Twee popsters Islands will be returning to the studio in February to work on their follow-up to Return to the Sea. Frontman Nick Diamonds (henceforth to be known only as Nick Thorburn) describes the songs as "all brand new, 10 minutes long with innumerable key & tempo changes, modulation, genre-meddling bombastic progressive rock existential death-defying dangerousness."
This Saturday night you can catch The Shins on Saturday Night Live and expect to see Anita from Viva Voce joining them onstage. The entirety of Viva Voce will be joining the Shins on their upcoming tour as well as playing a ton of their own dates.
March 6th marks the official release of Neon Bible from Arcade Fire. We know there are some weird promotions going on for it but it wasn't until now that we got the tracklisting.
Irish popsters The Chalets have announced the release of their debut Check In, due March 27 through Setanta Records. Preview the album on Myspace.
There is a new CD-EP from Detachment Kit, entitled +, available on their website for a mere $10. You can preview the tracks on their myspace or download Finale and Heavenly Escort, courtesy of TheTripwire.
Austin's Golden Bear have started work on a follow-up to last year's self-titled debut. To the Farthest Star has a tentative release date of April 10th, through C-Side Records. Get more information on Golden Bear at goldenbeartheband.com.
Denver's Love Me Destroyer is poised to conquer the West with a tour kicking off tonight in support of The Things Around Us Burn. The Suburban Home Records release is due out on January 30th. The band also claims Silent Uproar's 10,000th news post! Listen to Love Me Destroyer on Myspace.
The Brokedowns will release their Thick Records debut on May 8th; the record follow's up the Illinois band's last album These Colors Don't Run! (The Musical). The quartet falls somewhere in between Hot Water Music's grit and Dillinger Four's sense of a good time. Listen to The Brokedowns on Myspace.
We've got a couple weeks' worth of The Rapture tour dates for those of you on the more eastern side of the US. The band is still riding high on the release of its critically-adored Pieces of the People We Love. You can grab the new single "Woo Alright, Yeah Uh-Huh" in the Downloads, too.
Coming off a stellar year stemming from the success of Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, Neko Case now has a handful of dates announced for Australia before flying to the States for a few more. These are the confirmed shows as of now, but more are expected to be announced.
With the impending January 23rd release of Visitations from Clinic you knew there had to be a video on the way! You can view it here, courtesy of Spinner.
The sophomore release from Kaiser Chiefs will be released domestically March 27th but you can snag it as an import as early as February 26th. The album, entitled Yours Truly, Angry Mob, was produced by Stephen Street (The Smiths, Promise Ring).
Aqueduct (David Terry) will release Or Give Me Death on February 20th through Barsuk. The album follows the acclaimed I Sold Gold and expands on that sound with "mariachi horns, Gershwin-esque strings, looped and layered vocals, and grand piano." Stream and/or download "As You Wish" over at Obscure Sound.
If this video is any indication of how odd the new album from The Arcade Fire may be, we could be in for a real treat. Juno award winning guitarist Richard Reed Perry introduces lots of snippets from the forthcoming March 6th Neon Bible album.
The forthcoming album from The Shins, Wincing the Night Away, will undoubtedly have a full-on massive world tour behind it but you gotta start slow. The band has announced the first handful of dates in support their to be released (January 23rd) disc.
Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos will be producing the next record by The Cribs. Fingers crossed that he will focus on everything that made the track "Hey Scenesters!" so good.
Albert Hammond, Jr. (The Strokes) will release his debut solo album Yours To Keep in the US on March 6th. The US release will include two bonus tracks not previously available as well as a video for the song “101”. The complete album sequence is below along with a slew of North American tour dates.
TV On The Radio will be touring once again starting in March and below is the full list of confirmed dates:
Kenna will see the release of his new album, Make Sure They See My Face, in April of this year. The album was produced by The Neptunes and the first single "State Of Emotion (Out Of Control)," was released on 12/19. (Grab at iTunes here or stream for free here).
Brand New will be touring again in the US later this year, but they will be hitting Europe first at the end of January. Dates below:
