You can preview the Brakes album we told you about with this eCard courtesy of Rough Trade.

Last time we told you about Viva Voce on tour we assumed that'd be it. Turns out they're booked through August as well.. check it out..

Hot Snakes will be going their seperate ways after their current tour in Australia wraps up. Expect a few farewell shows in LA and San Diego to give proper closure.

Have we mentioned that Dredg is doing some rather extensive touring in support of Catch Without Arms? If not, we have now.

If you didn't preorder the new Sufjan Stevens album when we told you to you're going to have to wait a bit longer. The album, intended to hit stores today, was delayed due to the use of a Superman character on the cover - also known as copyright infringement if you're DC Comics. Hopefully Illinoise will hit shelves sooner rather than later but there is no set release date at this time.

The first round of confirmed acts for this years CMJ Music Festival in New York (September 14-17) has made its way online. The list, as always, is rather extensive but you can expect to find such great artists as Arcade Fire, !!!, Robbers on High Street, Battles, and oh so many many more.

Today is a special day for Silent Uproar. July 5th, 2005 marks 5 years that SilentUproar.com has been bringing you (almost) daily music news, album reviews (we now have over 1,000 in the archive), downloads, exclusive interviews, contests, and other goodies. We are extremely proud to make it to this milestone and excited about all the things we have planned for the next 5 years. What started as a site to share music news with friends has grown into a music community receiving over 2 million hits a month and a company with working relationships with every major and important indie record label in the world. We even stepped it up a notch with the creation of SU Records and released records from Far-Less (who is now on Tooth & Nail Records) and Feersum Ennjin (featuring Paul D’Amour of Tool / Lusk and Mac Burrus of Self). Later this year we will release new records from Austin’s Bellaparker, and The Avett Brother’s old rock and roll band, Nemo with more releases planned for later this year and next year as we continue to grow the label. We are also looking to the new year as a time to refocus the site on the things we feel our visitors are most interested in. A future redesign will bring our content to you in an easier to read way, a RSS feed has been created and we are working to incorporate content from other music sites using RSS feeds, and we are bringing on 20-30 new writers to expand the amount of music that gets covered on the site. The next five years will be about making Silent Uproar a bigger and better site as well as growing the SU brand to help spread the word about good music. Lastly, I just wanted to say thanks to my fellow Silent Uproar masterminds Robbie (player) and Michael (yewknee) for all the work and ideas they have put into the site, as well as to the Silent Uproar staff past and present for all the work that has been done. We all do this for you the visitor out of our love for music so everyone that has given their time to Silent Uproar deserves a nice high five. To celebrate this milestone, all of our label friends have chipped in and offered up a ton of CDs, signed items, records, electronics, and other goodies for us to give to our visitors - think of it as a Birthday gift from us to you. Be sure and check back in the next couple days as the full feature unfolds and see all the great stuff that is going to be up for grabs. Until next time Scott

Regurgitator is back at it and will be hitting the road with The Mint Chicks and Snowman to celebrate the release of their new EP, Pillowhead. The disc will feature the tracks "I was sent by God", "Pretty Girls Swear", "The Rock" and of course the 34 minute ambient mutilation "Pillowhead".

The upcoming Cursive b-side compilation, The Difference Between Houses and Homes, (the one we told you about) has a finalized tracklisting. Check the more for specifics and check store shelves on August 9th.

We told you that the new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album, Howl, would be released on August 23rd but now you can make plans to go see them on tour throughout September.

The upcoming Queen tribute album, Killer Queen, is slated for an August 2nd release via Hollywood Records. The tracklisting looks pretty varied in terms of contributors but the most notable being The Flaming Lips, Sum 41, Eleven (featuring Josh Homme), or Be Your Own Pet. Check the more for complete listing.

More dates for Thunderbirds Are Now! have been announced and we can only hope that it's the beginning of more regularly scheduled appearances of these guys on the road. Pick up Justamoustache if you haven't already.. seriously.

The latest from Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise, is pretty amazing. But who would complain about another track being offered for free from NPR starting July 6th? Who then would complain more after that once they heard that more tour dates had been announced from previous postings? No one we would be friends with, that's who.

Contrary to previous insight, the upcoming Kid606 tour is in support of his to-be-released album Resilience. Expect the album on shelves July 26th.

If you ever wonder what became of ex-Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale, let me be the first to tell you that he has a new band called Institute that will be releasing their debut (Page Hamilton produced) album Distort Yourself on September 13th. The first single will be "Bullet-Proof Skin" and should have a video shot for it in the coming weeks. The band will be touring North America so check the more for album tracklisting and booked dates (but no venues yet).

The debut album from Get Him Eat Him that we told you about, Geography Cones, has an official tracklisting now and the band has made the song "Mumble Mumble" available for download on their site (or in our downloads section, whichever). Look for the album on August 2nd.

Arts & Crafts have announced that they recently sealed a deal with American Analog Set to release their album Set Free on September 20th.

Head Automatica will be tearing up the road all summer long first with theStart, and then with Finch. Check below for the dates and check the downloads to see the new video for "Please Please Please (Young Hollywood)".

OK Go! have released a new EP (aka single) for the song " Do What You Want" with two new b-sides included on the disc. You can preview the whole thing over here. Expect the new full-length, Oh No, to be in stores August 30th.

The upcoming acoustic Pixies show we told you about at the Newport Folk Festival will be available in a limited edition packaging, numbered, mastered disc from Pixies Discs. I suggest ordering yours now if you really want a copy.