Mon: 05-19-08

• Rhys Chatham Does 100 Guitar Gig, 200 Guitar Gig
• Strokes Singer, Pharrell, Santogold Team for Shoe Tune
• National, CYHSY Members Guest on Takka Takka LP
• Photos: Explosions in the Sky ATP [Sunday]
• T.V. Eye: May 19-25, 2008
• Photos: Explosions in the Sky ATP [Saturday]
• Report: No Fun Fest [New York, NY; 05/16-18/08]
• Photos: Explosions in the Sky ATP [Friday]
• Photos: The Mountain Goats / Rock Plaza Central at AIDS Walk Benefit [Brooklyn, NY; 05/16/08]
• Liz Phair to Perform Acoustic Guyville in NYC
• Photos: Hercules and Love Affair [Brooklyn, NY; 05/17/08]
• TVOTR, Gnarls Play Thievery Corp's Outernational Tour
• Photos: The Decemberists at Barack Obama Rally [Portland, OR; 05/18/08]
• Casiotone Compiles Film Music on Limited 7"s, Tours
• Mike Skinner Walking to France for New Streets Video?
• YACHT Heads Up Benefit for Portland School Music
• M.I.A., Sex Pistols, N.E.R.D., Manu Chao Play EXIT

Fri: 05-16-08

• Pitchfork Music Festival Three-Day Passes Sold Out!
• Bound Stems Prep Sophomore Album, Plan Tour
• Arbouretum, Pontiak Cover John Cale on Split 12"
• The Decemberists, Barack Obama Team for PDX Rally
• Classic Butthole Surfers Lineup Reunites for Tour
• Juliana Hatfield Preps 10th Album, Pens Autobiography
• Rhys Chatham, School of Seven Bells on Radium Comp
• Blitzen Trapper, Menomena/Gang of 4 Project on Comp
• Futureheads Push Back U.S. Release, Prep New Single
• Photos: The Mary Onettes [Chicago, IL; 05/15/08]
• Love Documentary Coming to DVD, Late LPs Reissued
• Windsor for the Derby Get Lost on New Album
• Arcade Fire Clarify Involvement With New Kelly Film
• Girls Against Boys' McCloud Preps Paramount Styles LP
• Camera Obscura Work With PB&J;'s Bjorn, Tour
• Lou Reed to Host Weekly Satellite Radio Show
• The Knife's Olof Dreijer, More Send Music to the Aliens
• Cat Power, Vampire Weekend Play Rogers Picnic

Thu: 05-15-08

• Wedding Present Re-Team With Steve Albini for New LP
• Clogs Score New Flick, Turn the River
• Radiohead, Live Nation Respond to Virginia Washout
• The Dodos Extend Tour All the Way to the Fall
• Weezer Issue New Single, Cover Talk Talk, The Band
• Nas Shares Some New Album Details, Tours
• Decemberists' Moen Recruits Malkmus for Solo Debut
• Hot Chip Announce Fall North American Tour
• Thunderbirds, Sloan, Von Bondies, Apes Play Rock City
• Hold Steady Line Up Summer Tour, First Positive Single
• T.I. Unveils Paper Trail Release Date, Tour Dates
• Feist, Jarvis, Lidell, Peaches Join Gonzales on Megamix
• MBV, Breeders, Spoon, CSS, Go! Team Do Fuji Rock

Wed: 05-14-08

• The Gits' Mia Zapata Memorialized in Documentary
• Battles, Diplo, Lidell, Vamp Weekend Do SummerStage
• The Week That Was [ex-Field Music] Preps Debut
• Built to Spill Bringing Perfect From Now On to NYC
• Tim Hecker, Mt. Eerie, Marissa Nadler Play Suoni Fest
• Bon Iver Adds Dates With Wilco, Bowerbirds
• Dandy Warhols Fire Up New Label to Release Sixth LP
• Outkast's Big Boi Reveals More Solo Album Details
• Mates of State Hit the Road With Headlights
• Indie Rock Hits the Funny Pages, Again
• Death Cab Challenge You to a Round of Call of Duty 4
• Nurse With Wound Set to Unleash Huffin' Rag Blues
• Page France Dissolve, Cotton Jones Takes Flight
• Los Campesinos! Launch Tour, Play Camelot Benefit
• Blondie's Clem Burke Talks Parallel Lines Anniversary
• Bjork, Franz Ferdinand, Robyn, Hot Chip, Battles Melt!

