Let the season of festivals and conferences begin! Add MACRoCK to your list of potentials two day ventures. On April 1st - 2nd you'll be able to see the likes of Matt Pond PA, Travis Morrison, An Albatross, Medications and a bunch more that can be viewed at the conferences official site.
Who wants to see Spoon and Interpol together? A bunch of Europeans that's who.
In support of his new album Songs For Silverman (details here) Ben Folds will be touring the globe. One can only assume this is the first of several legs of live dates, so don't fret if you don't see your town listed - he will rock your suburb (I couldn't resist!).
Despite the short list of dates we had before, the Doves have now released a full list of dates for their upcoming tour. Check below:
You can stream the entire new Queens of the Stone Age record over at their Myspace page.
You can preview the new Garbage single "Why Do You Love Me?" right here.
In continuing support of Album of the Year, The Good Life are out on the road.
The specific dates aren't out yet but The Faint will be touring North America with Bright Eyes and serving as the backing band for the Digital Ash in a Digital Urn laden set that Conor Oberst promises to play.
It appears the rumors are true; The Unicorns have broken up. But before the tears start streaming, you should know that members Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambour have formed Th' Corn Gangg - a rap group featuring guest MC's like Busdriver and Subtitle. Read more about the group's latest performance at The Echo and the future of the outfit here.
DJ extraordinare Z*Trip has launched a new media player with some added content. In addition to "Listen to the DJ" feat. Soup (from Jurassic 5), it's now got "Bury Me Standing," "Breakfast Club," "Walking Dead" feat. Chester Bennington, and a videomontage of Z*Trip performances. Check it out here.
Brendan Benson will be playing an instore at Other Music in NYC on 3/22 to support the release of his new album, The Alternative to Love, dropping on the same day. Benson has also added some more dates (see below) to his previously announced tour, announced some dates with Keane, and you can find the video for the song "Spit It Out" in the downloads.
Ben Folds has released a special Expanded Edition of Ben Folds Five's Whatever And Ever Amen that you can buy online here. The album hits stores everywhere March 22, and this newly remastered version features new liner notes from all the original band members plus the bonus tracks below:
Moby has announced a trek across the country in support of his new album Hotel, which is due on March 22nd. Moby is taking out labelmate Buck 65 for most of these shows. Check below for the dates.
Kaki King has revealed a string of tour dates in support of her latest album, Legs to Make Us Longer. You can check out a media player for the album here, and you can watch the video for "Playing With Pink Noise" in the downloads.
Thrice have announced an exclusive presale for the release of their upcoming CD/DVD, If Only We Could See Us Now. The first 150 customers who pre-order the release through this link will receive a signed 7" from Thrice, and everyone who purchases the CD/DVD will receive a free three-month subscription to The Thrice Alliance, the band's official fanclub.
The word is that Regina Spektor is headed our on tour again and you can see her at the dates below.
More dates have been added to the Mastodon tour we told you about. Burning Brides, Death by Stereo and Cult of Luna, among others, will be providing support. Full details...
This years Ozzfest dates and lineup have been announced. Expect to catch the likes of Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Rob Zombie, Mastodon, In Flames and a bunch of other bands across two stages throughout the nation starting in July.
The upcoming two-disc Foo Fighters disc that we've been talking about will be titled In Your Honor. Expect the combo in July.
Even though they are already headed out with Interpol, Q and not U aren't ones to just sit around and wait for the big shows to continue. The band has booked a headlining tour for the month of April.
