As reported, 311 entered the studio early this year to record their follow-up to Evolver. According to a recent post on their official website, 311 have completed work on Don't Tread On Me and set a tentative release date for July 26th. Included among the 11 album tracks are "Thank Your Lucky Stars", "Frolic Room", "Don't Tread On Me", "Speak Easy", "Waiting" and "Shooting Up Flares." Be sure to check out the Shepard Fairey designed cover art. And, as a new album lends itself to massive touring, a summer tour is already being assembled.

If you head over to AutoluxProduct.com, not only can you see the new Autolux video for "Turnstile Blues" but all things regarding the upcoming Nine Inch Nails / Queens of the Stone Age tour will be cleared up in terms of who is opening for who. See below for the Autolux / QOTSA / NIN dates.

The Pixies will play a headlining acoustic set at the Newport Folk Festival on August 6th in Rhode Island. We give it until August 7th for the bootlegs to surface.

The System of a Down / The Mars Volta tour we told you about has been fleshed out quite a bit. Check the more to see exactly when it is that you can see these two together and keep an eye on the SOAD official site for pre-sale information.

The debut release from M83 will be released domestically on September 6th. The album has only been available as an import through French label Gooom until now. Check the more for album details and upcoming M83 tour dates.

If you like Longwave and like behind-the-scenes footage of a band putting together an album (like say the upcoming There's A Fire album on June 28th) then you really should check out this link.

If you've got a new album in the works, why not go ahead and book an international world tour for next year? Sounds like a plan if you're Depeche Mode. The North American leg of this epic journey hasn't been announced yet but we'll keep you up to date. In the meantime, you can plan your European vacation around the following dates...

If you've got Quicktime, a fairly fast connection, and a love of Coldplay you may want to head over to their MySpace page to watch an exclusive (and limited time only) performance of the band playing an intimate acoustic session.

Yesterday on the Howard Stern show Dave Grohl announced that Foo Fighters will be touring this summer with Weezer in support of their recently released album. No specific dates have been announced but we'll let you know once they are confirmed.

Broken Social Scene are back in the studio putting the finishing touches on their forthcoming albun, Windsurfing Nation. The album is expected to be released in the fall but in the meantime you can download some exclusive acoustic session tracks at Gallery AC.

The new Queens Of The Stone Age video for "In My Head" (off of Lullabies to Paralyze) is online at Yahoo Launch!. Arm yourself with a Yahoo ID and Real Player before trying to check it out.

In support of Illinois, Sufjan Stevens will be touring around the country. We had a few dates for you already but now we've got a fairly immense amount of North America dates.

The hot UK tour this summer is Kings of Leon and they've invited The Features along with them once again. So if you happen to be over there be sure to check them both out.

Four Tet is on tour, in support of Everything Ecstatic recently released through Domino Recordings. Read more about the release here and find out the tour dates in the more...

You can view the new Spoon video for "I Turn My Camera On" right here but Real Player is required. Or you can watch it here with Windows Media. No Quicktime has surfaced quite yet...

The upcoming Nine Inch Nails / Queens Of The Stone Age tour has some official dates announced. Death From Above 1979 and Autolux are expected to open the show up on alternate legs of the tour (though no solid confirmation on which is when).

A handful of headlining West Coast Beck dates have become available for the month of July (with Le Tigre).

If those Beck/Le Tigre dates aren't enough for you - the band will be playing a number of headlining shows across the country throughout the summer. Ask them to perform the Aerobicon dance, they'll know what you mean.

Quick heads up that Bloc Party will be appearing on Late Night with Conan O'Brien tonight (June 14th)! Don't miss it or at least don't let your TiVo miss it.

In case you haven't caught the tracklisting for the upcoming Dredg album, Catch Without Arms (available June 21st), we've got it for you...