Isis have scheduled a few dates in May back here in the USA. The band is currently over in Europe supporting their epic, new album, Oceanic. You know the tour dates drill...

Fire of 1666, who feature two members of the late, great Shiner, have been busy little bees. As reported, the band will open a Houston in Minneapolis, MN on April 17th at 7th Street Entry. But, they band recently announced another show, again with Houston, in Chicago, IL on April 19th at the Double Door. If you're interested in hearing some Fire of 1666, head over the band's website and download the two demo clips. More music is on the way soon, as the band is looking to snag some studio time in the near future.

NYC's own Glassjaw will appear on MMUSA's IMX show today at 6-7pm ET! It's too late to get tickets, but you can always tune in on the box that plays sounds and shows people moving.

Time-Lapse Consortium, featuring members of Incubus, The Roots, Soulive and an 11-piece orchestra, will appear on the Jimmey Kimmel Live show this Thursday, April 3rd at 12:05am ET. If you think you can make the show, visit 1iota and submit your info.

As you know, Springsteen wannabe Pete Yorn will release his new album, Day I Forgot, on April 15th. What you might not know is that you can go watch/listen to the new single from the album, "Come Back Home," over at Yorn's website. Yeah.

Ipecac Records have posted an MP3 of the new Tomahawk track, "Rape This Day," in their website's sneak preview area. The song comes from the upcoming album, Mit Gas, which is due out in May. But of course, you're well aware of that.

IDM wizard-slash-rapper Cex is releasing two versions of his new album, Being Ridden, May 6th on Temporary Residence Limited. There's the regular version and a version with instrumentals -- pretty clever, eh? The album was recorded with Crag Werden (Shudder to Think) and is described as "Fresh Prince meets Eminem meets Bright Eyes". Okay. He's also going on tour with The Postal Service to support the album. You can find tourdates and tracklistings at the "more".

Well, they say art imitates life? Or is it life imitates art? Oh well, you know what I mean. Anyway, it seems the new Radiohead album, Hail To The Thief, which is slated to be released on June 10th, has already leaked out onto the internet. Now, before you run and load up your filesharing program of choice, be aware that some sources are reporting that what's leaked are demos and not the real thing (I dunno, it sounds like the real deal to me). Of course, we'll keep you posted about all of this, so stay tuned. Oh, and here's a tracklist, just in case you're curious.

Warren Zevon's new studio album (working title My Dirty Life and Times) is almost finished, and it includes the impressive guest roster of Tom Petty, Mike Campbell, Emmylou Harris and Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Don Henley, Ry Cooder, Dwight Yoakam, David Lindley, Timothy B. Schmit, Jim Keltner, John Waite, Billy Bob Thornton and Zevon's son Jordan. Why all the guests? This is going to be Zevon's final album, as he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in August. Zevon has also recorded a cover of Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" for possible inclusion.

Neil Young has recorded the follow-up album to 2002's sleepy Are You Passionate? with members of Crazy Horse and is going on tour. A DVD will be included or the album itself- Details are uncertain. But you know where to look for the tour dates, right?

The Guacamole Fund will be selling 2 pairs of tickets in each city Ani Difranco visits in April to benefit the National Abortion Federation (NAF). Wow, huh? Even better, the seats will be between the 8th and the 10th rows in the center section and are fully tax deductible. You can call 800-728-6223 to purchase these tickets or for more information.

The amazing Regurgitator will release their "greatest hits" album, Jingles, in the UK on April 28th. The band will then launch into a series of UK dates over April and May. While memeber Quan Yeomans continues to be based in Europe, work will begin on a 5th full-length album. At this stage, the effort is expected to be for destined for independent release within the next year, as well as further plans for continued European touring. And, without further adieu, those date are...

You all do know that with our new design, all our latest content is right here on the front page? Like our interview with Serj from System of a Down, or our interview with Cursive? What about the some of the 25 album reviews we have posted this month? It is all here. There is more to SU than the news, check it all out.

Hey, European readers- Remember those Aphex Twin dates in Norway and Germany? Sold out, ya'll. Hope you got your tickets...

According to a post on their message board (and a nice email informing of said post), Local H will be releasing a new EP on Thick Records. The disc includes 2 covers (one by The Godfathers, one by The Ramones) and 4 new original tracks. Check for that one on May 27th and keep up to date over at the Thick Records site.

The latest record from Houston, Bottom Of The Curve, is now available via the 54°40' or Fight Records website. If you're not sure you wanna buy it just yet, they have 3 mp3's from the album available for download to get you ready for more.

You probably already knew that those two wild and crazy guys that call themselves Autechre have a new album coming out on April 7th. But did you know that those two very same individuals also call themselves Gescom and will be releasing a new album EP under that moniker as well? The EP is untitled and it comes out April 14th on Skam. Click "more" for the tracklisting. Oh, and you can preorder it (as well as the new Ae) at the warpmart.

OK, good news and bad news for those of you in Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Salt Lake City and Seattle. The bad news? Queens of the Stone Age won't be performing at your town's Lollapalooza dates (8/15-8/23). The good news? You'll be getting the newly reconfigured lineup of A Perfect Circle instead. Enjoy!

Tomahawk have announced the tracklisting for their latest album, Mit Gas due in May on Ipecac. Not only that, they're going on tour with the Melvins and various other members of the happy Ipecac family. Yeah, we already told you about this but now we have tourdates. So there! Click the "more" for those dates and the afforementioned tracklist. And yes, that is a cover of the Flashdance theme at the end of the album.

I cannot find a reedemable quality in Avril Lavigne, and this kinda underscores it: April Levine (no evidence to the contrary, sorry) has recorded a version of Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (argh! ye gods!) for a compilation of peace songs to benefit War Child, which you might've heard about before. The CD, called simply Peace Songs, will be released in Canada on April 15th, and a U.S. release is being planned for May. The track listing isn't yet final, but Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), and Barenaked Ladies and Leonard Cohen are also participating.