The Little Ones have some dates coming up after a couple of weeks in the UK. Tourmates for the latter will be Kaiser Chiefs and The Walkmen, and if you're on the other side of the Atlantic, you'll be getting them with Tilly and the Wall or The Magic Numbers. The band is currently working on its debut record to be released on Astralwerks, a follow-up to last year's breakout Sing Song EP.
May 8th will see the Thrill Jockey label release a new full-length record from The Sea and Cake, the band's first in four years. Entitled Everybody, the album marks the group's seventh in a career spanning well over a decade. The effort was recorded by Brian Paulson (Slint, Wilco).
Toronto's The Old Soul will release its self-titled debut on April 17th through Friendly Fire Recordings. You'll be able to catch 'em at SXSW in March, and we'll probably get some US tour dates in the coming weeks.
White Flight will release its self-titled debut on Range Life Records on March 6th. The project is led by Justin Roelofs, formerly the singer/songwriter for The Anniversary.
Here's another attempt by Hollywood to cater to the indie rock crowd: The soundtrack for the film Catch and Release (a romantic comedy), will feature Paul Westerberg, Death Cab for Cutie, Gomez, Doves, The Magic Numbers and more. There are a couple tracks you can stream in the Downloads, and here's the entire tracklisting...
Sage Francis will release his second Epitaph release on May 8th. The record is called Human The Death Dance, and will see the artist collaborating with Jolie Holland and Buck 65, among others.
Brian McTear (a name you may recognize from liner notes as producer for Matt Pond PA, Danielson, Hail Social, Spinto Band) will release Peace is Burning Like a River with his band Bitter Bitter Weeks sometime in late April. You can preview some tracks on the band's Myspace page.
Defiance, Ohio will be touring throughout the month of February not solely in support of last year's release The Great Depression, but because they just really like being on the road. It looks as though the band will be joined by This Bike Is a Pipebomb on a lot of those dates, but with those guys you can never tell. Check the dates and cross your fingers.
The first show dates over here for The Good, The Bad & The Queen have been announced but fans will have to jump to it if they want a chance to go. The Damon Albarn-led quartet just released its self-titled debut (though the band claims it still doesn't have its own name, they're just using the name of the album for now), and will make minimal US appearances.
UK folkster Adem will be doing a handful of NYC dates this week (including one at Carnegie Hall) and then will head back over here in a month, meeting up with Badly Drawn Boy for a lengthy US tour. Right now Adem is pushing his sophomore release Love on Other Planets, released this past August.
Merge Records has officially announced the release of the new record from The Rosebuds. Night of the Furies is due out on April 10th, and prior to that the trio will be opening for Yo La Tengo on a handful of dates before heading out alone.
Son Volt will follow-up 2005's acclaimed Okemah and the Melody of Riot with The Search, in stores on March 6th. Farrar and friends will be taking the record to the road in early spring.
Alex Delivery will release their debut album, Star Destroyer, through Jagjaguwar on April 24th. Their sound is an amalgam of "krautrock, space rock, electro-dance music." Grab the lead off track "Komad" in the Downloads. Stop by the album page for more details.
New Orlean's Mute Math will continue to support their major-label debut, with another extensive, two-month long tour on the record (with a double-stop at the ubiquitous SXSW). This time out, the band has brought along The Cinematics and Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin.
It slipped our minds last week to inform you that Placebo has teamed up with Virgin Records to re-issue last year's Meds with some extra cuts. A cover of the Kate Bush classic "Running Up That Hill," in addition to a couple more, were missing on the Astralwerks version of the album.
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hearafter will release Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of The Soul on February 6th. The record was produced by Tucker Martine (Decemberists, The Long Winters) and Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Kings of Leon). The album "is a musically deep piece of work, addressing themes of love, illusion, forgiveness, and the universality of the human experience." Sykes is currently on tour with Sparklehorse. Grab an MP3 of "LLL" from the album in the Downloads. Or, just stream the whole album!
Tapes 'n Tapes will be heading out throughout April and May testing the waters with new material. They figured since they were already making a stop at Coachella, they might as well tour around it.
As mentioned, Deerhoof is now out on the road pushing their new album Friend Opportunity. According to Kill Rock Stars the albums is "a feat of reinvention that could only come from artists willing to rethink everything." Grab "+81" from the effort in the Downloads.
The sisters Casady, CocoRosie, will return on April 10th with The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn. Touch and Go have categorized some parts of the new full-length as "dreamy" while some as "savage," but "the whole record feels like a black diamond in the snow."
Psapp have released "Hi" as the new single from their US debut but sophomore effort, The Only Thing I Ever Wanted. The single comes backed with four rarities. Watch the video for "Hi" in the Downloads.
