Jun 21, 2010 By Hong Le Jenny and Johnny

Jenny and Johnny (Jenny Lewis and beau Jonathan Rice) have announced new U.S. tour dates and have released a free MP3. The lovely one-month tour will start this September in Santa Cruz, CA and end in October in Los Angeles, CA. Jenny and Johnny will headline most of the tour but they will be supporting Pavement, Superchunk, and Bell & Sebastian towards the end of the tour. For more details, check out the tour dates and new single.

Jun 21, 2010 By Hong Le MGMT

MGMT stopped by CD101 in Columbus, OH and played an acoustic set featuring two songs from their new album Congratulations and a cover of The Clean’s “Anything Could Happen.” MGMT will also be on tour starting this Thursday. We have the videos and the tour dates.

Jun 21, 2010 By Hong Le Monsters of Folk

Last Friday The Roots performed their new single “Dear God 2.0” with Jim James of My Morning Jacket on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. They also released the music video for the single. Check out the videos.

Jun 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus Death Cab for Cutie

Is there a new Death Cab for Cutie album on the way? All signs point to yes. Here’s what we know so far.

Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus The Besnard Lakes

Canada’s premier music award (think the Grammys here in America or England’s Mercury Prize), The Polaris Prize, has announced its’ long list. Among the 40 artists nominated are Under the Radar favorites Tegan and Sara, Owen Pallet, Broken Social Scene, Caribou, The Besnard Lakes, The New Pornographers, and Plants and Animals. We have the full list.

Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus The Roots

As previously reported, The Roots’ new ablum How I Got Over features collaborations with the ladies of Dirty Projectors, Jim James (Monsters of Folk/My Morning Jacket), and our current cover artist Joanna Newsom. Now you can hear the album in full on The Roots’ MySpace.

Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus Chapterhouse

Early ‘90s British shoegazers Chapterhouse have finally rescheduled their nixed American tour. Opening will be German electo-artist Ulrich Schnauss, who will also join the band on stage for some songs. We have the dates.

Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Fables, the comic book series chronicling the lives of famous Fairy Tale characters relocated to New York, is rumoured to be heading to the big screen with David Yates (director of the last two and next two Harry Potter films) possibly attached to direct. However, the television show is a no-go.

Jun 18, 2010 By Laura Studarus Blonde Redhead

Who says you need to go the traditional PR route and release album details, followed by album art and tracklist, followed by (finally!) an actual sample? Today, apprpo of seemingly nothing, New York trio Blonde Redhead released a dreamy new single “Here Sometimes,” their first material since 2007’s 23.