Raking in almost $340 million bucks from last year’s record shattering tour hasn’t slowed The (reunited) Police, who are prepping one final summer jaunt across the US before retiring for good. Or at least until its time to rob fans blind again and build more castles. The band is planning to play amphitheaters and [...]

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Radiohead confirms US tour dates, and amazingly the South is represented. Supposedly, this is just the first batch:
May 5 - Cruzan Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
May 6 - Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
May 8 - Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
May 9 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina
May 11 - Nissan Pavilion [...]

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Since Paul Weller has come down with a nasty case of principles, his remaining two ex-bandmates in The Jam have reunited under the catchy moniker From the Jam: Bruce Foxton and Rick Buckler. The leftover duo has recruited some anonymous scabs Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers two replacements to fill in for Weller on [...]

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According The Slut, Jens Lekman is coming back! Better buy your tix now, as these shows are sure to sell out.
3-13 Austin, TX - Mohawk
3-14 Dallas, TX - Granada
3-21 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda
3-22 San Fran, CA - Bimbo’s 365
3-23 San Fran, CA - Bottom Of The Hill
3-24 Portland, OR - Berbati’s Pan
3-25 [...]

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With its new record, Distortion, out in January via Nonesuch, The Magnetic Fields have set up a brief tour to help spread the word. The dates are slim pickins, but at least they are playing multiple shows in each town- said towns just happen to be very, very far away from the South. 

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 …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead is set to embark on yet another round of touring for its under-achieving, fifth long-player, So Divided, which has been on shelves the better part of a year. The band is hitting colleges with Adult Swim’s fictional metal band, Dethklok from Metalocalypse fame, whose debut record The Dethalbum [...]

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Bloomington, Indiana’s Murder By Death may be slow to get new records out, but the band plays no shortage of shows. The non-stop touring has to take its toll at some point. I can’t imagine being able to write new material in such a draining, repetitive environment, but the band just released a statement on [...]

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Murder By Death played the Flat, Black and Circular record store in Lansing, MI, last year, supporting its third full-length, In Bocca Al Lupo. This low-key performance of “Dynamite Mine” puts much more emphasis on the inherent tension of Turla’s doom-country stomp compared to the fiery dynamics of the full band’s electric show.

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So “Needy Girl” wasn’t just an underground one-hit wonder after all. This Montreal synth-funk duo has more to offer than slick catchy joke throwbacks. Its latest record for Vice, Fancy Footwork, has inspired all kinds of people to fight for a piece of the action. The Beastie Boys have offered up a few opening slots on their current [...]

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On October 23, Lost Highway will release a seven-song EP by Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, entitled Follow the Lights, which follows closely on the heels of his latest full-length Easy Tiger. Two new songs are interspersed with some older ones, all of which were recorded live in the studio this summer. The two new [...]

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Famous mainly for opening for the Sex Pistols at Winterland on the last date of the Pistols’ first American tour, The Avengers were as punk rock as you could get. The band never even released an album during its life span, which was only about two years (1977-1979). The band’s rudimentary punk sparked [...]

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Mournful acoustic plucker Jose Gonzalez is gearing up to release his latest record, In Our Nature, on September 25 via Mute by kicking off three nights in New York City. While he’s there, he’s planning on taping a spot on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. His tour dates are spotty, but he’s hitting both coasts and some [...]

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The Cure has rescheduled the tour dates it recently canceled because Fat Bob was a little behind on his word count, which in turn caused a delay in the band’s 13th studio album meeting its fall release date. So, now both the record and the tour will coincide like they’re supposed to this coming spring. [...]

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In pathetic reunion news, a very loose quotes version of the “Misfits” is kicking off a special anniversary tour. And by special, I mean shitty. This incarnation of the band features only one original member, bassist Jerry Only backed by former Black Flag members Dez Cadena and Robo. Erstwhile vocalist, Glenn Danzig, must have lost [...]

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I’m little frightened by PJ Harvey. Always have been. But the fear is mixed with a healthy obsession. A good combination to be sure. Her new record, White Chalk, is out next month on Island, and the first single is an extremely stripped-down affair. Harvey pushes her voice almost to a high-pitched whisper, [...]

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Billboard has unveiled the track lists for the upcoming Bob Dylan retrospectives, which are set for an Oct. 2 release in the states. Also in the cue is the documentary, The Other Side of the Mirror, which collects rare and unseen footage from Dylan’s popular and polarizing performances at the Newport Folk Festivals from 1963-65. [...]

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Myspace blogs have been so catty lately. In all fairness Portishead’s Geoff Barrow took the first shot at Lily Allen producer Mark Ronson, completely unprovoked. And now producer Ronson has responded in kind, albeit somewhat more respectfully seeing as how he actually gives Barrow some credit:
Dear Geoffrey
In reference to your blog insulting my “muzak”, grow the fuck up [...]

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The new single from The Hives is called “Tick Tick Boom” and its out digitally September 24 and physically October 10. The new album, The Black and White Album, hits stores October 8, the artwork for which adorns this post. The band is inexplicably supporting Maroon 5 on a fall tour but has plans [...]

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Mission of Burma was one of those bands I never thought I’d have the chance to see live. They’d broken up well before I was even aware of them, so when news started spreading that the band was reuniting back in 2002, I was hesitant, skeptical, yet also kind of excited. Reunions are almost always a [...]

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Rogue Wave’s new record, Asleep at Heaven’s Gate is out September 18 on Brushfire Records. “Lake Michigan” sounds remarkably like The Shins with its simultaneously chirpy yet maudlin acoustic melodicism, replete with over-arching harmonies and hand-claps. Better than expected but not blowing me away.
Rogue Wave - “Lake Michigan” - mp3

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