The new Eels album, Blinking Lights & Other Revelations won't be released in stores until next week but if you're an avid user of iTunes you can get it right now.

Indie-darlings The Go Team! are planning on returning to play some North American tour dates this summer. You know where to go for details...

You can preview the new Ben Folds album, Songs for Silverman, over at the VH1 Hear Music First site. The album will be released April 26th.

Sleater-Kinney are going on tour in support of their May 24th release The Woods. Expect more dates as the release date grows closer...

Expect them to play their "hit" iPod song "Jerk It Out" last but The Caesars are going on tour in support of their forthcoming Astralwerks release Paper Tigers.

In support of their new album, Tree City, Robbers on High Street have announced that they'll join Hot Hot Heat on the road as their main support act for their upcoming tour. Dates below.

Montreal's The Dears have just confirmed a national headlining tour beginning May 24th in Los Angeles at The El Rey Theatre, in support of their latest album No Cities Left.

The 3rd installment of the Diesel U Music awards has kicked off with the first round of nominations including Robbers On High Street, The Alchemist, The Books, The Bravery, and The Dears. Full list below along with more details.

Five lucky people who purchase Metallica's Some Kind of Monster DVD can win a trip to meet Metallica at their home base also known as "Metallica headquarters" (how clever). Winning golden tickets can be found inside especially marked copies of the DVDs and only one of the five have been found so far. The game ends May 3, 2005.

Word has come that Alanis Morissette & Natalie Merchant will both be releasing new VH1 Storytellers DVDs on April 26th. Alanis’s performance was recorded at New York’s Roxy in 1999, while Natalie filmed hers in 1998 at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Check out some video clips over in the downloads.

The Directors Label returns on September 13th 2005 with simultaneous releases from four more of the world's most acclaimed directors; Mark Romanek, Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer & Stéphane Sednaoui, once again produced by Richard Brown for Palm Pictures. More detials should be coming soon.

Chevelle just announced a string of new dates in support of their latest album, This Type of Thinking Could Do Us In.

No Use For A Name are performing as the house band on Carson Daly the week of May 5th when they move the show for one week from NY to the Palladium in Hollywood. The band's new record Keep Them Confused comes out June 14th and they'll be head-lining the Warped Tour this year before going out on their own tour in the fall.

Us3, the brainchild of London-based Geoff Wilkinson, is gearing up to release its first US album in 7 years, entitled Questions. The album is scheduled for an April 26th release via Megaforce/Ryko and you can check out some video footage here.

Fountains of Wayne will be releasing a 2-disc b-side compilation on June 28th via Virgin Records. The album, Out-of-State Plates, will feature a slew of covers, outtakes, and the two new songs "The Girl I Can't Forget" and "Maureen."

With a slew of solo projects released in the past 3 years it's hard to complain about a lack of output from the members of Broken Social Scene but there really hasn't been a proper album since the release of You Forgot It In People. BSS collaborator Jason Collett recently revealed that the band plans to release three albums in succession starting in the fall (with the second release possibly in the winter). No specifics yet except that we can expect over 100 hours of music from the group.

Insanely enough, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists have announced more tour dates in support of Shake The Streets (and rock n' roll in general).

Menomena will be opening for Gang of Four on their upcoming tour as well as playing some of their own solo shows.

In support of their forthcoming May 10th release Carousel Waltz, The Robot Ate Me will be on the road for a few months.

Cave In are preparing a new release to hit the streets in August. Perfect Pitch Black will feature 8 tracks recorded between 2003 and 2004 along with some "embellishments from [their] sonic spice rack" recorded this past March.