Tue: 05-13-08

• Rainer Maria's Fischer Drafts the Blow, Mates for LP
• Sigur Ros Sneak Peeks of New Album, Expand Tour
• Marmoset's LonPaul Ellrich, R.I.P.
• Weezer Push up Album Release
• Silver Jews, Four Tet, Field, Hercules Hit SoundCity!
• Joe Lally Lines Up Gigs With Geoff Farina's Glorytellers
• Neil Young, Now a Spider, Plans Blu-ray Box Set
• Be Your Own Pet Join Warped Tour!
• More Beck Album Details Emerge
• Update: Chicago Music Venues Safe for Now
• CocoRosie Unleash New Digital Single
• Girl Talk Throws Taco Bell Party in Pittsburgh
• Cee-Lo + Jack Black = "Kung Fu Fighting"
• DJ Spooky Mixes the Avant Garde on Sound Unbound
• Shearwater's Meiburg Officially Leaves Okkervil River
• The Faint Start Their Own Label to Release New Album
• Leonard Cohen, Morrissey, Sigur Ros Do Benicassim

Mon: 05-12-08

• Photos: ATP vs. Pitchfork [Sunday]
• T.V. Eye: May 12-18, 2008
• Arcade Fire Scoring Donnie Darko Dude's New Movie
• King Khan Turns Summer Supreme With Tour
• Photos: ATP vs. Pitchfork [Saturday]
• Atlas Sound and El Guincho Announce Joint Dates
• Photos: ATP vs. Pitchfork [Friday]
• Autechre Release Quaristice Digital Bonus Tracks
• Ratatat Tease Third (and Fourth!) LPs With Single
• Reunited Pharcyde, Tribe Called Quest Rock the Bells
• Bright Eyes, New Pornos, Of Montreal Make You a Mix
• Fuck Buttons, Matmos, Why?, Pole Play Venn Festival
• Report: The Cure [Fairfax, VA; 05/09/08]
• Jay-Z, Morrissey, Beck, Robyn, Hold Steady Do Wireless

Fri: 05-09-08

• Wilco, MMJ, Decemberists Get out the Vote
• Kweli, YACHT, Black Angels Provide Noise for Needy
• Philip Jeck Preps Sand LP, Plans Live Engagements
• Photos: YACHT / Mount Eerie [Bergen, Norway; 05/07/08]
• Jarvis Begins to Commence to Start LP, Adds Shows
• Finland's Lau Nau Shares Sophomore Set
• Oxford Collapse Craft New Single, EP, Double LP, Tour
• Eugene Mirman Spreads Hilarity on Tour
• Spiritualized Expand North American Tour
• Iggy, M.I.A., Jenny Lewis on Pancake Mountain DVD
• Girl Talk, Cool Kids, Pete Rock, Carl Craig Do Movement
• Coldplay Announce North American Tour
• Vampire Weekend, Battles, Deerhunter Play Accelerator
• Stereolab Announce North American Tour
• ATP vs. Pitchfork Starts Today!
• Beck Signs to XL Recordings in the UK

