Dan Zanes' Fine Friends Are Here DVD Set For Sept. 22

I previously mentioned how Dan Zanes would be releasing a live concert DVD, The Fine Friends Are Here, and now we have a few more details, like that DVD cover art to the left. We also have a release date (September 22) and even more importantly (because, you know, that cover art spends 99% of its time hidden on the shelf), we have tracklistings and even more goodies to report. What goodies, you might ask? Think audio...

Here Comes Science Set For Sept. 1. Theoretically.

As previously reported, They Might Be Giants' Here Comes Science CD/DVD set is to be released in September. Amazon has it up for preorder available September 1. (I wouldn't be surprised if that date slipped a little bit, though.) Although there's no track listing just yet, here's a list of the items described on the album cover, starting at the upper left: apatosaurus anthropoidea coccinella lepidoptera pinophyta rocket telescope microscope magnoliophyta john (flansburgh) atom test tube john (linnell) Where's my geology song? Also, apparently CD cases are 4.75" square.

Video: "Watch Me Share" (Live) - The Not-Its

The first annual "Timeout To Rock" event in Seattle is now over, but this video of The Not-Its playing "Watch Me Share" from their upcoming debut made me smile. Not so much the opening sax solo as the pogoing kids. I think they all drank their parents' Starbucks. The Not-Its - "Watch Me Share"

Video: "My Brother's A Monster" - Laura Freeman

I've waited quite a bit for the release of Somersault Season, the latest album from Laura Freeman, the indie Laurie Berkner. (I know, I know, Laurie's technically indie, but you get my point.) The album's predecessor, Color Wheel Cartwheel, is just fantabulous but it's been a few years since its release. Well, Somersault Season is finally getting a release in just a couple weeks - July 11. And there's a video for "My Brother's A Monster." It's a little more low-tech than Berkner's videos are these days, but Berkner's got nothing on those hand-drawn monsters. Laura Freeman - "My Brother's A Monster"

Peter Himmelman and Milkshake Team Up, Sort Of.

You know, I had this cover for Great Day, the upcoming album from Baltimore-based band Milkshake, but didn't yet have the tracklisting. On the other hand, I've had My Trampoline, the next album from Peter Himmelman, for awhile now (for a few more details from six months ago, go here). Neither item by itself was probably sufficient for a post. (I do have standards, you know, hard as that may be to believe sometimes.) But I've found the link, folks. Both albums are coming out on August 25. See? That justifies this, right? Oh, anyway, the tracklisting for My Trampoline and some other intriguing Himmelman-related news after the jump.

They Might Be Giants' Here Comes Science Set For September

I'd heard this through unofficial channels, but when They Might Be Giants announces a release date for their latest DVD/CD set in their newsletter, I think it's safe to say that it's official now: Here Comes Science will be in stores in September. As they put it, "the periodic table, photosynthesis, the color spectrum, the scientific method, paleontology--no topic is of [sic] limits in this freewheeling collection of songs!" Well, that sounds fun (if not entirely grammatically spell-checked). Still not a fan of that title, but I guess my attempts at convincing them to change it via mind-control failed.