It's 6:30 a.m. Aug. 14 in The Colony. Some boy and most of the girl athletes are coming to their first morning practices of the year. Teachers are strolling into offices in preparation for their first day of classes.
Last week, on April 1, the Sigur Rós website announced a July tour that began in England, ended in England, and hit Swaziland, Mongolia, and Scranton, Penn., in between.
The Super Friends of indie pop are joining together to take on the States: Matador Records has announced that the New Pornographers will support Belle and Sebastian on their North American tour in support of their forthcoming album, The Life Pursuit , due February 7. They'd better be playing some biiiig stages.
For most bands, it's simple: record an album, release the album, tour in support of the album. But if you've been to an Animal Collective show, you might not recognize many, if any, of the songs. That's because these guys work quickly.
Horses from Calder Race Course have won the Kentucky Derby. Many of the track's four-legged graduates, having outgrown their nests in South Florida, have gone on to win other prestigious races.
The end of 2006 will also bring the end of Rainer Maria , as the long-running band announced today that they will call it quits after two final shows, taking place December 15 and December 16 at Philadelphia's First Unitarian Church and New York City's Bowery Ballroom.
Heeeathcliff! It’s me, Kate Bush! I’ve come home! At long last, the mysterious, possibly magical, and probably mental singer-songwriter has emerged from hibernation, and will be unveiling a brand new double album, Aerial , on EMI records on November 7 in Europe and November 8 in America.
