Castanets Head West for Tour, Work Up New 7"
On Christmas Eve, Ray Raposa of Castanets set down the candy cane and penned up a bit of a to-do list for the coming year for his MySpace blog. Tucked underneath cryptic messages like "that one DVD" and "Powers LP" and "maybe the other DVD"-- meant to jog Raposa's memory-- comes the final item, and where his 2008 begins: "shows."Ray and his Castanets will unravel last fall's In the Vines LP on a West Coast tour that kicks off January 15 in Seattle. The band for Raposa's forthcoming tour reportedly isn't set yet, less than a week before these dates commence. Looks like somebody needs to work up a new list!
Before he enumerated his future plans, Raposa had a bit of old business to attend to: a new 7". This one is for a remix Ray's Asthmatic Kitty labelmate Rafter did of In the Vines' "Strong Animal", and it comes backed with Vines outtake "Golden". The disc, sporting artwork from Tara Jane O'Neil, will be issued by Asthmatic Kitty January 22.
In other Castanets news, Ray will appear in some capacity on the forthcoming DVD from the folks at Asthmatic Kitty. [MORE...]
As the Western Hemisphere goes, Boratto's sticking mostly to his native Brazil, but the brave beatmaker does have plans to head to the West Coast of the U.S. for a four-date run later this month. It's a quick trek for the beloved Boratto, but fear not, East Coasters: Gui will be returning in late March for Miami Beach's annual Winter Music Conference, and he plans to schedule a few dates over thataway while he's around.
In other Boratto bulletins, he pops up on M.A.N.D.Y.'s forthcoming Fabric mix. [MORE...]
Dirty Projectors, White Williams Split a 7"
It's time once again to play Six Degrees of Dirty Projectors, the oh-so-fun slumber party game in which we choose a random musical act and link it with Brooklyn's finest fret-fondlers. Today's subject: White Williams.And here we go: White Williams recently signed to Domino, a label that is also home to Arctic Monkeys (1). Arctic Monkeys once lost a bassist, and hey, so did Liars (2). Liars once got naked on the cover of-- oh fuck it. We're taking the shortcut: Dirty Projectors and White Williams are both featured on the latest FADER/Southern Comfort hyper-limited edition split 7". Booya.
Only 500 copies of this thing exist, and pretty much the only way you can hope to get one is by emailing the address found here. The A-side features the DPs doing a new take on their new take on Black Flag's "Police Story", off last year's superior Rise Above. WW show a little color on the B-side with a jingle called "Blue Steel".
Artist Matt Furie designed the tripped-out cover you see above. Past FADER 7"s, all insider-only affairs, have seen the likes of Black Lips, YACHT, and an M. Ward/Jim James pair-up, among others.
Dirty Projectors hit Europe in a few weeks as part of Final Fantasy's Maximum Black festival, while White Williams has tucked a few more dates into his previously reported winter jaunt. [MORE...]
The Breeders Announce First Tour in, Like, Forever
It won't provide the Deal sisters with a chance to use the newfound foreign language skills they flash on the forthcoming Mountain Battles, but the Breeders have scheduled a tour of the UK and Ireland. It starts April 7, the day 4AD releases the album there. (The album comes out in the U.S. on April 8.) It will be the band's first tour in almost six years, though all Kim's Pixies playing bodes well for her crew still ably rocking it out.
The tour comes sandwiched in between a trio of festival shows in North America.
We know at least one person who is super excited about this. [MORE...]
Common Does Benefit for Chicago Schools Program
Rapper/role model Common-- in conjunction with his own Common Ground Foundation-- and the Chicago chapter of The National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) will come together January 12 at Chicago's House of Blues for a benefit concert and silent auction they're calling Dare to Dream.The nifty NFTE provides supplemental educational services for Chicago's public school students, with programs in 31 Chicago area schools. A portion of the proceeds from the night's events will go to both NFTE and Common Ground. Common's fellow Chicagoans Office will also perform.
