Former Nothing Records artist Prick have annunced two Spring tourdates. So what's the big deal about two tourdates, you ask? Well, considering they've performed once in the past who-knows-how-many years, it is a big deal. Click "more" for the dates.

You know the new Cave In album Antenna comes out March 18th. And maybe you'd been considering going to see them live but just couldn't really decide. Well, if you hit up one of their US shows you'll have the chance to pick up a very limited edition 12" pressing of their Led Zeppelin cover "Dazed and Confused" (and an early version of "Breath of Water"). Eventually the vinyl may be available outside of shows, but is that a risk you really want to take?

You can check out the MC Honky video for "Sonnet No. 3 (Like A Duck)" over at the official Eels site. Or just click on this link. Just as a reminder, the US release of I Am The Messiah is April 8th.

Theory 8 Records artist Forget Cassettes have launched their new website in correlation with the release of their debut album Instruments of Action. Check the site for a few show dates, an mp3 download, a streaming media player, and a whole lotta rock. The album was produced by Michael McCarthy (Spoon, Trail Of Dead) and is available from their labels store now.

And now we bring you SU 2003. It has been a long time in the making, so we hope that you will find the new site to be a great improvement over the old version. It may take you a while to get used to things, but you will find things are more organized and created so that we can keep the content fresh. Many updates are still to come, but be sure to look around the site and see what we have to offer now. Thanks for visiting over the last two and half years, and thanks for joining us in this next phase of Silent Uproar.

Anti- Records gets more impressive by the day. The label, which falls under the Epitaph umbrella, just signed The Locust. With memorable songs such as "Gluing Carpet to Your Genitals Does Not Make You a Cantaloupe", "Sever the Toes", and the classic "Moth-Eaten Deer Head", The Locust has become a household name (as you know). Their first Anti- release, Plague Soundscapes, will appear in June sometime. Oh yeah, they're on tour right now, so check out the grindcore.

Post-punk noise rockers Ikara Colt have been working up quite a buzz lately (I'd put my money on several senses of the term 'buzz' being appropriate) and they've just embarked on their first North American tour. Since they are quite good, I thought it might be nice let statesiders know where to catch them for the first time.

Many may be wondering what Dave Gahan has been up to while Depeche Mode bandmate Martin Gore has been finishing up his second solo album (it's called Counterfeit2 and features covers of tunes by some of the greatest songwriters pretty much ever and arrives April 29). To appease your curiosity, Mr. Gahan has been busy preparing his own solo effort called Paper Monsters. It's set for shelves in June and he'll be promoting it with some European tour dates (which will appear if you hit more). The album has been co-written with Knox Chandler and produced by Ken Thomas (who produced a little album called ( ) by Sigur Ros). Expect something happy.

The Flaming Lips, who as you should know recently put out Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (one of the most critically acclaimed albums of last year), have announced some US club dates for April into May. I can't really think of a better way to welcome Spring than to see the Lips live.

The PRP reports that the next System Of A Down single will be "Boom" from their album Steal This Album. A political fueled little ditty all about the bomb.. kind of appropriate I suppose. The best part is that it appears that documentary filmmaker Michael Moore is set to direct the video for the song.

This one isn't about one particular artist per se, but rather an influential video director (who says we can't just share something cool?). If you like Spike Jonze, check out this page to see what Sputnik7 is calling his 16 best videos (includes his work with Weezer, Daft Punk, Fatboy Slim, Pharcyde, Wax, but surprisingly.. no Beastie Boys).

What happens when the CMJ Network, MTV2, and Nokia team up? The Advance Warning Tour, that's what. Starting March 13th in Austin, TX the festival will bring together The Mooney Suzuki, The Raveonettes, Longwave, and White Light Motorcade. From there the bands will continue to hit college campuses across the nation. Your area not listed in the more section? Have no fear, there are already plans for a Fall Semester version of the tour... For more on the bands and the event in general, check out advancewarningtour.com.

For those of you who had thought they'd broken up, it has been reported that The Cure has signed to Ross Robinson's label I AM. The band is preparing to record the follow-up to Bloodflowers in July.

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs recently signed a deal with Interscope Records to release their debut album, Fever To Tell, on April 29th. To promote the new record, Interscope has sent the trio out on 22-date tour - get those dates at pollstar.com.

Check out this ecard for "Special Cases", the first single from the new Massive Attack album 100th Window. The feature includes two versions of the video, as well as audio clips of the remixes contained on the CD single, which is released on March 24th (UK).

The Jealous Sound have announced some tour dates for the month of March including shows at this year's SXSW and with The Fire Theft (ex-Sunny Day Real Estate). They also have a new drummer by the name of Adam Wade who did time with both Jawbox and Shudder to Think.

American Hi-Fi released their new album, The Art of Losing, this week. The CD comes with a special DVD, including Warped Tour footage. Click "more" for the tracklisting...

Have you heard the new stuff from Ted Leo and the Pharmacists? No? Well, you could be watching their new video for "Where Have All The Rude Boys Gone?" right here (or here if you're on a slower connection). You can check them out on tour on these dates, or you could just go pick up their new album Hearts of Oak. Heads up via slatch.

Remember that Aphex Twin 26 Mixes for Cash album (3/25/03 here- remember that Britan releases albums on Monday, the US on Tuesday) we told you about? Well, you can now read a review of the album and pre-order it. Oh, and if you order from Richard D. James' label (that'd be Warp) then you get an Aphex coin, which was specially minted for this event. See the coins. Read the review.

You really want to hear some of the new White Stripes album, don't you? Well, here goes: Got White Stripes, De Stijl or White Blood Cells? Click here. You'll have to enter some details and download a plug-in, then of course you'll have to put your CD in the CD-ROM. Your disc will be verified, then voila, you hear Elephant songs! And if you posess all three White Stripes albums, you get to hear three songs... Two if two albums, you get the idea. This website, brought to you by Jack, Meg, and NME.com will be taken down after seven days, so move.