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 [...]

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.
Sep-13 [...]

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 that [...]

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 *
04/27 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
04/29 New York, [...]

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 Firestone *#
04/01 Jacksonville, FL – Freebird Live [...]

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 – Austin, TX [...]

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 *
05-08 Chicago, IL – Riviera Theatre *
05-09 [...]

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 and the best [...]

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 from [...]

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, Olean, NY
May 11 @ ScreamFest 2007 [...]

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, Montreal, Quebec
Mar 30 @ World Café Live, [...]

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 party
Mar 18 @ Mink [...]