Common has a couple more live dates to his credit before the month is up. He was recently nominated for a mess of Grammys for his work on Finding Forever, with nods for Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for "The People", and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his Kanye collaboration "Southside". And he recently issued a collection of the best bits of his early catalog titled thisisme then. [MORE...]
British Sea Power Tour All Over
If you're still on the fence about this whole rock music business, British Sea Power are coming to help convince you to forge some new allegiances. The jaunty band plans to serve as ambassadors of all things rock on a lengthy international tour that kicks off in earnest in Belfast January 17.The lads will hit the UK and Europe proper before making their way to North America for a little over a month, with planned pit stops at SXSW and San Francisco's Noise Pop festival. If you haven't grown fond of rock music by the time it's all over, it's probably not gonna happen. But don't give up hope: the band plans to announce a second leg of North American dates, perhaps as a way to make sure they haven't missed anybody with their rock'n'roll missionary work.
But this alone may be all the primer you'll need: Do You Like Rock Music? drops January 14 in the UK from Rough Trade and February 12 in the States from Rough Trade/World's Fair. [MORE...]
Mountain Goats Add Dates, Darnielle's Book Revealed
""John Darnielle describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985."
Front page photo by Kyle Gustafson
Mountain Goat is in season these next couple of months. Following the February 19 release of Heretic Pride via 4AD (check out the pretty cover right up there), John Darnielle and co. will saddle up for a recently extended North American tour, starting with a release date show in Anchorage, Alaska.
Shortly, the band will unleash the first video from Heretic Pride, for opener "Sax Rohmer #1". The video's director is Ace Norton, who directed Darnielle in Aesop Rock's "Coffee" video.
Then, on April 15, we will all come one step closer to world peace, with the publishing of Darnielle's take on the Black Sabbath album Master of Reality, as part of the 33 1/3 series of books about albums.
According to the book's description, "John Darnielle describes Master of Reality in the voice of a fifteen-year-old boy being held in an adolescent psychiatric center in southern California in 1985. The narrator explains Black Sabbath like an emissary from an alien race describing his culture to his captors: passionately, patiently, and lovingly. This album has a genuinely remarkable historical status: as a touchstone for the directionless, and as a common coin for young men and women who felt shut out of the broader cultural economy."
For a 10-page sample of the kick-ass-sounding book, email sabbathsampler@yahoo.com.
Or for more-- lots more-- writing by John Darnielle, read his excellent blog Last Plane to Jakarta.
Thanks to reader Bryan McKay for the book tip. [MORE...]
Radiohead to Take Over BBC Radio 1 Airwaves
If those recent webcasts further proved anything at all, Radiohead are nothing if not superbly entertaining folks. So it comes as little surprise that BBC Radio 1 host Zane Lowe has asked the band to guest host an episode of his show while he's away on holiday.The BBC station will turn Radiohead 1 on January 17 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. UK time, and if the band's stint goes anything like the ones before it (whose stand-in hosts include Dizzee Rascal, Klaxons, and others), we can look forward to a Radiohead-curated playlist, goofy photos and videos afterward, and even a minute-by-minute recap courtesy of a lucky fan. Just go easy on the Asian Dub Foundation, okay guys?
Thanks to reader Nick Middleton for the tip.
If you live in or near a major North American city, Radiohead may very well be visiting it this year. European residents already know where to find them. The band is also set to perform on "Later... With Jools Holland" on BBC Two television February 1. [MORE...]
Thermals Kick Out the Jams for Live Band Karaoke
Ahh, karaoke... eradicator of shame, seller of so much sake, the reason we can all mumble our way through "Radar Love" when called upon. It's a deliriously hedonistic pastime, but one generally reserved for a group of easily embarrassed and far from sober chums and some sort of magical music machine.
But on January 31 at Studio B in Brooklyn, the hyperkinetic kids in the Thermals will be your friends, your enablers, and, yes, your music makers. Following a regular Thermals set, Hutch, Kathy, and co. will morph into the backing band for a night of karaoke sponsored by New York magazine.
