New A Perfect Circle Song "By and Down"

A Perfect Circle debuted their new song "By and Down" last night in Portland. Check it out below.



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Queens of Country Info

Pitchfork posted an article about the upcoming movie starring Lizzy Caplan, Ron Livingston, and Maynard James Keenan.

Last year, Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock re-ignited his side project Ugly Casanova to contribute songs to the documentary 180° South. A year later, he's on his making-music-for-movies grind again. Brock will compose the score for the upcoming feature film Queens of Country, written and directed by Ryan Page and Christopher Pomerenke (Blood Into Wine, The Heart Is a Drum Machine) and starring Lizzy Caplan (of the late, beloved TV series "Party Down"), Ron Livingston (Office Space), and (wait for it) Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan.

According to a press release, the plot of Queens of Country revolves around "Caplan's character Jolene and a lost iPod, which the obsessed country music fan is convinced belongs to her soul mate. Jolene quickly finds herself in a hilarious adventure of mistaken identities, line dancing competitions, time machines and doppelgangers." So yeah, your typical lost-iPod-time-machine-country-music-rom-com flick, sounds like. And they say the film industry's run out of ideas!

The movie, as well as Brock's score, is slated for a 2012 release. Watch a video of Ugly Casanova performing the 180° South contribution "Here's to Now" below while you continue to wonder whether Modest Mouse will ever make another album.

Captain America Trailer

View the new Captain America trailer featuring Forty Six & 2.

First Single, "Man Overboard" Available on July 19th

The Puscifer newsletter was sent out today and includes more details on the new album, "Conditions of My Parole."

PUSCIFER'S NEW ALBUM, CONDITIONS OF MY PAROLE, AVAILABLE OCT. 18

"The Verde Valley is an intrinsic part of what Puscifer is. It’s equal parts Twilight Zone, Mayberry and Road Warrior. The ghosts and aliens, Republicans and Democrats, cowboys and artists living side by side with hostile creatures such as scorpions, spiders, rattlesnakes, javelina and hippies are just a few of the spicy ingredients that give Conditions of My Parole its unique flavor." - Maynard James Keenan

"Man Overboard," the first single from the album, will be available via iTunes and other digital service providers on July 19.

Conditions of My Parole was recorded in Jerome, Ariz. this spring with tracking done amidst the wine barrels from Keenan's Caduceus Cellars. The album was produced by Keenan, Mat Mitchell, and Josh Eustis. Contributing musicians for the new album include the aforementioned Keenan, Mitchell, and Eustis as well as Carina Round, Juliette Commagere, Matt McJunkins, Jeff Freidl, Gil and Rani Sharone, Jonny Polonsky, Tim Alexander, Devo Keenan, Alessandro Cortini, Sarah Jones, and Jon Theodore.


A North American tour kicks off in early November with more information to come.

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New Puscifer album "Conditions of My Parole" on Oct 18th

Spin just posted an interview with Maynard in which he reveals the new Puscifer album will be titled "Conditions of My Parole" and will be released on October 18th, followed by a two month tour.

New Puscifer Track "Man Overboard"

Seattle Weekly recently asked Maynard what the top 10 most-played songs in his iTunes library are and he mentioned a new Puscifer song titled "Man Overboard." Here's the list:
1. "Man Overboard," Puscifer
2. "Man of Constant Sorrow," Soggy Bottom Boys
3. "Black Out," Scorpions
4. "Nobody's Fault But Mine," Nina Simone
5. "Crossroads (live)," Ahmad Jamal

6. "Gone Shootin," AC/DC
7. "Follow My Life," Obie Trice
8. "Skinny Minnie (FishTail)," Teresa Brewer
9. "When I Wake Up," Marshall Family
10. "Rock N Roll," Plasmatics
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Maynard also recently tweeted:

First new Puscifer Track mastered for the soon to be released collection of salty dance hits. Light up, muzza fahk
http://twitpic.com/5ctys3

More Kent Tickets

From the APC Facebook:

Good news Seattleites, The ShoWare Center has opened up additional floor seats for the June 30 A Perfect Circle show. There is a very limited quantity available.

Buy tickets now at the ShoWare Center website.

Tool in Captain America Trailer

From toolband.com:

Fans of the band will notice some TOOL music in the soon to be released trailer for "Captain America."

According to comicbookmovie.com, the song is Forty Six & 2. No word on whether it will be on the soundtrack too or just the trailer. The movie will open in theaters on July 22nd. For more information, visit the movie's official website at captainamerica.marvel.com.

Lollapalooza Schedule Released

A Perfect Circle will be playing on Friday, August 5th.

Check out the full schedule here.

Big News Coming Soon For Puscifer, Puscifer Recording New Album

From the A Perfect Circle Facebook post:

Interested in Maynard's latest project, Puscifer? Big news coming soon; join theFacebook page to be one of thefirst to know.

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My guess would be some new music as I don't think he would bring Puscifer back out on the road without some new material. But who knows, maybe some tour dates?
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According to a tweet from Jeff Friedl on June 3rd, they were recording the new Puscifer album last week.

Recording the new @Puscifer @mjkeenan record this week. Weirdness as usual. Yeehaw! http://twitpic.com/56i84t

He also gave us his photo:

APC Tickets, June Tool Newsletter

On sale Friday, June 3rd @ 10AM:
> Aug 1 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall
> Aug 10 - Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre

On sale Saturday, June 4th @ 10AM:
> Aug 8 - Cincinnati, OH - PNC Pavilion

VIP tickets for these shows will also go on sale at the same time as regular tickets at this website: http://aperfectcircle.frontgatetickets.com/

Link to the email: http://ymlp.com/zNyAJt

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The June Newsletter was posted on toolband.com and amongst the ramblings, Blair says that:
> There's no way he could know the release date of the new Tool album and it may be released sooner, later, or maybe even on May 22nd.
> A new website is being designed and will hopefully be launched in the next couple of months.

New Puscifer in October

From the Puscifer Twitter account:

Finishin up new puscifer tracks. mixin this month w hopes of an Oct release. It's sounding pretty tasty. Fairly confident you'll b pleased.