Draft Board for 5/20/08: Dandy Warhols, Foxboro Hot Tubs, Gemma Hayes, Beatallica

Here’s what’s new and worth your time this week:

Dandy Warhols, …Earth To The Dandy Warhols…
The newly label-less Dandys are trying something new for the release of …Earth, their eighth full-length. It’s due in stores this September, but if you’re a fan who just can’t wait, enroll in their “ETTDW subscription service.” For $35, you’ll get a download of …Earth right away in high-quality MP3 form, the physical disc sent to you upon release, a handmade …Earth print, and future downloads of b-sides, live tracks, and videos. It’s a bit pricey for the casual listener, but it’s a can’t miss deal for fans (like me).

Foxboro Hot Tubs, Stop Drop and Roll!!!
Green Day decided to shrug off the pressure to record the follow-up to American Idiot by dabbling in this Nuggets-style side project with their touring band en tow. The retro-kitschy design is excellent, and so are the tunes, based on the EP’s-worth that were given away on teh intarwebs late last year — try non-album track "Highway 1" on for size:

Download: Foxboro Hot Tubs, "Highway 1" (mp3)

Gemma Hayes, The Hollow of Morning
Now this was a complete shocker: Brit folk-rocker Gemma Hayes’ newest album hit the iTunes Store today, just over a week after it hit stores in the UK. She’s an old favorite of mine (I first heard her catchy debut single “Hanging Around” while in a Virgin Megastore in London & grabbed her disc in a flash), but she hasn’t seen a stateside release since a horribly reworked version of her debut came out in 2003. I’ve already grabbed this from 7digital.com, but it’s definitely worth a look see: Hollow is solid.

Beatallica, All You Need Is Blood
I’ll bet you never thought you’d need an album of nothing but multilingual versions of a Metallica-aping parody of the Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love,” but trust me: you do. Especially the Hebrew and Estonian versions.