The album will be released in digital, CD and vinyl formats. A special limited edition Pop-Up Album version will also be available, which will include a 12" x 12" hardback book containing graffiti pop-up art designed by David A. Carter, vinyl, CD and exclusive content including photographs, excerpts from the studio diary and the band's personal notebooks.

The next single from the album is called "Paradise" (the first being "Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall") and it's coming out on September 12.

Billboard.com reported yesterday that californian stars Train, though still on the road with Maroon 5 celebrating the success of their last record "Save Me, San Francisco", are about 75 or 80 percent done with writing the next album.

Frontman Pat Monahan tells Billboard that he and bandmates Scott Underwood and Jimmy Stafford will likely take a little break after Train comes off the road in mid-September and then start recording in November or December with Butch Walker (with whom they toured in 2010) at the production helm! The group hopes to have a new single out in February, with the album to follow in March or April.

London-based australian indie rock band Howling Bells will release their third studio album "The Loudest Engine" on September 12th, 2011, through independent record label Cooking Vinyl.

Howling Bells' members started writing for the album while they were on the road supporting Coldplay in 2009. The band chose to allow the Killers' bassist Mark Stoermer to produce the album, which was his first experience as a record producer. They connected with him while they appeared as the opening act for his band on three separate occasions in 2006 and 2007.

The first single off the new record is titled "Into The Sky", and you can download it now from iTunes, where you can also listen to a snippet of the song. In addiction, you can download the titletrack of the new album for free at their website. 

Karlstad's heavy rockers Renegade Five will release their sophomore effort in a few weeks through Universal Music Sweden.

The new album is called "Nxt Gen" and follows the succesful debut "Undergrounded Universe", released in 2009, that led the band to five nomination at the Grammis Awards (the swedish equivalent of the american Grammy Awards).

Here on the left you can see a video with live images for the first single off the new record, named "Alive".

For further info on the band, head over their website or their facebook page.

From the bio: "Founded in Los Angeles in 2009 by a "lover and lunatic" named French, and a crew of musicians and friends, Annie Autonatic started the ceremonial fire immediately with their EP "Fighting Chances" - started, finished, and made available within 90 days. In 2010 they released 3 singles. They also began working on a more in-depth, powerful album, "Don't Look Down", to be released August, 23."

French is influenced by everything from early Beatles and Motown to the trash of glamorous punks like Iggy Pop to even the pulsating electronic sounds of the underground clubscenes in LA, NY and Europe.

Another great band that will visit the old continent next fall is Fair To Midland: they'll be the support act of Evanescence on their November tour. Here are the dates:

• November 04 Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK
• November 05 Hammersmith Apollo - London, UK
• November 06 Corporation - Sheffield, UK ***HEADLINE SHOW***
• November 07 Apollo - Manchester, UK
• November 08 Academy - Glasgow, UK
• November 10 Pavilion - Plymouth, UK
• November 11 Joiners - Southampton, UK ***HEADLINE SHOW***
• November 12 Academy - Leeds, UK
• November 13 Academy - Birmingham, UK
• November 16 Olympia - Paris, FR
• November 17 Stadthalle - Offenbach, DE
• November 18 Mitsubishi Electric Halle - Dusseldorf, DE
• November 20 Columbiahalle - Berlin, DE
• November 21 Zenith - Munich, DE

Other dates may be added in the upcoming days. Stay tuned!

I must admit I'm digging Downhere's new single a lot.

Sure, "Let Me Rediscover You" is a simple song, quite predictable and barely original, as it often happens with non-secular artists; but it's delivered with such a great passion it can't be overlooked.

"Let Me Rediscover You" (watch the video here) is the first single off Downhere new album "On The Altar Of Love", set to be released on August, 23rd through Centricity Music.

Find more about this canadian band at their website and at their facebook page, where you can also hear the titletrack of the new record (another great number!).

"Dancing With A Dead Man" is the follow-up to australian heavy rock band Calling All Cars' debut album "Hold, Hold, Fire".

Produced by Tom Larkin (Shihad, The Getaway Plan, Young and Restless) and mixed by Chris Sheldon (Gun, Feeder, Foo Fighters, Biffy Clyro, Skunk Anansie), the new album is out today via Shock Records.

"There’s definitely more of a cohesive theme running through it," says bassist Adam Montgomery about the new work. "It's not a concept record at all, but it's got a similar feel running through it, which is exactly what we wanted."

Watch the video for the first single "Reptile" on YouTube and listen to the whole record on FasterLouder now.