If you've been planning to visit London anytime soon, may I suggest December 2nd - 4th? That just so happens to be the next All Tomorrow's Party, curated by The Mars Volta. Expect to catch the likes of The Locust, The Kills, Blonde Redhead, Battles, Les Savy Fav, and The Fucking Champs among many others. Keep an eye on the official site for the full lineup.
Men, Women & Children, the new project from ex-Glassjaw guitarist Todd Weinstock, is nearing completion of their first album. The band is currently back in New York and have to plans to mix the album and then begin rehearsal for a tentative Fall tour. Head over to their official website for two MP3 demos and also be sure to check out their MySpace page.
A while back we told you the new Medications album, Your Favorite People All In One Place, would be out May 31st. Obviously this isn't true, because we'd all have the album by now. So, according to Dischord, you can pick up the album from your local shop on June 14th. Head over to the official website to preview "Twine Time" from the upcoming full-length. Lastly, those previously mentioned June tour dates with Mary Timony have also been updated through June 26th.
The new Franz Ferdinand is roughly slated for a release this coming September. No details beyond that... yet.
You can say alot about them but you can't say the Gorillaz aren't innovative. Starting June 6th the band will start a virtual tour of radio stations across the country. Basically this means on X date you go to a certain radio stations website and listen to the band play some live songs, do interviews, etc. Will it all be pre-recorded and canned humor? There's only one way to find out....
Iron & Wine collaborating with Calexico seems like a bit of a no-brainer. And so it is. The two will release a seven track disc this fall.
I swore this was incredibly old news but apparently it's 100% official now that Rilo Kiley has signed to Warner Bros. Their latest release, More Adventurous was distributed by WB but the band wasn't actually signed to their artist roster. Plans are motion now to re-release their album "properly" and promote the hell out of it. We'll see how that pans out...
When we told you about Sparta member Paul Hinojos departing from the band we thought that was the end of it. Apparently not. Paul has officially joined the ranks of The Mars Volta and will be doing his part as "off-stage sound manipulator."
Shellac will be playing a handful of shows (usually two nights in the same town) in support of 1000 Hurts, new material, and the ongoing survival of good music.
If you've not seen the cover for the upcoming Foo Fighters double disc, In Your Honor, check it out here.
The debut full-length from The Life and Times (on DeSoto) has been pushed back to an August 8th release. You can find out a lot more about the release here, as well as download the track "Coat of Arms" right here.
The soon-to-be-released Nada Surf record, The Weight Is A Gift is expected via Barsuk on September 20th.
Rough Trade Records will release the debut from Brakes on July 4th (in the UK at least). The 16-track political-yet-satirical disc was written by (and consists of) members of British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, and Tenderfoot.
The Strokes have reportedly finished recording their 3rd full-length record, will mix the tracks with Andy Wallace (Nirvana) and hopefully have the disc out by January.
We told you the latest White Stripes tour dates but now we've got a whole batch of North American shows the band just announced in support of the forthcoming Get Behind Me Satan.
According to this article, Built to Spill won't be releasing their next album until some time in 2006. They've opted not to work with longtime collaborator Phil Ek for the forthcoming album.
In celebration of their new music video for "Hardcore Days and Softcore Nights", Aqueduct have launched a new ecard. And if that doesn't do it for you, you can link directly to the new video in the downloads section.
Dinosaur Jr is on tour, you know this, but there have been a number of additional dates added since we originally posted about the reunion.
It may not all be compiled in one place but Pinback is finally offering their exclusive tour EP's for sale online. Check them out here.
According to their official site, it appears that Autolux will be the opening band for at least part of the upcoming Nine Inch Nails and Queens of the Stone Age tour of North America. It's likely there will be an alternate opening act but no concrete details have been announced quite yet.
