Sweet Apple’s debut full-length Love & Desperation won’t drop until April 20 via Tee Pee Records, but you can get a taste of it now. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Sweet Apple, Tee Pee Records

Domino Records has announced that The Fall will be releasing their new album Your Future Our Clutter in the U.S. on May 4 (the album will be released everywhere else April 26). The album will be available on double LP, CD and for digital download. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Domino Records, The Fall

Kuan have announced a tour in support of their double EP set – On and Standby – to be released on April 20. The band is being environmentally friendly and is preparing a vegetable-oil-powered van to reduce the high carbon footprint of touring. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Kuan

In support of their sixth studio album Black Light (out this Tuesday, March 2 via Om Records), Groove Armada are heading out on a U.S. tour. The tour will include appearances at Los Angeles radio station KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic and the Ultra Music Festival in Miami. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Groove Armada, Om Records, Ultra Music Festival

Tobacco has announced that he will release his sophomore album Maniac Meat via Anticon on May 25. The album features 16 new tracks and guest vocals by Beck on “Grape Aerosmith.” Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Anticon Records, Beck, Tobacco

Earlier this week, Keane announced that their fourth, full-length album Night Train will be released in the U.S. on May 11 via Cherrytree/Interscope Records. The album will feature eight new tracks and found its title from the band’s favorite mode of transportation while on tour. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Cherrytree Records, Interscope Records, K'Naan, Keane, Tigarah

In support of their latest release Chicken Switch, the Melvins will be heading out on a summer tour across North American. The tour will kick of in San Diego, CA on June 1 and will wrap up in San Jose, CA on July 9. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Melvins

Gone But Not Forgotten

Johnny Cash would have been 78-years-old on February 26, 2010.  To celebrate the anniversary of the country icon’s birth, producer Rick Rubin has released American VI: Ain’t No Grave, the second posthumous album of songs culled from their collaboration during the last year or so of Cash’s life. Read more…

By Raymond Simon Posted in Reviews Johnny Cash

Washington state prog-rockers Fall of Troy announced Friday that they have decided to break up according to Alternative Press.  Frontman Thomas Erak revealed the information on the band’s website via a post that read “”Andrew, Frank and I have decided to end our career as the Fall Of Troy” due to the members following “three different paths in [their] lives.”  Read more…

By Nick Vadala Posted in Top Story Alternative Press, Equal Vision Records, The Fall of Troy

The Midgetmen are hosting Big Texas Jumpstart III, a free SXSW 2010 day party. The show will include six hours of music and free drinks. Read more…

By Ashley Campbell Posted in News Everybody was in the French Resistance... Now!, SXSW, SXSW 2010, The Midgetmen