Billy Bragg, milkman of human kindness/sherpa of heartbreak/bard of barking, announces first new album/record/LP in five years/annums/rotations of the Earth around the Sun [News Article]

Endless Boogie [Chocolate Grinder]

S.S. Coachella to set sail in December with Grimes, Pulp, Cloud Nothings, and more in the cargo hold. Only your money can free them! [News Article]

Bill Fay will release his first album of new material in 40 years this August [News Article]

Mount Eerie will haunt the Pacific Northwest more than usual in June [News Article]

Battles march on Middle America this June [News Article]

Internet heroes Anonymous hack Virgin Media site in constructive, not at all misguided response to UK Pirate Bay ruling [News Article]

Tortoise reissue classic albums, tour Europe, take time out of the day to appreciate the little things in life [News Article]

Neil Hamburger, America's Funnyman, will make the US, Canada, and Australia yuk for their lives this summer [News Article]

Acid Mothers Temple and Phantom Family Halo will use North America as their psychedelic playground for about a month [News Article]

Kool Keith's upcoming album will be his last, if believing the things that Kool Keith says is something you do [News Article]

Daniel Johnston cruelly forces fans to unlock new album through whimsical iPad game [News Article]

Paul McCartney reissues 1971's Ram in six dizzying formats, which is just fine by me! [News Article]

Ponytail's Dustin Wong will reveal the beautiful music lodged deep within his musty Baltimorean heart with solo album Infinite Love [News Article]

The Apples in Stereo's Robert Schneider constructs a synthesizer he can control with his mind, and you can too! [News Article]

Aloe Blacc is gonna have some Good Things for America on September 28 [News Article]

Kid Koala sunders depths of hell with insane scratches to summon Mike Patton and Jon Spencer for service on new Slew record [News Article]

Tyondai Braxton leaves Battles in one of those "sad but amicable" sort of ways [News Article]

Deerhunter tour in anticipation/support of new LP Halcyon Digest [News Article]

Neon Marshmallow Fest brings Burning Star Core, Emeralds, Julian Lynch, Caboladies, U.S. Girls, Social Junk and many more under one super loud roof [News Article]