The full song list is being worked on at the moment, though we've been told that Bowie, Madonna, and the Ramones are in the mix. With this lot, we'd guess the faster the jam (and fewer the chords), the better your shot.
The evening should run much like the one Of Montreal did with New York mag last April, which apparently devolved into a two-way reading of "More Than a Feeling" between actor Paul Rudd and "State" associate David Wain. Can the Thermals inspire that level of soused silliness in the evening's as-yet-unannounced celebrity MC or the madding crowd?
Alas, as their MySpace so indelicately puts it, the Thermals are "NOT on tour" at the moment, so the set they do before the karaoke pops off is their only proper show to speak of for now.
Low Tour, Retribution Gospel Choir Prep Debut LP
Photo by Tim SoterThe beat of Drums and Guns marches on, and it will carry Duluth's beloved digital grindcore trio Low around the world in the coming months.
In addition to previously squawked about stints at the Sydney Festival and a pair of ATP/Don't Look Back-sponsored events (where they'll melt face to the tune of 2001 scorcher Things We Lost in the Fire), Alan, Mimi, and Matt will bring their distinctive musical offerings to all corners of Australia this January.
Then, after a two-month nap, it's off to Northern Europe and the UK for another round of mind obliteration.
Perhaps not coincidentally, said two-month nap occurs around the release of Retribution Gospel Choir, the debut LP from, you guessed it, Retribution Gospel Choir. Hard to believe the Alan Sparhawk-led side project is only now serving up a proper release (after a couple tour EPs), but we swear it's the truth and nothing but.
Retribution Gospel Choir arrives March 18 on Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon man Mark Kozelek's Caldo Verde imprint, and was in fact produced by Mr. Kozelek himself. Joining Sparhawk on the release are drummer/back-up vocalist Eric Pollard and bassist Matt Livingston (also of Low). Low's Mimi Parker lends back-up vocals to a tune called "Breaker", and if that and "Take Your Time" sound familiar, it's because these RGC originals were also performed by Low on Drums and Guns. Share and share alike, we always say. [MORE...]
For a band that was supposedly "forever," Islands sure spend a lot of time in hibernation. (Not to mention all those various side projects.) But at least temporarily, the band will break the silence since Return to the Sea with a tour. First, they'll head across the sea to Europe for a couple weeks' worth of shows. From late February through early March, they'll travel from the UK to the Netherlands and Belgium. Then in mid-March
Thanks to reader Jono Henderson for the tip. [MORE...]
Morrissey Reveals Greatest Hits Details, Bonus CD
Moz freaks given chance to shine in Greatest Hits ad
Greatest hits UK shelves via Polydor/Decca in CD and double vinyl formats on February 11, one week later than previously reported (U.S. details forthcoming). Along with classic jams, most from the man's post-millennial catalog (every one at least a top 20 UK hit, if you'd believe it), the collection also includes two all new cuts: "That's How People Grow Up" (which gets its own single, now on Feburary 4) and "All You Need Is Me". Don't we know it, Morrissey, don't we know it.
Cooler still, a limited run of Greatest Hits sets will come bundled with an eight-track, self-explanatory bonus disc titled Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
And speaking of people who need nothing more than Morrissey in their lives, the Moz MySpace (MozSpace!) has put out a call for the most dedicated/obsessed of fans to step forward. Let's let them explain:
How do you show your devotion to Morrissey?And speaking of January 19, that's, well, the third night of Morrissey's winter tour. Perhaps he'll bust out a few selections from his next studio album, now due in autumn 2008? [MORE...]
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- Chemikal Underground Opens Digital Download Store
- Handsome Furs Firm Up Spring Tour
- Ian Curtis, M.I.A., Common, Karen O Sell Converses
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- Joe Gibbs, Legendary Reggae Producer, R.I.P.
