[News] Hot Chip Announce More 2012 Tour Dates

Further supporting their upcoming fifth LP In Our Heads, UK outfit Hot Chip have announced even more tour dates to extend their 2012 schedule. From June through September, the band will make their way back and forth across the Atlantic, with planned performances in the UK, Spain, Denmark, Mexico, Canada and the US. As well, they will be making an appearance at this year's Pitchfork Music Festival, and will also be performing in Los Angeles with the help of Passion Pit. Take a look at their full tour itinerary after the jump, with new dates and locations in italics.

In Our Heads is out on June 12th via Domino Records, and head here to listen to the first track from the album "Flutes."

Hot Chip 2012 Tour Dates:
06/10 – Sheffield, UK @ Leadmill
06/11 – Cambridge, UK @ Junction
06/13 – London, UK @ Heaven
06/15 – London, UK @ Lovebox
06/16 – Barcelona, ES @ Sonar Festival
07/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
07/14 – Chicago, IL @ Pitchfork Music Festival
07/15 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
07/17 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
07/18 – Brooklyn, NY @ Prospect Park Bandshell
07/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
07/27 – Dorset, UK @ Camp Bestival
08/10 – Hamburg, DE @ Dockville
08/11 – Saalburg, DE @ SonnesMondSterne
09/02 – Stradbally, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/06 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival
09/09 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl *
09/11 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater
09/13 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
09/14 – Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
09/15 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
09/22 – Mexico City, MX @ Pepsi Center 

* = w/ Passion Pit and Omar Souleyman

[News] Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective and More Announce Record Store Day Releases

Domino Records, along with their subsidary Ribbon Music, have announced four releases for Record Store Day 2012. Highlighting the releases are Animal Collective and Arctic Monkeys, along with labelmates Laura Marling and Caitlin Rose.

Arctic Monkeys will be releasing their single "R U Mine?" on limited purple 7" vinyl, with a brand new track titled "Electricity" serving as the b-side. On the Animal Collective side of things, the psychedelic outfit will release the Tranverse Temporary Gyrus 12", which features original tracks and live recordings made for Animal Collective's performance as part of an installation by the band and visual artist Danny Perez. The performance took place at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City in March 2010, and the 12" will also feature a foldout 24 x 36 poster. Laura Marling and Caitlin Rose will be releasing 7" singles, with Marling's release consisting of single "Flicker and Fall," backed by previously unreleased track "To Be A Woman," while Rose's single will consist of covers of Alex Turner's "Piledriver Waltz" and Arctic Monkeys' "Love Is A Laserquest."

Along with the music releases, Domino and Ribbon will be releasing a magazine for Record Store Day titled Smugglers Way, which features 24 pages of original artwork and prose from artists on the label, as well as five individual discs of unreleased music from Real Estate, Cass McCombs, and more.

[News] LCD Soundsystem to Reissue "Losing My Edge" for Record Store Day 2012

Record Store Day 2012 announcements keep coming in, and today LCD Soundsystem has joined in on the fun. The New York outfit's debut single "Losing My Edge" will be reissued on Record Store Day, April 21st, on 12" vinyl, and is now available to preorder via Midheaven Mailorder.

Along with this announcement is yet another clip from LCD Soundsystem's upcoming film SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS, which will be premiered this week at SXSW and officially released later this year. After the jump, you can watch the clip, in which James Murphy discusses how his age played a part in the breakup of the band, via Pitchfork.

[News] Reading & Leeds Festival Line-up Announced. Foo Fighters, The Cure, Kasabian Headlining

Every bank holiday weekend in August a music festival takes place in Leeds and Reading, both of which have the same line-up playing alternate days and as preciously reported, last night the line-up was finally released. Rumours had been flying around for quite some time about who would be making an appearance and it's always nice when the rumours become a reality. As you can see from the above poster, arena conquerors Foo Fighters will return to their comfortable headline slot with The Black Keys playing before them. The Cure will also make a return to the festival, their first in 30 years! Paramore will play beneath them. Florence & The Machine will also play beneath Kasabian on the 3rd day.

Other artists announced in this first round include Justice, Maccabees and At The Drive in heading up the NME stage with the line-up being filled out by riff mongrels Pulled Apart By Horses who will open up main stage on the Friday at Leeds. Also filling out the bill are Cancer Bats, Crystal Castles, The Cribs, Miike Snow, The Horrors and SBTRKT. The Shins will make their return also! Soak it all in and make the jump to see which bands play which day at the two festivals. See you there!

