to stop EMI from selling their songs individually online. The band who signed with the label in 1976 said their contract stated their albums could not be split up without their permission. A judge agreed saying the contract contained a clause to “preserve the artistic integrity of the albums.” EMI has to pay the band $60,000 with a further fine to be decided later. [BBC]

And St. Vincent, Liars and tropicalia band Os Mutantes have recorded a Record Club with Beck. Record Club is a project where Beck collects a few of his music buddies to record a cover version of an album in one day and then posts it on his website. So far The Velvet Underground and Nico and Songs of Leonard Cohen have been done. Details of the recent album covered have not been released yet. [Pitchfork]