BLODDY HELL, IT'S OASIS!
Too right, Son! On OCT 7, 2008 Big Brother/Reprise will release DIG OUT YOUR SOUL by OASIS. Check out the Ltd Edition BOX SET - only available here and no freebies so have a peek at this.
Watch this space for US tour dates TBA shortly.

Tegan and Sara! - Tiny but mighty! They just completed a new video for the track "Call It Off," from their Sire album THE CON. It's awesome - can't wait for you to see it! For now, check out a live version
from ...somewhere. Their final tour behind this album begins Sep 20 in San Diego and winds up with a 4-night stand here in LA. Tour dates:

Sat Sep 20 San Diego Street Scene San Diego, CA
Sun Sep 21 Treasure Island Festival San Francisco, CA
Sun Sep 28 Austin City Limits Festival Austin, TX
Tue Sep 30 Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
Thur Oct 2 Rams Head Live Baltimore, D
ri Oct 3 Electric Factory Philadelphia, PA
Sat Oct 4 The Palladium Worcester, MA
Sun Oct 5 Terminal 5 NYC
Mon Oct 6 Terminal 5 NYC
Wed Oct 8 Lifestyle Pavilion w/ Death Cab For Cutie Columbus, OH
Just Confirmed
Thur Oct 9 Riviera Theater Chicago, IL
Fri Oct 10 Sokol Auditorium Omaha, NE
Just Confirmed
Sat Oct 11 State Theater Minneapolis, MN
Mon Oct 13 Paramount Theater Denver, CO
Thur Oct 16 Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
Fri Oct 17 Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
Sat Oct 18 Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
Sun Oct 19 Henry Fonda Theater Los Angeles, CA
Tue Dec 30 The Falls Festival Lorne, Victoria AUS
Wed Dec 31 The Falls Festival Marion Bay, Tasmania AUS
Sat Jan 3 Southbound Festival Busselton, W. Aus
Wed Jan 7 Byron Bay Arts and Music Festival Byron Bay, NSW AUS

New LP sessions w/ Chris Walls to begin shortly thereafter!

THE ENEMY UK breezed into the US but blasted their way through their first-ever American dates leaving a mighty wake of new fans waiting for more. They did not dissappoint! Tom, Laim & Andy have returned home to Coventry long enough to wash their socks before off again to Japan where they rule! They will begin recording their second LP which they hope to unleash in March and hit our shores again by April. Guitarist/vocalist Tom Clarke told me, "We fucking love it here! The US gets us and we get them! We're coming back soon as we can and spending some serious time here." I for one, cannot wait! Great press to come in the form of features in Spin, Interview, Guitar Player, tons more - reviews everywhere! They LOVE the US can cannot wait to return. Watch this live vers of "Away From Here," from WE'LL LIVE AND DIE IN THESE TOWNS here...

MASTODON speaks...about things that are importnat tho them, mushc as: cat urine...
Their next LP, produced by Brendan O'Brien (Springsteen, Foos, othing big names's wholse records youi've purchased, etc), is nearly complete! Brace yourselves! Listen to Troy & Brann from somewhere on the recetnly completed Mayhem tour...

First off, THE CRIBS ARE FUCKING GREAT! Secondly, THE CRIBS are now even greater as ex-Smiths guitarist/songwriter JOHNNY MARR has joined the band and will continue to write, record and tour as the fourth band member which DOES NOT SUCK. They've just finished a spate of UK dates which drew raves (as expected). The good news is they will begin recording again soon. For now, what this clip from the NME Awrds of them covering the Smiths "Panic" w/ Mr. Marr springling some magic jangle into the works. I've heard a few new demos already AND THEY ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!! So Dig this shiznit...

Er, sorry about my mysterious posting of Billy Lunn playing "Lostboy" acousticially live from the WBR NY office last week for Alloy.Com - the link didn't fuction properly and neither did i - so while we fix that, have a look at their first UK siongel/video from the new album ALL OT NOTHING, out in the US on Sep 9. 2008. More new soon!

Up-and-coming artist Jason Reeves will hit the road with fellow singer-songwriter Tyrone Wells for a two-month tour that launches August 28th in San Francisco. Reeves is touring in support of his major label debut album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales), which will be released on Warner Bros. Records September 9th.

Tour dates:
8/28 San Francisco, CA, Café Du Nord
8/30 Spokane, WA, The Big Easy
9/03 Portland, OR, Aladdin Theatre
9/05 Provo, UT, Velour
9/07 Boulder, CO, B-Side Lounge
9/09 Denver, CO, Walnut Room
9/11 Santa Fe, NM, Santa Fe Brewing Company
9/12 Phoenix, AZ, The Clubhouse
9/13 Pomona, CA, The Glass House
9/14 San Diego, CA, SOMA
9/25 Tucson, AZ, Congress Hotel
10/7 New York, NY, Knitting Factory
10/9 Boston, MA, 939 Café
10/10 Philadelphia, PA, World Café
10/11 Hoboken, NY, Maxwells
10/15 Syracuse, NY, Syracuse University
10/16 Vienna, VA, Jammin Java
10/17 College Park, MD, Santa Fe Café
10/18 Pittsburgh, PA, Hard Rock Café
10/20 Indianapolis, IN, Birdy’s
10/22 Chicago, IL, Beat Kitchen
10/23 Iowa City, IA, The Englert
10/27 Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theatre

(photo credit: Jill Augusto)

E-40 sits down with Flow TV at Stankonia Studios and talks "Ball Street Journal," the Yay Area music scene, business inventures, and "stayin woke."

Eric Benet, during an interview for an "Alternative" feature on Allhiphop.com, graces the interviewer with an acapella ode to delectable anatomy.

AllHipHop.com catches up with Murs at the DNC.