Pitchfork Music Festival 2013 has announced the headliners or R. Kelly, Bjork, and Belle & Sebastian.
The three-day festival lasts from July 19-21 at Union Park in Chicago. Additional bands will be announced at a later date.
New Jersey's Night Birds have announced a new 7" on Fat Wreck Chords on May 7. The four song EP is titled Maimed for the Masses and will preclude their new full-length this summer, Born to Die in Suburbia, which will be released on Grave Mistake Records and contains …
Ipecac Recordings will release a collaboration between Mark Lanegan and Duke Garwood on April 16, titled Black Pudding. Lanegan, former Screaming Trees, has also collaborated with Isobell Campbell (Belle & Sebastian) and Greg Dulli (Afgan Whigs). On this endeavor, he states:
Duke Garwood is one of my …
This year's Volcom Singles Series subscription line-up will include new material from Radio Moscow, The Shrine, and Zig Zags for the first two releases. The first 150 subscribers will also receive a copy of the limited edition Volcom x Yo Gabba Gabba 7", which features a first new Rocket From …
A new group based on collaboration between Kimya Dawson and Aesop Rock has been announced. The new project, dubbed the Uncluded, will release an their debut, Hokey Fright, on May via Rhymesayers Entertainment.
Aesop Rock released Skelethon last year, which included an appearance from Dawson in the …
The Path Less Traveled Records has announced plans to release a new EP from Shroud Eater in May, with a preview track coming soon. The three-piece band from Miami, FL was founded in 2009.
Valient Thorr have entered the studio in Athens, GA to record their sixth full-length with producer Kyle Spence for Volcom Entertainment. The new album is expected to have a summer release and follow's 2010's Stranger.
Corrosion of Conformity, who released a self-titled record last year (Candlelight Records), have begun writing its follow-up. Their line-up remains the three-piece consisting of vocalist/bassist Mike Dean, guitarist Woodroe Weatherman, and drummer Reed Mullin.
Southern Lord band Black Breath has announced a five-city Australia jaunt this April. he tour comes a few days aftr the band's appearance at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival and will be followed by a few east coast US dates.
The band released Sentenced to Lifelast …
The Candy Hearts have announced a springtime tour with Allison Weiss, Pentimento, and What's Eating Gilbert. The band released The Best Ways to Disappear EP last year on Bridge Nine/Violently Happy Records.
Guided By Voices have announced yet another new LP, the upcoming English Little League, due on April 30 on GBV, Inc.
The album will be their fourth in the past year.
Daybreaker will be releasing a new two-song 7", which follows their 2011 debut The Northbound Trains EP. The new release will come as a joint release between Escapist Records and Pure Noise, who also released the band's first EP. You can check out a new song here.
Veronica Falls are now streaming their second full-length album, Waiting for Something to Happen, at pitchfork.com. The new record was released Feb. 12 on Slumberland/Bella Union and recorded by Rory Atwell.
The band will be touring this March.
FLAG, featuring Keith Morris and Chuck Dukowski, will be brining in Dez Cadena to play guitar. In a Rolling Stone interview, the band expressed that they are together strictly to pay tribute to their past. The group is lined up to play several festivals.
In related news, Greg Ginn …
Off! has announced the cancellation of their upcoming west coast tour, following a diabetic coma suffered by vocalist Keith Morris after Australia's Big Day Out festival. The tour was to be with Negative Approach and Bad Antics.
Off! released a self-titled record last year on Vice.
Milwaukee, WI's Enabler have announced an upcoming EP on Think Fast! Records.The new EP, Shift of Redemption, will follow last year's full-length All Hail the Void which came out on Southern Lord Records. The new EP features the first recordings with new their new line-up, including Eric Dunn (guitar) …
Wavves and Fidlar will soon be hitting the road together for a US tour this spring when Fidlar returns from a separate European run of date. Fidlar just recently released their self-titled debut on Mom & Pop Music.
Finnish folk metal wizards Ensiferum will be headlining the fourth annual Paganfest America tour, along with support from Tyr, Heidevolk, Trollfest, and Helsott, ranging from March 30-April 21.
Ensiferum released Unsung Heroes last fall on Spinefarm Records.
Third Man Records will be releasing an upcoming 7” from ex-Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. The EP will be offered in 100 limited copied on “flexi-rays” in which the songs are pressed onto old medical x-rays and will be for sale only during SXSW in Austin, TX. The three song …
To celebrate their second album, Last Splash, turning 20 years old, The Breeders will be releasing a deluxe re-issue this year on 4AD Records and have announced a May-June tour to play the record live.