After they finish their acoustic tour, Rilo Kiley will be putting the finishing touches on their new album, the follow-up to The Execution of All Things, for a May/June release.

Super Furry Animals are on the road again, this time taking Papa M along. The tour will start in Europe, extend across the US, and then head back to the UK. Check them out at...

Tom Morello and Serj Tankian take time away from their day jobs (guitarist for Audioslave and singer for System of a Down if you've been living in a bunker) to tape a radio show at Burbank, California's KPFK as an extension of Axis of Justice, the social justice organization that Morello and Tankian founded. You can hear it in LA on KPFX on the third Friday of every month, as well as nationally on XM Live radio and archived on both the KPFK and Axis of Justice Web sites. Read more about the playlists and whatnot here.

Asheville, NC export, DrugMoney will release their new album, MTN CTY JNK, on January 27th. Check out the single "Small Thinking" in Real Audio and Windows Media.

As an aspiring indie label ourselves, I find emails like the one below particularly disturbing. Yes, the internet is the future of music, but you still have to support bands or they aren't going to be around to make music for us anymore. Read below about Suburban Home Records call for help. I know I am going to order some stuff, if at all possible I ask that you do the same.

Ted Leo & the Pharmacists have big plans for the new year: a tour with the Fiery Furnaces, Radio 4 and We Regazzi, along with the release of Dirty Old Town, a DVD of the performance from last year’s Siren Festival. The dates are…

The Descendents have finally relaunched their official website, as well as posted the MP3 for “Nothing With You”. Wheee!

April 25 will bring the follow-up album to McLusky's masterpiece McLusky Do Dallas. The new album is yet to be named, but at the helm once again will be superstar producer Steve Albini.

The Vines and Jet will be touring the US together starting in March; no dates have been set. Let the hating begin. And remember to check out the new Vines album.

John Vanderslice (whose new album Cellar Door was released today) will be going on tour and playing dates with the likes of Sufjan Stevens, The Wrens, and Okkervil River . Check the more for the specific dates and couplings.

It has been announced that The Cure will be headlining this years Coachella Festival on the second night. It's also been reported that The Flaming Lips have been added to the bill.

With the release of the forthcoming Modest Mouse album it has been announced that Epic will reissue the band's major-label debut The Moon and Antartica with new packaging and bonus tracks on March 2nd. Shortly thereafter, an authorized live bootleg is expected to surface online from the label. Check the more for the March 30th Good News for People Who Love Bad News and upcoming tour dates.

The DanceStar nominations were just announced and the nominees include The Postal Service, BT, The Crystal Method, Chemical Brothers, Underworld, Kraftwerk and Basement Jaxx among others. You can check out the DanceStar site for all the nominees, and look out for the awards ceremony on March 9.

The Von Bondies ae soon to release their new album Pawn Shoppe Heart and their first single, “Cmon Cmon” is now available online for download. Check it out in Windows Media or Quicktime and then check out the making of documentary also in Windows Media and Quicktime.

Azure Ray released their track "New Resolution" today and the CD single is set to include a live version of "The Drinks We Drank Last Night" and a remix of "New Resolution" done by Jimmy Tamborello of The Postal Service. The CD will also be enhanced with multimedia content including live video from the recording of the album as well as the video for "New Resolution" directed by Sam Jones. The band has announced European Tour Dates and a full US tour running mid-March through April will be announced within the next week as well.

Bright Eyes is heading out with Jim James (of My Morning Jacket) and M. Ward for a couple weeks worth of shows. Each person will perform a short, solo set followed by a longer collaborative set featuring all three. Sounds cool, dates below.

The Darkness has set the dates for their first cross-country U.S. tour, slated to begin on March 24th and run through April 20th. If you can’t decide whether to check them out or not, you can view the band’s EPK and also check out the video for "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" in Real Video and Windows Media.

Bifocal Media will be releasing the Braid documentary, "Braid: Killing a Camera" on DVD in the coming months. Look for an early summer street date, and the list of goodies detailed below. In other Braid news, Bifocal Media will also be releasing the new full length for former Briad member Chris Broach's "Firebird Band" this summer. The album is described as "a collection of dense atmospheric keys, guitars, and fractured electronic drums, topped with Broach's distinct vocals."

The debut full-length from Denver Dalley's Statistis, Leave Your Name, hits stores today. Download the first single "Reminisce" right here. For fans excited to see the rock laid down live, the Statistics play main support on the forthcoming Engine Down tour.

For those who can't get enough of Jonah and his many projects, you can now pre-order his new Onelinedrawing album, The Volunteers from Jade Tree. The disc also includes liner notes by Onelinedrawing superfan Geoff Rickly (Thursday) and features an enhanced portion that contains demo versions of album tracks as well as additional liner notes written by Jonah himself. The album hits stores March 23rd and you can download the first single, "We Had A Deal", here.