[News] Morrissey Announces US Tour

For the first time in a long time Morrissey has announced a a string of US tour dates set for November and December this year. I wonder if the venues will have to ban all meat from the venue like his recent tour at random venues around the UK. Peep the dates below via P4K/True To You.

11-10 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater
11-14 San Antonio, TX - Majestic Theater
11-15 Austin, TX - Bass Hall
11-17 Dallas, TX - McFarlin Memorial Auditorium
11-19 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Center
11-20 Phoenix, AZ - Orpheum Theater
11-22 Escondido, CA - Center for the Arts
11-25 Las Vegas, NV - The Cosmopolitan
11-26 Los Angeles, CA - Shrine Auditorium
11-28 Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
12-01 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater
12-05 Monterrey, Mexico - Arena
12-07-08 Mexico City, Mexico - Plaza Condesa 
12-10 Puebla, Mexico - Siglo XX1
12-12-13 Guadalajara, Mexico - Diana

[Watch x News] TV On The Radio - "Second Song" (Video) x Announce Live EP

TV On The Radio have just announced out of the blue that they are to release a Live EP titled World Cafe Live next week on September 6th. Recorded at The Village Studios in Santa Monica, it's a live recording of the band playing a set at NPR’s World Cafe, that'll explain the title then. As well as that they've let loose a brand new visual for their track "Second Song". The video depicts the life of a cool animated type half fox half man character going about his unusual and trippy business. Check it out above.

[News] Smashing Pumpkins Launch Record Club

Smashing Pumpkins Fans will be happy to hear that Billy Corgan has gone and done you a fine, fine deed. He's started up a Smashing Pumpkins Record Club which promises to give members "so much free stuff". Free stuff is good, right? Smashing Pumpkins can be good too, so this combination can only be a good thing.

If you head on over to the official SP site you can get an instant download of free early 8-track demo version of the Pumpkins track, “Drown”. For the small price of an email address you can download the track, it's not a high price is it? Go do it and while you're at it you can go watch Billy talk about the club over here. 

[News] Kasabian Announce Winter UK Tour

This winter Kasabian have planned a UK arena tour that will grace the likes of Nottingham, Manchester and finish up at the London O2 Arena on Wednesday the 14th of December. It will be in support of their highly anticipated album Velociraptor! which is set for release on the 19th of December in the UK and a day later in the States. Tickets are set to go on sale tomorrow (Friday 2nd of Septemeber) at 9 AM.

Kasabian Winter Tour 2011

Monday 28th November 2011 – Brighton Centre
Wednesday 30th November 2011 – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
Friday 2nd December 2011 – Nottingham Capital FM Arena
Sunday 4th December 2011 – Liverpool Echo Arena
Tuesday 6th December 2011 – Birmingham NIA Arena 
Wednesday 7th December 2011 – Manchester MEN Arena
Thursday 8th December 2011 – Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 
Saturday 10th December 2011 – Sheffield Motorpoint Arena 
Sunday 11th December 2011 – Glasgow SECC 
Wednesday 14th December 2011 – London O2 Arena

[News] James Blake Announces 'Enough Thunder' EP

On October 10th, Mercury Music Prize nominated phenom James Blake will be releasing the Enough Thunder EP. The EP will feature six tracks, including James Blake and Bon Iver's collaboration "Fall Creek Boys Choir," Blake's iconic cover of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You," and four original compositions.

Look forward to the release of Enough Thunder on October 10th, as well, you can check out James Blake's upcoming North American and UK tour dates, here and here, respectively.

[News] The Vaccines Cancel Their Fall Tour

You can't fault The Vaccines for the amount of work they've put in over the past 12 months. They've toured relentlessly, supported Arcade Fire and played s song with Minor Threat, and generally torn through hundreds of dates. It looks like it's taken its toll on lead singer Justin Young though, (I think the picture above is fitting), as the band have cancelled a string of dates. Read the statement from the man himself below:

"Sorry to keep so many of you in the dark regarding our touring plans over the next few weeks, but we wanted to be sure of them before we spoke to you. Unfortunately, the Doctor has now confirmed that, this week, he will be operating on my throat for a third time this year. It was the wait for this decision, and no other reason, that meant we were able to complete commitments over this last week and why we will not be able to complete those in the coming weeks.

In a bid to allow my throat to recover and rehabilitate completely, we will be cancelling all shows, including our trips to North America in September and Japan and Europe in October. We will resume with our touring commitments in Paris on October 26th before supporting our friends the Arctic Monkeys here in the UK. This allows me to have eight weeks of the best vocal therapy available, allowing the best possible chance of complete recovery.

As I have said before, we understand any anger or upset, but we hope you all understand that we are completely devastated by this problem that has continued to plague us personally and professionally during the best year of our lives. Cancelling shows in exchange for repeated hospital visits plain fucking sucks. I know it may seem unfair that we continue to visit certain places whilst failing to visit your city or country, but touring is all we have ever wanted to do, so to suggest that we may not want to play a show, or that certain shows take priority over others, is not true. We are simply following the Doctor's orders. You have our word on that. We need to be able to perform to the best of our abilities without doing permanent damage to my throat. I can assure you that if you grant us your understanding and your patience, we will be in your hometown to play for you in the very near future.

