If you've missed the huge push for the release of the new Iron & Wine album, Kiss Each Other Clean, then you've been living under a rock. Sam Beam and Co. are determined to make sure everyone hears the new album, as they've announced a massive worldwide tour, which kicked off earlier this week in Los Angeles. [pitchfork.com]
Panic! At The Disco will release their much-anticipated third album, Vices & Virtues, on March 29th. Check out the lead single, "The Ballad of Mona Lisa," on YouTube. [www.myspace.com]
As reported, The Mountain Goats will a new album, All Eternals Deck, on March 29th through Merge Records. Download album track "Damn These Vampires" on The Music Slut, for a taste. Naturally, the group will hit the road in support, starting March 24th in Richmond, VA. Megafaun will support on most dates. [www.mountain-goats.com]
Cold Cave will release a new album, Cherish The Light Years, through Matador Records on April 5th. The group will hit the road supporting The Kills in April/May. [www.matadorrecords.com]
Cut Copy will tour North America in late March/early April in support of their latest album Zonoscope. The trek kicks off March 28th in Atlanta with Holy Ghost in tow. [www.cutcopy.net]
Home Tapes will release Harbors, the sophomore album from All Tiny Creatures, on March 29th. The group features Thomas Winceck from Collections of Colonies of Bees and Volcano Choir. Album track "An Iris" features vocals from Justin Vernon and you can download it now in Music. Also worth noting is the album cover designed by Aaron Draplin. [hometapes.tumblr.com]
According to a tweet, Ted Leo is postponing his solo tour in January/February due to being "the midst of a very bad time." Stay tuned to tedleo.com for updates. [twitter.com]
Wilco will curate and headline their own, second annual Sonic Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts. Other acts include The Books, Avi Buffalo, Vetiver, The Nels Cline Singers and Mavis Staples, among others. [solidsoundfestival.com]
The Vines will release their fifth album, Future Primitive, in April. It was recorded with producer Chris Colonna (The Bumblebeez, Wolf & Cub) in Paris. You can stream the first single "Gimme Love" on SoundCloud. [www.undercover.fm]
Young Widows will return on April 14th with In and Out of Youth and Lightness through Temporary Residence. Check out the cover art, track list and download album track "Future Heart" over at Stereogum. [stereogum.com]
North Carolina's rock revivalists House of Fools have freed themselves from Drive-Thru Records, after a prolonged four-year legal battle. Nevertheless, the band are ready to issue a new album this spring/summer. The band have posted a new song, "Dogfight," to stream and download on Bandcamp, as a taste of what's to come. [www.houseoffools.net]
According to a tweet from the band, Mastodon are "currently in the writing process for the next album" and "[lots] of riffs have been collected." Crack the Skye was released in 2009. [twitter.com]
Torche are currently in the process of writing a new album. According to the band, they "should have [the] entire record written" by February and will begin pre-production. As well, Andrew Elstner (Tilts) is joining Torche full-time. Drummer Rick Smith reported that fans should expect "lots of heavy shit!" [www.torchemusic.com]
MF Doom will reissue the first complete version of his debut album, Opertaion: Doomsday, this spring through his own Metalface Records. The set will include the "original album, alternate versions, b-sides and instrumentals - 51 tracks total - with all new artwork and two deluxe, metal formats." The said "metal formats" are a 2-CD lunchbox or a 4-LP metal box, which you can check out on the Stones Throw website. [www.stonesthrow.com]
Seattle's The Head and the Heart have signed to Sub Pop. The band's self-titled debut was released digitally last Tuesday (January 11th) and will be available physically on April 16th for Record Store Day. For the price of an email address, you can download "No One to Let You Down" and "Down in the Valley" from the band. [www.subpop.com]
Interpol has announced another leg of tour support for their latest album. The trek begins March 13th in Reno, NV and ends in Raleigh, NC on May 4th. [www.absolutepunk.net]
With No Color coming up in March, The Dodos are naturally planning extensive touring in support. The band has announced a worldwide tour kicking off in Reno, NV on March 10th and wrapping up in Glasgow, UK in late May. [consequenceofsound.net]
Actor/director Michael Rapaport will premiere his documentary film about A Tribe Called Quest, titled Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, at the Sundance Film Festival (which kicks off today). The director talked to "Pharrell, ?uestlove and Black Thought from the Roots, obviously Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Mos Def, Monie Love, the Jungle Brothers, Too Short, Ludacris" and "a bunch of people" for the film. [www.mtv.com]
Soundgarden will follow up last year's best-of Telephantasm with a unreleased live album from the valuts, Live on I-5, recorded in 1996. Look for it on March 22nd. In related, news Chris Cornell has announced a "Songbook" solo, acoustic tour in the spring. The frontman will perform material from all of his past musical endeavours. Find the dates on Jambase. [www.spinner.com]
Bjork is reportedly "halfway through" a new album and already planning a fall tour around it. She revealed parts of the album we're inspired by stories she heard during a conference held by National Geographic. Volta was released in 2007. [www.nme.com]
