In the time it takes to put out another Tool record, A Perfect Circle will have yet another release under their belt. On November 2nd the band will be releasing eMOTIVe; a collection of covers featuring the likes of "Imagine" by John Lennon, "What's Goin On?" by Marvin Gaye, and "Let's Have A War" by FEAR. You can check out an animated video from the band here along with a note from Maynard explaining the signifigance of the album. So remember to go pick that disc up on your way to the voting polls.

In preparation for their new album the Deftones are hitting the road for a short stint. Expect new songs to be debuted. Check the more for dates.

Converge have launched a mini-site for their upcoming release You Fail Me, where you can download and preview a few tracks, check out a live video, see some nifty new artwork, and preorder the album packaged with a limited-edition poster.

Apparently, The Dave Matthews Band is being sued by The State of Illinois for allegedly dumping up to 800 lbs of sewage into the Chicago River from a bridge under which some hapless tourist were passing on an architecture tour. The sewage was dumped from the onboard septic tank on one of the tour buses and doused the boat below. All parties are cooperating with an investigation into the incident.

Adding music, not to mention themselves as characters, for the upcoming game "The Urbz: Sims in the City" seemed like the thing to do for Black Eyed Peas. They're even re-working lyrics for 9 tracks off their next album, Monkey Business, in "Simlish," the funky language spoken in the game. The game is expected to hit shelves next fall and the Pea's album is due out in November.

For all you British music audiophiles, Snow Patrol's Super Audio CD of Final Straw hits stores today (8/24). Offering incredible sound quality, the SACD should basically be the musical equivalent of a religious experience for fans of the band.

You wanna see another video from The Streets latest A Grand Don't Come For Free? Of course you do! Well here's the vid for "Dry Your Eyes" in Real Player and Windows Media.

The Von Bondies are hitting the road again, and this time they're bringing Auf Der Maur and The Donnas along to open for them (seperate legs of the tour folks.. ). Check the more for the breakdown and specifics..

According to Pollstar the upcoming Helmet tour we told you about is being delayed because Page Hamilton wiped out on his mountain bike and broke his collarbone. The tour is now scheduled to start in October. The release date of their latest, Size Matters, is also being pushed back from September 14th to October 5th.

Relapse has posted a new Mastodon ecard where you can preview two tracks from their upcoming release Leviathan. Listen to "Iron Tusk" and "Blood & Thunder" while reading flattering quotes about them here.

Nov 30th is the date set for the release of Dirty Vegas' sophomore album, ONE. The first single, "Walk Into the Sun," will hit us on Sept 28th, and the album is being touted as being more organic in terms of instrumentation. One can only hope it will be snapped up by some groovy car manufacturer and forced into our consciousness like before!

Since that whole Lollapalooza thing didn't work out, Alternative's elder statesman is out on the road for some US dates this fall. Catch Morrissey live as his tour runs up and down the East Coast beginning late September.

Winnipeg's indie rock darlings The Weakerthans are coming south a bit for a little jaunt on the East Coast this September.

Mastodon will be joining Slayer and Killswitch Engage on this year's Jägermeister Music Tour, expected to kick off in October. Dates have not been announced just yet, so keep your pants on. Mastodon's new album Leviathan, which is reportedly based in part on Moby Dick, will be released on August 31st.

File this under 'greedy rock stars': Van Halen is now suing the Baltimore Orioles for $2 million in damages after the team reneged on a deal that would have had the band playing at Camden Yards Sept 2nd. Most likely, it was the cost of picking out all those brown M&Ms that pushed the Orioles organization over the edge. If you want to read the rest of the story, check out CNN's coverage.

The debut Travis Morrison album that we told you about will be entitled Travistan and is still scheduled for a September 28th release on Barsuk. Go here to see the cover, and check the more for the tracklisting.

Pinback will be embarking on a mini-tour of sorts in promotion for their forthcoming Summer In Abaddon full-length. Expect many more dates to be announced at a later time, but for now mark these down....

The new album, Crimes, from Seattle's Blood Brothers drops on Oct 12th, but you can listen to it here first. Check out the new ecard from the band while you're at it.

Overground punk guys Green Day are back with their highly anticipated new album American Idiot, due to hit stores on Sept 21st. In the meantime, stroll over here to check out the video for the title track.

Wanna check out two new songs from Fu Manchu's new album Start The Machine before it comes out on Sept 14th? Well, you can stream "Written In Stone" in Windows Media or Real Player as well as "Make Them Believe" in Windows Media or Real Player right now.