The forthcoming Coldplay release, X&Y can be previewed in its entirety over at mtv.com now. The album hits shelves June 6th.

The Siren Music Festival 2005 is still slated for July 16th but now we've got the initial lineup of artists to play. Spoon, Mates of State, Brendan Benson, VHS or Beta, Dungen, Q and not U and The Dears are the first acts to be announced. Should be an amazing show.

Bob Geldof announced today a series of concerts around the world entitled Live 8 to be held on July 2nd. Anyone who remembers anything about the 80's probably remembers Geldof's phenomenal concert Live Aid to raise awareness of poverty and debt in the world. This series is no different except it takes place in 5 cities around the world featuring the talents of U2, The Killers, The Cure, Kaiser Chiefs, and a ridiculous amount of others.

The Joy Circuit have announced on their website that they have broken up. The upside to this new is that National Skyline will be reforming and recording the followup to This=Everything.

According to this article the new Deftones album will be delayed a bit but the band is compiling a rarities and b-sides disc in the meantime to be released later this summer. Expect to find the band covering Jawbow, The Smiths, and even Lynyrd Skynyrd.

While not your typical Silent Uproar artist, we felt it was worth mentioning that M.I.A. has been blowing people away with her new album, Arular. Check it out for yourself with this handy media player.

After spending the early part of the year on tour with Rise Against and The Soviettes, The Methadones are now hitting the road with the Lawrence Arms and A Wilhelm Scream. Dates below.

Hanalei (feat. Brian Moss formerly of The Ghost) will be saddling up and heading West for two weeks this June in support of their debut full length We Are All Natural Disasters. This will also be the first tour Hanalei has done as a full band and to get an idea of what this shift from laptop poppery to a full band affair sounds like, go here and check out the new unreleased song "Gyres."

!!! strayed a bit while working on their new album and ended up covering Magnetic Fields and Nate Dogg. The result is their new single out June 7th, which you can stream using this radical e-card.

Supersystem have finished their U.S. tour and are embarking on their European dates in support of their album Always Never Again. For a limited time you can check out an MP3 of "Everybody Sings" right here.

The Used and Glassjaw have confirmed plans for a U.S. tour for mid-August. Dates, venues and support will be announced shortly. The Used will also head out on the International Taste of Chaos tour hitting Mexico, Australia, Japan, the UK, and Germany starting October 16th and running through November 20th. The line-up will also include Story Of The Year, Killswitch Engage, Rise Against and Funeral For A Friend.

You can now pre-order Denver Dalley's latest Statistics effort, Often Lie (Out July 12th) from our friends over at Jade Tree. You can check out the song "Final Broadcast" here, and read below for more about the album.

The Shout Out Louds album, Howl Howl, Gaff Gaff, hit American soil last week, and now the band is coming over to show us what they're made of. Check the downloads for a taste of the music, and read below to find out where to catch them live.

We have gotten a hold of the new Foo Fighters single "Best of You" via this nice little e-card. Also check out this teaser trailer in Windows Media and Real Media.

Ra is back with their sophomore album titled Duality, which will see a June 21st release. The first single “Fallen Angels” is in the downloads, and the band will appear on Rockline at Midnight on June 6th to discuss their new album.

In support of their recently released albums Nine Inch Nails will be joined by Queens of the Stone Age in the fall to tour North America. Specific dates are expected to be announced next month. And for anyone looking forward to the NIN appearance at the MTV Movie Awards, you can skip it. According to their official site, the band has dropped from the performance schedule due to a conflict over using an "un-molested image of George W. Bush"

The full list of dates for the Eels tour "With Strings" have been announced in support of their latest release Blinking Lights and Other Revelations.

Iron & Wine continue to travel the vast expanses of North America in support of Woman King and low-key folkish tales.

Sparta founding guitarist Paul Hinojos has departed from the band. No reasons were given but the band wishes him the best.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will be playing a "secret" show tomorrow in Los Angeles at Little Radio. Tickets will be available at Sea Level Records (1716 W. Sunset) but there's only going to be 200 onsale and limited to 2 per person. All this in promotion for the bands forthcoming album, Howl.