The following dates have now been rescheduled from October to the new dates below, tickets from the original shows will remain valid for these:

Sun 11 Dec Hamburg Knust
Mon 12 Dec Koln Luxor
Wed 14 Dec Amsterdam Paradiso
Thu 15 Dec Copenhagen Vega
Fri 16 Dec Stockholm Debaser Medis
Sun 18 Dec Berlin Postbahnhof
Mon 19 Dec Brussels AB Main Hall

For those of you in Italy, Ireland and North America, please bear with us whilst we endeavour to reschedule the affected dates. Japanese dates will now happen in February and we will also be announcing dates in South and Central America very soon too.

Once again, please accept our sincerest apologies and know that we are extremely sorry to let you all down. I hope we will see as many of you as possible in the Autumn. Justin x"

Rest up fella.

[News] Sleeper Agent Reveals Headlining Tour Dates

Bowling Green, KY rockers Sleeper Agent have announced a fall headlining tour that kicks off on September 3rd in Atlanta, GA in Centennial Park. The band will also be appearing at DeLuna Fest in Pensacola, FL on October 14th, just before hitting the road with Circa Survive for a bit.

If you haven't picked up their debut album Celabrasion yet, you best head over to iTunes now and do so. If you prefer to hold music in your hand before making it float in the cloud, the band is also releasing the album on CD courtesy of Mom + Pop on September 27th. You can pre-order a deluxe package of the album that includes a t-shirt, digital copy of the album and a CD the day the album comes out over on their website.

Dates after the jump!

Sleeper Agent Headlining Dates
9/3 - Atlanta, GA - Centennial Park (Radio Show)
9/10 - Las Vegas, NV - Sunset Amphitheater (Radio Show)
09/16 - Indianapolis, IN - Birdy's
09/17 - St. Louis, MO - Old Rock House
09/19 - Columbia, MO - Mojo's
09/20 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
09/21 - Denver, CO - Moe's
09/24 - Bakersfield, CA - Jerry's Pizza
09/25 - San Diego, CA - Che Café
09/27 - Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater
09/29 - Portland, OR - Portland State University
09/30 - Eugene, OR - University of Oregon
10/02 - Seattle, WA - Vera Project
10/04 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow's
10/05 - San Francisco, CA - Brick and Mortar
10/08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Gallivan Center
10/10 - Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep
10/14 - Pensacola, FL - Deluna Festival
 
Support Dates with Circa Survive
10/16 - Louisville, KY - Expo Five
10/18 - Baltimore, MD - Rams Head Live!
10/20 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground @ Showcase Lounge
10/21 - Northhampton, MA - Pearl Street
10/23 - Sayerville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
10/25 - Farmingdale, NY - The Crazy Donkey
10/26 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
1/19 - Miami to Cozumel - The Weezer Cruise

[News] Unknown Mortal Orchestra Announces Fall Headlining Dates

As if Unknown Mortal Orchestra weren't touring enough already this fall, the band just announced even more dates for this October that they'll be headlining. This week the band is in LA for a pair of free shows, one tonight at Bardot and Wednesday they're doing an in-store performance at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park at 7pm.

Have a looksie at tour dates after the jump.

08/29 Los Angeles, CA Bardot / School Night *
08/31 Los Angeles, CA Origami Vinyl 7pm
09/08 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theater / MFNW %
09/09 Athens, GA 40 Watt Club #
09/10 Raleigh, NC Hopscotch Music Festival $
09/11 Washington, DC Black Cat #
09/12 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church #
09/14 New York, NY Webster Hall #
09/15 Brooklyn, NY Glasslands Gallery +
09/16 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club #
09/17 Montreal, QC Cabaret Mile End #
09/18 Toronto, ON Opera House #
09/19 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre #
09/20 Bloomington, IN The Bishop #
09/21 Grinnell, IA Grinnel College Gardner Lounge
09/22 Urbana, IL Pygmalion #
09/23 Cincinnati, OH Midpoint Music Festival #
09/24 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall #
09/25 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock #
09/26 Fargo, ND The Aquarium (Dempseys Upstairs)
09/28 Seattle, WA The Crocodile #
09/29 Vancouver, BC Venue #
09/30 Portland, OR Branx #
10/01 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall #
10/02 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall #
10/03 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre #
10/04 Phoenix, AZ Crescent Ballroom
10/05 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
10/06 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace #
10/07 Dallas, TX Club Dada #
10/08 Austin, TX The Mohawk #
10/09 Houston, TX Fitzgerald's #
10/10 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jack's #
10/11 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder #
10/12 Mobile, AL Alabama Music Box
10/13 Birmingham, AL Bottletree #
10/14 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade #
10/15 Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern #  
10/16 Asheville, NC The Grey Eagle
10/17 Winston-Salem, NC    The Werehouse     
10/18 Richmond, VA Strange Matter
10/19 Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda's
10/25 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
10/28 Columbia, MO University of Missouri
10/29 St. Louis, MO Billiken Club
10/30 Kansas City, MO Recordbar
10/31 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
11/05 Santa Cruz, CA 418 Project
11/06 San Diego, CA Casbah
11/07 Oakland, CA The New Parish
 
* = w/ The Submarines
# = w/ Toro Y Moi
% = w/ Little Dragon
$ = w/ Times New Viking
+ = w/ Woven Bones, Blouse, Man/Miracle