Not much has come from Constellation Records in the past months. That is, until today. A Silver Mt. Zion announced they will embark on a rather exhaustive four-month tour around the globe. This is the first North American tour for the band so you should all mark your calendars and take part […]

Not one to shy away from drama, Billy Corgan has ominously announced on the Smashing Pumpkins website a Smashing Pumpkins reunion. The website simply states that “no release date has been set, but the band plans to begin recording this summer.” The Smashing Pumpkins have not had an album since 2000 when they parted ways. […]

Supporting their new album Ten Silver Drops (due to drop 04/25), The Secret Machines are about to embark on three month tour of the US and Europe with some extra festival dates in August. Mostly left coast dates with a few midwest and east coast shows thrown in on their way across the pond.
April 21 […]

Pitchfork dropped yesterday a load of news on Andrew Bird. The reported that everyone’s favorite whistling wonder has been busy developing and laying down tracks for his followup to last year’s stellar Andrew Bird & the Mysterious Production of Eggs The new album, tentatively titled The Armchair Apocalypse.
In addition to adding to his library, Mr. […]

In the bleak corners of metal, there is an obscure sub-genre known as “doom metal.” I prefer to think of it as “ambient metal,” as ridiculous as it sounds. Imagine Pink Floyd with distortion doing a heavy metal Sigur Ros cover; that’s doom metal. I find this burgeoning sub-genre to be one of the most […]

Thrash metal antiheros Slayer talked to MTV about their upcoming album today, saying it may be the fastest album yet. Singer Tom Atraya:
“This album is actually like a culmination of everything we’ve done,” Araya said. “There’s one song that I’m thinking will surprise everybody, because of the song itself. I’m not going to say why, […]

Blabbermouth reports that Strapping Young Lad have completed recording their new album, titled “The New Black,” due out in July. For the uninformed, Strapping Young Lad are a Canadian metal band who are redefining the genre with their irony and pure sonic brutality. They are one of the hottest metal shows around right now. The […]

Experimentalist sibling duo The Fiery Furnaces have announced a slew of new dates across Europe and the US. The pair will be touring in support of their newly released Bitter Tea, an effort vastly superior to 2005’s Rehearsing My Choir. So get your tickets, the dates are thus:
04-19 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
05-04 Manchester, […]

Junkie XL broke into the mainstream in the late 90s riding the techno-pop-rock wave let loose by the likes of Moby, Prodigy and Fatboy Slim. Like his peers, Junkie XL existed in some pop music void. It was a confusing mish mash of genres, spanning house and techno, to pop and rock without much sense […]

Tool has announced a short US “small venue” stint before they head over to Europe this summer. Tickets go on sale April 22nd, dates and venues are as follows:
SUN-APR-30 INDIO, CA / COACHELLA FESTIVAL
TUE-MAY-02 SEATTLE / PARAMOUNT THEATRE
THU-MAY-04 OAKLAND / PARAMOUNT THEATRE
FRI-MAY-05 LAS VEGAS / THE JOINT
SAT-MAY-06 PHOENIX / GAMMAGE HALL
MON-MAY-08 DALLAS / McFARLIN AUDITORIUM
WED-MAY-10 […]