Broadcast have also announced details of a giant/epic/large/big European and North American tour in the fall. Check the mo' fo' sho'...

Yo La Tengo have announced another US tour happening in September. The tour will be followed closely by the release of a new CD/12" EP, Today Is The Day, a rocking alternate version of one of Summer Sun's highlights, plus 5 additional previously unreleased tracks, which are listed, along with the tourdates at the mystery link...

Chris Clark's second album Empty the Bones of You can be in your CD changer on the 9th of September, its predecessor being Ceramics Is The Bomb, remember? Chris Clark will tour the US with Plaid and Luke Vibert in a big bus during November, so check 'em out.

According to a post from Flea on the Red Hot Chili Peppers site the band has recorded 15 new songs while in the studio to do a few tracks for their upcoming greatest hits release. "It is the fastest we have ever recorded so much material. I can't wait for ya'll to hear it," he said. What happens to these new songs? Who knows, but don't expect them to sit on a shelf for too long.

Shinedown released their debut album, Leave A Whisper, on July 15th, and their first single "Fly from the Inside" seems to be doing well on the radio. In case you wanna check it out, here is a media player featuring two tracks from the album and some video footage. You be the judge.

According to XFM.com, it seems The Strokes have selected the track "12:51" as the first single from their as-of-yet untitled follow-up to Is This It. Like we said before, the single will still drop the first week of October, with the album following on October 21st.

According their official fansite, Sigur Ros have already started work on their follow-up to ( ). Some sources seem to believe that the band are aiming to make a "more accesible" album, but that doesn't seem quite right. Regardless, three songs, "Gong", "Mílanó" and "Salka", are expected to appear on the new album. You can download live versions of these tracks over at the aforementioned website.

In what we can only hope is the beginning of a long long set of tour dates, Self has reported that they will be playing the club Echo on Sunset Blvd in LA on September 18th. New material from the forthcoming Ornament & Crime record is expected to be revealed.

Since you are all aware of the upcoming Hey Mercedes album Loses Control, we thought you might want to hear a a few new songs from the album, which is due out October 7th. Vagrant have posted three new tracks, "Quality Revenge At Last", "It's Been A Blast", and "Knowing When To Stop", and you can listen to them via the ever-popular online player.

The Underworld soundtrack is coming out. Vampires battling werewolves never sounded so good, dontcha think? We got the tracklisting, complete with a David Bowie remix featuring a guy from Tool and a guy from Red Hot Chili Peppers, as well as songs from Helmet alum Page Hamilton and The Icarus Line. Check it out.

Paz Lenchantin made a surprise appearance with her former A Perfect Circle bandmates during the group's headlining gig in Chicago August 10. She played violin during her brief appearance. FYI: She has also quit Zwan, and is starting yet another band with yet another batch of musicians. Anything's better than Billy, right? Anyway, APC are playing overseas, and I'm going to post the dates because (nyah-hah!) I get to see 'em in Wembly. ROCK. ON.

Scott Weiland, who needs no introduction, has been sentenced to three years probation after being arrested in May for possession of heroin and cocaine. Weiland's new band Velvet Revolver, who also need no intro, have plans to record their debut album in early Fall and have it released in February 2004.

Jon Crosby, better known as VAST, has released the next installment of his work-in-progress Version 3.x. This time around it's the Crimson edition, as opposed to the Turquoise. The $2.99 price tag gets you "10 unique tracks that combined with Turquoise represents the 20 tracks that went into the making of the new VAST album." The final version of the record will be available in stores at some point with even newer material, so even if you buy both sets of demo's you aren't getting gipped.

September 20th at the Glen Helen Hyundai Pavilion (Devore, CA) the KROQ Inland Invasion III will be host to The Cure, Duran Duran, Violent Femmes, Echo & The Bunnymen, and the Psychedelic Furs. And if that's just a bit too much 80's goodness for you, then you can check out Hot Hot Heat, Dashboard Confessional, Interpol, Fountains of Wayne, and several more. Tickets go on sale this weekend.

Just to solidify his place in rock history as "nicest rock musician ever" Andrew WK is running a promotion on his September 9th forthcoming release The Wolf. To 350 random people who purchase his album (and enter their special promo code at his website) he will give a personal phone call just to thank them. The first 250 calls picked are selected from the Amazon.com pre-orders, the remaining 100 will be picked randomly during the next 10 weeks following the album's release. Check the more for his tour dates, in case you forgot.

In case you've had your fill of When Breathing Stops and find yourself wishing for the days gone by of The Katies, you're in luck. Click right here and download 6 songs recorded by Matt Mahaffey.

As you know, the new limpbizkit album will be released on September 23rd and the question on everyone's mind is: do you give them one last chance? I mean no one likes Freddy Red Cap, but does the music stand up? Well, you be the judge, check out the first single "Eat You Alive" on this nifty ecard. You can also head over to Launch.com and check out the video for the song.

In preparation for the release of the new album by Strike Anywhere, Jade Tree and the band have launched the website exitenglish.com. By visiting the site, fans can listen to the new album streaming 24/7 and get a taste of the artwork for Exit English, which is currently available for pre-order and will be released on September 30th. The band is also heading out on a massive tour.

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is back with their next album, Take Them On, On Your Own and you can preview the first single from the album, "Stop" online. If you like that, also cruise on over to the band's online player. Be sure and pick up the album when it drops on September 2nd.

The Shins sophomore release Chutes Too Narrow has been pushed back to an October 21st release. Check the more for a load of tour dates (somewhat subject to change) to potential quench your Shins thirst.