Thu: 05-08-08

• Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks Prep New Trash Single
• Common Becomes Invincible With LP, Terminator Role
• Talkdemonic Prep New LP, Tour With Helio Sequence
• Andrew Bird, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple in L.A. Club Doc
• Mastodon Hang With Bruce, Join Hellish Package Tour
• Dizzee Rascal and El-P Launch Tour
• Country Music Legend Eddy Arnold, R.I.P.
• My Morning Jacket Announce Lengthy American Tour
• M.I.A., Interpol, Breeders Head Summercase Lineup
• Shins, Built to Spill, Cross, Odenkirk on "Tim & Eric" CD
• Love Is All Return to the States for Brief Tour
• Spiral Stairs, Broken Social Scene Unite for Sled Island
• Yazoo/Yaz Plan Reunion Tour, Prep Box Set, EP
• Be Your Own Pet Kick Off North American Tour Tonight
• Andrew Bird Adds a Few Shows, Blogs Some More
• Nobody at All Playing Vegoose 2008

Wed: 05-07-08

• Robyn Postpones Two Shows to Play "The View"
• Adem Takes on Aphex Twin, YLT, Bjork, Breeders on LP
• Lil Wayne: Sex Columnist, Thespian, Not Guilty Pleader
• James Blackshaw Preps Cloud Follow-Up, Tours
• Cluster Plot First U.S. Tour in Ages
• A Place to Bury Strangers Too Loud for Record Press
• Why?, Cryptacize Cover Dylan, Steely Dan on Split 7"
• My Brightest Diamond Adds Shark Goodies, Tour
• The Vaselines Reunite!
• New Beck LP: 10 Tracks, 30 Minutes, Due This Summer
• No Age Add Dates With High Places and Abe Vigoda
• My Bloody Valentine Remaster Loveless, Isn't Anything
• Allen and Burnham Leave Gang of Four
• Jose Gonzalez Tours Again, Releases "Teardrop" Single
• New Pornos, Battles, Goldfrapp, Ice Cube Do Dour Fest
• Fennesz, the Field, Modeselektor, Tim Hecker Do Mutek
• Joe Strummer Documentary Coming to DVD

Tue: 05-06-08

• Pitchfork.tv Seeks Director of Photography in NYC
• Built to Spill Line Up Tour, Add Pre-ATP Perfect Show
• Parts & Labor Want Your Help for New Album
• Photos: Shearwater / Michael Gira [New York, NY; 05/05/08]
• Abe Vigoda Prep New LP for Dean Spunt's PPM Label
• Vampire Weekend, Deacon, Johnston Play POPPED!
• Sparks Perform Entire Catalog Over 21-Date Residency
• Byrne Update: Musical Building, "Big Love" Soundtrack
• Man Man/Bablicon Offshoot Icy Demons Go to Miami
• My Bloody Valentine Announce North American Tour!
• Massive Attack Curate Meltdown Fest, Tour Europe
• Battles, Wire, Buzzcocks, Prefuse 73 Play Nuits Sonores
• Mirah Conjures Old Days on Rarities Compilation
• The Tale of Asthmatic Kitty and Its Seven New Signings
• Cat Power Appears on New Beck Album
• Photos: Radiohead [West Palm Beach, FL; 05/05/08]

Mon: 05-05-08

• Radiohead Launch Tour, Help Lower Carbon Footprints
• Wildbirds & Peacedrums Issue Debut Worldwide, Tour
• Howlin Rain Open for the Black Crowes
• Rap/R&B; Hits + Mathematics = Small Shorties
• Frank Black to Open for Stone Temple Pilots
• T.V. Eye: May 5-11, 2008
• Diplo, Atlas Sound, Jay Reatard, TNV Do Stag & Dagger
• Iron & Wine, Bill Callahan Open for the Swell Season
• Matt & Kim, Death Set, Black Ghosts Do Colt 45 Tours
• Modest Mouse Add Dates to Tour
• Brendan Canning's BSS Presents LP Details Revealed
• Sybris Link With Absolutely Kosher for New LP, Tour
• Cluster, Copeland, Higgs, Whitman Play Full House Fest
• Photos: Britt Daniel [Solana Beach, CA; 05/03/08]
• Tom Waits Reveals "Glitter and Doom" Tour
• Yet Another Surprise New Nine Inch Nails Album

