Stream Dr. Dog’s new album, Be the Void right here.  Thank Conan O’Brien.

Stumbled across this Milwaukee, WI band Brief Candles today as their song “The Sentiment” was featured as today’s KEXP Song of the Day. This is definitely a nice, warm and noisy 90s alterno-throwback shoegaze kind of album with a lot of noisy bass, noisy fuzzed out guitars and barely audible vocals. All of the good elements for a nice fuzzed-out experience, with some blissful harmonies and melodies layed all over the top of it. The requisite quiet moments of muted guitars are all here as well, and while overall the album is a bit of an enigmatic mush, it all sounds really, really good and perfectly appeals to my inner alternative rock, obligatory MBV mentioning throwback self. Great hooks abound as well. Check out a few tracks from the release below, and head over to KEXP for a listen and a download of “The Sentiment”.

Their new album ‘The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy’ hit this week, and they did this live show at Bowery Ballroom which is up for now in its entirety.

New video from RHCP, from the new album ‘I’m With You’, band is on tour this fall.

From their album ‘Slave Ambient’.

See the picture above for dates of the promised Odd Future 2012 tour.

From last year’s album ‘The Whole Love’, features the first hand-drawn Popeye cartoon in 30 years. Below is a take of the song from the band’s iTunes Session.

New album ‘New Wild Everywhere’ is out in April.

One of the most buzzed about bands around from the end of last year through the beginning of this year. Expect to hear a lot more from them this year, as there has been pretty much universal critical swooning over these guys and their live show. I believe they will be dropping their debut full length sometime this year as well, so keep a look out. Check out more songs on their Soundcloud page.

From last year’s superb album ‘The Hunter’.

From the new album ‘Rooms Filled With Light’, due out February 28th.

Fanfarlo On Tour:
Mar 05 Boston, MA, Paradise Rock Club
Mar 06 New York, NY, Webster Hall
Mar 07 Washington, DC, U St. Music Hall
Mar 08 Philadelphia, PA, Union Transfer
Mar 09 Carrboro, NC, Cat’s Cradle
Mar 10 Atlanta, GA, Vinyl
Mar 13 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s
Mar 14 Dallas, TX, The Loft
Mar 19 St. Louis, MO, Blueberry Hill Duck Room
Mar 20 Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge
Mar 22 Louisville, KY, Zanzabar
Mar 23 Ann Arbor, MI, The Blind Pig
Mar 24 Toronto, ON, Mod Club
Mar 25 Pittsburgh, PA Mr. Smalls
Mar 27 Columbus, OH, Skully’s
Mar 28 Chicago, IL, Lincoln Hall
Mar 29 Madison, WI, High Noon Saloon
Mar 31 Minneapolis, MN, Varsity Theatre
Apr 01 Kansas City, MO, Record Bar
Apr 03 Denver, CO, Bluebird Theater
Apr 05 Salt Lake City, UT, Urban Lounge
Apr 06 Boise, ID, Neurolux
Apr 07 Portland, OR, Doug Fir Lounge
Apr 09 Vancouver, BC The Biltmore
Apr 10 Seattle, WA, The Crocodile
Apr 15 Indio, CA, Coachella
Apr 17 San Francisco, CA, Slim’s
Apr 22 Indio, CA, Coachella

St. Vincent 2012 Tour Dates:
02/21 – Istanbul, TR @ Salon IKSV
02/22 – Rome, IT @ Lanificio 159
02/23 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
02/24 – Milan, IT @ Tunnel
02/26 – Paris, FR @ Alhambra
02/27 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush Empire
02/28 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
02/29 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg
03/02 – Porto, PT @ Vodafone Mexe Festival
03/08 – Perth, AU @ Rosemount Hotel
03/10 – Brisbane, AU @ The Hi-Fi
03/12 – Sydney, AU @ Factory Theatre
03/14 – Melbourne, AU @ The Hi-Fi
04/14 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/17 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater *
04/21 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival
04/24 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater *
05/03 – Providence, RI @ Lupo’s
05/05 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
05/07 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar
05/08 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/09 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
05/10 – Indianapolis, IN@ Deluxe at Old National Centre
05/11 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
05/12 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/14 – Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
05/15 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
05/17 – Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
05/18 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom
05/19 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
05/21 – Nashville, TN@ Cannery Ballroom
05/22 – Knoxville, TN @ Bijou Theatre
05/23 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05/24 – Richmond, VA @ The National

* = w/ tUnE-yArDs