[News] Hot Chip Announce Fifth Studio LP: 'In Our Heads'

Even with many of its members being involved in side projects (The 2 Bears, New Build), British electro pop outfit Hot Chip are back in the studio and ready to release their fifth LP. The studio effort, titled In Our Heads, is set for release on June 11th in the UK and June 12th in North America through the band's new label, Domino Records. Described in the press release as "an unadultered delight of an album bursting with dynamic floor fillers, euphoric earworms and verbose synth-fuelled love songs," In Our Heads will feature eleven tracks, with the full track listing being available to check out after the jump.

In support of the LP, Hot Chip will be performing at various festivals throughout Europe and the US, including Pitchfork Music Festival. Take a look at all of their tour dates and locations after the jump.

In Our Heads Tracklist:
01. Motion Sickness
02. How Do You Do
03. Don’t Deny Your Heart
04. Look At Where We Are
05. These Chains
06. Night And Day
07. Flutes
08. Now There Is Nothing
09. Ends Of The Earth
10. Let Me Be Him
11. Always Been Your Love

Hot Chip 2012 Tour Dates:
06/15 – London, UK @ Lovebox
06/16 – Barcelona, ES @ Sonar Festival
07/13-15 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07/27 – Dorset, UK @ Camp Bestival
08/10 – Hamburg, DE @ Dockville
08/11 – Saalburg, DE @ SonneMondSterne
09/02 – Stradballe, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
09/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *

* = w/ Passion Pit and Omar Soulyman

[News] Tenacious D Detail 'Rize of the Fenix'

Jack Black and Kyle Gass aka Tenacious D have released some more details about their new studio album, Rize of the Fenix. The album will feature an appearance with past collaborator Dave Grohl and is going to drop in stores on the 15th of May. Prepare to feel the flames of the 'Fenix'. Peep the tracklisting below.

Rize of the Fenix Tracklisting:

01. Rize of the Fenix
02. Low Hangin’ Fruit
03. Classical Teacher
04. Señorita
05. Deth Starr
06. Roadie
07. Flutes and Trombones
08. Ballad of Hollywood Jack and the Rage Kage
09. Throwdown
10. Rock Is Dead
11. They Fucked Our Asses
12. To Be The Best
13. 39

[News] OFF! Announce New Album

OFF!, the hardcore LA super-group featuring members of Black Flag/Circle Jerks, Burning Brides, Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt/Earthless and Redd Kross have just announced a brand new album. They're to follow up their EP with a full length self-titled number via Vice on May 8th. (via P4K)

Prior to that though they'll tear through SXSW with some more dates set for May. Peep the tracklisting below and the dates after the jump. Get pumped.

OFF! tracklisting:

01 Wiped Out 
02 I Got News For You
03 Elimination
04 Cracked
05 Wrong
06 Borrow and Bomb
07 Toxic Box
08 Man From Nowhere
09 Jet Black Girls
10 King Kong Brigade
11 Harbor Freeway Blues
12 Feelings Are Meant to Be Hurt
13 Vaporized
14 503
15 Zero for Conduct
16 I Need One (I Want One)

OFF! 2012 Tour Dates

03-16 Austin, TX - SXSW Power of the Riff, Scoot Inn
03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW Dickies House, Lustre Pearl
03-17 Austin, TX - SXSW NXNE Showcase, Club Deville
03-18 Dallas, TX - Bro Fest, Club Dada
03-24 Santa Ana, CA - Burger Records Fest, The Observatory
05-08 Los Angeles, CA - Whiskey A Go Go
05-11 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
05-14 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
05-29 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival

[News] M83 to Release "Mirror" for Record Store Day 2012

For this year's Record Store Day, M83 will be releasing a hidden track from his latest LP Hurry Up, We're Dreaming. The song, titled "Mirror," is a vibrant track with diverse instrumentation and repetitive lyrics, coming across as a bit of a departure from the rest of the album. Fitting then that it's a hidden track. Nonetheless, the song is fantastic and will be available to purchase as a limited-edition 2,000 copy 7" vinyl, so give it a listen below. Along with the announcement was the release of the Eric Prydz remix of "Midnight City," which you can purchase now on iTunes.

As well, after the jump, you can take a look at M83's current tour schedule.

M83 - "Mirror"

M83 2012 Tour Dates:
02/29 – Malmo, SE @ Kulturbolaget *
03/02 – Berlin, DE @ 20 Years of Intro Magazine *
03/03 – Cologne, DE @ 20 Years of Intro Magazine *
03/04 – Prague, CZ @ Lucerna *
03/05 – München, DE @ Hansa39 *
03/06 – Milan, IT @ Magazzini Generali *
03/08 – Montpellier, FR @ Rockstore *
03/09 – Barcelona, ES @ Bikini *
03/10 – Madrid, ES @ Shoko *
03/11 – Porto, PT @ Hard Club *
03/12 – Lisbon, PT @ Lux Club *
03/14 – Bordeaux, FR @ iBoat *
03/15 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale *
03/16 – Lille, FR @ Grand Mix *
03/17 – Strasbourg, FR @ La Laiterie *
03/18 – Lausanne, CH @ Les Docks  *
03/24 – Miami, FL @ Ultra Music Festival
04/13 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/20 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^
04/23 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^
04/25 – Portland, WA @ Roseland Theatre ^
04/26 – Seattle, WA @ The Neptune ^
04/27 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre ^
04/29 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue ^
04/30 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre ^
05/01 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada Theater ^
05/02 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant ^
05/04 – Chicago, IL @ The Vic ^
05/05 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre ^
05/06 – Toronto, OT @ Sound Academy ^
05/07 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
05/09 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues ^
05/10 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5 ^
05/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer ^
05/12 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club (early show) ^
05/13 – Washington, D.C. @ 9:30 Club (late show) ^
05/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Music Park ^
05/15 – Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works ^
05/17 – Houston, TX @ House Of Blues ^
05/18 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s ^
05/19 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater ^
06/12 – Paris, FR @ Olympia
06/14-16 – Hultsfred, SE @ Hultsfred Festival
06/15 – Seinajoki, FI @ Provinssirock
06/21 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
06/22 – Schessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/24 – Neuhausen, DE @ Southside Festival
06/28-07/01 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
06/29 – Arendal, NO @ Hove Festival
07/14 – Ferropolis, DE @ Melt! Festival
08/08 – New York, NY @ SummerStage

