Superblast!

HOLD STEADY TOUR!!!!

"When they say 'Great White Sharks,' they mean the kind in big, black cars..."

7/17 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
7/18 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
7/19 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork Music Festival
7/21 - Madison, WI - Majestic Theater
7/23 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
7/26 - Fargo, ND - Fargo Theater
7/27 - Seattle - Capitol Hill Block Party
7/28 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
7/29 - San Francisco, CA - Mezzanine
7/30 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
8/02 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
8/03 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
8/05 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
8/06 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
8/08 - Oxford, MS - Proud Larry’s
8/09 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt
8/10 - Charleston, SC - TBA
8/12 - Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle
8/13 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva

Also, Hold Steady gets an "F" for their tour announcement email. All the dates and venues were fucked up and they spelled "Portland" and "Carrboro" wrong.

Tom Waits sets a few U.S. dates

The T-Man in the Dirty South.

My Morning Jacket touring U.S. and A.

ere be your tourdates, mateys:

06/20 - New York, NY - Radio City Music Hall
08/16 - Louisville, KY - The Great Lawn at Louisville Waterfront Park
08/18 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
08/19 - Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove
08/21 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
08/23 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
08/24 - Austin, TX - Stubbs
08/27 - Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre-Atlanta
08/29 - Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach
08/30 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
08/31 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
09/02 - Charlottesville, VA - Charlottesville Pavilion
09/03 - Washington, DC - Constitution Hall
09/05 - Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier - Penn’s Landing
09/06 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
09/19 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre
09/21 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre
09/23 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee
09/24 - Las Vegas, NV - The Joint
09/25 - San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater
09/27 - Portland, OR - McMenamins Edgefield
09/28 - Seattle WA - McCaw Hall
10/02 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
10/03 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater
10/04 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore Detroit
10/09 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
10/10 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre

Wolf Parade plot North American tour

Canadian weirdies Wolf Parade are currently driving to your town. It's a long drive, I guess.

7/7 - Pontiac, MI - Crofoot Ballroom
7/8 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
7/9 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
7/12 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
7/13 - Seattle, WA - Marymoor Park
7/15 - Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom
7/17 - San Francisco, Ca - Fillmore
7/18 - Hollywood, CA - Henry Fonda
7/19 - Hollywood, CA - Henry Fonda
7/20 - San Diego, CA - Cane's
7/21 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
7/24 - Dallas, TX - Palladium Ballroom
7/25 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
7/26 - Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon
7/28 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
7/29 - Raleigh, NC - Disco Rodeo
7/30 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
7/31 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
8/2 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
8/3 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
8/9 - Toronto, ON - Koolhaus

Free Yr Radio sets 2008 schedule

Last year's traveling concert series Free Yr Radio was such a hit (Sonic Youth tore it UP in L.A.), that they're doing it again. In each city, a very special band plays at a cool little venue (last year, the bands all played at Urban Outfitters stores), and a local radio station benefits. Great idea, right? Right. This year is shaping up to be just as good as 2007.

Schedule ganked from Pitchfork:

5/21 - Boston, MA - TBA (White Williams benefiting WERS)
6/14 - Columbus, OH - TBA (!!! benefiting OHIO.FM)
7/23 - Seattle, WA - TBA (Mudhoney and No Age benefiting KEXP)
7/30 - Twin Cities, MN - TBA (Yeasayer benefiting The Current)

Plus, it looks like they'll be announcing more shows for the following cities soon: San Fran, Austin, Miami, Salt Lake City, and Poughkeepsie, NY. You gotta get the free ticket at the FYR site. Don't delay.

Boris taking over things in Europe. Deal with it.

Japanese metal monsters Boris' "Smile" European Tour:

4/19 - Tilburg, Nl - Roadburn Festival
4/20 - Bristol, Uk - The Cooler
4/21 - Manchester,Uk - The Ruby Lounge
4/22 - Birmingham, Uk - Medicine Bar
4/23 - London, Uk - Ulu
4/24 - Nijmegen, Nl - Doornroosje
4/25 - Bielefeld, De - AJZ
4/26 - Copenhagen, Dk - Loppen
4/27 - Aarhus, Dk - Voxhall
4/28 - Gothenburg, Se - Sticky Fingers
4/29 - Oslo, No - John Dee
4/30 - Stockholm, Se - Kagelbanan
5/2 - Helsinki, Fin - Tavastia
5/3 - Turku, Fin - Klubi
5/6 - Leipzig, De - UT Connewitz
5/7 - Berlin, De - Magnet Club
5/8 - Wroclaw, Pl - Firlej
5/9 - Prague, Cz - Palac Akropolis
5/10 - Budapest, Hu - Voros Yuk
5/11 - Vienna, At - Szene
5/13 - Innsbruck, At - Pmk
5/14 - Milano, It - Music Drome
5/15 - Rome, It - Circolo Degli Artisti
5/16 - Ravenna, It - Ravenna Bronson
5/18 - Winterthur, Ch - Salzhaus
5/19 - Stuttgart De - Club Schocken
5/20 - Brussels, Be - Ancienne Belgique
5/21 - Paris, Fr - Nouveau Casino
5/22 - Nantes, Fr - Olympic
5/23 - Poitiers, Fr - Le Confort Moderne
5/24 - Toulouse, Fr - Vents du Sud
5/26 - Porto, Pt - Porto-Rio
5/27- Lisbon, Pt - ZDB
5/29 - Barcelona, Es - Primavera Festival
5/30 - Clermont, Fr - Ferrand La Cooperatve de Mai
5/31 - Dudingen, Ch - Kilbi Festival

All dates are with Growing.

