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    Bob Weir and RatDog and Keller Williams will cross the country this summer, sharing a stage both separately and together, making music and doing what they do best.  The tour will begin in Atlanta on July 7th and end in Los Angeles on July 28th.       Sometimes musicians tour together purely because of […]

The long-awaited fifth studio album by Tegan and Sara is scheduled for a July 24th release on Vapor/Sanctuary Records. Co-produced by Christopher Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists) with Tegan Quin and Sara Quin, the record was cut in Portland, Oregon at Walla’s Alberta Court studio. Having taken a break after the success and […]

The long-awaited fifth studio album by Tegan and Sara is scheduled for a July 24th release on Vapor/Sanctuary Records. Tegan and Sara, who saw their single “Walking with a Ghost” covered by The White Stripes, continue to develop as songwriters with an unmistakably distinctive vocal style. As the follow up to the critically-acclaimed 2004 release […]

The Beastie Boys have added an exclusive instrumental show on Saturday, May 26th in addition to their regular set on Sunday, May 27th at Sasquatch!. Other adds to the l  Arine up include:  Blitzen Trapper, The Blakes, Clinic, Earl Greyhound, Mix Master Mike, The Polyphonic Spree, The Saturday Knights, Stars of Track and Fiel.  Comedians […]

This year’s moe.down hosted by moe.–will feature sets from Ryan Adams. Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood, and Amos Lee among others. The three-day event will take place Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at the Snow Ridge Ski Area in Turin, NY. The hosts plan to play a whopping six sets over the weekend, which will also feature […]

High Sierra Music today announced the initial artist line-up for the 17th Annual High Sierra Music Festival running Thursday, July 5 to Sunday, July 8, 2007 at the Plumas-Sierra Fairgrounds in Quincy, CA.  Gates open at 8:00am on July 5. The Festival continues the tradition of legendary Late Night Shows and this year is no […]

Details have been annouunce for Rush’s Snakes & Arrows World Tour, which has the trio visiting cities across North America and Europe from mid-June to late October. The 45-date North American run, Rush’s first since the group’s 30th anniversary jaunt in 2004, kicks off June 13 in Atlanta and hits cities all over the US […]

Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle are riding high on the initial success of their debut album, Battery Milk, on HYENA Records. They’ll embark on the second leg of a North American tour in April 2007. The 15-city tour will launch in Kansas City and wind its way to the East Coast, including a date in New York City at […]

Live From Home at the Housing Works Bookstore Café brings you the NorthMississippi Allstars with very special guest, James Luther Dickinson. Thisexclusive show, in the bookstore¹s stripped-down, intimate setting, is aspecial stop on the Allstars Acoustic Tour and a rare opportunity to see theband play with James Luther Dickinson, the father of Allstars Cody andLuther […]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will headline a spring tour that will start with support fromThe Fratellis in San Diego on May 6th and have them touring through June. The tour willfall on the wings of the release of their fourth album, Baby 81, out May 1st on RCARecords. With their 2005 critically acclaimed album, Howl, […]

Modest Mouse are hitting the road with newest member, guitarist Johnny Marr, in support of their new release, We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank.The first section of the tour kicks off April 15 at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre and will hit cities all over North America including Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, New Orleans and Los […]

The Police have added two more high-profile stadium gigs to their itinerary this summer: July 5 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, and July 14 at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The band previously announced stadium shows at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta (June 2), Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles (June 23), McAfee Coliseum in Oakland, […]

"The Valley Road" is leading to the Great White Way, as Bruce Hornsby is adding Broadway to his already eclectic musical resume. Hornsby has been commissioned by the New York production firm Playwrights Horizons to write music for a new musical that’s tentatively titled "SCKBSTD" (a license plate-style truncation of "Sick Bastard"). He’s collaborating on […]

Fresh from the studio and eager to hit the road to promote the June 5th release of his upcoming album, Chris Cornell announced select US tour dates beginning on April 6 in Las Vegas, NV at the Vegas Grand Prix.  For the first time onstage Cornell will dig into the vault performing songs from his […]

Colorado-based Leftover Salmon announces it will return to the stage later this year. Confirmed by a statement today from band manager John Joy the return will mark the end to the band’s 27-month hiatus. Following the band’s last live performance on New Year’s Eve 2004 in Boulder, audiences nationwide will once again hear the trademark […]

The lead singer of The Walkmen was arrested at South by Southwest on Thursday (March 15).  NME reports that Hamilton Leithhauser was taken into custody by police and brought to the Travis County Jail following an incident at the Crown Plaza Austin Hotel. "I got arrested and spent 12 hours in a jail cell," Leithauser […]

BB King will again be the star of his eponymously titled blues festival tour, but the event has been revamped for ‘07.  The moving festival starts July 24 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel Casino, in Miami and will travel to 16 cities.  Al Green and Etta James perform on just about every date. This […]

Sonic Youth will perform its landmark 1988 album, "Daydream Nation," in its entirety at several worldwide shows this summer. The first will be July 13 in Chicago as part of the Pitchfork Music Festival, in collaboration with ATP’s Don’t Look Back Series.The band will also play Berkeley, Calif., Los Angeles and three shows in London; […]

Purveyors of heavy metal-influenced acoustic guitar Rodrigo y Gabriela were forced to cancel several U.S. appearances including a high profile showcase at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, because of a case of mistaken identity. Rodrigo Sanchez’s work visa was put on hold while officials at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City […]

The Associated Press reports that the family of Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston, said his death was a suicide. "He was a man who gave all he had to give to everyone around him, whether family, friends, fans or strangers," the family said in a statement relayed by police Wednesday. "He […]