Lykke Li's Youth Novels is out on August 26, 2008 through LL Recordings.

London based Noah and the Whale are gearing up for the release of their debut full length on September 16th. Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down brings out the best in the band with everything from sweet sing-songs to honest folk ballads.

Ancestor is the TK Webb And The Visions Kemado debut album, out September 2nd. The Delta Blues inspired four-piece will be on tour heavily throughout the rest of 2008.

Anberlin's new album, New Surrender out September 30th on Universal Republic Records.

Songwriting team Danny Godbold and James Mulhern have joined forces yet again to bring you What Laura Says' sophmore album Thinks and Feels out August 19th. Hailing from Arizona, the group will be gathering up everything they own to explore the United States from the back of a van. Look for dates near you!

Comprised of members of The Annuals, Sunfold is a musical endeavor headed by vocalist/guitarist Kenny Florence. The group will see their debut full length out July 22nd on Terpsikhore Records.

Singer/songwriter, designer and actor David Wiley Rennick, best known for producing two internationally celebrated albums as part of Dappled Cities, has turned his hand to a blend of myth, music and storytelling with his least democratic work to date, The Curse of Company. Leo Magnets Joins A Gang... out June 22, 2008 on Dangerbird Records.

Jihae unleashes Afterthought, an EP complete with four remixes from her debut album My Heart is an Elephant and a brand new track "Simple Man." Her own brand of seductively daring experimental pop will transport you into a dreamworld all your own. Digital copies available on iTunes now!

Matt Keating's new album QUIXOTIC hits stores July 8th.

Teddy Thompson, a folk-rock singer-songwriter based in New York, comes out with his fourth album A Piece Of What You Need on June 17, 2008.

Less Than Jake's new album GNV FLA is out June 24th on Sleep It Off Records. Catch them on the 'Shout It Loud' tour this summer with Goldfinger, Mustard Plug, Big D And The Kids Table and more!

Middle Class Rut (Zack Lopez - guitar/vox and Sean Stockham - drums/vox) are a two-piece hailing from Sacramento, CA whose visceral, garage-inflected wall of sound immediately brings to mind Jane’s Addiction, Death From Above 1979, My Bloody Valentine and Rage Against The Machine. They will be releasing a self-titled EP through all major online retailers in June 2008 as well as touring with Burning Brides in July.

Sunny Day Sets Fire is wrangling excitement for Summer Palace, the full-length album set to come out July 8th, 2008. Digital copies are on iTunes now!

Computer vs. Banjo borrow from many genres to make a sound that is at once nostalgic and new. Their debut album comes out on June 17th.

¿Cómo Te Llama? is the new album from Albert Hammond, Jr. and cohorts Matt Romano, Marc Philippe Eskenazi and Josh Lattanzi, and will be released July 8th.

Ed Harcourt is poised to release his fifth studio album, The Beautiful Lie, in the US on June 3rd via Dovecote Records. The British Mercury Prize nominee recorded the bulk of the album on an eight-track in his grandmother's house in Sussex - the rest done in East London's Toe Tag studios, where The White Stripes recorded Elephant. Graham Coxon (Blur) lended his guitar for "Visit From A Dead Dog", BJ Cole's pedal steel makes appearances on various tracks and The Magic Numbers performed backing vocals on "Revolution In The Heart".Catch Ed on tour with The Gutter Twins this summer!

Saints of Los Angeles, Mötley Crüe's first studio album in over a decade, hits stores June 17th. The world’s most notorious rock band has revealed that this summer they will head out on the inaugural “Crüe Fest ‘08.”

The Wet Zoo EP, will be out on Canvasback Music (Columbia) on April 1. Wet Zoo includes three new Annuals songs plus two new tracks from Annuals' side project Sunfold.

Joseph Arthur will be releasing a series of four solo EPs (the first of which, Could We Survive, was released March 18, and the second, Crazy Rain came out April 15. Vagabond Skies was released on June 10. Out now is Foreign Girls. The series culminates in September with the release of a full-length record featuring his band, The Lonely Astronauts.

Counting Crows release their fifth studio album, Saturday Nights &Sunday Mornings, on March 25.

Birmingham, AL based Wild Sweet Orange will release their full-length album WE HAVE CAUSE TO BE UNEASY on July 29 through Canvasback Music.

Catch Jukebox The Ghost on tour in support of their new album, Let Live and Let Ghosts.

On Verve//Remixed 4, music’s most respected and emulated Remix series once again breaks new ground.

World renowned DJ, KASKADE, returns with his fifth artist album and kicks off an international tour. Strobelite Seductions (Ultra) hits stores June 3 and iTunes May 20.

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Svn Fngrs is the new mini-LP from Black Francis out now on Cooking Vinyl Records.

Black Kids are kicking off a cross-country tour starting April 25th at the Coachella Festival.

Duran Duran are returning to US shores for a 22-date run with a spectacular new production that will showcase their latest record Red Carpet Massacre alongside all of the hits from their extensive catalogue.

Catch The Forms on tour this April with Cloud Cult!

El Perro Del Mar's sophomore LP From The Valley To The Stars" will be released April 22, 2008 through The Control Group.

The Lovely Sparrows' debut LP, Bury The Cynics, is set for release on July 8th, 2008 by Abandoned Love Records and The Rebel Group.

