Zola Jesus is readying the four-song Valusia EP, which is due out October 12 via Sacred Bones. Along with the new disc, this Fall will see Zola Jesus bring her band on extensive tours throughout Europe and North America and here are the dates: 08-31 Brighton, England – Freebutt 09-01 London, England – Camp Basement [...]

Zola Jesus is planning to spend much of the Summer and Fall on the road.  Here are the dates: 06-25 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry & 06-26 Madison, WI – The Frequency & 06-27 Chicago, IL – Schubas & 07-03 Des Moines, IA – 80/35 Festival 07-09 New York, NY – South Street Seaport [...]

NPR is streaming a recording of Hot Chip and The XX’s Saturday night Washington concert. Listened to the xx portion earlier and it was rad.

The Lollapalooza people have revealed the whole lineup. Arcade Fire, the Strokes, Lady Gaga, Green Day, the reunited Soundgarden, and Phoenix all serve as headliners at this year’s fest, which will take over Chicago’s Grant Park August 6-8. Other artists on the bill include MGMT, Spoon, the National, Hot Chip, Erykah Badu, the Black Keys, [...]

Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, Tenn. is looking like one hell of an annual fest. The lineup for this year includes Vampire Weekend, Gang Gang Dance, The XX, Andrew W.K., My Brightest Diamond, Clogs, the Bang on a Can All-Stars and Doveman among others. Check out Big Ears’ recently-released schedule.

The XX, are now officially a trio. The band were already forced to cancel a few of their tour dates this season because of exhaustion and now have confirmed that keyboardist/guitarist Baria Qureshi has left the group. According to an interview with Stool Pigeon [via The Quietus], Qureshi left due to a mix of not enjoying [...]

XL Recordings is excited to announce the signing of Holly Miranda. Holly is a New York based musician and her debut album will be released in early 2010. It will be preceded by a 7″/digital single in November with a song called “Forest Green Oh Forest Green” and a cover of Yoko Ono’s “Nobody Sees [...]