* = w/ Porcelain Raft
^ = w/ I Break Horses

[News] Sleigh Bells Announce U.S. Tour Dates

Sleigh Bells have announced a series of tour dates in support of their recently released sophomore LP Reign of Terror, which are set to kick off on March 26th and end April 25th, just prior to the band's tour alongside the Red Hot Chili Peppers. With shows all across North America, the tour will span 19 different cities, including a stop in Nashville for the Rites of Spring Music Festival on April 21st. Take a look at their full your itinerary after the jump.

Sleigh Bells 2012 Tour Dates:
03/26 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
03/27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
04/03 – San Diego, CA @ 4th and B
04/04 – Pomona, CA @ Fox Theater
04/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
04/07 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
04/08 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at SoDo
04/09 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
04/12 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
04/13 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
04/14 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
04/16 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
04/17 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre
04/18 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
04/20 – Georgetown, TX @ Corbin J Robertson Center
04/21 – Nasville, TN @ Rites of Spring Music Festival
04/23 – Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
04/24 – Iowa City, IA @ IMU Main Lounge
04/25 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
04/27 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center ^
04/28 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Center ^
04/30 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place ^
05/02 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre ^
05/04 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center ^
05/05 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center ^
05/07 – Boston, MA @ TD Bank North Garden ^
05/10 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center ^
05/11 – Philadelphia,, PA @ Wells Fargo Center ^

^ = w/ Red Hot Chili Peppers

[News] Maps & Atlases Announce Spring Tour

A firm favourite in the SKoA camp has just announced a spring tour to coincide with the release of their new album Beware and Be Grateful which has been given a release date of the 17th of April on Barsuk. Maps & Atlases kicks off in their hometown with a show at the Metro in Chicago on the 11th of May before continuing on through to June 19th at Amsterdam Hall in St. Paul. The Chicago boys will also hit up SXSW next month with a brief European tour around the SX dates. Peep their full list of dates after the jump.

Maps & Atlases Spring Tour 2012:

3/8 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
3/9 Nashville, TN - The Mercy
3/10 New Orleans, LA - Foburg Festival
3/14 - 3/17 Austin, TX - SXSW 2012
3/18 Dallas, TX - Bro Fest
3/19 Hot Springs, AR - Valley of the Vapors Festival
3/22 Memphis, TN - Fareveller Festival
3/31 Bethelem, PA - NOWADAYS Festival
5/11 Chicago, IL - Metro
5/12 St Louis, MO - Firebird      
5/14 Columbus, OH - The Basement
5/15 Akron, OH - Musica
5/16 Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
5/17 Ithaca, NY - The Haunt
5/18 Boston, MA - Middle East
5/19 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands      
5/21 New York, NY - The Studio at Webster Hall
5/22 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
5/23 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel
5/24 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
5/25 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
5/26 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
5/27 Orlando, FL - The Plaza      
5/29 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree      
6/1 Austin, TX - The Parish
6/4 El Paso, TX - Lowbro Palace
6/5 Phoenix, AZ - TBA
6/6 San Diego, CA - Casbah
6/7 Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
6/8 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
6/9 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill      
6/11 Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
6/12 Vancouver, BC - Media Club
6/13 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe      
6/15 Boise, ID - Neurolux
6/16 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
6/17 Denver, CO - Hi Dive
6/18 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
6/19 St Paul, MN - Amsterdam Hall

[News] Azealia Banks to Release Debut LP 'Broke With Expensive Taste' in September

In a recent interview with Nylon Magazine, Azealia Banks, the quickly rising Brooklyn MC, revealed that she would be releasing her debut studio album this September and that it would be titled Broke With Expensive Taste. She went further to explain that "the theme is a young girl trying to find it... Success! Herself! Her path! The young girl trying to make it! That girl who's at the end of her childhood trying to get a job and make some money, you know? She needs to get what she can get! She needs to go out there and show people she knows how to work for it."

Those are all of the details available so far, but be sure to expect additional details in the coming months, and for now, after the jump, you can check out the video for Banks' banger "212."

[News] Beach House Announce New Album, 'Bloom'

According to recent reports, Beach House will be releasing the follow-up to 2010's fantastic Teen Dreams on May 15th via Sub Pop, and that the new studio effort will be titled Bloom. Since the reports hit the web, Sub Pop has neither denied nor confirmed any of the information, but nonetheless the album will include 10 tracks, two of which, "Wild" and "Other People," Beach House has performed live. After the jump, you can watch live video footage of the band performing the two songs, and take a look at the tracklisting for Bloom.

Bloom Tracklist:
01 Myth
02 Wild
03 Lazuli
04 Other People
05 The Hours
06 Troublemaker
07 New Year
08 Wishes
09 On the Sea
10 Irene

"Wild":

"Other People":