Tom Morello revealed Street Sweeper, his new musical project with Boots Riley of The Coup, last week. The duo will open the upcoming Nine Inch Nails tour. Listen to "Fight! Smash! Win!" on the band's website. [www.nme.com]
Graham Coxon will release The Spinning Top on May 11th (UK). The concept album follows "the story of a man from birth to death" and features mostly acoustic instruments. [www.nme.com]
Texas' Toadies have lined up a US tour throughout April and May in support of No Deliverance, the band's first album since 2001's Hell Below/Stars Above. [www.livedaily.com]
Tenacious D are recording a song to submit for consideration to David Fincher's Heavy Metal remake project, which is tenuous at best. The duo are writing a proper follow up to 2001's Tenacious D, but it won't be out until at least 2010. [www.chartattack.com]
Lady Sovereign will tour North America in support of Jigsaw for the entire month of May. Said album is due April 7th. [angryape.com]
In May, Fischerspooner will trek around North American in support of their upcoming album, Entertainment, due May 5th. [www.nme.com]
Head over to the Clap Your Hands Say Yeah website and download an MP3 of the new song "Statues," which premiered on Tuesday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. [www.mbvmusic.com]
Kasabian will tentatively release West Rider Pauper Lunatic Asylum on June 8th (UK). As reported, the band hit the studio last year with Dan "The Automator" Nakamura. [www.nme.com]
The Beatles have finally solidified a deal with Harmonix and MTV to release The Beatles: Rock Band on September 9th. According to Paul McCartney, the game "will feature different periods of the band" and run up to $249.99 for the premium bundle. [www.billboard.com]
According to Billboard, Daft Punk will score TR2N, the sequel to 1982's Tron. The film is scheduled out in 2011. [www.billboard.com]
According to Rolling Stone, Bob Dylan will release a new 10-track album of originals in April. [www.nme.com]
Ozomatli have inked a deal with Downtown Records imprint Mercer Street. The LA-based group are working on a new album with producer Robert Carranza (The Mars Volta, Zach De La Rocha) and have welcomed Chali 2na back into the group. A spring North American tour is set for March and April. [www.livedaily.com]
Carlos Dengler of Interpol will premiere a 26-minute short film, My Friends To Me About You, at Anonymous Gallery in New York on April 17th. Watch the trailer on the film's website.
The second annual Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival will take place August 28-30th, 2009 at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez is a busy man. Not only did he produce the upcoming Juliette Lewis album, but he's formed El Grupo Nuevo de Omar Rodriguez-Lopez with Zach Hill of Hella and Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Watch a trailer of sorts on YouTube for the group's debut album, Cryptomnesia, which is due May 5th. [www.pitchfork.com]
Doves are set to tour the US for the first time in four years. The Manchester trio will release Kingdom on Rust on April 7th. Find the dates and details on The Tripwire. [www.thetripwire.com]
The new Super Furry Animals album is titled Dark Days/Light Years. As reported, it will be released digitally on March 16th and physically on April 21st. Nick McCarthy of Franz Ferdinand appears on the song "Inaugral Trams." Check the album progress on the band's website via a 21-part documentary series, shot on 4 hand held cameras. [www.nme.com]
Due to a leak, Yeah Yeah Yeahs have moved up the digital release of It's Blitz a full month to March 10th. [www.spinner.com]
Trent Reznor released the first batch of Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction tour dates on nin.com. They run from May 8th in West Palm Beach, FL through June 12th in Charlotte, NC. [nin.com]
As reported, Neil Young is set to release a concept album about his own Linc Volt electric car project. The album, titled Fork in the Road, is scheduled for release on April 7th. [www.rollingstone.com]
