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Explosions In The Sky Are Creating The Film Score For Prince Avalanche
 
Explosions In The Sky Are Creating The Film Score For Prince Avalanche
Post-rock band Explosions In The Sky will create the film score for a new movie from Director David Gordon Green. The film is called Prince Avalanche, find out more and watch a video.
Package This: The Clash Boxed Set Is Called Sound System
The boomin' sound system of The Clash is getting packaged into a new boxed set called Sound System.
 
Death Grips Announce Tour
Death Grips are doing a tour which includes dates in North America this Summer. The overall tour schedule includes stops at many music festivals and is in support their most recent release No Love Deep Web.
 
Coachella 2014 Announces Dates and Tickets
They're keeping the two weekend format, and tickets go on sale this week. Find out more.
 
Toro Y Moi Added More Fall Tour Dates
Toro Y Moi has updated his Fall tour schedule for his latest album, Anything in Return.
 
 

 
Ultra Music Festival Tickets Just Went On Sale For 2014
Get in on early bird tickets with a steep discount.
 
Package This: The Clash Boxed Set Is Called Sound System
The boomin' sound system of The Clash is getting packaged into a new boxed set called Sound System.
 
Death Grips Announce Tour
Death Grips are doing a tour which includes dates in North America this Summer. The overall tour schedule includes stops at many music festivals and is in support their most recent release No Love Deep Web.
 
Explosions In The Sky Are Creating The Film Score For Prince Avalanche
Post-rock band Explosions In The Sky will create the film score for a new movie from Director David Gordon Green. The film is called Prince Avalanche, find out more and watch a video.
 
Coachella 2014 Announces Dates and Tickets
They're keeping the two weekend format, and tickets go on sale this week. Find out more.
 
ATP Curated by Deerhunter Expands Lineup
Michael Hurley, Verity Susman and The B-53's are all part of the lineup expansion.Check out a complete lineup and ticket details.
 
Ultra Music Festival 2014 Tickets Go On Sale Tomorrow
Get the details on how to buy tickets, and what's happening for the 2014 edition of the Ultra Music Festival in Miami.
 
Mutek Festival Adds DIGI_SECTION Schedule
They've just announced the Mutek DIGI_SECTION schedule, which is series of free daytime sessions with panels, workshops and interviews.
 
Fuck Buttons Self-Produced Their New Album Slow Focus
Find out how it changed their approach to making music.
 
Toro Y Moi Added More Fall Tour Dates
Toro Y Moi has updated his Fall tour schedule for his latest album, Anything in Return, which is out now on Carpark Records.
 
Google Launches Google Play Streaming Music Service
The keynote of Google's Developers I/O has unveiled a new Spotify-like streaming music service today, that will be offered through their Google Play Music Store.
 
FIDLAR Announce Fall Tour
They'll be all over the US, including stops at the Austin City Limits and Bumbershoot Festivals.
 
New Music Is Coming From Ty Segall
Ty Segall, the Robert Pollard of today, is releasing another album in a prolific history of music. This one is titled Sleeper.
 
Julianna Barwick Gets Nepenthe On Her New Album
Julianna Barwick has a new album arriving on Aug. 20th, called Nepenthe, an interesting title because ...
 
Iron and Wine Announce Fall Tour
Sam Beam and his Iron and Wine project have mapped out their future tour dates, the tour is in support of the new Iron and Wine album Ghost On Ghost, out now.
 
NXNE Festival Announces More Acts on Their Way To 1000
This lineup is seriously getting out of control ... and they’re not even done yet.
 
Lollapalooza 2013 Day Schedule Announced
They've just released an interative Lollapalooza 2013 schedule that lets you plan your schedule based on the day's events, and then print it out and share it on Facebook and Twitter.
 
Rockness Expands Lineup
Fenech-Soler, Hernan Cattaneo, Mimosa and London Grammar are all part of the lineup additions. Get the full list and ticket details.
 
Baroness Add More Tour Dates For Comeback Tour
Post-rock-metal band Baroness survived their tour bus accident in Bath, England last year and had planned a new tour. They've just added to that set of shows, making it a comeback tour that's getting even bigger.
 
