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  • Bernard Sumner's Bad Lieutenant - UK, US 2010 tour dates »

    Bad Lieutenant, the project formed in 2007 by New Order's Bernard Sumner (guitar, vocals) and Phil Cunningham (guitar), along with Jake Evans (guitar, vocals), is thrilled to announce that the band is coming to America to play four dates that will include a special appearance at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival. Shows in San Francisco, Chicago and New York are also now confirmed.

    Bad Lieutenant
    Tickets for the San Francisco, Chicago and New York dates go on sale this week.


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    Jets Overhead to perform at 2010 Winter Olympic Games, SXSW, Coachella Festival »

    Having logged appearances in the past year at Bonnaroo, the CMJ Music Marathon and Neil Young's Bridge School Concert, Victoria, BC quintet Jets Overhead continue to build momentum on the touring front with upcoming performances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, South by Southwest, Canadian Music Week, and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.

    Jets Overhead
    Jets Overhead will make their debut appearance at the 11th edition of Coachella on the same day as performances by Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, Jay-Z, Public Image Limited and Echo & the Bunnymen.


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    As Tall As Lions to play Coachella + tour dates w/ Cage The Elephant, FREE MP3 »

    As Tall As Lions, the New York prog-rock-jazz fusion group who has been steadily building a solid fan base since their inception in 2003, has been a touring machine, splitting a massive fall campaign supporting the likes of Mutemath and Minus The Bear.

    As Tall As Lions
    Next up, the band will be embarking on a 20 date tour with Cage The Elephant, the bluesy southern rock band who radio has fallen in love with.


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    Them Crooked Vultures on Saturday Night Live hosted by Ashton Kutcher + tour dates »

    Them Crooked Vultures, the supergroup comprised of music icons Joshua Homme, Dave Grohl and John Paul Jones, are set to rock the soundstage of another iconic institution, Saturday Night Live.

    Them Crooked Vultures
    The band will take the stage live in front of the raucous Saturday Night Live crowd on February 6, 2010 with the show being hosted by Ashton Kutcher.


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    King Khan and The Shrines 2010 tour dates, Coachella Festival + FREE MP3 »

    King Khan and The Shrines announce comeback tour. The soul psychedelic garage big band is to leave the south in a dance-hangover coma, and blow minds at Coachella!

    King Khan and The Shrines
    King Khan might rightfully be accused of attempting to earn the title of hardest working performer in show business.


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    The Temper Trap - Rhapsody, Chrysler commercials + 2010 Coachella Festival »

    "Sweet Disposition," the breakout single from The Temper Trap, will be one of the songs featured in a new Rhapsody commercial campaign airing exclusively across MTV Networks (MTVN) including MTV, VH1, Spike and Comedy Central through the end of the year.

    The Temper Trap
    The track comes from the London-based band's critically-acclaimed debut album Conditions (Columbia) released in June 2009.


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    MySpace Music announces Secret Show featuring MSTRKRFT »

    MSTRKRFT - Fist of God

    MySpace Music is pleased to announce an upcoming Secret Show featuring the Canadian duo MSTRKRFT at Co-Prosperity Sphere in Chicago, IL, on April 2, 2009. The Secret Show performance will be held exclusively for MySpace users, who were notified via MySpace Music’s Secret Show profile. Doors for the concert will open at 8:00 PM ...


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    Tuareg rockers Tinariwen to make Coachella Festival debut + US tour dates »

    Tinariwen - Live In London DVD

    Possibly the world’s favorite African band, Tinariwen return to the U.S. after a long desert hiatus and fresh off a UK tour with folk/electronic group Tuung ...


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    Grizzly Bear Knife video, blog and tour dates »

    Brooklyn based Grizzly Bear is a band that is currently 'on the scene', they're playing the Coachella Festival this weekend and are now set to tour Europe and the US.
    I've been listening to Grizzly Bear's single, "Knife" off of their 2006 album release Yellow House (Warp Records). The tranquil waves of sounds going around in [...]


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    Coachella Festival lineup to include Rage Against The Machine »

    The 2007 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival looks to be gearing up as one of the hottest music events to take place this year. The festival is scheduled to be held April 27-29 in Indio, California.
    According to Billboard, so far the lineup includes, "a reunited Rage Against The Machine, Bjork and the Red Hot [...]


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