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Just in from the All Tomorrow's Parties people -- Pitchfork will curate the 2008 Spring version of All Tomorrow's Parties in the Spring of next year. They'll bill it as ATP vs. Pitchfork, meaning that both camps will split up the picking of the bands. The festival happens May 9-11 at Camber Sands Holiday Park (in the U.K.), and has announced some initial bands, with more to come: Pitchfork's choices so far: Of Montreal Man Man Los Campesinos! Caribou Glass Candy Dirty Projectors ATP's choices so far: Sebadoh Ween Pissed Jeans Fuck Buttons Apse

The soon to be released album Pride by Phosphorescent is starting to make waves. Matthew Houck et al will make their way out on the road starting on October 10th for a smattering of tour dates. There's also an MP3 of A Picture of Our Torn Up Praise available online from the upcoming album. It comes out on October via the label Dead Oceans . MP3 : Phosphorescent Phosphorescent Tour Dates: 10/09/07 Grantham, PA - Larsen Student Union, Messiah College 10/10/07 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar 10/11/07 Scranton, PA - Test Pattern 10/12/07 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern 10/13/07 Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC 10/14/07 Chicago, IL - AV-aerie 10/15/07 Urbana, IL - Canoply Club - Void Room 10/16/07 Rock Island, IL - Huckleberry's Pizza Parlor 10/18/07 Denver, CO - Hi Dive 10/19/07 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 10/22/07 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern 10/23/07 Portland, OR - Towne Lounge w/ Au 10/24/07 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern 10/26/07 Los Angeles, CA - El Cid 10/27/07 Phoenix, AZ - C...

Deerhoof have released a free MP3 album of live performances, outtakes, remixes, and covers. It's currently being offered on the Kill Rock Stars web site. "OK it's been too long since we offered anything free on our page! Here is an mp3 album, live and goodies. I don't know how long we can keep these up here, I might recommend downloading now and asking questions later. Play back with 0 seconds pause between songs..." said the band on their web site. You can also check them out on tour when they play with some really big names: Bloc Party, Smoosh, and an incredible London show with Liars, Deerhunter, Black Lips as part of All Tomorrow's Parties Release The Bats festival. Check out more tour dates below. MP3: Deerhoof Deerhoof Tour Dates: sep 21 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 22 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues (w/ J Versus and Bloc Party) sep 23 - Tulsa, OK - Cain's Ballroom (w/ Smoosh and Bloc Party) sep 25 - Nashville, TN...

After selling all of their tickets back in May, the U.K.'s Bestival looked set to take over Isle of Wight on September 7th. Now they've released their plan of attack complete with set times, in one handy PDF guide . The festival features names like Coldcut, Electrelane, the Gossip, Primal Scream, The Go! Team, The Orb and more. They've even got an an inflatable church and Bollywood Bar. Get more updates on the world's coolest music festivals on the Spacelab Guide To Music Festivals .

These guys ain't messin' around. With serious velocity, the CMJ peeps have been spinning out band names for the 2007 CMJ Marathon , and the newset names include Clockcleaner, Deerhunter ( the foursome! ), Octopus Project, Fog, Le Loup, St. Vincent, and a lot more .

Black Dice are moving quickly towards their October 23rd release of Load Blown , and have announced a set of shows for November in support of the album. They've just recently signed to Paw Tracks to release the album, so Animal Collective's collection grows larger. Their live experience is nothing short of mind-blowing as you can see in this video from a FatCat Records showcase... MP3: Black Dice Black Dice Tour Dates 11-01 Boston, MA - Nom D'Artiste 11-02 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa 11-03 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's 11-04 Detroit, MI - Scrummage University 11-05 Chicago, IL - Lakeshore Theatre 11-06 Minneapolis, MN - Soo Visual Arts Center 11-09 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ballroom 11-12 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies 11-22 Philadelphia, PA - Vacuum 11-23 New York, NY - Highline Ballroom

Minus The Bear might just never make it back home. They've gone on a tour bender, and keep adding dates to a tour that now extends into December. They're playing with bands like Subtle, Ela, and Helio Sequence based on location. Minus The Bear was formed members of Kill Sadie, Botch, and Sharks Keep Moving. They set out on Seattle at the turn of the century and were eventually signed by Suicide Squeeze Records. They're touring in support of the newly released Planet Of Ice . The album is the follow-up to 2005's Menos el Oso and is their third album to date. MP3 : Minus The Bear Minus The Bear Tour Dates 09-23 - Spokane, WA - Service Station 09-24 - Missoula, MT - The Badlander 09-27 - Detroit, MI - St. Andrew's Hall 09-28 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop (2 shows) 09-29 -- Pittsburgh, PA - Diesel 09-30 - Buffalo, NY - Tralf Music Hall 10-01 - Toronto, ON - Opera House 10-03 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs 10-04 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs 10-05 - B...

