- Frenchie duo Air announced plans to release their fifth record Love 2 October 6 via Astralwerks. The band will also embark on a European tour sometime in the beginning of next year and a U.S. tour in the spring.
- The Walkmen are doing a mini tour with Cass McCombs. The Walkmen will first perform at both Benicassim Festival (Barcelona, Spain) and Super Bock Super Rock (Lisbon, Portugal) before heading off on a small five-date tour with McCombs. They’ll be hitting up Milwaukee, Cincinnati, the Cleve, Toronto and Pittsburgh. The Walkmen also have some Chicago and New York City dates. Check out the dates on the band’s MySpace page.
- Arctic Monkeys are releasing their third album Humbug on August 25, 2009 and playing a few U.S. dates in support. This August, you can catch the band at various festivals and clubs in the Jerz, Montreal, New York, Boston, and Chicago. If you’re in the UK, they’ll be playing both Leeds and Reading Festivals. Additional details can be found at the bands official website.
- Michael Gira (Young God Records, Swans, Angels of Light) is selling prints of a set of 20 drawings he completed over the last six months. The collection is called “I Am Not Insane” and is pressed on 100% recycled paper via Stumptown Printers (the same people who helped bring you the CD version of our TMT comp). More details and thumbnails of the prints can be found on the Young God website. I want #7. It reminds me of my megabeast ex-roommate.
RIP Michael Jackson, yo.