Find Out Why Superchunk Hates Music On Their New Album
Superchunk will offer the flip side of their 2010 release Majesty Shredding on their newly announced I Hate Music. It’s due out on Aug.20th on Merge Records, and sees the band doing an album of darker music ...
 
Piki Adds Social Bookmarking to Become Your Ultimate Music Playlist For All The Music On The Web
Have you ever wanted to have one web site or web service to go to for all of the great music, videos and places you've found for music? Piki's new bookmarklet feature does just that on Pandora, Rdio, YouTube, SoundCloud, and of course the Piki creators own Turntable.FM, among others.
 
King Khan And The Shrines Get Their Groove On With Merge Records
King Khan and the Shrines have been radio silent for a while, but are now returning to action with Merge Records with a tour in the works.
 
Glastonbury Festival's Spirit of 71 Stage Lineup Announced
Simian Mobile Disco, Robyn Hitchcock, Eat Static and Don Letts all lead the lineup.
 
Iceland Airwaves Adds Yo La Tengo and More to Lineup
Yo La Tengo, TAPE, El Rojo Adios and Carmen Villain are all part of the new lineup additions.
 
Governors Ball Adds Foals to Lineup,
GA Tickets Sold Out
DFA 1979 cancels and Foals are in ... and only VIP tickets are left.
 
New Music Is Happening From
Trentemøller and The Drums
There’s a new Trentemøller album on the way.
 
The BitTorrent Bundle: Redefining The Album Release Into Something Bigger and Better
BitTorrent is looking to be a big AND legit distribution platform, and their new BitTorrent Bundles are part of that. Instead of thinking in terms of just the traditional album release, tour, album release cycle, they're offering the BitTorrent Bundle as a way to expand the idea of a release.
 
Electric Zoo Names Phase Two Lineup
The Skrillex / Boys Noize duo of Dogblood, A-Trak, and Setve Aoki are all part of the lineup additions. Find out the details.
 
Deerhunter Announce Summer Tour
Deerhunter rolled out a set of tour dates today in support of their new album Monomania, which was also released today.
 
The Austin City Limits Lineup is OUT!
Tickets are on sale now. Find out who made the list.
 
The National Add More Tour Dates For This Summer
The National just unloaded a new set of tour dates for later this Summer, in support of their new full-length album called Trouble Will Find Me on 4AD Records.
 
Toro Y Moi Just Announced Fall Tour Dates
Toro Y Moi just announced Fall tour dates (that's right, Fall, already) for his latest effort, Anything in Return, which is out now on Carpark Records.
 
The National Play MOMA Exhibit as a Live Exhibition: The Song Sorrow Over and Over Again
The gig was A Lot of Sorrow, by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson, who commisioned The National to play as part of the exhibit. Watch part of the perfomance and find out more.
 
The Dodos Sign to Polyvinyl For New Album This Year, Listen To A Preview
Indie pop band The Dodos have signed on to Polyvinyl Records for the release of their new album, which the just finished recording in San Francisco. In the meantime, check out The Dodos album preview, it includes one of the songs from the new album.
 
Submissions Open for Noise Pop 2014
Because it's never too ealy to start thinking about next year's Noise Pop Music Festival.
 
Bumbershoot Festival Announces 2013 Lineup
Death Cab For Cutie, Bassnectar, Kendrick Lamar, Mgmt, Crystal Castles, Matt And Kim, The Joy Formidable and Gary Numan all lead the lineup, and all levels of tickets are on sale.
 
Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas Lineup Is OUT!
It's VEGAS, baby!
 
Four Tet Is Reissuing Rounds and Playing The Red Bull Music Academy Gig In New York
Four Tet is reissuing the classic album  Rounds for its tenth anniversary, one of the albums that gained him recognition and got him noticed.
 
North Coast Music Festival Just Announced the 2013 Lineup
Afrojack, Purity Ring, Claude Vonstroke and more in the first phase lineup. Tickets are on sale now.
 
DEMF Movement Festival Schedule Is Out
Stage breakouts and times. Find out who's playing when and where and how to get in.
 
