In support of their forthcoming LP, Descended Like Vultures, Rogue Wave will be heading out on tour with the Fruit Bats in tow.

The Bronx recently made it known they are to play Black Flag in the upcoming Darby Crash and The Germs biopic, What We Do Is Secret. The guys recently recorded the Black Flag song "Police Story" for the movie soundtrack with former Germ Pat Smear helming the boards. In related news, The Bronx also reported they've finished writing and have begun recording 12 songs for a new album. Sadly, no official date or timeframe has been set as of yet. In the near future, however, there will apparently be a "slew of 7-inches" from Bronx imprint White Drugs to tide us over. More detailed news on the movie and upcoming album can be found on the band's official website.

The new Sigur Ros album, Takk (details here) is available for streaming online. Just point your browser in this direction.

The Fiery Furnaces disc we told you about, still entitled Rehearsing My Choir.. still due October 25th, has an official tracklisting now. And if that wasn't enough new info for you, we've thrown in the first batch of North American tour dates as well.

Remember stellastarr*? Well, they hope you do because they're putting out their sophomore album, Harmonies for the Haunted, on September 13th. And what better way to celebrate this release than by piling in a moving vehicle and playing new and old songs in a live musical environment?

Apparently there is a series of compilation CD's called Late Night Tales which features laid back songs from certain special guests. On 11/18 a new installment of this compilation will be released featuring songs hand-picked by AIR as well as featuring an exclusive cover of the band performing Funkadelic's "Maggot Brain."

The upcoming Broken Social Scene album we're all awaiting for on October 4th has had a bit of a name change. Windsurfing Nation is out and the album will just be self-titled. Part of me hopes this is a subtle jab at Franz Ferdinands inability to stick with an album title but I know it's not.

The Constantines will release their next LP, Tournament of Hearts, on October 11th.

The forthcoming Franz Ferdinand album, You Could Have It So Much Better... With Franz Ferdinand, will be released October 4th via Domino Recordings. But you knew that. We've got the tracklisting for the disc now in case you are tempted to sample a few tracks early.

It's never too early to announce another ridiculously tempting festival - so here are a few tenative details about the Across The Pond Festival. It will be held Oct 1st - 2nd in simultaneous locations - Keyspan Park in Brooklyn and Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island. While the full lineup has yet to be confirmed we can expect the likes of Beck, The Pixies, Gang of Four, Belle and Sebastian and probably just about anyone else you think might be worthy of your time. More details as they emerge.

If you're a fan of The Gossip you're in luck. The band is going on a massive tour, has recorded the full-length Standing in the Way of Control, is preparing a DVD, and a split 7" with Le Tigre.

It's not hard news but we've heard that Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme has been doing some remixing for Death From Above 1979. "Black History Month" and "Romantic Rights" are supposedly floating around on this great Internet of ours. Let us know if you have any details on such a thing.

Athlete are coming back to North America for a headlining affair across the continent.

Ok Go! are releasing Oh No on August 30th. With that being right around the corner, the band is hitting the road and bringing audiences fun pop-rock and mad dance moves. No, seriously.. dance moves.

According to his MySpace page, Kenna is about 95% finished with this second record. The disc, tenatively titled Make Sure They See My Face, has no concrete details around it yet but we hear you can find the song "Face The Gun" making its rounds on the interweb.

It's been awhile since Ween has announced any live shows but there's no better time than the present to correct that. It's only a handful of dates but check the more for the specifics.

The Pixies have announced that they will be releasing a live DVD entitled The Pixies Sell Out consisting of video from numerous shows from their reunion tour. The tracklisting is pretty extensive so you should get a dose of just about anything you were hoping they would play.

Ryan Adams will release September on September 27th. The album was originally entitled Jacksonville but has since been changed.

The full itinerary for the latest Coldplay tour is pretty extensive. So if you live on Earth you'll probably be given the opportunity to see them somewhere relatively close by in support of X&Y.

The National will be touring in support of their latest release, Alligator, throughout the country and even in some other countries.