The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids and !!! are among the bands that will headline this year's Sunset Junction Festival in the Silver Lake neighbourhood of Los Angeles. - Source

With their third full-length still forthcoming but no one revealing much else about it, Secret Machines will make the wait for the Ten Silver Drops follow-up just a little bit easier with a sizable summer North American tour. - Source

The LP is comprised of:

1 Sit & Wonder
2 Love Is Noise
3 Rather Be
4 Judas
5 Numbness
6 I See Houses
7 Noise Epic
8 Valium Skies
9 Columbo
10 Appalachian Springs

Enjoy a stream of 'Love Is Noise' here. - Source

The new album is called âEUR~Dig Out Your Soul' and will be out in October via the band's own Big Brother label. - Source

It looks like fans in the US will get to see a domestic release of the latest from UNKLE, as End Titles... Stories For Film will arrive at digital retailers on July 15 and at shops on September 2 via James Lavelle's Surrender All label - Source

As awesome a gig as it will be, playing the Pitchfork Music Festival won't be the limit of Denver dudes the Apples in Stereo's summer plans. Fair enough. So, with the aim of bringing the tunes from rarities/B-sides collection Electronic Projects for Musicians to the masses, they've scheduled a summer tour of the U.S. - Source

The Jesus And Mary Chain, The Killers, Iggy and the Stooges and Gang Of Four are among the bands that will headline the US Download Festival this summer. - Source

Billboard reports: *Trail Of Dead is launching its own label, Richter Scale Records, in association with Universal Music Group's Justice Records. The band's next album is due in January 2009 and was co-produced by longtime collaborator Mike McCarthy and Chris "Frenchie" Smith. According to a spokesperson, Trail Of Dead was intent "on creating a more anthemic record" this time around.* MP3 at bottom.Visit Trail Of Dead on MySpace. - Source

Neil Halstead, a founding member of Slowdive and the singer/main songwriter of Mojave 3, is releasing his sophomore solo record oh, mighty engine at the end of July on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records (the solo debut was on 4AD). Pairing with Johnson may seem strange, but when you take a closer listen to Halstead's gentle melodies and often naturalist lyrics, the overlap goes beyond both guys liking to surfing. For instance, "Paint A Face" from the forthcoming collection is akin to Kings of Convenience + Iron & Wine + Cornwall, England + a warm, slightly melancholic breeze. - Source

That headline may have you feeling shivers down your spine, so I don't mean to crush the moment but I'm gonna, so mark my words: This will go down as a golden age for the music industry's inventive (not inventive) profit regeneration on the back of pure moments from the early '90s. This week we'll dip into Liz Phair's wellspring of carnal confusion at Hiro with Exile live (plus handy repackaged version of the album as souvenir), and the Pumpkins are alluding to doing the same with their debut:
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