White Denim will release their fourth full-length, D, on May 24th. The band will tour North America in support of said album, beginning May 23rd in Tempe, AZ. Stream "Drug" and "Anvil Everything" on SoundCloud and watch the video for "Drug" in Videos. [www.facebook.com]
The second annual Hopscotch Music Festival will take place September 8-10, 2011 in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina. Headliners include The Flaming Lips, Guided by Voices, Drive-By Truckers and Superchunk. The rest of the lineup includes Swans, J Mascis, Japandroids, Twin Shadow, Black Lips, Cold Cave, Toro Y Moi, Beans and Future Islands, among many others. Tickets go on sale today. [www.hopscotchmusicfest.com]
Charlotte Gainsbourg just released a new song and collaboration with Villagers (a Conor O'Brien project), "Memoir," on Record Store Day. Said song will be included on Live and Unreleased, a compilation of live music, unreleased songs and a road trip documentary on DVD, due out this fall on Because Music. [www.pitchfork.com]
Nathan Williams posted three, unreleased Wavves songs to SoundCloud late last month. "Goldy Lox," "Glued" and "Hula Hoop" are taken from the abandoned sessions "recorded a little over a year and a half ago in Sacramento" with drummer Zach Hill (Hella, The Ladies). [soundcloud.com]
Brian Eno will release a new album, Drums Between The Bells, on July 5th through Warp Records. The project is a collaboration with poet Rick Holland, which began in 2003. Stream "Glitch" from said album on SoundCloud. [brian-eno.net]
Austin's Look Mexico recently recorded a new, five-song EP with producer J. Robbins (Jawbreaker, Against Me!). They will release the EP later this year on Adeline Records. [lookmexico.bandcamp.com]
If you bought The King of Limbs from Radiohead through the album's website before April 18th at 3:30 GMT, then log back in and download two new, unreleased tracks, "Supercollider" and "The Butcher." Said songs were released on Record Store Day as limited-edition 12" vinyl. The band is giving them away to fans as "just a big old-fashioned thank you." [www.thekingoflimbs.com]
Chino Moreno of Deftones recently spoke with Noisecreep about a new side project with Far guitarist Shaun Lopez, tentatively named Crosses. Moreno described it as a "real minimal project" and that the duo "have 16 tracks that are almost done." [www.noisecreep.com]
Tom Morello will release new album from The Nightwatchman, World Wide Rebel Songs, this summer through New West Records. Morello performed the title track at an event during the recent protests in Madison, WI. We're still hoping for that new Rage album, too. [www.billboard.com]
Norway's Datarock recently released two new EPs, Amarillion and California. The former is being called "the most extravagant single in history," which features "Amarillion" from Red and five remixes (stream in SoundCloud). The latter is a new material, to be included on the band's forthcoming full-length. Check out a making-of video for California on YouTube. [california.datarockmusic.com]
Minus The Bear will tour the Southeastern US during May and June in continued support of OMNI. Check out the video for "Hold Me Down" in Videos. [minusthebear.com]
Noah and the Whale will tour the US, beginning May 24th at Woman's Club in San Diego. The tour is in support of their latest album, Last Night on Earth. [www.noahandthewhale.com]
Gomez will return in June with a new album, Whatever's on Your Mind. You can download "Options" through their website, in exchange for an email address. The band will tour North America in July, which includes some dates with John Butler Trio. [www.gomeztheband.com]
My Morning Jacket have mapped out a summer tour in support of their forthcoming album Circuital. Download the title track from the band's website, in exchange for your email address. Last, the band's VH1 Storytellers performance will air on June 3rd. [www.mymorningjacket.com]
Rx Bandits have announced that their upcoming summer tour will be their last. The band has been active since 1995, when they were part of the third wave ska movement. The band most recently released the progressive rock album, Mandala, in 2009. [rxbandits.com]
Handsome Furs will return on June 28th with Sound Kapital, an album of "life-affirming anthems taut with muscle and blood," through Sub Pop. You can download "What About Us" from the label, in exchange for your email address. [www.subpop.com]
Bad Brains have announce a few US shows later this month, before they head over to Europe to play some summer festivals. In related news, the band are currently working on a new album in upstate New York, to be released in "late-summer 2011." [www.badbrains.com]
Jim Ward (At The Drive-In, Sparta) quietly completed his acoustic EP trilogy back in February with The End Begins. Stream and buy the release through Ward's own Tembloroso Creative Lab. Quiet and In The Valley, On The Shores were released in 2008 and 2009, respectively. [shop.tembloroso.com]
Paul Simon returned today with a new album, So Beautiful or So What, his first since 2006's Surprise. Stream the full album over on Rolling Stone. Simon has announced an extensive North American tour in support of the release. [www.paulsimon.com]
Jordan Buckley and Andy Williams have both posted tweets recently indicating that New York's Every Time I Die are writing the band's sixth album. This will be the first recorded material with new drummer Ryan Leger. [twitter.com]