Sat: 05-03-08

• Photos: Arcade Fire / Superchunk at Rally for Obama [Carrboro, NC; 05/02/08]

Fri: 05-02-08

• The Cool Kids' Bake Sale EP, Here at Last
• Holopaw, Boyracer, Brittle Stars Play Pop Mayhem!
• A Hawk & A Hacksaw Tour With Hun Hangar Ensemble
• Everybody and Their Mom Added to Glastonbury Lineup
• Four Tet Announces Summer Tour
• Mark "BBQ" Sultan Tours, Plays Dates With Clinic
• Spoon Add Dates, Britt Daniel Plays Solo
• Gregor Samsa Issue Rest, Tour Tirelessly
• Deerhunter Gain Member for Forthcoming Tour
• Grizzly Bear Add Shows Between Radiohead Gigs
• Yo La Tengo, Sparklehorse Folks Tour With Johnston
• Grand Archives, Helio Sequence Do Air Race, Tours
• Fleet Foxes Add New Member, More Tour Dates
• M.I.A., Franz, Interpol, Death Cab for Cutie Do Latitude
• Midlake Guitarist Starts Fair Trade Coffee Company
• The Cure Herald New Album With Series of Singles
• Photos: Arcade Fire / Superchunk Rally for Obama [Greensboro, NC; 05/01/08]

Thu: 05-01-08

• High Places Sign to Thrill Jockey, Prep Debut Album
• Cloudland Canyon Tour With Singer
• Annie LP Details: Title, Songs, Killer Guest Stars
• The Ocean, Kylesa Join Forces for U.S. Tour
• Spiritualized's A&E;: Bumped, Expanded, Deluxe-ified
• Wolf Parade Join the 2008 Cover Art Hall of Fame
• Justice, TVOTR, Vampire Weekend Do Monolith
• Times New Viking Tour Through the Summer
• Norwegian Black Metal Stars Showcased in Photo Book
• Shearwater Tour With Frog Eyes, Evangelicals
• Phil Elverum, Bret Lunsford, Karl Blau Prep D+ Comp
• Black Kids Sign to Columbia for U.S., Reveal LP Details
• The Mary Onettes Line Up First U.S. Tour Ever
• Polvo Offshoot Black Taj Go Beyonder on New Album
• Hold Steady Reveal Stay Positive Tracklist, Release Date
• Feist, Spoon, Deerhoof, Philip Glass Celebrate Brooklyn
• Clipse, Deerhunter, Shellac Play Villette Sonique
• RZA Unveils Snacks Tracks, Ridonculous Cover Art

Wed: 04-30-08

• Deerhunter, Crystal Castles, APTBS Opening for NIN
• Pitchfork.tv Seeks Summer Interns in New York City
• Albert Hammond, Jr.'s ¿Cómo Te Llama? Due in July
• Cat Power, Jim James, She & Him Head Newport Lineup
• Bjork/Antony/Oldham Arranger Nico Muhly Preps LP
• Spank Rock Hospitalized, Dates Cancelled
• Dr. Dog Embrace Fate on New Album, Tour
• Mojave 3's Halstead Joins Jack Johnson's Label, Tour
• New Order Revisit History on Live DVD Set
• Photos: Goldfrapp [New York, NY; 04/29/08]
• Bloc Party Line Up Summer Tour, Work on New Album
• The War on Drugs Reveal Debut Details, Tour
• Bon Iver Extends Tour, Remixes the Rosebuds
• Photos: The Mae Shi / Pre / Panther [Portland, OR; 04/26/08]
• Photos: Menomena's Record Store Day Foosball Challenge [Portland, OR; 04/19/08]
• Yes! This IS the Cover for Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III!
• Justice, Hot Chip, Vampire Weekend Play Radio 1 Fest

