Ace Fu Records must be kicking themselves in the ass these days, after their once-beloved Man Man made the decision of signing to Anti-, but perhaps they are coping well. And perhaps I’m incredibly inaccurate. With the past two years of what seemed to be non-stop touring (much of it with Modest Mouse), they have managed to squeeze out a little gem post-Six Demon Bag that they like to call Rabbit Habits, which, according to Honus Honus, will be their “pop” album…

Cat Power and her new band, The Dirty Delta Blues Band, will begin touring soon to promote her new covers album titled Jukebox… – Dates and Album Info ….

Rilo Kiley – 2007 Tour Dates plus a presale Event Rilo Kiley Sep 6 Warfield Theater (San Francisco, CA) $27.50 Sep 7 Crystal Ballroom (Portland, OR) $20.00 Sep 8 Showbox (Seattle, WA) $19.50 Event Rilo Kiley (supporting Modest Mouse) Sep 10 McKay Events Center (Orem, UT) $33.50 Event Rilo Kiley Sep 11 Ogden Theatre (Denver, [...]

Time to whip out your best Robert Smith-esque makeup and Aquanet, because everyone’s favorite gloom-pop band, The Cure, have confirmed dates for a month-long North American tour, starting in the fall. I will undoubtedly be at the Madison Square Garden show, two days before I see Genesis at the same venue… what an unlikely combination. [...]

You heard it here first (although most likely not)! New York’s very own Animal Collective have finally announced details regarding their forthcoming album, Strawberry Jam. It will be their first LP released on Domino Records, and will hopefully be dropped in September. After much success from 2005′s Feels and 2006′s People EP, this is terribly [...]

I’m quite excited that The New Pornographers are working on a new album. The band has confirmed that album will most likely be titled Challengers, and that Neko Case and Dan Bejar will be appearing on the album. “We’re starting to ramp up for the release of our new album with some very special shows [...]

Wilco has a new album coming out titled Sky Blue Sky (may 15 – Nonesuch) The band has now also added American dates to their upcoming world tour

03/19 Fargo, ND – Playmakers Pavilion * 03/21 Seattle, WA – South Lake Union Naval Reserve 04/15 Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre 04/16 Vancouver, British Columbia – Pacific Coliseum 04/20 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre 04/21 Minneapolis, MN – Orpheum Theatre 04/22 Chicago, IL – Auditorium Theatre 04/26 Rochester, NY – Main Street Armory * [...]

More dates have been added to their tour Plus April 12 on Conan O’Brien 03/22 Asheville, NC – Grey Eagle * 03/23 Columbia, SC – Headliners * 03/24 Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club * 03/29 Gainesville, FL – Abbey Road *# 03/30 Miami, FL – Studio A *# 03/31 Orlando, FL – Club at [...]

Yes, I know Frog Eyes has been mentioned a lot as of recently, but they have announced tour dates and their new album, Tears of the Valedictorian (May 1st Absolutely Kosher Records), is amazing. Frog Eyes – 2007 Tour Dates 3-16 – Austin, TX – SXSW Merge / Absolutely Kosher Day Party at Pok-e-Jo’s 3-17 [...]

Arctic Monkeys – 2007 Tour Dates 03-29 Tokyo, Japan – Zepp Club 04-27 Indio, CA – Empire Polo Field (Coachella) 05-01 San Francisco, CA – Warfield Theatre * 05-02 Portland, OR – Roseland Theatre * 05-03 Seattle, WA – Showbox * 05-04 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore Ballroom * 05-07 Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue [...]

DAFT PUNK Have announced they will be touring this summer (including a set Keyspan Park, NY). Opening acts will include The Rapture, SebasatiAn, KavinSky; thus a serious pre-robot dance party. Get ready because if any one saw them at Coachella or any of their more recent USA performances then you know all about gigantic spaceship-pyramids [...]

Apples in Stereo‘s new album New Magnetic Wonder is very well recorded. Parts of the album have so many layers and different instruments you almost wonder how they can fit that many little instruments into such a tiny CD, but they pulled it off quite well. All in all the album gets the thumbs up [...]

SoniMinoS | 2007 Tour Dates Feb 1 @ Crocodile Rock Cafe, Allentown, Pennsylvania Feb 2 @ The Penny Arcade, Rochester, New York Feb 9 @ Teanek BotB, Teanek, New Jersey Mar 2 @ The Rail in Boundbrook, Boundbrook, New Jersey Mar 20 @ Club Deep, Asbury Park, New Jersey April 21 @ the BAM Festival, [...]

Amiina| 2007 Tour Dates Mar 21 @ Café Montmartre, Madison, Wisconsin Mar 22 @ Varsity Theatre, Minneapolis Mar 23 @ Lakeshore Theater, Chicago, Illinois Mar 25 @ Cambridge Room – House of Blues, Cleveland, Ohio Mar 26 @ Magic Bag, Detroit, Ferndale, Michigan Mar 27 @ Music Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Mar 28 @ Le National, [...]

Deerhunter | 2007 Tour Dates Mar 2 @ Drunken Unicorn w/ Grizzly Bear, The Papercuts Atlanta, Georgia Mar 3 @ Music Farm w/ Sparklehorse, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter Charleston, South Carolina Mar 4 @ Variety Playhouse w/ Sparklehorse, Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter Atlanta, Georgia Mar 16 @ Emos – Pitchfork SXSW [...]