Beach House announce more tour dates - 05.02.2012


With a brand new album, titled Bloom, scheduled for release May 15 via Sub Pop, Beach House has lined up more tour dates for 2012. In addition to their initial round of East Coast dates, the Baltimore-based dream pop duo are heading out to the West Coast in July, and making their way across the country.

Tour:

5/4 Jefferson Theatre – Charlottesville, VA
5/5 Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC
5/6 Music Farm – Charleston, SC
5/8 The Fillmore Miami Beach – Miami Beach, FL
5/9 Beachan Theatre – Orlando, FL
5/10 Free Bird Live – Jacksonville, FL
5/11 The Bottletree – Birmingham, AL
5/12 The Georgia Theatre – Athens, GA
5/13 Orange Peel - Asheville, NC
5/15 Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY Tickets
7/1 House of Blues- San Diego, CA
7/3 El Rey Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
7/6 Belly Up Aspen – Aspen, CO
7/7 Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM
7/9 Cain’s Ballroom – Tulsa, OK
7/10 Liberty Hall – Lawrence, KS
7/11 The Pageant – St. Louis MO
7/12 Minglewood Hall – Memphis, TN
7/13 Forestcastle Festival – Louisville, KY
7/15 Pitchfork Music Festival – Chicago, IL
7/17 The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN Tickets
7/18 The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
7/19 House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
7/20 Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
7/21 Mr. Small’s Theatre – Pittsburgh, PA
7/23 Central Park Summerstage – New York, NY

The xx line up tour dates - 05.02.2012


Later this year, the xx is expected to release xy, the follow-up to their 2009 debut XX. An actual release date has yet to be announced, but the band has announced some tour dates in Europe, which is a step in the right direction.

Tour:

5/14 London, England - Electrowerkz
5/15 London, England - Chats Palace
5/18 London, England - Battersea Arts Centre
5/29 Bordeaux, France - Le Rocher De Palmer
5/30 Toulouse, France - Le Phare
5/31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound
6/8 Turin, Italy - Traffic Festival
6/9 Porto, Portugal - Primavera Sound
6/15 Aarhus, Denmark - Northside Festival
6/16 Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
6/22 Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
6/23 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
6/27 Haervic, Norway - Hove Festival
6/29 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
6/30 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter
7/7 Gdynia, Poland - Heineken Open’er Festival
7/14 Joensuu, Finland - Ilosaarirock Festival
8/9 Sibinek, Croatia - Terraneo Festival
8/10 Budapest, Hungary - Sziget Festival
8/11 St Pere, France - La Route du Rock
8/18 St Polten, Austria - FM4 Frequency Festival
8/19 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands - Lowlands Festival
8/31 Laois, Ireland - Electric Picnic
9/7 Isle of White, England - Bestival

Stream the new OFF! album - 05.02.2012


Southern California's hardcore punk veterans OFF! release their self-titled new album next week, and this week, they're streaming the whole thing over at Spin.

Listen here.

Listen: Stream My Bloody Valentine's Remastered 'Loveless' - 05.02.2012


My Bloody Valentine's luscious and legendary 'Loveless' was two years in the making and nearly two decades in the remastering but is finally on the threshold of re-release. Immerse yourself in all it's serotonin-soaked glory courtesy of The Guardian