Tue: 04-29-08

• Radiohead "All I Need" Clip Raises Slavery Awareness
• Fiery Furnaces Announce Mammoth Live Album
• Photos: Cut Copy / Black Kids [Portland, OR; 04/28/08]
• Liquid Liquid's Classic EPs Compiled, Expanded
• CSS Reveal Donkey Tracklist
• Stephen O'Malley's KTL Tours With Radian's Nemeth
• Dosh Tours, Snags Andrew Bird for Record Release Gig
• RZA, Wire, Junior Boys Play Futuresonic Fest
• Label Shuffle: 4AD Absorbs Too Pure, Beggars Banquet
• Bikini Kill's Tobi Vail Hits the Road With the Old Haunts
• Radiohead In-Studio Performance Headed to VH1
• Robyn Kicks Off North American Tour Tonight
• Twilight Sad Rework Autumns Tracks on New EP
• Photos: Wulapalooza: Blitzen Trapper / The Blow / Panther [Salem, OR; 04/26/08]
• David Bowie Reissues 1972 Live Set
• Photos: Les Savy Fav / The Dodos [San Francisco, CA; 04/27/08]
• MBV, Aphex Twin, Breeders, Lidell, CSS Do Bestival
• Nick Cave & Bad Seeds Announce North American Dates
• Jay Reatard Toronto Snafu: Promoters Respond

Mon: 04-28-08

• Cave Singers, Love as Laughter Line Up Joint Dates
• Walkmen Update: New Album, New Label
• Dirty Projectors, Phosphorescent Cover Castanets
• Will Oldham Shrooms, Reveals All About New LP
• T.V. Eye: April 28-May 4, 2008
• Death Cab for Cutie Extend Tour
• Wolf Parade Album Gets New Title
• Dylan, Stooges, Kanye, Wilco, Lil Wayne Play Virgin
• Secret Machines Preview Forthcoming LP on Tour
• The Breeders Kick off North American Tour
• Photos: Triptych Festival [Glasgow, Scotland; 04/26/08]
• Coldplay to Play Free Shows in London, NYC
• Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel Team for Split LP, Gigs
• Photos: Coachella [Sunday]
• Photos: Coachella [Saturday]
• Photos: Coachella [Friday]
• Report: Dickson Street Music Festival [Fayetteville, AR; 4/25/08-4/26/08]
• Yo La Tengo Scoring Ryan Reynolds Movie

Fri: 04-25-08

• These New Puritans Gear Up for First U.S. Tour
• Simply Saucer Reveal Half Live LP Details, Tour Dates
• Roky Erickson, Ronnie Spector, ? Do Ponderosa Stomp
• Hold Steady, Sebadoh, Caribou Complete P4k Fest Bill!
• Cee-Lo Co-Writes Jennifer Hudson Song for Sex and the City Movie Soundtrack
• Wolf Parade Announce Summer Tour
• Kevin Barnes, High Places Play Over the Top Fest
• Sigur Ros Line Up Summer Tour Dates
• The Field's Band, Gear Denied Entry to U.S.; Tour Nixed
• Strategy Issues New Album, Co-Curates Ambient Comp
• Ono, Lennon Sons Hit Expelled Folks With Lawsuit
• MSTRKRFT, DFA Remix Chromeo on Fancier Footwork
• Boris Line Up North American Tour
• Coachella 2008 Starts Today
• Stereolab's Tim Gane Talks Chemical Chords

