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BEACH_HOUSE

Beach House’s highly anticipated new album, Bloom is right around the corner (it’s out May 15th in the US; 14th in the Europe). To promote their new disc, the duo…

M83

M83 just won’t stop touring their Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming! They’ve just announced an extension that runs through early-mid October. They completely killed it at Coachella this month, so make…

Metric

In support of their upcoming new album, Synthetica, Metric have announced an extensive US tour (also: a handful of European shows and festivals). Earlier this week, the Canadian rockers released…

Passion Pit

On July 24th, Passion Pit will release Gossamer, the expansive new album that will serve as a follow-up to the band’s 2009 full-length debut, Manners. Of the album, frontman Michael…

BON_IVER

Bon Iver paid tribute to the late, great Levon Helm in San Francisco last week with their sprightly cover of The Band’s “Ophelia” from Northern Lights – Southern Cross. Watch…

BEST COAST

On May 15th Best Coast are releasing their brand new album and love letter to their home state of California, The Only Place (as in, California is the only place…

Lollapalooza

We got the full lineup last week, but now, the people that run Lollapalooza have unveiled the daily lineups for this year’s festival, taking place August 3-5. Check them out…

Outside Lands 2012

On the weekend of August 10-12, San Francisco’s premiere music festival Outside Lands will be headlined by living legends Stevie Wonder, Neil young & Crazy Horse and Metallica. Other big…

Sasquatch 2012

Sasquatch, Washington State’s best cryptid and Memorial Day music festival, just announced its 2012 schedule. Sure, the headliners – the Roots, Jack White, Bon Iver, Beck, Feist – are great,…

TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS

If you know anything about Totally Emormous Extinct Dinosaurs, the project of UK electro producer Orlando Higgenbottom, who’s been serving up amazing remixes and mesmerizing masquerade live sets for some…

Sigur Ros

Atmospheric post-rock vanguards Sigur Rós are taking their powerhouse live act on tour this summer in support of their new album, Valtari. Check out the announced dates below:

Friends

Brooklyn buzz band Friends––who made gargantuan waves last year with their single “I’m His Girl”––have announced a debut album called Manifest! with a June 4th release date on the calendar.…

COACHELLA 2012

As you know by now Coachella 2012 is kicking off on Friday, for its first weekend. (It will return next Friday April 20th for an encore weekend.) And like last…

THE WEEKND

The Weeknd has announced his first ever tour outside of Canada. You will want to be a part of it. For now, Tesfaye is only visiting the Union’s coasts, kicking…