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With the impending release of Codes And Keys, Death Cab For Cutie have announced 13 dates at intimate venues throughout the U.S. and Canada. The tour kicks off on May 18th in Toronto and will end on June 9th in San Francisco. Bright Eyes will join DCFC for three dates. Tickets go on sale starting March 26th with a ticket pre-sale happening on March 24th. Codes And Keys is in stores on May 31st.
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If this were 1995 and the announcement of a 311/Sublime tour were made, people would be losing their shit right now. But it's 2011, 311 hasn't released a good album in a while and Sublime is now With Rome. How times have changed.
But these two summertime bands are hitting the road together starting July 8th in Bonner Springs, Kansas for the Unity tour. The party comes to a close on August 26th in Seattle and all along the way, the bands will be playing amphitheaters… Read More

Are you looking forward to the new Fleet Foxes album, Helplessness Blues? You should be, you varmint! You should have lost your collective marbles when the title track came out back in January for you to wrap your ears around. Now, Robin Pecknold and the guys are giving you another chance to get all mushy over the new record with a new track… Read More

Were you a fan of Snoop Dogg's appearance on "Welcome To The World of the Plastic Beach" from the Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach? Perhaps you'll appreciate this.
Head over to Some Kind Of Awesome to check out a brand new collab track between tha Doggfather and the animated primates called "Sumthin Like This Night." This time,… Read More

I fucking love Dave Grohl. The man killed at when he performed at SXSW with the Foo Fighters. He has a badass new documentary out and now he's the newest rocker to tell Glee that it can go fornicate itself with a hot iron stick.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Grohl defended Slash… Read More

Oh yes. Maynard and his band are back. No, not Tool.....no, no not Puscifer....A Perfect Circle, there you go! I knew you'd get it eventually.
APC are up and running in full swing this summer with a full North American tour that will kick off after their appearance at the Rock on the Range festival in Columbus, OH on May 22nd. The first show is on June 29th in Portland, OR and will end on August 9th in Pittsburgh, PA. Ticket info hasn't been made available… Read More

Up top is one Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam monster fame performing the song "You're True" which will appear on his forthcoming solo album, Ukelele Songs. The album is in stores on May 31st and will feature 16 tracks, both original and cover songs. The full tracklisting can be seen down below. The first single from the album, "Longing To Belong," will be up for download on March 22nd.
Furthermore, a concert film called Water on the Road is also slated for a May 31… Read More

If you were scratching your head after listening to Radiohead's The King Of Limbs, wondering why all these "noises" were on the album as opposed to a proper band, this may clarify things a bit for you.
Up top is a new single from Thom Yorke, Four Tet and Burial called "Ego" which was released last week. Down below is the b-side called "Mirror." The artists collaborated together and are releasing a 12" on March 21st which can no… Read More

From March 15-20, I resided in Austin, TX for the 25th installment of the South by Southwest festival. This was my second go-around at SXSW and it was infinitely better than last year's just after the first night! Between the shows, late night pedicab rides, Texas BBQ, riots, uprisings, running into old friends, making new friends and holding our very own party to end the week, this is a week that will remain as one of the RiO!B's best and most fun.
And since we thrive on… Read More