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Still haven't had your fill of the new My Morning Jacket tune, "Evil Urges," yet? Then you'll want to grab your wallet and get a ticket for one of the new tour dates that the band has planned for this summer and fall. - Source

Some less-than-legal startups make it to the promised land, while others just land in court. - Source

Every autumn since 2005, the Vegoose Festival has helped make Las Vegas, Nevada a safer place for music-minded folk who'd rather toss their dollars at awesome bands than slot machines, strippers, and bloodthirsty white tigers. Every year until this one, that is. - Source

An inquest in Maidstone has heard that Hannah Bond, a 13 year-old girl from Kent, committed suicide by hanging herself - and emo music has been blamed. - Source

Coldplay's new single, 'Violet Hill', has been downloaded by 2 million people since its release last week. - Source

Listen up fans of Mogwai: On May 26 the band will have a special deluxe edition reissue of their 1997 debut, Young Team, via Chemikal Underground. The sonically enhanced album will be available in a double - Source

We offered muted praise for last year's initial lineup, but hat tip to the Village Voice for a) bringing back Siren for another installment (weren't their rumblings that last year was the end?) and b) pulling together a spread much more worthy of a train ride to Coney this year. Here's the first dispatch:

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks
Broken Social Scene
The Helio Sequence
Beach House
Times New Viking
Jaguar Love
The Dodos
Annuals
Film School
Parts & Labor
Dragons Of Zynth
These Are Powers

Malkmus, BSS, Times New Viking, Annuals, this will conquer the beach. But Beach House? Really? A summer stage with boomy sound isn't exactly the best environment for the narcotic Baltimore duo, but hey -- it is free, it's July 19th, and pro tip: you'll probably wanna remember your earplugs. More info when we get it, or just keep tabs here. - Source

Fifteen-odd years of near total silence, and now they just won't shut up! Fresh off news of the big reunion, the European tour, the insane All Tomorrow's Parties spectacle, and the North American visit, My Bloody Valentine are all up in our grills yet again, harping on about how their two unimpeachable classic albums-- Loveless and Isn't Anything-- will soon get the deluxe remaster treatment. - Source

Enjoy 'Strength In Numbers' below. Visit The Music at their official site. MP3 at bottom. - Source

We've all seen unofficial music videos -- clips that folks who dig a band make because ... they dig a band. Some work out great like "My Body Is A Cage" or HEALTH's "Heaven," and others are better left to the dustbin. Well, Aaron Koblin, a visual artist/Interpol fan, put together a tech-y video for "Rest My Chemistry" with the help of his production company, Blip Boutique. He wanted to adapt the technology he uses for his art to make a kind of art piece for the song. As the production company noted:

We wanted to do something for this song that was not specifically intended for broadcast, but that was more of an art piece that would live and grow primarily online. We wanted to use a new technology using data mapping to create an abstract video.

The result looks like biological -- or, right, chemical -- fireworks. Or Tron. Interpol was contacted about the project, liked it, and endorsed it. Does that make it official? We're not sure, but it's definitely a striking accompaniment to those starry, Pixie-ish guitar licks and Paul's baritone. - Source