It's possible one reason Tapes 'N Tapes just announced a tour sending them places far from Austin, TX has something to do with their signing to XL Recordings. Rest assured, The Loon should hit local record stores across the nation this summer. Catch them live, if you can.
The Eels will tape an appearance for Last Call with Carson Daly on May 11th in Burbank, CA (get your free tickets). The show will air on May 19th, which is just in time to ring in their upcoming tour.
That new album from Phoenix, It's Never Been Like That, will hit stores on May 23rd. Watch the video for "Long Distance Call" in the Downloads.
Damone will release Out Here All Night on May 23rd. Preview several songs from the album over on their Myspace page. Peruse their upcoming tour schedule over at the band's website.
The post-Mclusky outfit from John Chapple, Shooting At Unarmed Men, will release a new album, Yes! Tinnitus!, on May 23rd in tow of Too Pure. You can hear "Get On Out And Come Right In" from the album (as well a track from their debut EP) over at the band's MySpace page.
Hit the Downloads and snag an MP3 version of "Jeez Louise" from the upcoming Grandaddy swan song, Just Like The Fambly Cat.
Radio 4 will return with Enemies Like This, their follow-up to the slightly disappointing Stealing Of A Nation, on May 16th. Check out this Astralwerks band page for streams of three tracks, an album rundown as well as summer tour dates.
As the brother half of the Fiery Furnaces equation, Matt Friedberger has established himself as a worthy contender for a solo jaunt. The newly established 859 Recordings is taking him up on the offer, and will release Friedberger's debut Winter Women/Holy Ghost Language School on August 8th.
Best known for lending his skills to Ozomatli and Jurassic 5, Cut Chemist (Lucas Macfadden) has forged a noteworthy career as an incredible turntablist, and he'll be putting out his first solo record of the millenium on July 11th. The Audience's Listening will put Macfadden back on his own two feet, and you can check out some media on the new record in the Downloads.
We told you more than once about The Working Title but at those points in time the band hadn't set a release date for About-Face. Now it looks like the debut will be out on June 27th, so now you know.
There aren't a lot of dates for Architecture in Helskini when they come over to North America in a couple of weeks, but there's a chance you're close to one of these locations. Go check out one of indie-pop's finer offerings from the past years if you've got the time.
Lucero will be heading to the studio soon with David Lowery (of Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker fame) to record their follow-up to 2005's Nobody's Darlings. Still untitled, the album should be out sometime in autumn, and right now the band is still pushing last month's release of the reissued The Attic Tapes.
After having just recently released Back To The Web, Elf Power are hitting the road in support of it. If you haven't heard the record yet, hit up the Downloads section and snag "An Old Familiar Scene."
Having just released Simpatico in the UK straight into the top 10 lists, The Charlatans UK are going to spread the word about the album in North America. The disc hits shelves on May 2nd and the band starts their tour here shortly thereafter.
We told you that Emily Haines (Metric) would be releasing a solo album and now we can also inform you that it will be entitled Knives Don't Have Your Back. The disc hits stores on Sept. 26th on Last Gang Records. The album is expected to be quite a bit more withdrawn than the average Metric track but will still feature a number of typical Broken Social Scene style collaborations.
Gomez will release How We Operate next Tuesday, May 2nd. You can watch a one-take video for the title track right here.
It's not much but Modest Mouse have announced a small handful of West Coast dates (with pre-sale tickets available here). Expect the band to preview some new material, as they often do.
It's Friday and there is no better way to waste a bunch of time than by watching Jack Black give confessionals during the filming of his latest film, Nacho Libre. Unfortunately, we hear that the Beck collaborations may not be happening for the film soundtrack.
StarTime International recording artist French Kicks will release Two Thousand on August 8th. The followup to Trial of the Century is said to have been written in small pieces and then assembled into full-on songs.
This just in: legendary hip hop producer DJ Shadow has teamed up with Universal Records for his next solo album. The record is untitled at the moment, but should hit stores sometime this summer. Guests already slated for the album include Q-Tip and David Banner.
