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. […]

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, […]

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 […]

Elysian Fields announced recently an extensive across France and other parts of Europe. The tour will begin Monday in NYC and then skip across the pond and into May. The group should have a new LP in the works. Also of note, band member Oren Bloedow recently completed a solo album that is set to […]

The Streets yesterday announced a tour across the UK and North America. The tour will begin late this month and stretch into July. Mike Skinner, aka The Streets, this week released Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living–click here for our review.
Get your tickets now:
04-27 Manchester, England - Apollo
04-28 Glasgow, Scotland - Carling Academy
04-29 […]

Pitchfork was on the ball yesterday, while we clearly weren’t. They managed exclusives on tours by The Boy and The Streets. The Boy Least Likely To are set to embark on a brief tour across North America beginning in late May. The dates are thus:
04-19 London, England - King’s College
04-20 Cardiff, Wales - Barfly Club
04-22 […]

Blabbermouth is reporting that Alice in Chains has announced there will be at least 5 US dates before touring in Europe. Chains has not specified the dates or locations but said that all shows will be in clubs, in major cities and probably after May 18th. They will tour with Comes With the Fall vocalist […]

Band of Horses will be spreading their music across the eastern US. The band is riding the success of their debut LP Everything All the Time. Or is it riding them?
At any rate, they’re likely coming to a city near you. Check them out if you can:
04-13 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-14 Seattle, WA - […]

Sigur Ros issued Saturday via their website, a new track entitled refur. The site writes:
refur is a unique sigur rós song as it marks the first time that kjartan steps away from his usual background vocals and takes the lead vocals. as a result, the song has taken a more upbeat direction than the […]