- Photos: Bill Callahan / Jonathan Meiburg [Mount Pleasant, SC; 02/23/08]
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- Joy Division, Lou Reed, James Brown in SXSW Films
- Diplo, CSS, Cool Kids Remix Sunny Day Sets Fire
- T.V. Eye: February 25-March 2, 2008
- Wilco Postpone Show to Play “Saturday Night Live”
- Sasquatch! 2008 Lineup Revealed
- Peter Moren Adds Dates, Collaborates With Froberg
- Beauty Pill's Clark Undergoes Successful Heart Surgery
- OMG! It's a Virtual Devendra Dress-Up Doll!
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- Photos: The National / My Brightest Diamond [Brooklyn, NY; 02/22/08]
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- Rhino Reissues Otis Redding's Otis Blue
- The New Hold Steady Album: Stay Positive
- Talking Heads, Grace Jones on Compass Point Comp
- Pitchfork Seeks Web Developer
- Howlin Rain Issue Strange New CD, Tour
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- M.I.A., Vampire Weekend, Lupe, Girl Talk Play Brown
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- Lemonheads' Ray Gets Deluxe Reissue, SXSW Show
- Tokyo Police Club Give Shell a Release Date, Add Shows
- Teo Macero, Legendary Jazz Producer, R.I.P.
- Radiohead to Headline San Francisco Festival?
- Photos: The Magnetic Fields [New York, NY; 02/21/08]
- Crystal Castles, HEALTH Kick Off Tour Tonight
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- Third Annual Pitchfork-Windish Austin Bash Revealed
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- Atmosphere Announce North American Tour Dates
- All Points West Festival Lineup Announced
- Tegan and Sara Back on the Road
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- Disfear Head to North America This Spring
- Photos: Blood on the Wall [New York, NY; 02/20/08]
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- Radiohead to Play All Points West Festival-- Twice!
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- Vampire Weekend, Times New Viking Join ATP vs. P4k
- Morrissey's Greatest Hits Collection Coming to U.S.
- Blitzen Trapper Release iTunes, Tour EPs
- GZA Does More Swords, RZA Plans Gigs, Designs Gear
- PJ Harvey to Issue "The Devil" Single
- Pumpkins Add Dates, Corgan Sings for Hook's Freebass
- Spoon Announce Spring Tour With the Walkmen
- Arctic Monkeys' Turner Preps Last Shadow Puppets LP
- Dalek Tour With Russian Circles, RJD2
- Black Mountain, Bon Iver Kick Off Joint Tour Tonight
- Hot Chip, Diplo, Spank Rock Remix Delicious Vinyl
- Tilly and the Wall Tour, Pressnall Does Flowers Forever
- TVT Files for Bankruptcy, Trent Reznor Rejoices
- Matthew Friedberger, Times New Viking Play Book Party
- Lyrics Born Goes Everywhere at Once on New LP
- Todd Barry Releases New Album From Heaven
- No Depression to End Print Publication
- Boris Reveal Smile Tracklist, Artwork, New Dates
- Pixies' Santiago Scores Football Ad for Nike
- Ratatat, Herbert Remix Bjork on "Wanderlust" Single
- Xiu Xiu Extend Tour Through May
- Andre 3000 Designs Clothing Line
- Jeff Mangum Raids Record Collection for Yeti Comp
- New LCD Soundsystem Song Written for Action Flick
- Jarvis Cocker, Gossip's Beth Ditto Cut Charity Single
- Headlights Deliver Some Album, Tour With Evangelicals
- T.V. Eye: February 18-24, 2008
- Dude Auctions Off "World's Greatest Music Collection"
- Marky Ramone Condoms? Sure, Why Not?
