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LCD Soundsystem Confirms May Release for New Album

LCD Soundsystem, otherwise known as James Murphy to his family and one of the foremost purveyors of mind-melting, holy-dunk-space-junk dance music, has just confirmed a May 18, 2010 release date for its as-yet-untitled third album on DFA/Virgin.

4 Mar 2010 | More
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Echo & the Bunnymen Return to North America in April

With the IRS issues sorted out that forced the cancellation of Echo & the Bunnymen’s previously scheduled North American trek, the post-punk masters are now set to hit the road starting April 16 at Coachella in support of their superb November 2009 release, The Fountain.

1 Mar 2010 | 1 comment | More
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Los Campesinos! Plot North American Tour

Bittersweet, bouncy Welsh septet Los Campesinos! have announced an extended North American tour as follow-up to their third album, Romance is Boring, released on the Arts & Crafts label earlier this year.

1 Mar 2010 | More
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Massive Attack Announces North American Tour

Trip-hop legends Massive Attack are set to return to North American stages for the first time in four years, for a brief run starting May 7th in Toronto in support of the recently released Heligoland, which debuted at #46 on the Billboard 200 chart.

26 Feb 2010 | More
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Thom Yorke is Atoms For Peace (not ????), Announces Tour

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke announced today that his new solo project will now be known under the moniker Atoms For Peace instead of the previous ???? name.

25 Feb 2010 | More
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Public Image Ltd. Finally to Tour North America

Without Public Image Ltd. (PiL), there would be countless young bands still waiting for the kind of experimental sound inspiration that made them form bands in the first place, since PiL was one of the first to dare to mesh everything from rock, dance, tribal, pop, to Dub and spoken word.
Though December 2009 found PiL [...]

24 Feb 2010 | 1 comment | More
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You Say Party! We Say Die! Announce Tour and Cultural Olympiad Shows

On February 23rd and 24th Canadian new wavers You Say Party! We Say Die! will be making a big splash on home turf with a couple of Cultural Olympiad shows marking the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver…

23 Feb 2010 | More
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Efterklang Release Third LP, Set to Hit the Road in March

Efterklang are set to release their third full-length album, Magic Chairs, this week, marking the Danish band’s first effort on 4AD (the two prior albums were on The Leaf Label and Rumraket). The orchestral-leaning Danes will then kick off their U.S. tour in Philadelphia

22 Feb 2010 | More
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Broken Social Scene Reveal New Album Title and Cover, Premiere ‘World Sick’

Broken Social Scene have revealed the album art for their highly anticipated May 4th Arts + Crafts release, Forgiveness Rock Record. The first song off of the record, “World Sick,” is now streaming at Pitchfork.com.

19 Feb 2010 | More
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Bear in Heaven Take Williamsburg Friday, Prepare for Lengthy Trek

Brooklyn’s own Bear In Heaven will be performing at Glasslands in Williamsburg on Friday, February 19th, alongside Secret Machines and Mon Khmer. The show will be their first as a three-piece following a recent reorganization, and will be their last in New York before…

18 Feb 2010 | More