Hello Tokyo is a female fronted, power-pop experience from Brooklyn, NY with sounds and influences from bands like Metric, Rilo Kiley, Fountains of Wayne and No Doubt, to Big Country, Patsy Klein, REM and U2. The new album Sell The Stars is out April 22nd!!

Nights is the new digital EP from Midnight Movies, available March 11th on New Line Records.

The Sword's sophomore album, Gods Of The Earth, out April 1, 2008 on Kemado Records.

Langhorne Slim's new self-titled full-length album is out now on Kemado Records.

Help Wanted is Eric Avery's (of Jane's Addiction) first formal solo project , out April 8, 2008 on Dangerbird Records.

The Lonely H is touring from January-April in support of their Control Group release, Hair.

The Wishes And The Glitch is the fifth release from the now Seattle, WA based Say Hi, formerly Say Hi To Your Mom.

With an eye firmly focused on the soaring beauty of classic pop moments, Sunny Day Sets Fire are set to release a collection of tracks that reflect their shared loves - 60's psych, the Beach Boys, classic Sun rock'n'roll and far beyond.

"The Epochs (pronounced 'ee-poks') have created a sprawling record that cuts no corners in production quality or in arrangement. Look for them this Winter when they hit the road with Mobius Band."

On their new album, Slick Dogs and Ponies, the San Diego-based quartet has headed into new sonic terrain. It’s a bigger, bolder, more ambitious record that shows the band’s growth and evolution while also staying true to their innovative take on modern music.

Deep within the forests of Estonia, a voice is heard. The faceless cry demands attention and won’t be silenced. In less than a blink of an eye, out leaps Kerli, a deceptively delicate-looking young woman. She is has a whimsical way about her, but you can’t help notice the smoldering fire in her eyes.

Lou Reed is a composer, a lyricist, a vocalist and a guitarist. In 1996 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a founding member of The Velvet Underground.

Reed recently collaborated with the Killers on their song "Tranquilize" and composed and recorded two new songs ("Safety Zone" and "Gravity") inspired by the documentary Nanking

Fuck Buttons straddle you between the wall of sound that lies between the beginning of destruction and the end of birth. This grand noise will fondle you into a state of immersed euphoria.

The Drones are an Australian rock group whose sound has been described as The Birthday Party kicking the shit out of Neil Young in Hendrix' garage.

Robbers On High Street are on a full US tour this October and November with Great Northern (Eenie Meenie Records) in support of their latest release, Grand Animals.

"...at some times vaudevillian, at others psychedelic, a little bit country, a dash from early musicals, all under a cloud of pop-noir, often all coming in the very same song."

"With this album we wanted to create this sense that you're visiting a place that exists after you leave."

Puscifer is Maynard James Keenan’s multifaceted, multimedia, multi-artist, multi-personality project. It involves film, music, digital video, garments, feminine hygiene products, coffee, pet supplies, websites, blogs, artist collaborations, a few office supplies, and a grip on the idea that chaos is good and that change is inevitable.

Just 23 years old and hailing from Dumfries, this young Scot made his debut album I Created Disco in his bedroom on a battered old Amiga computer.

"a redeeming sense of hope amidst the emotional wreckage..."

"Illinois' music has the ability to take you out, show you a good time and then drive you home safely in some unconventional yet reliable vehicle."

"...this musical collective appeals to both experimental and pop fans who appreciate well-produced material and astounding artistry."

"a frenzied, blistering, often paranoid noise. But one that you can dance to."

"...an idea for a band that reflected the music that influenced them: Iron Maiden, Judas Priest and early Metallica... and Dead Child was born."

"After two releases under their first incarnation as Ty Cobb and several as Mad Action, The Cobbs have arrived and they bring with them a new album and their own brand of homegrown, DIY rock &roll."

"an alchemy of folk tendencies and blistering guitar squalor with dense, beautiful Technicolor voices blooming against the racket behind them"

"It is unifying in its chaos, startling in its simplicity - all those things that music fans have been bemoaning as dead and gone."

"They have been described as a destructive Stevie Nicks Blonde Redhead mutant, Will Oldham meets Sonic Youth and as a PJ Harvey - meets - Crazy Horse type creature."

"...deftly fuses hard rock with art rock, shot through with soaring vocals, virtuosic guitars, allegorical lyrics, a driving rhythm section and richly woven keyboards."

"...transcendent emotions and complex, highly danceable rhythms that leave you wanting more"

"...it is at turns epic, intimate, stormy, playful, pensive, and jubilant -- each song remains inherently illuminea."

"Don't be afraid, embrace the inevitable end, because as Abomination proves, death can be one badass dance party."

"A mature and thoughtful collection of songs and a bold release for an artist still largely unknown to most, What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have marks the emergence of an important and original talent."

"Monty Are I are proud to unveil their video for "Between The Sheets," the first single off their Stolen Transmission debut, Wall of People."

"Confessional or dance party? A keen observer might either feel complicit or absolved but they will no doubt be dawn in by the anxious beats, pensive blips and ominous thrashing tones."

"...perfect pop that sinks its fangs in, rock that doesn't stoop to knuckle draggers, ballads that are fluff free, throws a flurry of psychedelia into the mix (guaranteed to leave marks) and, yes – you can even dance to it."

Dawn Landes will release her second album and first formal US release, Fireproof on March 4 through Cooking Vinyl.