And don't forget: Boris will be the best act at July's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.

Photo of BORIS by Chinapixie.

Go! Team playing with CSS!!!

Oh yes, The Go! Team has announced a smattering of dates, some of which also feature Brazilian electro-pop chicas CSS. The dreamteam is only staying together for 7 dates though, then they part ways. So act fast and buy plane tickets.

These extremely lucky N.A. cities get a double-dose of cute girls making awesome pop music:

7/30 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
7/31 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
8/1 - Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
8/4 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
8/5 - Toronto, ON - Kool Haus
8/8 - Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival
8/9 - Worcester, MA - The Palladium

These slightly-less-lucky cities only get CSS:

8/10 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
9/14 - Morrison, CO - Monolith Festival
9/15 - Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
9/17 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
9/19 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
9/20 - San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Music Festival
9/22 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
9/23 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
9/25 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
9/26 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

Billy Bragg on bwief N.A. tou-wa

U.K. folk-rock legend Billy Bragg is taking a stroll across a handful of North American cities. Behold:

6/05 - Vancouver, BC St. Andrew's - Wesley United Church
6/06 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre
6/07 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
6/10 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
6/11 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
6/13 - Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center
6/14 - Chicago, IL - Park West
6/17 - Toronto, ON - Harbourfront Centre
6/18 - Montreal, QC - Club Soda

Mission of Burma taking 'vs.' to the Masses

Mission of Burma will be playing their recently-reissued debut LP Vs. all the way through on these dates:

6/12 - Boston, MA - Paradise
6/13 - Boston, MA - Paradise
6/14 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
6/15 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
7/18 - Chicago, IL - Pitchfork/ATP Music Fest (with Public Enemy doing It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and one other to-be-announced band)

TMBG headed to JiggleJam on U.S. tour

NY's They Might Be Giants have been doing funny/quirky/odd/interesting/annoying/awesome things for years, and their latest tour (behind their new children's album Here Come the 123's) is no exception. In addition to splitting up their shows between those designated for "kids" and those intended for "rock" audiences, TMBG are also playing some of the coolest/weirdest venues ever. You can catch them at the library, a casino or something called the "JiggleJam Family Music Festival".

4/19 - Albany, NY - The Egg (2 shows: KID and rock)
4/20 - New York, NY - Town Hall (2 KIDS shows)
5/03 - New York, NY - New York Public Library (KIDS show)
5/23 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club
5/24 - Kansas City, MO - JiggleJam Family Music Festival (KIDS show)
6/07 - Elmer, NJ - Appel Farm Arts & Music Festival
6/15 - Charlotte, NC - McNoll Family Theater (2 KIDS shows)
8/09 - Uncasville, CT - Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Casino
8/10 - Uncasville, CT - Wolf Den at Mohegan Sun Casino

What? No bowling alley?

More Radiohead U.S. dates!!!

August 1 - Lollapalooza - Chicago
August 3 - Verizon Wireless Music Center - Indianapolis
August 4 - Blossom Music Center - Cleveland
August 6 - Parc Jean Drapeau - Montreal
August 8 - 9 - All Points West Music & Arts Festival/Liberty State Park - Jersey City, N.J.
August 12 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, N.J.
August 13 - Tweeter Center For the Performing Arts - Mansfield, Mass.
August 15 - Molson Amphitheatre - Toronto
August 19 - Thunderbird Stadium - Vancouver
August 20 - White River Amphitheatre - Auburn, Wash.
August 22 - Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival @ Golden Gate Park - San Francisco
August 24 - 25 - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles
August 27 - Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre - Chula Vista, Calif.
August 28 - Santa Barbara Bowl - Santa Barbara, Calif.

Supergrass on tour with Foo Fighters

Save your money for the children, and one of these Supergrass shows:

7/9 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena
7/10 - Portland, OR - Rose Garden Arena
7/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon (headlining club show, no Foo Fighters)
7/14 - Morrison CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/15 - Morrison CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/17 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
7/19 - Kansas City, MO - Kemper Arena
7/20 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
7/22 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena
7/25 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
7/29 - E. Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center

Dudes are opening for Foo Fighters on all those dates.

