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JACKSON BROWNE & DAVID LINDLEY COME TOGETHER FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR THE DUO RELEASE LOVE IS STRANGE, A 2-CD LIVE SET ON MAY 11 Jackson Browne Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne will take to the road this summer with his band and longtime friend and musical co-conspirator ...

Photo by Rez Avissar Minimal London goth-pop trio the xx have canceled six European dates after co-leader Romy Madley Croft's dad passed away today. Updated tour schedule is after the jump; stay tuned for any further changes. So far, the xx's spring U.S. tours with jj and Hot Chip ...

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 ...

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 ...

THE XX RETURN TO THE U.S IN MARCH AFTER FEBRUARY EUROPE TOUR Following an extensive European tour that stretches through February and into early March, The xx return to North America for a slew of shows, including stops in New York City, Montreal, and California's Coachella festival. The xx Tour ...

JACOB FRED JAZZ ODYSSEY TOUR WEST COAST AND EUROPE Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has announced Winter 2010 tour plans. The band will head out for a 12-date West Coast run in February marking the hard touring quartet's first shows ...

The downturn is sorting the best professional-services firms from the restWHAT do you say to a recent law-school graduate? “A skinny double-shot latte to go, please.” From New York to Los Angeles, Edinburgh to Sydney, the downturn of the past two years has hit the legal profession with unprecedented severity. ...

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 ...

In a Pitchfork interview last year, Ernest Greene, the young Southern dude who records hazy, spectral synthpop under the name Washed Out, said that he was "not really" interested in touring, mostly because he didn't think people would be interested in watching just him on a stage. But ...

Photo by Huy Ngo Art-pop argument-starters Xiu Xiu have a new album coming out; the charmingly titled Dear God, I Hate Myself is due February 23 from Kill Rock Stars. Jamie Stewart ...

Before they head out on a U.S. tour with Hot Chip come April, sultry electro-rock quartet trio the xx are now set to do seven American dates with fellow lowercase, double-lettered group ...

That image you see above is the cover art for There Is Love in You, the first Four Tet album in five years. The LP is coming January 26 from Domino. We've already dropped a BNM on the album's first ...

DEER TICK TO RELEASE NEW iTUNES EXCLUSIVE EP, More Fuel For the Fire, DECEMBER 1 Deer Tick As the title would suggest, Deer Tick's More Fuel for the Fire EP tops off an explosive 2009 for the band, having already released Rolling Stone's "country-rock breakthrough ...

Photo by Napoleon Habeica With their intimate tour of out-of-the-way California spots wrapped up, it's time for some new Vampire Weekend live dates. Along with a free Australian show next week and bunch of West Coast radio gigs next ...

Front page photo by Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle With their new album, One Life Stand, due out February 9 via Astralwerks in North America (a day earlier in the UK via Parlophone), it's only fitting that Hot Chip have planned some ...

Photo by Bevis Martin and Charlie Youle The new album from London genre-benders Hot Chip is excellently titled One Life Stand and will hit stores both physical and ethereal on February 9 via Astralwerks. (In the UK, it will be released February 8 via ...

Photo by Napoleon HabeicaAs we pointed out yesterday, the snappily-dressed young men of Vampire Weekend have been playing songs from forthcoming sophomore LP Contra at recent shows. And at the moment, they've got a pretty decent amount of shows coming up, so ...

When it comes to dance-rock that you can dance to and genuinely rocks, it does not get much better than Hot Chip. So excitement abounds now that we know the always-busy Brits are returning in 2010 with an as-yet-untitled LP due out in February, ...

Photo by Owen Richards Playing approximately three hundred CMJ shows can wear a group down. Just ask the xx, who are currently suffering the consequences of a particularly busy time in New York City last week. Last night, they were forced to play a London gig without ...

Photo by Rez AvissarIf fresh-faced Staten Island indie formalist bashers Cymbals Eat Guitars looked a little different in this CMJ photo, your eyes weren't playing tricks on you. The band's MySpace page lists a new bassist, ...