10.05 - X-Wife @ TMN Ao Vivo, Lisboa 12.05 - Russian Circles @ Hard Club, Porto 13.05 - Russian Circles @ MusicBox, Lisboa 19.05 - YACHT @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 31.05 - The War on Drugs @ MusicBox, Lisboa 07 a 10.06 - Beach House, The Black Lips, Veronica Falls, Wavves, Afghan Whigs, Atlas Sound, The Olivia Tremor Control, Death Cab for Cutie, I Break Horses,

Russian Circles have posted some North American tour dates for this June. The band will be touring with And So I Watch You From Afar.
02.05 - The Magnetic Fields @ Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 04.05 - Sétima Legião @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 10.05 - X-Wife @ TMN Ao Vivo, Lisboa 12.05 - Russian Circles @ Hard Club, Porto 13.05 - Russian Circles @ MusicBox, Lisboa 19.05 - YACHT @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 31.05 - The War on Drugs @ MusicBox, Lisboa 07 a 10.06 - Björk, Beach House, The Black
27.04 - IS TROPICAL @ MusicBox, Lisboa 27.04 - X-Wife @ TMN ao Vivo, Lisboa 27.04 - Tiga, Junior Boys, Yen Sung, Joan As Police Woman in Black Balloon @ Lux, Lisboa 28.04 - Kraak DJ-Set @ LEFT, Lisboa 01.05 - The Magnetic Fields @ Casa da Música, Porto 02.05 - The Magnetic Fields @ Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 04.05 - Sétima Legião @ Coliseu dos Recreios, Lisboa 10.05 -
It's the return of American label Sargent House 's podcast presented by 2XM's Niahm Hegarty. This second edition features an interview of Marfred Rodriguez Lopez from Zechs Marquise , talking about his youth living around At The Drive-In and opening for their first reunion gig. There's also an interview of Marriages , a new band from Red Sparowes members Greg Burns, Emma Ruth Rundle, Dave Clifford and music from Chelsea Wolfe , Big Sir , Tera Melos , Deafheaven and Russian Circles .
20.04 - PAUS @ Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães 27.04 - IS TROPICAL @ MusicBox, Lisboa 27.04 - X-Wife @ TMN ao Vivo, Lisboa 27.04 - Tiga, Junior Boys, Yen Sung, Joan As Police Woman in Black Balloon @ Lux, Lisboa 28.04 - Kraak DJ-Set @ LEFT, Lisboa 01.05 - The Magnetic Fields @ Casa da Música, Porto 02.05 - The Magnetic Fields @ Teatro Maria Matos, Lisboa 04.05 - Sétima
29.03 - We Have Band @ MusicBox, Lisboa 29.03 - Supernada @ Lux, Lisboa 30.03 - Mark Lanegan @ Hard Club, Porto 31.03 - Mark Lanegan @ TMN ao Vivo, Lisboa 31.03 - Trophy Wife @ MusicBox, Lisboa 31.03 - Clinging to Your Fever [Kraak DJ-Set] @ ACercadaNoite, Almada 04.04 - Supernada @ Hard Club, Porto 05.04 - Kraak DJ-Set @ LEFT, Lisboa 13.04 - Hold All the Cr3zy Inside [

Russian Circles and Deafheaven will be headed to Europe this April and May.

Post-rock trio Russian Circles have announced spring 2012 European tour dates in support of their album Empros . The new album was released this past October via Sargent House. Check out tour dates below. Read more »

If you find something you like on this list, download the complimentary MP3 and click the album art, which will take you to the Amazon MP3 page so you can purchase it (some of these albums are $5 or less). 50 // A.A. Bondy – Believers It's about time Bondy takes the full on band direction without tip-toeing around it like the last few albums. Oh wait let me re-word that; his last two where spectacular, but this is a sound that he's been hiding for a while and it's [...]
Here are my obtuse meanderings vis-a-vis the best records of the year. Please forgive my inanity. 11. Let's Wrestle – Nursing Home Nouveau '90s rock was to 2011 what dance punk revivalism was to 2001. And of all the bands channeling classic slackercore this year, Let's Wrestle did it the best. 10. Russian Circles – Empros I'll be honest, I'm not a huge fan of instrumental rock — particularly metal. After all, it usually involves more noodling than a Pauls [...]
You guys, I can't do this anymore. I can't give you descriptions of all these albums and post 30 or 40 MP3s along the way. It just takes too much time and effort. I'll try to make this a little bit more than just a list, because I want it to look a tiny bit [...]

Gli ultimi giorni dell'anno sono giorni di classifiche. Questi sono gli album che ho ascoltato di più, sono parecchi perché quando ci son da fare delle scelte non riesco mai a decidermi. Non c'è un ordine, ho aperto la cartella della musica scaricata quest'anno e ho copiato e incollato i nomi dei dischi che son stati la colonna sonora del mio 2011, tutto qui. Come al solito puntando la copertina vengono fuori nome del gruppo, titolo dell'album e cliccandoci sopra si arriva a qualcosa da ascoltare. Divertitevi. [...]
Oh hi, guys. I didn't hear you come in. Thanks for stopping by. So…I drank a lot last night. Like, A LOT a lot. And oh boy did I ever make an ass out of myself. It's almost as if when I drink now I convince myself that I'm creating a social performance art piece [...]
The list's mid-point. There's plenty of great material here, from rookie breakthroughs NewVillager to arena-ready acts like The Black Keys and Fleet Foxes. Take a look

We're only mere weeks away from the official start of winter, so don't forget to party while you still can. We're talking about some great shows including The Cell Phone s at The Hideout, Russian Circles at Lincoln Hall and Missing Monuments at the Empty Bottle. Let's rock and roll, hoochie koo . FRIDAY THE CELL PHONES It's hard to believe that the [...]

The Clouds Are Ghosts From: Austin, Texas, United States Austin four piece The Clouds Are Ghosts took some time out to chat to the Devil about their musical mystique, their love of Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs and why they made their music free. The Devil : Why The Cloud Are Ghosts? The Clouds Are Ghosts : There's a certain mystique to our [...]

First off, I feel obligated to preface this "Best of" list by admitting that this posting will in no way bolster my metal cred. If I presented this list to any of my metal friends, I would probably be laughed out of the room. I would prefer to consider this list as more of a layperson's guide to metal, a pair of floaties for those of you willing to get your toes wet in the vast, primordial ocean of metal. That being said, it's been a good year for metal. This year saw major releases from some of [...]
This month on YUNR, Anthony gives explanations as to why he's let new releases from Coldplay, Florence + the Machine, Noel Gallagher, Russian Circles, and the Beach Boys pass him by. Here's some short explanations of other albums worth checking out as well: Thee Oh Sees- Carrion Crawler / The Dream (In the Red) I've gotten quite a few requests for this one, and I can understand why. This album is noticeably better than the album the Oh Sees put out earlier this year. No doubt. The production on this album is [...]
RUSSIAN CIRCLES, HELMS ALEE, DEAFHEAVEN ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) See our article on Russian Circles. YOUR RIVAL, DEATH SONGS, AND AND AND ( Slim's , 8635 N Lombard) The inaugural Underbelly Bender stretches from now 'til New Year's, with seven ripping good rock shows at dive bars scattered throughout town. It kicks off tonight in St. Johns with a trio of great local acts: [...]