FRIDAY IN READING, SATURDAY IN LEEDS MAIN STAGE

The Cure

Paramore

Bombay Bicycle Club

You Me At Six

Crystal Castles

Angels and Airwaves

Coheed and Cambria

Cancer Bats

Deaf Havana

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

The Maccabees

Foster The People

The Courteeners

SATURDAY IN READING, SUNDAY IN LEEDS MAIN STAGE

Kasabian

Florence & The Machine

The Vaccines

Enter Shikari

The Shins

Odd Future

Mystery Jets

Blood Red Shoes

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

At The Drive-In

The Cribs

Billy Talent

Miike Snow

SUNDAY IN READING, FRIDAY IN LEEDS MAIN STAGE

Foo Fighters

The Black Keys

Kaiser Chiefs

Bullet For My Valentine

All Time Low

The Gaslight Anthem

Eagles Of Death Metal

Band Of Skulls

Pulled Apart By Horses

NME/RADIO 1 STAGE

Justice

Two Door Cinema Club

The Horrors

SBTRKT

[News] Lemonade Announce New LP: 'Diver'

On May 28th, New York trio Lemonade will return with their sophomore LP Diver, a project they've been working on since before the release of their 2010 EP Pure Moods. The album was recorded "over the course of several years, at home in New York, on tour in Brazil between shows, or in their practice space in the basement of an old Catholic school," and came to a finished state when the band hired producer Le Chev. The result is an album"swimming ecstatically in the melodies of early 90′s R&B, UK 2-step Garage, Balearic house and NY freestyle."

The band has also released the song "Neptunes," the first sample from the forthcoming LP, which you can download for free here. As well, the band is set to go on tour, which includes supporting performances alongside Neon Indian. Check out their tour dates and the tracklisting for Diver after the jump. Diver is out on May 28th via True Panther Sounds.

Diver Tracklisting:

1. Infinite Style
2. Neptune
3. Ice Water
4. Eye Drops
5. Whitecaps
6. Vivid
7. Sinead
8. Sister
9. Big Changes
10. Softkiss

Lemonade Tour dates:

3/8 Philadelphia, PA - Snacks @ Voyeur
3/14 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Bowl
4/20 Los Angeles, CA - Echo ^
4/24 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore *
4/26 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
4/27 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
4/28 Vancouver, BC - Venue *
4/30 Edmonton, AB - The Starlite Room *
5/1 Calgary, AB - The Republik *
5/3 Winnipeg, MB - Pyramid Cabaret *
5/4 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
5/5 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
5/6 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
5/8 Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre *
5/10 Montreal, QC - Cabaret Mile End *
5/11 Boston, MA - Paradise *

* with Neon Indian
^ with Bachelorette

[News] Bobby Womack Announces New Damon Albarn-Produced Album

Soul singer Bobby Womack has announced a brand new studio album, his first in twelve years, titled The Bravest Man in the Universe, a 12 track effort that was produced by none other than Damon Albarn. The album also marks Womack's first time since 1994's Resurrection releasing an album of original material, and below you can stream the second track from the album "Please Forgive My Heart." As well, after the jump, you can take a look at the album's tracklisting.

The Bravest Man in the Universe Tracklist:
01. The Bravest Man in the Universe
02. Please Forgive My Heart
03. Deep River
04. Dayglo Reflection
05. Sweet Baby Mine
06. Stupid
07. If There Wasn’t Something There
08. Love Is Gonna Lift You Up
09. Nothin’ Can Save Ya
10. Jubilee

[News] Washed Out Announces U.S. Tour Dates

After a period of calm these past few months, chillwave artist Washed Out will be hitting the road again in support of his debut studio album Within And Without, which was released in the summer of last year. Following a performance at this year's SXSW, Ernest Greene will be teaming up with Toronto dream pop duo Memoryhouse for eight shows across the U.S., as well as a show on May 10 in Austin, before heading out on his own for another fifteen shows. Check out Washed Out's full tour itinerary after the jump.

Within And Without is out now via Sub Pop.

Washed Out Tour Dates:

03-16 Austin, TX - SXSW Rhapsody Rocks Austin
04-16 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
04-17 Richmond, VA - The National *
04-18 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
04-19 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
04-20 Boston, MA - Paradise *
04-22 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom *
04-26 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
04-27 Aspen, CO - Belly Up *
04-28 Salt Lake City, UT - The Urban Lounge
04-30 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
05-02 Seattle, WA - Neptune
05-04 San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
05-05 Los Angeles, CA - The Music Box
05-07 San Diego, CA - Porters Pub
05-10 Austin, TX - The Mohawk *
05-11 New Orleans, LA - Parish @ House of Blues
05-13 Tampa, FL - Crowbar
05-14 Fort Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room
05-15 Orlando, FL - The Social
05-17 Charleston, SC - Music Farm
05-18 Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall
05-19 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West Atlanta
06-10 Salisbury, England - Parque da Cidade
07-14 Louisville, KY - Forecastle Festival

* with Memoryhouse

[News] Best Coast Announces New Album; 'The Only Place'

It's hard to deny the coverage Best Coast got with their 2010 debut, Crazy for You with a record titled Crazy for You on May the 15th via Mexican Summer. The Only Place is set to have some new takes on previously heard Best Coast tracks such as "How They Want Me to Be", "Up All Night" and "Dreaming My Life Away" which should be interesting. Let's take a look at the tracklisting below and mark our calendars with a big ol' drawing of a cat on May 15th to mark the release of the new album! (Via P4K)

The Only Place tracklisting:

01 The Only Place
02 Why I Cry
03 Last Year
04 My Life
05 No One Like You
06 How They Want Me to Be
07 Better Girl
08 Do You Love Me Like You Used To
09 Dreaming My Life Away
10 Let's Go Home
11 Up All Night