[Watch] Beach House - "Lazuli" Live on Jools Holland

Following up their delightful performance of "Myth" on Later... with Jools Holland at the start of last week the band also stuck around to play "Lazuli" from their newly released LP, Bloom. The performance can be enjoyed up at the top of the page.

[Watch] White Rabbits - "The Day You Won The War" Live on Conan

White Rabbits returned to the late night circuit yesterday with a trip to Conan. The band performed "The Day You Won The War" from their album Milk Famous. Check it out at the top courtesy of The Audio Perv.

[News] The xx Announce US Tour Dates

It's been a pretty good few weeks for fans of The xx. They played a handful of intimate UK dates last week at which they debuted numerous new tracks. Now word is out that they're to visit the US in between their busy summer schedule. Peep all of their tour dates after the jump to see if your city is listed.

The xx 2012 Tour Dates:
05/29 – Bordeaux, FR @ Le Rocher de Palmer
05/30 – Toulouse, FR @ Le Phare
05/31 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
06/08 – Turin, IT @ Traffic Festival
06/09 – Porto, PT @ Optimus Primavera Sound
06/15 – Aarhus, DK @ Northside Festival
06/16 – Hultsfred, SE @ Hultsfred Festival
06/22 – Scheessel, DE @ Hurricane Festival
06/23 – Neuhausen, DE @ Southside Festival
06/27 – Arendal, NO @ Hove Festival
06/29 – Arras, FR @ Main Square Festival
06/30 – Werchter, BE @ Rock Werchter
07/07 – Gdynia, PL @ Open’er Festival
07/14 – Joensuu, FI @ Ilosaairock Festival
07/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Fonda
07/25 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
07/28 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix
07/29 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
07/31 – Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre
08/02 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
08/09 – Sibinek, CR @ Terraneo Festival
08/10 – Budapest, HR @ Sziget Festival
08/11 – St Pere, FR @ La Route du Rock
08/18 – St. Polten, AT @ Frequency Festival
08/19 – Biddinhuizen, NL @ Lowlands Festival
08/31 – Laois, IE @ Electric Picnic
09/07 – Isle of Wight, UK @ Bestival

[News] Dot to Dot Festival Preview

Summer is creeping in and with that you'll of noticed a host of Festivals taking place in just about every corner of the globe. Dot to Dot Festival started back in 2005 in Nottingham bringing together some top music acts across a number of venues. Fast forward to 2012 and the event has grown to three cities, all playing host to the chosen bands over a weekend. This years event will take place over the weekend of June 2nd to 4th in Nottingham, Bristol and Manchester. It's sure to be a great way to spend the bank holiday weekend in the UK and some ridiculously good bands will take to the stages over the weekend.

Up at the top you can see some of the line-up which includes, The Drums, Pulled Apart by Horses, Wavves, Willis Earl Beal, Summer Camp, Willy Moon and countless other top artists. Over the next week or so leading up to the event we'll post up some recommendations for bands we'll most definitely be checking out and will be at the Manchester date to report on all the shows we possibly can! Keep your eyes peeled for it but in the mean time for some more info hit up the official site. The full line up can be found here while the venue guide and set times are also up for your perusal here. Tickets can be purchased for the event here so get planning and see you in the pits!

[Watch] Beach House - "Myth" Live on Jools Holland

What a busy few weeks it's been for Beach House, firstly we saw the, perform on Letterman late last week and last nigh they were back in the UK performing on Later... with Jools Holland. They performed "Myth" once again and the results can be seen up at the top and look out for some more performances appearing online over the weekend when the Friday show has been broadcast.

Beach House's new album Bloom is out now.

[Watch] Franz Ferdinand Debut New Tracks Live in Ireland

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Franz Ferdinand but they're back and performed a gig in Ireland after an 18 month dry spell of gigs. While playing the show in Limerick they debuted four new tracks, as Stereogum points out they played "Right Thoughts", "Brief Encounters", "Trees & Animals" and "Fresh Strawberries" all of which can be seen after the jump via some fan shot footage. It's nice to hear some new material from the band and no doubt we'll hear more as they continue playing shows over the summer months.

As well as debuting new material the band also performed a cover of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love". A fine tribute indeed.

[Watch] Passion Pit - "Take a Walk" Live @ The Webby Awards

The Webby Awards took place yesterday and during the show, Passion Pit took to the stage to provide some entertainment for the guests. They played "Take a Walk" from their forthcoming album Gossamer which is out on the 24th of July via Columbia. Enjoy the video of the performance via Pitchfork at the top.

[Download] Enter Shikari - 'Live In London NW5' EP

Enter Shikari have just returned from a solid run of dates in the US and to celebrate have offered fans a live recording of them from a few months back at a tiny show in London. The 5 track EP is up for download on their official site and is simply titled, Live In London NW5. If you've never witnessed Shikari live they are a force to be reckoned with and their on stage energy just transfers to the crowd making for some riot provoking action. See what all the fuss is about with this little cheeky Monday download.