- Andrew Bird and Dianogah to Play Obama Benefit
- What Made Milwaukee Famous Prep New LP, Tour
- Photos: St. Vincent [Los Angeles, CA; 02/15/08]
- Human Giant Embark on Pre-Season Two Tour
- Pollard Leaves Merge, Starts Label for New Album
- Photos: Mos Def [Edmonton, Alberta; 02/16/08]
- Klaxons, Rihanna to Duet "Umbrella" at BRIT Awards
- Ted Leo, Matthew Dear Remix Spoon on New Single
- The Mars Volta Announce Spring Dates
- Nick Cave, Spiritualized, Jose Gonzalez Play iTunes Gigs
- Jay Reatard Unveils First Matador Single, Adds Dates
- El-P and Dizzee Rascal Announce Tour
- Atlas Sound Kick Off Tour This Weekend
- N.E.R.D. Plan Pre-Kanye Shows
- Cat Power Adds Dates
- Statehood Line Up Some Live Dates
- Elvis Costello to Tour With the Police
- Franz Side Project Correcto Ready Debut LP
- The National Release Live EP
- Bill Callahan Kicks Off Tour With Shearwater's Meiburg
- O'Death Head Out on Tour of Murderous Proportions
- Caribou-boo Leads to Cancelled Dates
- Black Kids Announce Tour With Cut Copy
- Photos: Yeasayer [Brooklyn, NY; 02/14/08]
- Portishead's Third Gets Tracklist, New Release Dates
- Baroness Tour With Converge, Genghis Tron
- Gnarls Barkley Share Odd Release Date, Video Plans
- John McCain's Daughter: Music Blogger
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- Matmos Announce Supreme New Album
- Sir Richard Bishop Blasphemes All Over New DVD
- Broken Social Scene Expand Tour
- Vetiver Share Covers LP Info, Tour With Jayhawks Dude
- Lou Reed, David Byrne, Antony Play Iraq Peace Benefit
- sBACH (Hella's Spencer Seim) Signs to Suicide Squeeze
- Battles Sketch out Spring Tour
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- Kanye Adds Dates to "Glow in the Dark" Tour
- Photos: 18th Annual Tibet House Benefit [New York, NY; 02/13/08]
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- Modest Mouse, Of Montreal, Diplo Set for Rothbury Fest
- Laetitia Sadier's Monade Craft Monstre Cosmic, Tour
- Man Man, Yeasayer to Tour U.S. Together This Spring
- Islands' Nick Thorburn Talks Arm's Way, Side Projects
- Shearwater's Meiburg Tours With Bill Callahan
- DFA, Adrock Remix M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" on New EP
- Sonic Youth Plan Career-Spanning Art Exhibit
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- Art Brut Deliver New Digital Single/EP
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- Handsome Furs Announce Spring Dates
- Working for a Nuclear Free City to Tour U.S., UK
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- Thom Yorke Turns NPR DJ on Valentine's Day
- Constantines Reveal New Album Details
- Dalek, Isis Members on Tracy Wilson (Dahlia Seed) LP
- T.V. Eye: February 12-17, 2008
- Foals Prepare Debut LP for Sub Pop/Transgressive
- Islands Sign to Anti- Records
- Apes Play Ghost Games on New LP, Tour
- Ladytron Reveal Velocifero Tracklist
- The Game Sentenced to 60 Days for Gun Charge
- Replacements' Twin/Tone Catalog Reissued, Expanded
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- Kanye West Reveals "Glow in the Dark" Tour Dates
- Cover Art Cop: Colin Meloy vs. Peter Moren
- Radiohead North American Tour Breaking Development
- R.E.M. Add Dates, Reveal Accelerate Special Edition
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- Envelopes Bring The Wind on Second Album
- Daft Punk, Shins, Hot Chip, Iggy Pop Pose for Playboy
- Boston's Pretty & Nice Sign to Hardly Art