Iron & Wine and Arthur & Yu and you too, if you go to one of the shows. Next week Seattle's Arthur & Yu head off to Japan for some quick shows before coming back to the U.S. for a number of shows in September and October, with Iron & Wine and Great Lake Swimmers. Arthur & Yu have a sort of retroactive nostalgia for a time when folk was everything, and they take to it in a minimalist-indie rock sort of way. Their new album In Camera was recently released on Hardly Art. MP3: Arthur & Yu MP3: Iron & Wine Arthur & Yu Tour Dates 09-11 - Tokyo, Japan - O-Nest (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-13 - Nagoya, Japan - Tokuzo (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-14 - Kyoto, Japan - Urbanguild (w/ Grand Hallway) 09-23 - Chicago, IL - Metro (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-25 - Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-26 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-27 - Boston, MA - The Orpheum Theater (w/ Iron & Wine) 09-28 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theater (...

You like the Icelandic cuties Amiina. Sure, we all do. Unfortunately, we'll all have to wait a little longer to see their experimental act live, as they've canceled their U.S. shows due to someone in the band having an illness. You can check em' out in the Spring when they make it back to the U.S.

Although she once said she'll never play live again, PJ Harvey has announced a select few shows in the United States that will include the cities New York and Los Angeles. She's got an album coming out (of course), so you figure that you have to play at least a few shows, you know? Hype hype hype. And publicity. The album is called White Chalk and comes out on September 25th via Island Records. It was produced by the triumvirate of Polly, Flood & John Parish, and includes contributions from Eric Drew Feldman, and Jim White of the Dirty Three. So jump on a jet or hit the road and live out your own Jack Kerouac fantasy, hitting all of the (2) shows she'll be playing in the states. Pj Harvey Tour Dates 09-24 - Bristol, England - Colston Hall 09-29 - London, England - Royal Festival Hall 10-10 - New York, NY - Beacon Theatre 10-15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Orpheum

Bassist Mick Quinn of Supergrass recently went out for a nighttime adventure while vacationing at a villa in the south of France. Turns out Mick was sleepwalking, and ended up walking right out of a first floor window. He ended up with two broken vertebrae in his back and a smashed heel. "We hope the crazy fool gets back on his feet as soon as possible. I'm sure he'll make a full recovery; he's a tough cookie," said Gaz Coombes in a statement released by the band. As it turns out, Supergrass will have to cancel their Oxford Carling Academy show on September 23. Mick is expected to make a full recovery but will take several months to heal.

Okkervil River have released their new video for Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe in the run up to their newly announced tour dates for North America and Europe. The video was directed by Margaret Brown and is inducing descriptive words like "indie-noir" and "near cinematic experience" to describe both the album and the video. The video does have high production values and might actually change the way you think of hotel rooms. You can catch them on a long set of dates including some shows with Damien Jurado, in which, the band is guaranteed to stay in hotel rooms. We'll see how the marriage thing goes. Okkervil River: Tour Dates 08/30 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad 08/31 - Phoenix, AZ - The Brickhouse 09/01 - Tucson, AZ - Club Congress 09/03 - San Diego, CA - Casbah 09/04 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour 09/05 - San Francisco, CA - Independent 09/07 - Eugene, OR - Wow Hall 09/08 - Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan (MusicFest NW) 09/09 - Vancouver, British Columbi...

Black Mountain have set themselves up on a nice, long set of shows for North America. It's their first proper tour of North America in about two years and is centered around their album In The Future, which will come out sometime in the future. January of 2008 to be exact. They'll be touring with the Cave Singers, Lightning Dust, Oakley Hall or Sunset Rubdown depending on Location. Canadian and Europeeps sit tight, your dates will be announced soon. Black Mountain Tour Dates 09-27 - Boise, ID - Neurolux 09-28 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court 09-29 - Denver, CO - Hi-Dive 10-01 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room 10-02 - Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry 10-03 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle 10-05 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern 10-06 - Montreal, Quebec - Le National 10-07 - Portland, ME - Space 10-08 - Allston, MA - Great Scott 10-10 - New York, NY - Mercury Lounge 10-11 - Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw 10-12 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's 10-13 - Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop 10-14...