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Words by: Justin Gillett | Images by: Eric Lawson John Butler Trio :: 02.20.10 :: Great American Music Hall :: San Francisco, CA John Butler Trio :: 02.20.10 :: San Francisco, CA Last year John Butler started a new chapter in his storied career ...

Ever since Conan O'Brien was unceremoniously kicked off "The Tonight Show" stage, there's been a certain missing feeling going around-- a feeling Jay Leno's fast-food-fart of a return to the show did little to quell. But Team Coco can rejoice as the big-haired comedian is plotting a North ...

Photo by Autumn de Wilde Actress, singer, and ambassador for all things infinitely cool and French Charlotte Gainsbourg is bringing her Best New Music-earning LP IRM to life this April with a two-week North American tour. The trek includes a set at this year's Coachella. Dates are ...

Norway's Bigbang Return Stateside New Album Edendale Is A Tribute to Silverlake, Los Angeles Bigbang Bigbang have returned stateside with Edendale, their tribute to the Silverlake area of the city of Los Angeles. Front man and founder Øystein Greni explains: "The ...

The Souljazz Orchestra Release Rising Sun Since their creation in 2002 in Ottawa, Canada, The Souljazz Orchestra has become one of the most potent bands in their field. Drawing on the rough, raw grooves of the '60s and '70s and fusing soul, ...

Coheed and Cambria Announces First U.S. Headlining Tour in Over 2 Years Coheed and Cambria Coheed and Cambria will embark on its first North American headline tour since fall 2007 beginning April 22, nine days following the April 13 release of its fifth studio ...

Words & Images by: Tom Reilly Mumford & Sons :: 02.11.10 :: Popscene at 330 Ritch :: San Francisco, CA Mumford & Sons :: 02.11 :: San Francisco Making their San Francisco debut in the midst of their first headlining North American tour, the ...

SLAYER, MEGADETH ANNOUNCE NEW, CONFIRMED SCHEDULE FOR AMERICAN CARNAGE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR Slayer Slayer and Megadeth are thrilled to announce confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City ...

John Butler Trio Announces Tour Behind Release of New Album, April Uprising John Butler Trio John Butler Trio has announced the first run of dates behind the release of their first studio album in three years, April Uprising. The tour dates include ...

When Massive Attack last toured North America, a typical bit of stage patter from crew leader 3D went like this: "Everyone OK out there? Well, that's good, because this next one's about my homicidal ex-girlfriend's mum who's a crackhead." A Massive Attack live show isn't exactly ...

Cosmogramma, the Thom Yorke-abetted new album from West Coast abstract bass music king Flying Lotus, is set for release May 4 in the U.S. (and May 3 in the UK) on Warp. And up above, you can hear the ...

Steel Train on Tour with Tegan & Sara; Announces New Album Steel Train has announced a new album and North American tour with Tegan & Sara. The eight-week tour that began in Massachusetts on February 12 will give Steel Train a chance to debut new songs from their upcoming ...

Photo by Sylvere.H They'll put out a new album this May, but Brooklyn brood-rock royalty the National have been keeping a pretty light touring schedule so far this year. So we're happy to report that the band will bring their ...

COLUMBIA RECORDS PROUD TO RELEASE CONGRATULATIONS, 
THE NEW STUDIO ALBUM FROM MGMT Congratulations Available In The U.S. and Canada, Tuesday, April 13 MGMT Columbia Records has announced the North American release of Congratulations, the keenly awaited new studio album from MGMT, on Tuesday, April 13. One ...

Photo by Michael Alan GoldbergYou know who tours a lot? Mastodon. Mastodon tours a lot. Last year, they followed Crack the Skye with a European tour opening for Metallica, as well as a North American ...

-- It's an old joke: How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Spend years rolling around in broken glass and peanut butter and arguably inventing punk rock! Actually, that might not quite be right. But nevertheless, Iggy Pop will perform at the ...

Last year, the Spanish band Delorean released Ayrton Senna, a sweeping, gorgeous EP of sunstruck synthpop, and scored a Best New Music. Next month, they'll follow it up with a full-length album, Subiza. There's no U.S. release date yet, but the band will ...

GOGOL BORDELLO SET FOR INTERNATIONAL TOUR Gogol Bordello The gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, whose live shows have Entertainment Weekly dubbing them "the world's most perfect festival band," will headline an international mini-festival of their own, the Casa Gogol Tour, an evening's worth of ...

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 ...

MP3:> Drive-By Truckers: "This Fucking Job" As previously reported, the Southern rock institution Drive-By Truckers are gearing up to release album number 10, The Big To-Do. The album will arrive March 16 via ...