The first leg of line-up announcements for the 4th Annual Austin Psych Fest line-up has just been released by festival organizers The Black Angels. The festival takes place from April 29 to May 1, 2011. Line-up after the jump. Read more…
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Modern folk heavyweight Akron/Family have just finished their newest album and it’s slated for release on February 8th and they’re going on tour 9 days later. Check out the dates after the jump. Read more…
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J. Mascis’ Sweet Apple is going on tour with Dead Meadow in January along the West Coast. Details after the jump. Read more…
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Apparently the Roots have nothing but time on their hands because between touring, recording two recent albums and appearing nightly on Jimmy Fallon, they’ve just finished scoring a soundtrack to a new indie film called “Night Catches Us.” The film takes place in Philadelphia (their hometown) in the 1970s and stars Anthony Mackie, Tariq Trotter and Kerry Washington. Check out the trailer and poster after the jump. Read more…
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Apparently Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook was turned down by Interpol when their original bassist left and they were looking for replacements. Apparently he’s not too broken up about it. Read more…
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Dead Snares front man Jeffrey Cain has teamed up with video director Tobias Stretch to create a mini-film for their newly-released album, The Language. It combines puppetry and stop-motion and can be viewed after the jump. Read more…
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This is huge news for Melvins fans: every Friday at LA’s Club Spaceland the Melvins will be playing a different set of albums from their classic discography. Check out the full details after the jump. Read more…
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If you don’t know, the Gorillaz have been hosting an advent calendar on their website. One of the goodies included was the intro video they’ve been playing at their concerts since the release of Plastic Beach. Read more…
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G. Love of G. Love and Special Sauce is going on tour in support of his upcoming album Fixin’ To Die slated to be released on February 22, 2011 by Brushfire Records. Read more…
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This week Slash is holding auditions for Velvet Revolver, the heavy metal supergroup mostly consisting of former Guns ‘n’ Roses members. After Scott Weiland left to return to the Stone Temple Pilots in 2008 they have been out of a vocalist and only recently started looking for a new one. Read more…
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