Stream the new Diiv album - 06.18.2012


Next week, Diiv (formerly Dive) release their debut album, Oshin, via Captured Tracks. Right now, however, you can stream the full album courtesy of the Hype Machine. Listen below.

Corin Tucker Band announce new album - 06.18.2012


Following 2010's debut 1,000 Years, the Corin Tucker Band, fronted by ex-Sleater-Kinney singer/guitarist Corin Tucker, has announced second album Kill My Blues will be released Sept. 18 via Kill Rock Stars. The album was written collaboratively with all band members, which include Sara Luna (Unwound), Mike Clark (Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks), and Seth Lorinczi (Golden Bears), and finds Tucker "returning to her riot grrrl sonic roots."

Tracklist:

1 Groundhog Day

2 Kill My Blues

3 Neskowin

4 I Don't Wanna Go

5 Constance

6 No Bad News Tonight
7 Summer Jams

8 None Like You

9 Joey

10 Outgoing Message

11 Blood, Bones and Sand

12 Tiptoe

Fiona Apple expands North American tour - 06.18.2012


Fiona Apple is touring the United States and Canada in support of her excellent new album The Idler Wheel..., and she's added a whole mess of dates to the tour. Check 'em out below.

Tour:

6/19 Ithaca, NY - State Theatre
6/20 Baltimore, MD - Lyric Opera House
6/22 Mashantucket, CT - MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods
6/23 Holyoke, MA - Mountain Park
6/24 New York, NY - The Governors Ball Music Festival
6/26 Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
6/27 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
6/29 Danbury, CT - Ives Concert Park
6/30 Boston, MA - Citi Performing Arts Center
7/1 Portland, ME - State Theatre
7/3 Montreal, QC - Olympia Theatre
7/4 Toronto, ON - The Sound Academy
7/6 Cleveland Hts., OH - Cain Park
7/7 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
7/9 Grand Rapids, MI - Meijer Gardens
7/10 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
7/11 Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
7/13 Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
7/14 St. Louis, MO - Peabody Opera House
7/16 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
7/17 Kansas City, MO - The Midland by AMC
7/20 Denver, CO - Paramount Theatre
7/21 Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall - University of Utah
7/24 Vancouver, BC - Orpheum
7/25 Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre
7/26 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
7/28 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
7/29 Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium
9/9 San Jose, CA - San Jose Civic Auditorium
9/11 San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theatre
9/12 Santa Barbara, CA - Santa Barbara Bowl
9/14 Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
9/15 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
9/16 Oceanside, CA - Oceanside Pier Amphitheater FM 94/9 Independence Jam
9/18 Mesa, AZ - Ikeda Theater
9/20 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at Moody Theater
9/21 Houston, TX - Bayou Music Center
9/22 Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino
9/24 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
9/26 Charlotte, NC - Fillmore Charlotte
9/27 Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
9/29 Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
9/30 Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach
10/1 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
10/3 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
10/5 Louisville, KY - Louisville Palace Theatre
10/6 Cincinnati, OH - Aronoff Center
10/7 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
10/9 Buffalo, NY - Kleinhans Music Hall
10/21 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE

FYF Fest reveals lineup - 06.18.2012


FYF Fest, one of Los Angeles' best traditions, has just revealed its lineup for this year's fest, being held Sept. 1 and 2 at L.A. State Historic Park. Headlining this year's fest are Refused, M83 and Beirut, and among the tons of other awesome artists scheduled to play are Aesop Rock, Against Me!, Atlas Sound, Baroness, Black Dice, Black Mountain, Ceremony, Chromatics, Cloud Nothings, Converge, Dam Funk, Desaparecidos, Dinosaur Jr, Fucked Up, Future Islands, Health, Hot Snakes, John Maus, King Khan & the Shrines, Liars, Lightning Bolt, Moonface, Nite Jewel, Purity Ring, Quicksand, Redd Kross, Refused, Sandro Perri, Simian Mobile Disco, Sleigh Bells, The Field, The Men, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Vaselines, Twin Shadow, Warpaint, Wild Flag, Wild Nothing and Yeasayer.

The full lineup is here, and in the poster above.

Cat Power announces new album - 06.18.2012


Cat Power announced that she will release Sun, her first new album since 2008's Jukebox (and first album of all new material since 2006's The Greatest), Sept. 4 via Matador.

The album, according to an interview with The Stool Pigeon, was finished around the time that Cat Power's Chan Marshall broke-up with longtime boyfriend, actor Giovanni Ribisi.

"I cut my hair off three days [after the break-up], got on a plane to France, and finished the shit," she said. "It's all good, you know. I love the person very much. I actually love this record very much, too. I'm very proud of it."

Tracklist:

1 Cherokee
2 Sun
3 Ruin
4 3,6,9
5 Always on My Own
6 Real Life
7 Human Being
8 Manhattan
9 Silent Machine
10 Nothin But Time
11 Peace and Love

Morrissey announces U.S. tour dates - 06.18.2012


Morrissey recently threatened to retire in two years, then subsequently retracted the statement, which is an important lesson to us all that sometimes the legendary British singer is prone to hyperbole. In fact, Moz has a bunch of new U.S. tour dates lined up this fall, including one date with Iggy and the Stooges.

Tour:

10/5 Boston, MA - Wang Theatre
10/6 Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
10/10 New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
10/15 Portland, ME - State Theatre
10/16 Burlington, VT - Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
10/18 Albany, NY - Palace Theatre
10/19 Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
10/23 Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall
10/24 Columbus, OH - LC Indoor Pavilion
10/26 Flint, MI - James H Whiting Auditorium
10/27 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
10/29 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
10/30 Clear Lake, IA - Surf Ballroom
11/1 Lincoln, NE - Rococo Theatre
11/3 Denver, CO - Ellie Caulkins Opera House
11/4 Salt Lake City, UT - Kingsbury Hall at University of Utah
11/8 Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
11/10 Bellingham, WA - Mount Baker Theatre
11/11 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
11/14 Davis, CA - Robert Mondavi Center at UC Davis
11/16 San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall
11/17 Reno, NV - John Ascuaga’s Nugget, Rose Ballroom
11/21 Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theater
11/23 Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas at The Chelsea Ballroom
11/24 Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center Arena (with Iggy and the Stooges)
11/27 El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls
11/28 Wichita Falls, TX - Kay Yeager Coliseum
11/30 Pharr, TX - Pharr Entertainment Center
12/1 Beaumont, TX - Jefferson Theatre
12/3 Atlanta, GA - Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
12/5 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
12/7 North Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
12/8 Atlantic City, NJ - Showboat Resort and Casino, House of Blues