Also, friend of the site, Ben Sisario, author of the book Doolittle in the 33 1/3 series writes a fantastic blog called Crimes Against Music. This past week, he wrote a great, hilarious article called "Exposed! The Real Frank Black" - we suggest you check it out!

We will be back with more news soon - including (we hope) a Golem update and, as we approach the Feburary release date of the debut Grand Duchy album, we will do our best to bring you all the pertinent news!

-Brian ]]>http://www.frankblack.net/news/#690http://www.frankblack.net/news/#690Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:15:00 PSTToday in the news,

According to BlackFrancis.net, there will be a box-set release of Der Golem! Whether this will be the only format the record is released in, or if there will be a single-disc version remains to be seen. However, we can safely say that the box set will include some sort of document from the screening live performance at the Castro Theater during the San Francisco Film Festival from earlier this year.

Also from BlackFrancis.net, the video for "When They Come to Murder Me" will be released sometime before the end of the year. The video's concept was fan-submitted, so it should be interesting to see what our fellow fan came up with!

Finally, exclusive to Podcast 33 (just released), we have some information about the upcoming Black Francis/Isaac Brock/Larry Norman/Guards of Metropolis collaboration. Trouble is a Lonesome Town, a 1962 album by Lee Hazelwood, has been recreated by the aforementioned cast of characters and is almost complete! Charles Normal, brother of Larry Norman, guitarist in Guards of Metropolis, and guest on Podcast 33, tells us that only one more vocal needs to be recorded, and that we should see the record out in February or March on Slackertone records.

Stay tuned, as always, for all the news that's fit to put into an RSS feed, here at FrankBlack.net.

-Brian]]>http://www.frankblack.net/news/#689http://www.frankblack.net/news/#689Sun, 5 Oct 2008 02:33:00 PSTToday in the news, As you may remember, Grand Duchy - the Frank Black/Violet Clark project that is currently drawing a lot of attention - was slotted to do a cover for the American Laundromat Records' Cure Tribute disc entitled "Just Like Heaven". Well, the cover is blown and out there on the internet along with the rest of the disc, available for your streaming pleasure. Just select the Grand Duchy track, A Strange Day, after you click here.

The track, which is a collaboration between Frank Black and Violet (and nobody else) features some excellent vocals from Violet, a healthy dose of synth, a driving bass line, and of course some nice guitar work. You can listen to the entire album, including the title track from Joy Zipper, and a cover of "The Lovecats" from Tanya Donelly.

As for the album itself, it hits the streets January 27, 2009, but if you preorder you can get an advance copy at a special price and receive it "in time for the holidays" complete with bonus track, promo pin, and a chance to win an FB/Violet autograph on your disc for the pretty great price of $10. And no, we are not in anyway profiting from this particular piece of news, but we know a good deal when we see it.

So get your next dose of Grand Duchy and Cure (you see what we did there?) your anxiety as you await the February release of "Le Petit Fours", the first Grand Duchy album.

-Dean]]>http://www.frankblack.net/news/#688http://www.frankblack.net/news/#688Fri, 3 Oct 2008 14:34:00 PSTToday in the news, That's it from the underground for the moment, but stay tuned for more news we anticipate in the coming weeks.

-Dean]]>http://www.frankblack.net/news/#687http://www.frankblack.net/news/#687Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:14:00 PSTToday in the news, Ahoy!

While Black Francis is down under we are coming up for air and have emerged with Podcast 32 – FB Can Travel Time" (This is a link to a direct download, but we strongly encourage you to subscribe to our podcast!). In this episode, we explore the territory between ‘exclusives’ and ‘rarities,’ get some live tracks, alternate mixes, our first fan-submitted “Crack Pot Theory” and the introduction of a new segment “Album Investigation!”

After tuning in, make sure to visit the Podcast Season 3 thread over in our forum and let us know what you think!

-Brian ]]>