Elysian Fields will play a special Valentine’s show at Mo Pitkins tomorrow night at 7PM. The noir rock duo features the velvety vocals of the incredible Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow’s hypnotizing guitar. They will deliver an all jazz set for v-day love birds. I highly recommend taking your special someone to this-it is sure […]

The Coachella 2006 lineup has expanded to include Massive Attack and Ted Leo & the Pharmacists. Both acts will be featured on Sunday April 30, day two. They will compliment other second day musicians such as: Tool, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bloc Party, Scissor Sisters, Wolf Parade, The Go! Team, Jamie Lidell, Jazzanova and more.

At War With the Mystics, the forthcoming Flaming Lips album, has surfaced online. The album’s official release date isn’t until April 4, so that’s nearly a two month advance.
Additionally, in a recent announcment on Toolband.com, their editor wrote:
As it now stands, in a few weeks (mid-February) the members of the band (except […]

NME reported yesterday that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood will play a charity event for The Big Ask. The event, hosted by Friends of the Earth, will be held May 1 in London. Now word on tickets or what sort of material they’ll be performing, but with any luck attendees will […]

Avant-Garders the Fiery Furnaces will launch an extensive North American tour tonight in New Haven. The tour, which spans into March, will adjourn with a couple of SXSW shows in Austin. Although their “Rehearsing My Choir,” their latest album, was a musical abortion, I still have affection for the sibling duo from Brooklyn. You can’t […]

Organizers announced recently that the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival will be held this year on April 28 - 30 and May 5 - 7. This year’s event is said to be “the most important in the festival’s history.” Fats Domino, who spent many days missing and stranded following the hurricane, is depicted in […]

Paw Tracks performer Ariel Pink is calling for local volunteer bands to serve as his band for their city’s show. Here is the press release:
Be Ariel Pink’s Backing Band for a Day
February 2, 2006 – Paw Tracks artist Ariel Pink announced today that he’s inviting local musicians to perform with him onstage.
“You will […]

Word on the street says uber-band Tool has mastered their, as of yet untitled, fifth album. The album is expected to hit the shelves late this spring–speculation places it sometime in May. Tool will be headlining day two of Coachella and will undoubtedly debut their new material.
This will be their first release since Lateralus dropped […]

This is a tad late, but the lineup for Coachella Festival, held annually in the desert outside L.A., was announced last week. Notable performers include *deep breath*:
Tool, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Franz Ferdinand, Sigur Ros, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Tosca, Cat Power, Animal Collective, Devendra Banhart, […]

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