Australia's Youth Group will return on April 7th with The Night Is Ours through Ivy League/World's Fair Records. [www.aversion.com]

Kanye West recently recorded a VH1 Storytellers session in Los Angeles. The TV premiere is on Saturday, February 28th at 9pm ET. Preview "Stronger" on VH1.com. [stereogum.com]

Manchester Orchestra have scheduled a US headlining tour, starting at Nashville, TN on April 21st through Orlando, FL on June 4th in support of Mean Everything To Nothing. FUN, Audrye Sessions and Winston Audio will support. [www.myspace.com]

Tinted Windows, the bizzaro supergroup featuring James Iha, Taylor Hanson, Bun E. Carlos and Adam Schlesinger, have put the song "Kind Of A Girl" up their website. The band's self-titled album will be released on April 21st. The band will perform on The Late Show with David Letterman on April 20th. [www.myspace.com]

Bruce Springsteen has setup a page on his site that features "up-and-coming artists" covering The Boss' classic songs. The Avett Brothers, Against Me!, Ted Leo and Juliana Hatfield are among the artists that have already contributed. [www.brucespringsteen.net]

Stockholm's The Field return with Yesterday & Today on May 26th through Kompakt. The album is reportedly "more organic than its predecessor." [www.pitchforkmedia.com]

Psychedelic rockers, The Warlocks return via Tee Pee Records on May 19th with The Mirror Explodes, an 8-track amalgam of "space panoramas, fuzz, melancholy, and melody." [www.thetripwire.com]

As expected, NOFX will issue a new album, Coaster, on April 28th followed by touring. [www.fatwreck.com]

As reported, No Doubt will head out with Paramore on an extensive North American tour this summer. All the dates and details can be found on nodoubt.com. [www.nodoubt.com]

On March 11th, Rachael Yamagata will kick off a spring tour with a performance at the "The Music of R.E.M." tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. The tour, in support of Elephants ... Teeth Sinking Into Heart, runs through April 10th. [www.livedaily.com]

Adam Yauch revealed to BBC that the new Beastie Boys album is currently being mixed. The tentative title is Tadlock's Glasses and the album is expected out later this year. [news.bbc.co.uk]

Dredg will release their new album, The Pariah, The Parrot, The Delusion, on May 19th June 9th through their own Ohlone Recordings. The band will hit the road in April with Torche and From Monument to Masses. [www.punknews.org]

Saddle Creek has offered up two tracks from the forthcoming Cursive album, Mama, I'm Swollen. "From the Hips" is streaming on Absolute Punk and "I Couldn't Love You" is available on EW.com. Mama is due March 10th. Update: It appears Pitchfork has an MP3 of "From the Hips" for download. [saddle-creek.com]

Faith No More have announced plans for a summer reunion tour in Europe. Details are scarce at the moment, but word came straight from Mike Patton. No US leg is expected. [www.thetripwire.com]

Wilco have announced an April jaunt in support of the Ashes of American Flags DVD release on April 18th. The band will appear at Bonnaroo in June and the 10,000 Lakes Festival in July. Watch the Ashes trailer on YouTube. [www.livedaily.com]

Mastodon have launched the album site for Crack The Skye. The track "Oblivion" is streaming alongside with some psychedelic visuals and other goodies (click the numerals around the clockwork). Skye is due March 24th. [cracktheskye.com]

Kanye West took it upon himself to release another song from the forthcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs album It's Blitz. Preview the song "Heads Will Roll" on Mr. West's blog. [www.kanyeuniversecity.com]

As reported, Rancid and Rise Against will head out on a summer tour in support of their respective new albums. The first half of the dates are now available on the Rise Against website. [www.riseagainst.com]

Dinosaur Jr. has inked a deal with Jagjaguwar to release their new album, expected out at some point this summer. In related news, J Mascis has been playing drums with Witch. [www.pitchforkmedia.com]

The Thermals have charted an extensive North American tour around their new album, Now We Can See. The album is out April 7th on Kill Rock Stars. [www.chartattack.com]