Death Cab sets more U.S. shows

Death Cab For Cutie have announced a string of U.S. tourdates:

5/26 - Lehi, UT - Thanksgiving Point
6/02 - Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
6/03 - Chicago, IL - Millenium Park Pritzker Pavilion
6/06 - Montreal, QC - Jacques Cartier Pier
6/07 - Toronto, ON - Toronto Olympic Island
6/10 - Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool
6/12 - Philadelphia, PA - Mann Center for Performing Arts
6/14 - Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River State
6/19 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
6/21 - Berkeley, CA - Greek Theatre

Dudes are also playing Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Oasis, Ryan Adams team for shows

Friends in Seattle and Western Canada, you are in for a two-fisted treat of musicy craziness. Those nutty Brit brothers Oasis are teaming up with the lone nutman Ryan Adams for a quartet of concerts/incoherent ramblings/fraternal wrassling.

8/26 - Seattle, WA - WaMu Theater
8/28 - Vancouver, BC - GM Place
8/29 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
8/30 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome

Oasis is also headlining the Virgin fest in Toronto in early September.

Alicia Keys touring with Ne-Yo

Are Alicia Keys and Ne-Yo married or something? They're going on a huge tour together -- just the two of them, plus roadie, publicists, groupies, etc. Other than that, it's like a honeymoon, except they have to work every day.

4/19 - Hampton, VA - Hampton Coliseum
4/21 - Philadelphia, PA - Liacouras Center
4/22 - Pittsburgh, PA - PetersonEvents Center
4/24 - Cleveland, OH - Wolstein Center CSU
4/26 - Columbus, OH - Schottenstein Center
4/27 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade
4/30 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
5/1 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
5/4 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center
5/5 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center
5/7 - San Diego, CA - Sports Arena
5/9 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM Garden Arena
5/10 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion
5/11 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena
5/15 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
5/18 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
5/22 - New Orleans, LA - Superdome
5/24 - Tampa, FL - Times Forum
5/25 - Miami, FL - AA Arena
5/28 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena
5/30 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum
5/31 - Atlantic City, NJ - Mark Etess Arena
6/3 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre
6/5 - Detroit, MI - Joe Louis Arena
6/6 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
6/7 - Chicago, IL - AllState Arena
6/11 - Boston, MA - TD Banknorth Garden
6/13 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center
6/15 - Baltimore, MD - 1st Mariner Arena
6/17 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center
6/18 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

Tone Loc is The Man, and always will be

Tone Loc rules. A few months after some jerkwad swindled two Detroit bars by posing as Loc's manager and promising Loc would perform, the "Wild Thing" rapper (and idol to many a 5th grader in 1988 ... including yours truly) is going to play at those very same bars to make it up to his fans. Justice -- and Funky Cold Medina -- has been served. The dates: April 11 at the Red Dog Saloon in Milford, MI and April 12 at Bumpers in Westland, MI.

Dude's so awesome -- he doesn't even need a website.

NIN on North American tour

Nine Inch Nails on tour:

7/25 - Pemberton, BC - Pemberton Festival
7/26 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena at Seattle Center
7/28 - Edmonton, AB - Rexall Place
7/29 - Calgary, AB - Pengrowth Saddledome
7/31 - Winnipeg, MB - MTS Centre
8/2 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center
8/5 - Toronto, ON - Air Canada Centre
8/7 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
8/8 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center
8/12 - Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum
8/13 - Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena
8/15 - Oklahoma City, OK - Ford Center
8/16 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
8/18 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
8/20 - Saint Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
8/22 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
8/23 - Auburn Hills, MI - Palace of Auburn Hills
8/27 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center
8/29 - Philadelphia, PA - Wachovia Center
8/31 - Lexington, KY - Rupp Arena
9/2 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
9/3 - Salt Lake, City UT - The E Center of West Valley
9/5 - Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena
9/6 - Inglewood, CA - The Forum

Note the Lollapalooza-sized gap between Winnipeg and MPLS. Those rumors are likely true...

Robyn sets North American spring tour

Konnichiwa bitches. Swedish cutie Robyn is gonna rock the U.S. from Boston to Los. Plus Montreal and Toronto.

04/29 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
04/30 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore - TLA
05/02 - New York, NY - Grand Ballroom
05/04 - Montreal, QC - La Tulipe
05/05 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Concert Theatre
05/07 - Chicago, IL - Park West
05/13 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
05/14 - Seattle, WA - Neumo's
05/16 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's 365 Club
05/17 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

Kiss' Ace Frehley tours by his lonesome

Who can turn the world on with his smile? Who can take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?

ACE FREHLEY:

3/26 - Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues
3/28 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre
3/29 - Rapid City, SD - Rushmore Plaza Civic Ctr. Arena
3/31 - North Kansas City, MO - Harrah's North Kansas City
4/01 - Chicago, IL - House Of Blues
4/03 - Atlantic City, NJ - House Of Blues
4/04 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre Times Square
4/10 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
4/11 - London, UK - The Astoria
5/02 - Richmond, VA - The National Theater
5/03 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
5/04 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre
5/06 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
5/08 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
5/12 - Houston, TX - The Meridian
5/16 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House Of Blues
5/17 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House Of Blues
5/18 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing

Sly Stone adds Minneapolis date

Sly Stone is building on his previously announced SoCal dates. The legend will be playing in Minneapolis (at First Avenue! Hear that, Prince?!) on May 2, according to Pop Life. Full U.S. tour dates should be coming any day now...