Believe it or not but Pearl Jam has announced that they are finalizing their followup to 2002's Riot Act. The disc could be released as early as May, followed by a summer tour.

Wilco are still out on the road playing headlining shows. Catch them quick before it's all festivals, all the time.

Sonic Youth have announced that they'll be doing a tour of the 5 Boroughs in New York City (as well as New Jersey) in support of Sonic Nurse.

The new Teenage Fanclub record will be released via Merge Records on June 7th, 2005. The bands 8th LP is entitled Man-Made and features 12 brand new songs.

If you still haven't checked out the new ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead album, Worlds Apart, go check out this flash player.. preview some of the tracks, watch the band break a bunch of stuff, and then immediately embark to the record store for purchasing.

The Robbers on High Street will be joining Cake and Gomez for the 2005 Virgin Mega College Tour starting in April. Check the more for dates...

The upcoming Coldplay album will be entitled X&Y and is scheduled to be released in June. The first single will be "Speed of Sound."

M Doughty is going on tour in support of Haughty Melodic (remember?).

The Shins are slowly announcing more and more tour dates for this spring. Check out the first batch..

The Gorillaz have announced the tracklisting to their May 3rd release Demon Days. The first single will be "Feel Good Inc" but the track "Dirty Harry" is already making its way around the web.

Looks like the rumors are true according to their official website. The Get Up Kids are officially done. Don't despair too much though; there's still a farewell tour to look forward to.

They're baaaack. After a bit of a haitus, The Crystal Method is getting geared up to release an album of remixes entitled Community Service II and then will be gracing us with a tour. Looks like some tasty remixes on there. Check out the track listing and some tour dates...

It looks like NYC musical landmark CBGB might be forced to close come August due to rising rent costs and a dispute with the homeless charity that owns the building. There are a few more details here. I know that all good things must end, but damn.

When it rains it pours for Brian Wilson fans. The recently finally released Smile has spurned a bunch of tour dates and now a DVD will be released on May 24th entitled Brian Wilson Presents Smile. The two disc set will include the Showtime documentary Beautiful Smile: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile, four interviews with Wilson himself, a 5.1 Surround Sound mix of the album, outtakes, studio footages, and five piano-based performances of Smile songs.

Smog will release A River Ain’t Too Much To Love on May 23rd.

If you're headed to SXSW this year and you've got an iPod, you may want to head over to their site, fire up your iPod and download the entire schedule.

Like countless times before, the debut ENEMY album Hooray For Dark Matter still hasn't been released but their official site says it is coming soon. No specific date provided in attempt to avoid further egg on face statements.

Looks like The Wrens have a documentary being made about them. Check out Little Quill for further information on the project and to watch a promotional video for the upcoming film.

If you're seriously jonesing for some new Mondo Generator you can pick up III : The EP on import from Cargo Records.

In continuing support of Hot Fuss, The Killers are hitting the road this spring.