2011

Glasvegas Returns For U.S. Tour

Scottish four-piece Glasvegas announced U.S. tour dates today.  The band will kick-off a ten-city run on May 23 in New York at The Bowery Ballroom and travel to major cities

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Soundgarden Reveals Summer Tour Dates

After a 13 year absence, Soundgarden will finally return to the road this summer. The reunited grunge outfit has revealed the first four dates of its upcoming U.S. trek, which

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Eisley: The Valley

On Eisley’s third album, The Valley (2011), anger and desperation act as both the record’s centerpiece and Achilles heel. Those looking for a return to the ethereal angst-laden dream-pop of Combinations (2007) or Room Noises (2003) are certainly in for some disappointment. The songs on The Valley are deeply rooted in the visceral rawness of heartbreak and the ensuing waves of disillusionment, wrath and desolation.

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Update: Coachella Webcast Schedule

As we reported earlier, a number of performances from this weekend’s Coachella Festival will be broadcast live on YouTube and now we know which bands we’ll get to watch on the site’s three feeds starting tomorrow. The producers did a good job of putting together a diverse group of acts for the webcast that includes Tame Impala, Cee Lo Green, The Black Keys, Mumford & Sons, The Strokes, the National and Morning Benders.

Here’s a look at the entire Coachella Webcast schedule…

Friday
Channel 1
04:10PM – The Drums
04:55PM – Cee Lo Green
05:45PM – Moving Units
06:30PM – Ozomatli
07:25PM – Interpol
08:35PM – Ms. Lauryn Hill
09:55PM – Kings of Leon
11:15PM – The Black Keys
12:05AM – Gayngs

Channel 2
04:00PM – !!!
04:50PM – Warpaint
05:35PM – Cold Cave
06:25PM – YACHT
07:10PM – Cold War Kids
08:00PM – Titus Andronicus
09:00PM – The Pains Of Being Pure at Heart
10:00PM – Tame Impala
10:55PM – Monarchy
12:00AM – Flogging Molly

Channel 3
04:30PM – The Morning Benders
05:45PM – Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti
07:25PM – Interpol – surveillance
08:20PM – Omar Rodriguez-Lopez

READ ON for the rest of the Coachella Webcast schedule…

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New My Morning Jacket: Octoplasm

Back in the early part of this century My Morning Jacket was often labeled a jamband by critics and bloggers, but we never quite saw them in the same musical

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BG: A Double Dose Of Wilco News

While the folks behind Coachella made their ticket holders wait until nearly the day of the fest to divulge their daily lineup, organizers of the second annual Solid Sound festival

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