Late Of The Pier will tour the US in support of their new album, Fantasy Black Channel, throughout March and April. The tour kicks off at SXSW and ends at Coachella. [www.nme.com]

Jane's Addiction got together for another impromptu LA show last week. Thankfully, Pitchfork got a few video cameras into the show. Watch the set on Pitchfork.tv. [pitchfork.tv]

DOOM (formerly MF DOOM) will release a new solo album, Born Like This, on March 23rd through Lex Records. [www.thetripwire.com]

Tomorrow, War Child International will release Heroes, a compilation of covers. War Child asked 15 legendary artists to pick their favorite song and "nominate the new act" to cover said song. The album features the likes of Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elbow and TV On The Radio, among others. Proceeds from the album will aid children in war-torn countries. [www.warchild.org]

In a blog post, Mike Skinner revealed the new album from The Streets will be "a ravey album that bludgeons you over the head with its stick of 1988 Romford, Blackpool and Philadelphia rock." Everything Is Borrowed was released last year. [blogs.myspace.com]

The Broken West are heading our on tour in support of Now or Heaven. They'll take the West Coast with The French Kicks and the East Coast with A.C. Newman. [www.myspace.com]

Mogwai have announced make-up dates for their cancelled 2008 North American tour. The April/May jaunt is in support of last year's The Hawk Is Howling. [tinymixtapes.com]

Leonard Cohen has announced an extensive North American tour in April and May. As reported, Cohen lost his retirement savings last year, the impetus behind the tour. [www.rollingstone.com]

Portland's Viva Voce will return on May 5th with Rose City via Barsuk. Get Yr Blood Sucked Out was released in 2006. [www.aversion.com]

TV on the Radio will head out in continued support of Dear Science, beginning May 12th in Louisville, KY. [www.spin.com]

U2 is streaming their new album, No Line On The Horizon, on MySpace in its entirety. The album hits stores March 3rd. [www.myspace.com]

Conor Oberst will release a new solo album, Outer South, through Merge on May 5th. The album was recorded at Sonic Ranch Studios in Tornillio, TX with The Mystic Valley Band. [www.conoroberst.com]

Buffalo, NY's Every Time I Die has signed with Epitaph. The band will enter the studio this spring with producer Steve Evetts. Their Big Dirty follow up is expected this fall. [www.epitaph.com]

The Avett Brothers will play the NPR Showcase at SXSW on March 18th at Stubb's Bar-B-Q. The show will be "streamed live, archived and podcast" on npr.org. The Avetts' Rick Rubin produced full-length will hit stores this summer.

OK Go will hit the road on March 6th in support of their forthcoming, Dave Fridmann produced album. Oppenheimer and Longwave will open the East Coast dates, while IO Echo and Jaguar Love open the West Coast. [okgo.net]

Touch and Go Records announced today that it would close its distribution arm and "[focus] solely on being an independent record label." NPR's Carrie Brownstein responded to the news with a heartfelt post on Monitor Mix. [www.npr.org]

In addition to the LA Philharmonic gig, M83 will appear on Last Call with Carson Daly on March 9th. KCRW will provide media support for the LA Phil show, which means the rest of us can stream it online.

Raphael Saadiq will take his "unabashedly retro" The Way I See It out on the road later this month. Stream most of the Motown inspired album on Saadiq's website. Saadiq also performed four songs live for NPR's World Cafe late last year.

Matisyahu will return with Light on April 21st via Epic. The album features performances from Stephen McGregor, Sly & Robbie and Fish and Norwood Fisher of Fishbone.

In a post on MySpace, Geoff Barrow revealed that Portishead have fulfilled their contract with Island Records and are now free agents. Barrow previously mentioned that the group would be working on their fourth album in 2009. [blogs.myspace.com]