Thu: 04-24-08

• Steve Albini Recording New Scott Weiland Album
• Liars Spice up Radiohead Tour With Headlining Shows
• Awesome Color Serve Up Second LP for Ecstatic Peace
• French Kicks Go Swimming on New Album, Tour
• Nomo Prepare New LP, Contribute to Art Installation
• Beck Announces Summer Tour
• Dresden Dolls Compile Odds and Ends on Comp, Tour
• Bonnie "Prince" Billy Sheds Light on New Album, Tour
• Patti Smith and Kevin Shields' Coral Sea Coming to CD
• Atlas Sound, Hot Chip's Taylor Remix Sian Alice Group
• CSS New Album Title: Donkey
• Bill Callahan Extends Tour
• Photos: Paul Simon / Grizzly Bear [Brooklyn, NY; 04/23/08]
• Radio Slave Project Quiet Village Scores a Silent Movie
• Update: Cat Power "Lord" License Agreement Reached
• Paul Weller Dreams Up New LP With Oasis, Blur Mates
• Beach Boys Box Classic Singles, Brian Wilson Tours
• !!!, DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist, MSTRKRFT Do Camp Bisco
• Hold Steady Sign Overseas Deal With Rough Trade
• Interpol, Death Cab, Gnarls, Justice Do Quart Fest

Wed: 04-23-08

• Crystal Castles Caught Up in Artwork Controversy
• Essie Jain Readies Second Album for June Release
• Cut Copy Tour With Shocking Pinks, Juan Maclean
• Shocker: Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III Pushed Back
• Blood on the Wall Touring Yet Again
• Architecture in Helsinki: New EP, Tour With El Guincho
• Earth Hit the Road
• Apples in Stereo, the Coup, Mahjongg Play FreeKY Fest
• Cat Power Reschedules Canceled Dates
• Justice, Spank Rock Lead Ed Rec Vol III
• PAS/CAL Finally Ready to Share Full-Length Debut
• Dirty Projectors Sign to Domino, Prep Two New LPs
• Hold Steady, Vampire Weekend, LSF Rock Capitol Hill
• Richie Ramone Royalties Lawsuit Dismissed
• Islands' Thorburn + Jim Guthrie = Human Highway

Tue: 04-22-08

• My Bloody Valentine Lead Unfuckingbelievable Lineup for New York All Tomorrow's Parties Fest
• Kraftwerk Drama: Alleged Beef With Kling Klang, Florian Schneider Missing From U.S. Tour
• Frightened Rabbit Tour Both Sides of the Pond
• Arcade Fire Plan Obama Shows With Superchunk!
• Tegan and Sara Serve Up Live EP, Add Dates
• Burial to Craft Next DJ-Kicks Mix
• Nellie McKay Scores Election Musical, Plans Shows
• !!!, Yeasayer, No Age Play Free Yr Radio Series
• Ladyhawk Hit the Road With Neva Dinova
• The Cinematic Orchestra Deliver Live Album, Plan Gigs
• Conor Oberst Cuts Solo Album for Merge Records
• Photos: Sunset Rubdown Polaroids
• Mum Kick Off U.S. Tour
• The Next Peter Bjorn and John Album: Instrumental!
• Black Kids Just Keep on Touring
• M.I.A., Goldfrapp, Justice, Hercules Do Sonar Fest

Mon: 04-21-08

• Is This Really the New Weezer Album Cover?
• Hot Chip Line Up New Single, Tour
• Pitchfork.tv Seeks Camera Assistants for NYC Internship
• Peter Moren Kicks Off North American Tour
• T.V. Eye: April 21-27, 2008
• She & Him Postpone NYC Gig, Team With Yo La Tengo
• Photos: Man Man / Yeasayer [Minneapolis, MN; 04/18/08]
• Radiohead to Go "Green" on "Conan O'Brien"
• 4AD Reveal New Version of Atlas Sound's Blind
• Weezer Reveal "Red Album" Tracklist, Bonus Cuts
• Thurston, Ranaldo, Cluster, Tony Conrad Do No Fun
• EPMD Hit the Road
• Jay Reatard Preps Next 7", Chaos Erupts at Toronto Gig
• Mudhoney Gear up for Superfuzz Reissue, New Album
• Yellow Swans Break Up
• The Narrator Call It Quits, Plan Farewell Shows
• RZA Talks Bobby Digital, Wu-Tang Clan Drama