- Gibbard and Fisk's About a Son Score to Be Released
- Radiohead Greatest Hits Album on the Way
- Whiskeytown's Strangers Almanac Expanded, Reissued
- Godspeed Still on Hiatus, Not Completely Broken Up
- Deerhoof Enlist New Member
- Timbaland Launches "Mobile Album" With Verizon
- Long Blondes Reveal North American Tour, Tracklist
- Wipers' Sophomore Album Gets Vinyl Reissue
- Los Campesinos! Craft Zine With Deerhoof, Gruff Rhys
- Panda Bear, Of Montreal, Battles on Rough Trade Comp
- Frightened Rabbit Get in Midnight Organ Fight, Tour
- Ladytron Reveal Album Details, North American Tour
- Jay-Z Launches Ad Agency, Expands Tour
- Leonard Cohen to Play Glastonbury
- Portishead Add Dates, Third Details Surface
- The Kills Prepare for Mammoth World Tour
- Yelle Gets Physical Release for Debut, Tours
- Subtle Reveal New Album ExitingARM
- Go! Team Play Benefit for Old Cinema, Add Shows
- Jenny Lewis Working on New Album
- Daydream Nation, Soon to Be a Teen Comedy Movie Starring That Girl From "Heroes"
- YLT, Okkervil River, Destroyer, Diplo, Annie Join SXSW
- Band of Horses Cancel Shows
- Bonnie "Prince" Billy on Latest Louisville V-Day Comp
- Be Your Own Pet Schedule More Awkward Dates
- MSTRKRFT Check in From Studio, Announce Tour
- Photos: Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues [New York, NY; 02/06/08]
- Photos: Black Lips [Portland, OR; 02/05/08]
- Jay-Z and Mary J. Blige Co-Headline Tour
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- Spend Valentine's Day With TV on the Radio's Malone
- Kurt Cobain: About a Son Coming to DVD
- White Stripes Do Spanish Version of "Conquest" Single
- The Breeders Announce Mountain of New Dates
- The Twilight Sad Schedule Tour
- Jesu/Fog Members, Marnie Stern, Tunng Do Singles Club
- Jamie Lidell Reveals Jim's First Single, Tour
- Shout Out Louds Issue New EP, Add Dates
- Nadja Have Another Album Coming Out, Tour Dates
- MCA Launches Film Company, Beasties Play Benefit
- Monotonix Do Drag City EP, Huge North American Tour
- Photos: Robyn [New York, NY; 02/05/08]
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- Junior Boys Serve Up Get Physical Mix, DJ Dates
- Bonnaroo 2008 Lineup Revealed
- Modest Mouse Working on New EP
- Shocking Pinks Cover Magnetic Fields on Single
- Juan Maclean, Booka Shade Remix Depeche's Gahan
- Simian Mobile Disco Release Yet Another EP
- Tickley Feather Signs to Paw Tracks for Debut LP
- White Stripes Sued for Sample Used Eight Years Ago
- Tapes 'n Tapes Hit the Road to Walk It Off
- Calvin Johnson Schedules Winter Tour
- Public Enemy, Raekwon Do Classics for Don't Look Back
- Bright Eyes, M. Ward Rally for Obama
- Slits Hit the States on Tour, Cut New EP
- Coroner Rules Pimp C's Death Accidental
- Boris Announce Smile Release Date, Single Details
- Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Announce More Dates
- National, TVOTR Members Play Brooklyn Next Fest
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- Feist Announces Spring American Tour
- School of Language Plans North American Tour
- Robert Wyatt Guests on First Billy Bragg LP in Six Years
- Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid Team for African Album
- Black Kids Sign to Almost Gold Outside North America
- Peter Moren to Take Tycoon on the Road This Spring
- T.V. Eye: February 4-10, 2008
- The Hold Steady's Tad Kubler Playing Gig for Kids
- Love Is All Name New Album, Gain Member, Plan Shows
