Back from vacation for a week and here is the catch up post. I’ve filtered through the emails and have a bunch of info to absorb. Time to get back into the swin of things. Oh, and new website coming very very soon.

News

Snow Patrol cancels US tour – postponed until September. Also adding stops in San Diego and Las Vegas. I’ve been listening to the new album quite a bit. It has grown on me a bit and I personally like it better than the last album, Final Straw.

Sonic Youth kicked off tour for latest album release “Rather Ripped” which came out on June 13. A 38 stop tour including secret show in Los Angels on July 8 for fans only. You get an invitation by purchasing “Rather Ripped” from select LA retailers. Head to their website for more info.

I talked about Under the Influence of Giants last week, and they were the free Single of the Week in the iTunes music store, if you didn’t grab it, head over to my post and their myspace to listen.

Blackpool lights, a band I’ve been listening to a bit off and on recently has a streams over at Alt Press. I havn’t decided yet if I like Alt Press or not, your thoughts?

Muse has been talked about alot lately, especially on this post on their new album. They have released 14 tour dates starting July 18 in San Francisco.

There is lots and lots of awesome stuff going on over at Daytrotter. Head on over and browse for awhile.

The ever popular and awesome Keane have an extensive AOL sessions with good video, words, and sounds. Go here.

SOUND team has announced their tour for “Movie Monster.” Excellent album that I’ll write about soon. Check out the tour dates on their website.

Musicglob/DAN favorite Wolfmother live performance video from the MTV movie awards is online. Go here, and they are right in there. I hope you are on windows cause the bastards at MTV don’t allow Macs to watch yet.