Ultimate Fakebook will no longer play together after they finish their current tour. The part seems to be amiable. See the more section to read the statement from their official website.

Just as we told you, Warp Records have launched their own online system for purchasing and downloading everything they've released. Bleep is officially online and ready for digital consumption.

Ladies and gentleman, it's true. According to Pitchfork, The Pixies are set to headline the Coachella Festival in California, along with Radiohead and Kraftwerk on the weekend of 5/1 and 5/2. I've booked my vacation time at work, now for the damn airfare...

A couple things have changed since our last post about former Hole and Smashing Pumpkins bassist Melissa Auf Der Maur. First off, she will release her new album on March 1st, and secondly we now have a preview of the track "Followed the Waves" in Windows Media and Real Audio.

The White Stripes will be performing on this year's Grammy Awards. Maybe this will be a good reason to actually watch the darn show.

The Unicorns are off an another tour, this time headlining, to support their recent release, Who Will Cut Our Hair When We Are Gone?, Check out the dates...

Make your reservations to get to Indio, CA for the fifth Coachella Valle Music & Arts Festivalon May 1-2, 2004. Air, Prefuse 73, the Thrills and Electric Six are all confirmed performers, while Radiohead are still not confirmed, as well as a rumored Pixies reunion performance (among many other rumored reunions).

The Dropkick Murphys will release their DVD, On The Road With The Dropkick Murphys on March 9 via Hellcat Records.

Details are starting to trickle in about the March 17th - 21st SXSW 2004 Music conference. We know that Wayne Coyne (of the Flaming Lips) and Ani Difranco will be featured keynote presentators and that the small sampling of mildly confirmed performers include: David Cross, Atmosphere, Crystal Method, Dillinger Escape Plan, The Hives, Junior Senior, Modest Mouse, NoFX, N.E.R.D., Radio 4, Stairsailor, The Stills, The Thrills, TV On The Radio, and The Walkmen among others. More details as they emerge.

Canadian wonders Broken Social Scene are set to release THe Bee Hives EP on March 23, the follow-up to the much acclaimed You Forgot It In People. You can get your mitts on it through their label, Arts & Crafts and your local (independent) music store.

Ash are back in the studio in Hollywood with Foo Fighters producer Nick Raskulinecz. Their fifth album is due out late Spring 2004. You can read more here about their unbelievably crazy times in Hollywood, like eating tons of junk food and partying with Dave Grohl.

What is there to say about Hella? Well, they are worth checking out; there new album The Devil Isn't Red comes out on January 20 on Kill Rock Stars. You can listen to the track "The Mother Could Be You" here.

Elefant are on tour, and I personally recommend checking them out. Also, be on the lookout for a relaunched official website. You know what to do for the tour dates.

According to NME.com, The Prodigy is prepping their first album since 1997's Fat Of the Land,due out this summer. Rumored to be titled Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned, it will be "sexier and punk in attitude" according to Liam Howlett, as well as "more beats and hard production and kind of toughness that's on a street level." Sexy albums are always good.

The Wrens have been gradually been coming out of hiding lately, and now they are embarking on a fairly comprehensive your. Find out where you can see them in the more.

Mates of State have released their third video in 4 months. You can watch "Gotta Get a Problem" here, as well as its successors, "Fluke" and "Ha Ha" from their dynamite album Team Boo.

On February 24-29, try to get yourself to San Francisco to the annual Noisepop Festival. Tentatively scheduled to appear are Super Furry Animals, Dillinger Escape Plan, Low, Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players, Sage Francis, the Detroit Cobras, Denali, John Vanderslice, the Locust, Trans Am, and Gold Chains. Check out more here.

Somehow Hollow will be embarking on their first U.S. tour supporting last years release Busted Wings and Rusted Halos. Click more for dates.

Ex-Count The Stars bass player Clarke Foley has joined The Reunion Show, the band plans to start recording their sophomore effort on January 15th. They will also be working with William Whitman, who has worked with Cindy Lauper and Aerosmith in the past.

Head over to GetUpKids.com for your weekly dosage of video clips and audio downloads from their new record Guilt Show, which is due March 2nd. Already the band has posted a two-minute "making of the album" video clip as well as a new MP3 entitled "Martyr Me".