You can now preview Goldfinger's new album Disconnection Notice in its entirety here. The album hits stores on Feb. 15th, and the band is currently on tour with The Start and City Sleeps through March 14th, in West Hollywood, CA.

k-os was honored Monday with 3 Juno Award nominations from the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. The nominations include “Single of the Year” for his current single “Crabbuckit”, “Video of the Year” for “B-Boy Stance” and “Rap Recording of the Year” for sophomore album Joyful Rebellion. He is also slated to perform Live at 34th Annual Juno Awards from Winnipeg. Additionally, he will be bringing his show on the road this April, officially announcing a full-blown U.S. tour, complete with a performance at Coachella.

Last night in London, the 2005 Brits were held (basically the UK version of the Grammys). Big winners were The Streets, Scissor Sisters, Franz Ferdinand, Keane and Joss Stone. Check out the list of winners here. What I can't sort out is how Robbie Williams' "Angels" beat out Queen and Joy Division for best record of the last 25 years!

If you happen to be in Donington, UK this June 10th - 12th you can easily participate in the Download Festival which recently announced headliners Feeder, System of a Down, and Black Sabbath. Aside from that you could expect to catch Garbage, HIM, Slipknot, Slayer and a whole host of unannounced acts. Learn more at the official site.

The Soundtrack of Our Lives will be hitting the road in support of their forthcoming March 15th release, Origin Volume 1. The band will be opening for some fairly big names (Robert Plant to name one) and having The Dears open for them on their headlining slots. Get the full tour list...

Goldfinger have launched an awesome website in preparation to release their new album, Disconnection Notice, on February 15th. Consult the SU archives for when you can catch Goldfinger on tour or how you can preview their new album.

Fantômas have announced upcoming headlining dates for the Ipecac Geek Tour 2005. The shows are likely in support of their upcoming album, Suspended Animation, due April 5th (view the artwork for the CD). Joining Patton & Co. on most dates will be The Locust and Trevor Dunn's Trio Convulsant.

Remember Better Than Ezra? Come on; sure you do. The band are set to release their Greatest Hits album on March 15th, and we have the tracklisting below thanks to a faithful reader.

Lyrics Born is back with more fire for your speaker box with Same !@#$ Different Day, a loose remix album of his solo debut Later That Day…. The album is due out April 26th on Quannum and will feature 5 new songs and 8 remix tracks that "are similar to the originals only in name." Lyrics Born will embark on a North American tour in early 2005, and the dates are below (along with more info about the album).

Neva Dinova have revealed that they will be on tour with Bright Eyes starting February 3rd. The band is touring in support of their new record The Hate Yourself Change, released by Sidecho Records and Crank! on February 8th. They will also do 2 post-BE weeks of dates with Lou Barlow and M Ward among others. Check out the dates below and head over to Crank! to download 2 new mp3s from the upcoming record.

The Black Crowes reunion has gotten a bit longer. They have added two more dates to their 5-night stand at the Hammerstein in New York and have been added to the bills at both Bonnaroo and the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage festival. Details...

Longwave has completed recording the new album There's A Fire with producer John Leckie, due for release by RCA Records in late-April. The band will be doing some shows in February with I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness to prepare for the album's release. Check the more for info....

Seattle's K-Rock Radio will hold a Tsunami Relief Concert that is bringing Alice In Chains together for the first time since 1996. Surviving members Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney and Mike Inez will be performing, and word is that Jerry will be handling all the vocals. Also on the bill will be appearances by Krist Novoselic of Nirvana, Ann Wilson of Heart, Sir Mix-A-Lot, and Chris DeGarmo of Queensryche. The show is on Friday, February 18th at the Premier Club in Seattle.

Green Day is hitting the road for a US/Canada tour in the Spring. I got nothing else. Click the more for dates.

Phantom Planet will head out this March on dates with Maroon 5, the Thrills, and the Donnas on the fifth annual 2005 Honda Civic Tour. The trek begins March 11 & 13 in Universal City, CA at the Universal Amphitheater. Full list of dates below:

Jimmy Eat World and Taking Back Sunday have just announced that they will embark on a 5 week North American co-headlining tour this spring. The full list of daes should be coming soon, but so far, confirmed cities include: Atlanta, Denver, Fresno, Ithaca, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Pueblo, Reno, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Toronto, Tucson, Washington DC.

According to Billboard, March 29 will see the release of three versions of Beck’s latest album, Guero. There will be a standard CD, a double-disc package featuring two videos (“E-Pro” and “Black Tambourine”) and a surround sound mix, and a third version which includes four remixes (from Boards Of Canada, Octet, Dizzee Rascall, and Royksopp).

The Bravery will be performing live at Paradiso (Amsterdam) tonight and Fabchannel.com will live webcast the entire show on the internet. The show starts at 20:30 CET. Afterwards the show will be included in the online archive at Fabchannel.com and there it will be free for everybody to watch.

Robbers on High Street will celebrate the release of their full-length record Tree City with a weeklong stint as Carson Daly's house band on "Last Call with Carson Daly" for the week of February 22nd. The band will release their debut full-length on February 22nd as well and the will the hit the road for the following dates:

Panthers have announced that they are headed to the West coast for a week of all–ages shows. You can see them at the dates below. You can also check out MSTRKRFT’s (a new remix team consisting of Jesse Keeler from Death From Above 1979 and Al-P from Girls Are Short) remix of Panthers’ “Thank Me With Your Hands? right here.