Sarah Neufeld From Arcade Has A Solo Album + Arcade Fire Happenings
Sarah Neufeld from both Arcade Fire and Belle Orchestre, is set to release a new album called Hero Brother on Aug. 20th via Constellation Records. She'll also be playing out on a tour.
 
Small Black Announce Tour
Small Black are set to release their new full length album Limits of Desire on May 14th, and they've just announced a set of tour dates for the release. Also check out their newly released song 'No Stranger.'
 
Bonnaroo Announces After Shows
They made the lineup of artists playing intimate after shows public, check who will be rocking out late at night.
 
The New Boards of Canada Album: It Just Became Official, and It's Called Tomorrow's Harvest
That new Boards Of Canada album? It just became official. It's called Tomorrow's Harvest and is due out on Warp Records, the band has a new web site at cosecha-transmisiones.com, and they aired a commercial on the Cartoon Network over the weekend. Good times.
 
Zomby and 4AD Announce New Album With Love, Listen To A New Song
The always shadowy and incognito minimal grime DJ Zomby has a new double album coming out this Summer, called With Love.
 
Hopscotch Festival Announces 2013 Lineup
The Hopscotch Music Festival unites the triangle of the Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill music scenes, long-standing contributors to the national music scene. This year, the festival lineup includes Spiritualized, The Breeders, John Cale, Matthew Dear and more. Tickets are on sale now.
 
Helado Negro Announces Tour Dates For Invisible Life
Helado Negro (aka Roberto Carlos Lange) released his imaginative album Invisible Life earlier this year, and now’s he takin’ it to the road.
 
The Postal Service Expand US Tour
The Postal Service have added to their growing list of previously announced tour dates, adding shows throughout the Summer way into August.
 
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce US Tour
GSYBE just wrapped their tour of Asia, and now the band is building on a previous tour schedule with new dates in The US.
 
Austin City Limits Lineup To Be Announced On May 7
ACL 2013 gets a jump start on May 7 with the lineup announcement and tickets going back on sale.
 
Animal Collective Are Doing A New Remix EP and Summer Tour
Remixes from Shabazz Palaces and Gang Gang Dances and a Summer tour.
 
Get Yer DJ On With Grooveshark’s
New Broadcast Feature
All of you John Peel wannabes, Pump Of The Volume fans, or anyone who has wanted to start your own online radio, Grooveshark’s your new bud.
 
YouTube Playbook For Musicians - Releasing New Music: Things To Do On YouTube
The second in a week-long series on the new YouTube Guide For Musicians. Today: what to do when releasing new music -- like a song, EP or album.
 
The Knife Tour: Everything You Ever Thought Possible
The Knife definitely know how to go all out on a creative bender. Their new tour will include elements like an absurdist aerobics class called Deep Aerobics and Danceoke, DJ sets and steel band performance.
 
Man or Astro-Man? Are Back With Defcon 5...4...3...2...1
Man or Astro-Man are making a rebound after a 12-year hiatus with a new album called Defcon 5...4...3...2...1. The sometimes instrumental alternative band is part surf-rock, part indie rock and always exciting.
 
Gauntlet Hair Go Gothic Post-Punk On Their New Album Stills
Denver band Gauntlet Hair have a new album called Stills coming out on Dead Oceans, and the band took to its older influences like Joy Division to get a darker more haunting sound on the album.
 
YouTube Playbook For Musicians: How To Get Found On YouTube
YouTube delivered a Playbook for Musicians last week, with words on how to deliver your videos in a way that people can find them. Cutting through the noise is tough on YouTube ... find out how to get found.
 
Roskilde Festival Announces 2013 Lineup
Kraftwerk, The National, Queens of the Stone Age, Sigur Ros and Rihanna will all headline. Get the full lineup and details.
 
Twitter #Music Is #Now Playing
Twitter Music has gone live! They're actually calling it Twitter #Music, it's a free app with all things music that focuses on artists and people you follow. It's at music.twitter.com and works with iTunes, Spotify or Rdio as a supporting music service.
 
Deluna Fest Cancelled For 2013, Back In 2014
They're also moving it to a different time of year.
 
 
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