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PEARL JAM ANNOUNCES 11-DATE MIDWEST AND EAST COAST TOUR Tickets on sale Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20 Pearl Jam Pearl Jam announced today that they will play eleven Midwest and East Coast tour dates in May of 2010. The tour ...

Photo by Gail Butensky UPDATE: Spiral Stairs has posted an entry on his blog about the Auckland show, featuring photos and the setlist. As you may have heard, the indie rock band Pavement are traveling around the world on a reunion tour this year. And just ...

Photo via Spiral Stairs' blog Superfans rejoice! The Pavement reunion tour is now just a few days away from kicking into gear; the first show goes down March 1 in Auckland, New Zealand. And a couple of members of the band giving ...

As previously reported, Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan has recruited a battalion of punk stars to cover Screamin' Jay Hawkins' song "I Put a Spell on You", with money going to the Dublin charity Concern Worldwide's Haiti ...

Photo by Ruvan Wijesooriya Ever since he jumped on the Twitter bandwagon late last year, LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy has been micro-blogging about working on the band's ...

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Premiere Video and Announce U.S. Tour in Support of New Album, Kollaps Tradixionales Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (SMZ) returns with its sixth full-length recording and first since the band's lineup change ...

The Fall, the long-running band led by cantankerous British postpunk legend Mark E. Smith and featuring whoever Smith hasn't fired yet, have found themselves a new home at Domino. On May 4 in North ...

Earlier this week, the Rising Californian indie synthesists Local Natives scored a BNM for Gorilla Manor, their first album. At the moment, the band is in France, finishing up a European tour. Once that gets done, they'll ...

Alberta Cross Sells Out Shows Across The U.S., Tour Confirmed With Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Alberta Cross Alberta Cross just wrapped up their first ever nationwide headlining tour where they performed to sold out crowds in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, San ...

The Avett Brothers Official Bonnaroo Announcment Welcome to The Avett Brothers' official Bonnaroo announcement! Below is an exclusive clip given to JamBase that the band made in order to bring this exciting news to fans and friends. Also included here are the band's current tour dates. ...

All-star charity record lineups don't come much more debauched than this one. Spinner reports that Pogues frontman and legendary drunk Shane MacGowan has recruited a battalion of punk stars to cover the epically unhinged 1956 ...

EFTERKLANG TO MAKE 4AD LABEL DEBUT WITH MAGIC CHAIRS, OUT 2/23 Efterklang Newly signed to 4AD, the Copenhagen-based quartet Efterklang make their label debut with Magic Chairs, their third full-length studio album, out February 23. Efterklang are Mads Brauer (electronics and various instruments), Casper Clausen ...

Girls photo by Sandy Kim, Dum Dum Girls photo by Lauren Dukoff It had to happen eventually. Both bands have the word "Girls" in their names, though only one is comprised of actual girls. Both combine classic oldies radio popcraft with garage-punk ...

JOHN HIATT TO RELEASE THE OPEN ROAD MARCH 2 John Hiatt Looking at life through the rearview mirror was the inspiration for John Hiatt's brand new album, The Open Road, due out March 2 via New West Records. The legendary songwriter's 19th studio ...

According to a recent MySpace post, LCD Soundsystem "are back." Three years after the brilliant Sound of Silver, James Murphy is ready to drop his next LP in the coming months. Details are hard to come by at the moment, but we ...

DAVE MATTHEWS BAND ANNOUNCES SUMMER TOUR PLANS Dave Matthews Band With February and March currently reserved for Europe, summer finds Dave Matthews Band visiting many of their familiar U.S. amphitheater haunts. Two night stands look to be the theme, including runs at SPAC ...

They haven't released a full-length yet, but the Rising Brooklyn beatmaking duo Javelin have already performed with Mos Def, remixed the Very Best, released two 12"s on Thrill Jockey, ...

Uh-oh, will racy photos of Jersey Shore star Ronnie locking lips with another guidette spell The END for Seaside Heights lovers Ronnie Magro and Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola ? Sammi, check your man….. Anthony Pisciotto Jr., who runs OnCampusDrama.com, snagged a few photos of Ronnie partying with a couple of brunettes in a ...

Philly shoegazers A Sunny Day in Glasgow will follow up last year's Ashes Grammar (Pitchfork's #42 album of 2009) with a seven-track EP named after Ashes highlight "Nitetime Rainbows". Along with the title track, the extended player ...

BEACH HOUSE ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR DATES Beach House After an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (January 22), a Sundance drop in, a New York record release show, and a quick spin around Europe, Baltimore's Beach House will tour the U.S. in support of ...