The Editors will finally release their debut, The Back Room, here in the States in April on Fader Records. If you've yet to check these guys out I suggest you head over to their official site, hit the music section, and check out "Bullets" at your earliest convience.

On Monday, December 19th, Coldplay will release "Talk" as a worldwide single. Since the US have had "Talk" for some time, we're only getting the DVD release, featuring the "Talk" video directed by Anton Corbijn and their version of "Gravity" (a song they lent to Embrace). However, should you want to pick up the import single, you'll be privy to the unreleased song "Sleeping Sun." In other news, Coldplay will appear on Austin City Limits this Saturday, December 17th on PBS stations across the US (check your local listings). All of this hoo ha is, of course, in preparation for their upcoming 2006 tour.

Hot Hot Heat recorded a Holiday song by the name of "Christmas Day In The Sun" a couple months ago. The song has now been engineered and is ready for release as digital single on Tuesday, December 20th.

North Carolina rabble rousers The Avett Brothers have released the tracklist for their upcoming full-length, Four Thieves Gone. The album will be in stores February 7th, 2006 in tow of Ramseur Records.

We've got some details on the upcoming Mogwai full-length, Mr. Beast. Look for it March 7th from Matador.

You already know the debut from Artic Monkeys is headed your way on February 21st and is entitled Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not. Now you can know the tracklisting....

If every music journalist and their mother starts comparing the new Quasi to the White Stripes I'm gonna be pissed. The duo's new album that we told you about, When The Going Gets Dark, is Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss at their best - piano, guitar, bass, drums, and the always welcome harmonies. We can also tell you to look for it on March 21st, 2006. Here's the tracklisting.

Metric are excited to announce that they will open for The Rolling Stones on January 18th and 20th at Madison Square Garden. Following these dates, Metric will return to the US with a North American tour, kicking off March 7th at the Roxy in Boston and ending on April 15th at Detroit's St. Andrew's Hall.

After finishing a North American tour with the mighty Dillinger Escape Plan, Hella are set to embark on a headlining tour of the West Coast in support of their latest double release, the Concentration Face DVD and Homeboy EP, out now on 5RC. Dates below.

Fort Minor, featuring Mike Shinoda (of Linkin Park) and Styles of Beyond, will be touring with Little Brother and Demigodz with a one-night appearance by Ghostface in NY. The dates are below, so go check out this surprisingly solid new project.

Apparently, the forthcoming Yeah Yeah Yeahs album is due out soon, because the band have posted a contest online, titled "Pledge Allegiance To The Yeah." Karen O and Co. would like fans to design a flag to possibly be used on the cover, but definitely within the artwork for the new album. Head over to the band's website for the full details, but entries have to be postmarked by tomorrow (December 15th)!

In addition to an upcoming live CD/DVD release, eels will take part in "The Music of Joni Mitchell at Carnegie Hall," a Joni Mitchell tribute concert scheduled for February 1st, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in NYC. The concert, which benefits the Music For Youth Foundation, will feature appearances from Ben Folds, Matisyahu, Michelle N'degeocello, Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Vega and Tracy Chapman, among others. More details can be found at the Music For Youth concert website.

Head Automatica have posted a second video update from their recent studio sessions. View the clip in Quicktime or Windows Media.

Even though their new album won't be released until March of next year, Quasi have a new track called "Merry X-Mas" available over at the Touch & Go website. Listen to it here.

The upcoming full-length from The Secret Machines that we told you about, Ten Silver Drops, now has a tracklisting. The disc times in at 45 minutes and contains eight tracks (which sort of makes the title a little more baffling).

The debut album from Denver Dally (known for his work in Statistics / Desaparecidos) will be released under the moniker Intramural on Slowdance Records in early 2006. Denver put together a bunch of instrumental tracks and distributed them to a variety of vocalists including (but not limited to) Men Women & Children, Brand New, The Faint, The Long Winters and many more. You can check out a song right here featuring Judah Nagler from The Velvet Teen on vocals.

Looks like we kind of missed the boat on Taste of Chaos being the "Winter Warped Tour." The previously announced tour, will in fact feature Deftones, Thrice, dredg, As I Lay Dying, Pelican, Atreyu, Silverstein, The Receiving End Of Sirens, Funeral For A Friend and Story Of The Year at almost every stop. The tour will run through the US and Canada from February 16th to April 15th, so there are plenty of chances to catch the show. Head over to tasteofchaos.com or MySpace for additional details.

At almost four months since our last Radiohead post (no, the new Harry Potter doesn't count), we figured speculation is as good as so-called "actual news." According to a few sources, Radiohead may be composing the score to the upcoming Richard Linklater movie, A Scanner Darkly (adapted from the Phillip K. Dick novel of the same name). It's just hearsay at this point, but head over to Green Plastic, if you fancy more details.

If you're interested in hearing a track from that upcoming Mogwai record, Mr. Beast, you may want to quickly head over to Stereogum and snag "Glasglow Mega-Snake."

Never ones to rest on their laurels, The Shins are already working on the follow-up to Chutes Too Narrow. Band members have stated that they are in no hurry but that the tenative album titles may be Wincing the Night Away or Sleeping Lessons.