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Guitarist Tom Morello takes the mic for the first time on "One Man Revolution," his debut album as the Nightwatchman. Due April 24 via Epic, the 13-track set was produced by Brendan O’Brien and sports acoustic-based compositions that are a far cry from the heavy guitar rock Morello has purveyed in Rage Against The Machine […]

Madeleine Peyroux will form songs from her latest album on a 17-city U.S. tour this spring. The jazz vocalist will focus on the West Coast, Southwest and South, hitting many markets that she did not cover on her largely sold-out tour in late 2006. The trek will begin February 16 at the Wells Fargo Center […]

Wilco’s new album, "Sky Blue Sky," will arrive May 15 via Nonesuch, frontman Jeff Tweedy said on stage last night (Jan. 17) during a solo show in Nashville. Among the new songs Tweedy has been playing are the title track and "We Can Make It Better." As a full band, Wilco has also previewed the […]

Indie rockers The Hold Steady, who have been busily touring behind their latest album since last September, have added a fresh leg of headlining dates to their schedule. The band will kick off its upcoming slate March 6 in Baltimore following a round of February shows in Europe. The full European itinerary can be found […]

Punk rock institution BAD RELIGION will begin recording the follow up to 2004’s heralded The Empire Strikes First next month at Grand Master Studios in Los Angeles, California. Slated for a July 10 release through Epitaph, the yet to be named disc will be produced by Grammy-nominated producer Joe Barresi (Tool, Queens of the Stone […]

The 50th anniversary of the legendary soul label Stax Records will kick off with the release of a deluxe edition 50-song, 2-CD box set titled Stax 50: A 50th Anniversary Celebration – the most comprehensive Stax hits collection ever featuring for the first time all major Stax hit singles. Stax 50 will formally inaugurate Concord […]

Lats night’s episode of ABC’s hit show Grey’s Anatomy featured The Slip’s "Life in Disguise."   The song – off the band’s latest release Eisenhower – plays as Cristina consoles George, Alex and Addison spend time together, and Derek goes to sleep beside Meredith.  We don’t know who those people are, but it all sounds pretty […]

The album Rick James was working on before his 2004 death will be released in early May, the artist’s business manager, Ron Kramer, tells Billboard.com. The as-yet-untitled set features tracks James wrote in the last two or three years of his life; it will be released by Stone City Records. "This is one he really […]

Broken Social Scene side project Apostle Of Hustle will release its second album, "National Anthem of Nowhere," March 6 via Arts and Crafts. Led by Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman, the record finds the group expanding in players and sound, and includes contributions from BSS members Martin Kinack, Evan Cranley and Lisa Lobsinger.

Bluegrass veteran Ricky Skaggs and pianist Bruce Hornsby have joined forces for an eponymous collaborative album due March 20 via Sony BMG/Legacy. The set includes covers of Hornsby’s prior hit "Mandolin Rain" and Rick James’ "Super Freak." Backing was provided by Skaggs’ band, Kentucky Thunder. "Ricky Skaggs is a deep musical soul, one of the […]

New Line Records has announced the release of A DATE WITH JOHN WATERS, a heartfelt and touchingly bizarre compilation of love songs selected by the legendary filmmaker himself. Set for a February 6, 2007 release, this Valentine’s Day album is the follow up to Waters’ Christmas album, A JOHN WATERS CHRISTMAS, which The Associated Press […]

Land of Talk will release their acclaimed debut mini album Applause Cheer Boo Hiss in the U.S. on March 20th via The Rebel Group. The Montreal-based trio of singer/guitarist Liz Powell, bassist Chris McCarron and drummer Bucky Wheaton originally released their rock solid 7-song mini album in Canada in May 2006. Not long after, word […]

ATO Records has announced the release of the fifth studio album by Grammy nominated singer/ songwriter great Patty Griffin. Entitled, "Children Running Through," the album will be released on February 6th. On the road for a mini tour at the end of January and into February, the highlight will be on release day when she […]

By overwhelming demand, Dispatch has added a third night to "Dispatch:Zimbabwe," a benefit concert being held at Madison Square Garden.Originally created as a one-night event to take place on July 14, 2007,tickets sold out within 30 minutes via an exclusive Myspace.compre-sale. In order to accommodate fans, July 13th was addedimmediately. In less than 24 hours, […]

Michael Brecker, a versatile and influential tenor saxophonist who won 11 Grammys over a career that spanned more than three decades, died Saturday. He was 57. Brecker died in a hospital in New York of leukemia, according to his longtime friend and manager, Darryl Pitt. In recent years, the saxophonist had struggled with myelodysplastic syndrome, […]

Bill Callahan has retired his longtime Smog moniker and will release his next album under his own name. "Woke on a Whaleheart" is due April 17 via Drag City; a single, "Diamond Dancer,’ arrives March 20, backed by the non-album B-side "Taken." The nine-track "Woke on a Whaleheart" is enriched by contributions from former Royal […]

After  three  years,  Dispatch  reunite  for  benefit  show   "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" a concert at Madison Square Garden in New  York  City  on July 14, 2007. All of the proceeds from "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" will go towards fighting disease, famine, and social injustice in Zimbabwe.  Tickets for "Dispatch: Zimbabwe" went on an exclusive  Myspace.com  pre-sale Wednesday, January 10th […]

Lucinda Williams has lined up a spring tour in support of West, her first album of all new original music since 2003’s critically acclaimed World Without Tears. 3/6 Tucson, AZ, Rialto3/7, Albuquerque, NM, Kimo3/9, Austin, TX, Stubb’s3/10, Dallas, TX, Granada3/13, Tallahassee, FL, Musical Moon 3/16, Jacksonville, FL, Florida Theater3/17, Atlanta, GA, Tabernacle3/18, Asheville, NC, Thomas […]

RANDOM STABBINGS & ARTLESS CRITIQUE Black Elk, Black Elk (Crucial Blast Records)A band that can’t decide whether to be Red Scare calc, Melvins fuzz-froth or Lake of Dracula no-wave, and the world is better off while they’re making up their minds.  Black Elk’s cacophony will probably end up getting lumped in the section of your […]

Snoe.down ’07, the all ages, weekend winter music festival hosted by indie-jam rockers moe., returns to beautiful Lake Placid, N.Y., March 23-25, 2007. Snoe.down kicks off the week-long Adirondack Almost Springfest celebration, which will take place at all the 1980 Olympic venues in Lake Placid, N.Y., including the Olympic Center, home of the 1932 and […]