Links roundup

* The Smashing Pumpkins are putting out a DVD (OK, interesting...) But it's a compilation of footage from an 11-night residency on their 2007 tour. (and... no longer interested).

* Simon Jones of the reunited Verve gives us a guide to Manchester. I lived in Manchester in 1998-99, right after the Verve broke up and Oasis moved to London, when the biggest musical act in town was the still-relatively-unknown Badly Drawn Boy (and maybe the Space Monkeys). It's a cool city with a truly amazing musical history, from New Order to the Smiths to the Stone Roses to James to Oasis and beyond, including great newer bands like Doves.

* Early reviews of the Chris Cornell / Timbaland collaboration are... not positive. The phrase "career suicide" is bantered around a bit.

* The L.A. Times gets into the early-'90s controversy over Juliana Hatfield's virginity (I previously discussed this here). Her memoir is finally out; you can get it here (or her new CD, How to Walk Away, here).

* And finally, check this blog out. Forgotten Treasures specializes in out-of-print '90s albums. They've got stuff I never even heard of; some of it's surprisingly great for being so obscure.

Lots of '90s acts on tour this fall

I've been out of town, and my inbox has filled up with lots of tourdates. So here's a round-up:

* Alanis Morrisette (still not fat), September-November, US and Canada
* Less than Jake w/Rancid and Reel Big Fish, September, Pacific Northwest and Canada
* Nine Inch Nails, now through October, US and Mexico
* Cake, September and October, Canada and the Northeast
* Counting Crows, on tour through October with Maroon 5, US (plus Toronto)
* Jackopierce, September-November, US
* Beck, August 21-October 3, US
* Everlast, August 15 - October 29, US
* Juliana Hatfield, September, major US cities
* Smashing Pumpkins' "20th anniversary tour," August 8-20, Midwest and Southeast
* Liz Phair, performing Exile to Guyville in its entirety, August 27-29, Philadelphia, Washington, Boston
* Everclear, August and September, Midwest and Northeast

Juliana Hatfield's autobiography

According to this article, Juliana Hatfield has written an autobiography, scheduled to be published in 2009. Expect lots of stories about the early-'90s Boston scene (and bands like the Lemonheads and Belly), Lilith Fair (Hatfield was on the first one in '97), touring with Jeff Buckley, her guest-starring appearances on The Adventures of Pete and Pete and My So-Called Life, and possibly the firestorm that ensued when she told Interview Magazine in 1992 that she was still a virgin (at the age of 25).

She also has an album out August 19, entitled How to Walk Away. Tracy Bonham and members of Nada Surf and Fountains of Wayne assist on the album. The tracklisting can be found here.

Like her 2005 album Made in China and her 2007 live album, the new record will be released on Hatfield's own imprint, Ye Olde Records.

No tour dates as of now, but she does have a blog (read her thoughts on Silverchair!)

Hatfield last hit the modern-rock charts in 1995, with "Universal Heart-Beat."


*I forgot about this one; that was a decent song.