- R.I.P. Sean Finnegan, Drummer From Void
- Dirty Projectors Tour North America in the Spring
- Photos: Hot Chip [New York, NY; 02/02/08]
- Photos: Joanna Newsom with the Brooklyn Philharmonic [Brooklyn, NY; 02/01/08]
- Om Cancel Dates, Drummer Hakius Leaves
- Blonde Redhead Plot Another Brief Tour
- Yes, That Was an Arcade Fire Song in a Super Bowl Ad
- Iron & Wine to Tour U.S. With Califone
- Parts & Labor, Shooting Spires Line Up Tours
- Jay-Z to Headline Glastonbury
- Sally Shapiro Reveals Remix Romance Details
- Prodigy to Perform H.N.I.C. 2 Live in Its Entirety
- Goldfrapp Announce Spring, Summer Dates
- American Music Club Tour the World
- Black Moth, Seven Bells, Bazan Do Suicide Squeeze 7"s
- Islands Reveal New Album Title
- Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke Tracklist Revealed
- Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2 Reissued With Bonus Disc
- Brightest Diamond, Au Revoir Simone Hit the Catwalk
- Holy Fuck Remixed by No Age on New Single
- Beck's Odelay Reissue Contains Wrong Lyrics
- Carla Bozulich's Evangelista Announce Tour
- Roots, TVOTR Members Cover Civil Rights Song for Film
- Kid Sister Signs to Downtown Records
- Nick Cave, Dizzee, Jose Gonzalez Play PLUG Awards
- Black Lips Kick Off Tour With Added In-Stores
- New Pornographers and Okkervil River Team for Tour
- Colin Meloy Sings Sam Cooke, Announces Solo Tour
- Rachael Ray Asks Battles, Holy Fuck to Play SXSW Party
- Panther Gain a Member, Issue 14kt God LP, Tour
- Mission of Burma, Shellac Donate to Callum Auction
- J Mascis' Witch Issue Paralyzed, Hit the Road
- Eliot Lipp Steps Outside on New LP
- King Khan Takes BBQ Show, Shrines on the Road
- Photos: Peter Moren [Los Angeles, CA; 01/30/08]
- Neon Neon (Gruff Rhys + Boom Bip) Debut LP Revealed
- Elf Power Head In a Cave for New Album
- Futureheads Start Their Own Label for New Album
- Earth, Sir Richard Bishop Link Up for European Tour
- Saul Williams Plots "Tar Spangled Banner" Tour
- RJD2 Announces Spring U.S. Tour
- David Yow Recovering, Appearing in Film
- Jim O'Rourke Reissues, New Album Due on Drag City
- Peter Moren's The Last Tycoon Tracklist Revealed
- Eels Announce World Tour
- Thurston Moore Releases iTunes Live EP
- Xiu Xiu Fun: Video Zine, Song Project, Haiku Offerings
- Monster Bobby Needs You to Name His Tune
- MBV Add More Shows, Including Roskilde and Oya
- Destroyer Announces North American Tour
- Photos: Vampire Weekend [New York, NY; 01/29/08]
- Karen O, TVOTR's Adebimpe, Wyclef Judge Fulbrights
- Kanye West to Tour With Lupe, N.E.R.D., Rihanna
- Death Cab for Cutie Name New Album
- Siouxsie Plans Gigs Near and Far
- Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue Finally Reissued
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Announce Tour
- Death in Vegas, APTBS, Dirty on Purpose Dudes Link Up
- Vampire Weekend Kick off Big Tour Tonight
- Rob Lowe, U.S. Maple Guys Form Singer, Issue Debut
- Jaguar Love (ex-PGMG, Blood Brothers) Sign to Matador
- D'Angelo, Soulwax, Peaches Grace Prince Tribute Comp
- Photos: Liars / No Age [Portland, OR; 01/28/08]
- Count & Sinden Sign to Domino, Prep "Beeper" Single
- PB&J;'s Peter Moren Signs to Quarterstick for Solo Debut
- Simian Mobile Disco Prep Another EP, Add Dates
- David Byrne, Grizzly Bear to Join Paul Simon in Concert
- Gnarls Barkley Are The Odd Couple on New LP
- M83 Talks New Album, New Direction, 1980s