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Broken Social Scene is set to release their first studio album since 2005. During that time Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, band co-founders, both released solo albums featuring members of BSS. The band’s new release was recorded in part at Soma Studios in Chicago, also at Toronto’s Giant Studio and Schvitz Studio. It has been...

Pinpoint Music favorites The Happy Hollows have a new music video for their song “Death to Vivek Kemp” being considered for regular rotation on MTVu! To win they need your vote! You can watch the video below and vote at the following link: VOTE as often as you want!!!! http://www.mtvu.com/music/the-freshmen/nominees-020110/ Purchase a Pinpoint Music top...

The Soft Pack’s long awaited debut is out today in the UK. You can but it from this link Soft Pack – U.K. For those of us on this side of the pond we’ll have to wait for tomorrow when it can be purchased from Amazon or Itunes...

Lissie has announced new tour dates in February and March. She will travel to London this week for two shows – including a performance at the HMV Next Big Thing Festival – before returning home to headline two of her own gigs, on Valentine’s Day at Muddy Waters in Santa Barbara, CA, and on February...

This year the folks that put on Bonnaroo are trying a new approach to releasing the lineup for the festival. On Tuesday February 9th those interested will be able to go to Bonnaroo.com and actively participate and comment as the lineup is released piece by piece throughout the day. Why do you care? Well at...

Dirty Projectors will present The Getty Address in full, as a part of the American Songbook series at Lincoln Center.  Dirty Projectors will be assisted by the 15-piece contemporary music ensemble Alarm Will Sound, conducted by Alan Pierson in an arrangement by Matt Marks. Dirty Projectors will co-headline with the Los Angeles Philharmonic on February...

Ok, let me be real for a second. I’m a certified foaming-at-the-mouth Titus Andronicus-obsessed fanboy of the highest order, which probably means I shouldn’t be writing a review for this album. Of course this thing’s a straight-up 5/5 in my head, but I’m trying my best to remove myself from my rabid love affair with...

Jack White and company and currently working on putting together their 2nd album; The follow up to their debut Horehound is due out in April. So it’s not a huge surprise, but a welcome one none the less, that Dead Weather have just announced a tour slated to kick off in New Zealand on March...

65daysofstatic is due to release a new LP named We Were Exploding Anyway this spring. This will be their first full album since 2007. Posted on the 65dos blog yesterday was the tracklist (below) but also that,  ”R. Smith sings words on ‘Come to Me’”. Well anytime you release news that legend Robert Smith will...

Hardcore band Bad Brains, one of the most influential bands around today have released a video teaser for their soon-to-be-released documentary. The documentary, while in its final stages of production, has no release date but will feature interviews with all four members of the band, as well as commentary from people named MacKaye and Rollins,...

The Gorillaz release a full orchestral video trailer for their March 8th multi-media release of Plastic Beach.  Along with the 16-track LP, Plastic Beach will be released in CD+DVD version, featuring a 45-minute “making of” documentary, access to extra online tracks, extra video and...

This is music for adults, listless and well-dressed. Stilted by their own success. Intellectuals in tortoise shells and turtlenecks who rely on four years of French in high school to justify keeping their library copy of À la recherche du temps perdu on display beside the Hi-Def television they only bought to pacify their parents...