
04-21 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater % 04-22 Austin, TX - Emo's % 04-23 Houston, TX - Walter's % 04-24 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon % 04-25 Tallahassee, FL - Engine Room % 04-27 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree % 04-28 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge % 04-29 Atlanta, GA - The Earl % 04-30 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern % 05-01 Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle % 05-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall 05-07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church 05-08 Baltimore, MD - [...]

Thom Yorke / photo by David Greenwald If you're clutching your three-day, $300 ticket with anxiety right now, wondering how you're going to spend a weekend in the desert (outside of jeans company-sponsored hotel parties, of course), fret no longer. After the jump, the Rawkblog hour-by-hour guide to the 2010 Coachella Music Festival. FRIDAY DRIVE TO INDIO, STOP AT THAT AWESOME DINOSAUR STATUE FROM Pee Wee's Big Adventure 2:10 @ Outdoor Theatre: Deer Tick 2:35 @ Coachella Stage: Wale 3:30 @ Gobi: [...]

To view all Tour Dates-related news, click here . Dates from our favorite ethereal Bmore duo, Beach House , featuring a stop with Grizzly Bear and a string of gigs supported by the always fantastic Washed Out . 03-30 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House # 04-01 Pontiac, MI - Pike Room # 04-02 Chicago, IL - Metro # 04-03 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater # 04-04 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center # 04-05 Omaha, NE - Waiting [...]

To view all Tour Dates-related news, click here . The National have announced an extensive Spring/Summer tour featuring dates with Pavement, Beach House, and the Antlers. 04-22 Richmond, VA - The National 04-23 Richmond, VA - The National 05-05 London, England - Electric Ballroom 05-06 London, England - Royal Albert Hall 05-07 Paris, France - Le Zenith * 05-08 Berlin, Germany - Huxley's Neue Welt 05-09 Berlin, Germany - Astra 05-21 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern 05-22 Los Angeles, CA - [...]

Just in time for some great nighttime listening. I'm sure a lot of you have listened to the album already, but for those that haven't NPR is streaming "Teen Dream" in it's entirety over here . You can buy "Teen Dream" on January 26th everywhere and catch them on tour, dates are listed below. Beach House-Norway [mp3] Tour Dates Tuesday, January 26, 2010 [...]
While indie-rock act Spoon have long been critic's darlings, their 2007 release Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga helped bring the band's music to a larger audience with the help their catchy as hell single - The Underdog . Today, Britt Daniel & Co. release the long-awaited follow up to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga with their seventh studio album Transference via their longtime label Merge Records . The Austin-based act will head out for a month-long tour that includes two-night [...]
You can stream all of these albums in advance of their official release dates at npr.org/firstlisten . Current and Upcoming NPR First Listens Jan. 11-19 : Transference by Spoon Jan. 15-26 : Downtown Church by Patty Griffin Jan. 18-26 : The Sea by Corinne Bailey Rae Jan. 19-26 : IRM by Charlotte Gainsbourg Jan. 19-26 : Teen Dream by Beach House Jan. 25-Feb. 2 : The Courage Of [...]
Beach House may have released one of the best albums of the year with their third endeavor. Although officially not out for a few more weeks, we couldn't wait to get our hands on Teen Dream . They have a few dates near the end of January in the U.S. and then will tour for a few months overseas. Returning in late March, Beach House will embark on a North American tour that will bring them to Austin on April 22nd. Tickets ($14) for the [...]

The great Beach House has announced a run of tour dates this spring in support of their upcoming release Teen Dream , and they will be playing our fair city in April at the Granada (yes!). Check out the full list of dates after the jump. Beach House Spring 2010 Tour Dates: Fri Mar 26 DC Black Cat Sat Mar 27 Middletown Wesleyan Sun Mar 28 Boston Paradise Thurs Apr 1 Pontiac Pike Room Fri Apr 2 Chicago Metro Sat [...]

Well Beach House fans, it appears they have signed with Sub Pop Records AND LP3 is coming out "early 2010." Hyped. Some upcoming tour dates after the jump. 9/26 – Ann Arbor at Michigan Theatre w/ Grizzly Bear 9/27 – Chicago at the Metro w/ Grizzly Bear 9/28 – Chicago at the Metro w/ Grizzly Bear 9/30 – Minneapolis at First Avenue w/ Grizzly Bear 10/1 – Columbia, Missouri at Blue Note w/ Grizzly Bear 10/2 – Norman at the opolis 10/3 – Austin at EMOS [...]

After seeing Grizzly Bear perform a nearly perfect set earlier this Summer at The Parish, we can barely hold back our excitement as we get a few more opportunities to catch the foursome this year! Not only are they playing Saturday afternoon at ACL (3:00 on the Dell Stage), an aftershow at Emo's was just announced last week, with Beach House no less. Tickets ($25) are currently on sale, but it's anyone's guess to how much longer they'll be available. Don't miss this band live! [...]

Last week we shared the news that the Pixies' plans to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their epic album Doolittle with some European tour dates. This week in Pixies-related news comes word the band's bass player, Kim Deal, has announced plans to hit the road with her other band - The Breeders - this August. The band has lined up a 16 date run that includes a two-night stand at NYC's Bowery Ballroom on August 18 and 19, with Whispertown 2000 and New Times Viking splitting opening duties. [...]
WILLAMETTE WEEK'S MUSICFEST NW IN PORTLAND ANNOUNCES 2009 FESTIVAL LINE-UP: SEPTEMBER 16-19, 2009 BANDS APPEARING INCLUDE SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE, EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY, BEACH HOUSE, GIRL TALK, BAD BRAINS, PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART, MUDHONEY AND TONS MORE. MORE BANDS TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON! Willamette Week's Musicfest NW announces this year's festival line-up which will be held at various venues around the Portland, OR metropolitan area on September 16, 17, 18 & 19. Do note all shows are first come first-served. Please visit http://musicfestnw.com/tix for details on performers and where to purchase passes. [...]

If you were a fan of Papercuts ' [ MySpace ] You Can Have What You Want and the "happy-sad pop of Mockingbird & Can't Go Back ", you're in for a "rad" awakening on the new album. With Y ou Can Have What You Want , Quever delves further into epic, hazy pop using mostly vintage organs, pulsing bass & Kraut-via-Ringo-inspired drum rhythms. Intact from those earlier efforts are Quever's sense of arrangement and drama, as well as his soaring vocals, draped in reverb gauze. Check out the [...]

A few weeks back, we dropped the gossipy news that singer-songwriter-blogger-nove list Ryan Adams had popped the question to former teeny-bopper pop star turned actress Mandy Moore. The odd couple didn't wait long to getting hitched, as they secretly wed in Savannah, GA on Tuesday. Ry-ry, who has claimed that his current tour with the Cardinals is his last, was back on the road last night and is rumored to be working on a new album called Dear Impossible. The Cardinals tour runs through March 20 . [...]
Was anyone planning to mention that Beach House was playing in LA next week? I mean, there are seriously WAY too many decent shows coming up within the next four weeks, and I will probably have to miss some of them but not this one! Jeesh! I'm glad I found it. Beach House are about [...]

I am very much in love with the idea of promoting 73 singles lately and I am not sure why . Not that it really matters, but it's a new phase for me, it appears. Getting to the point here, Baltimore's own Beach House [ Official Site , Myspace ] are prepped to release their own seven inch; Carpark Records and the band themselves will present a limited edition single featuring the new song "Used To Be". Used to Be - Beach House [...]