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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...

Just in is the news that Iceland's own Sigur Ros have signed to XL Recordings for the release of their upcoming CD release of Hvarf / Heima . The album will b packaged with a release of the now (almost) famous DVD release of Heima . You can check out a video preview of the DVD here . XL Recordings will oversee the U.S. release which comes out on November 6th.

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...

M83's future is so bright, he's gotta wear digital shades. Anthony Gonzales, better known to the world as M83, has announced a new series of releases starting with Digital Shades Volume One. He worked at his home studio last year to record the album, which he'll release on September 4th. The next installment is already due early next year.

Major news on the innovator front... Hilly Kristal, the man who oversaw CBGB for many decades, died on Wednesday due to complications from the lung cancer he had been battling. He fought hard against the Bowery Residents Committee to keep CBGB going but ultimately lost when they refused to renew his lease.