In support of their debut album The Bridge, out now on The Mylene Sheath, Los Angeles-based rock band and super-group ÆGES have been named Google Play’s Antenna Artist of The Week, featuring a free download of the band’s latest single “My Medicine”.  Featuring members Mark Holcomb (Undertow, Shift), Larry Herweg (Pelican, Tusk), Kemble Walters (The Rise, The Blank Faces, Juliette and the Licks), and Tony Baumeister (16, Cutthroats 9), ÆGES are also announcing their upcoming new 7″ release featuring album track “Southern Comfort” b/w new song “Stars,” set for release in late summer/early fall on The Mylene Sheath.

Watch the video for “My Medicine” here!

Stream “The Bridge” here!

Old Crow Medicine Show will release their new album, Carry Me Back, on July 17 through ATO Records. Carry Me Back is the band’s fourth studio album and first since 2008′s Tennessee Pusher. The album was recorded at the legendary Sound Emporium studios in Nashville (O Brother, Where Art Thou?; REM’s Document; Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’s Raising Sand).

OCMS is also a part of the tour documentary Big Easy Express, which screened recently at the Nashville Film Festival. The movie documents last year’s Railroad Revival Tour, which featured OCMS on tour with Mumford & Sons and Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros.

Here are the band’s upcoming tour dates:

June 30 – Owensboro, KY @ ROMP Festival

July 19 – Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room

July 20 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

July 21 – Kansas City, MO @ The Crossroads

July 26 – Louisville, KY @ Palace Theatre

July 27 – Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre

July 28 – Nashville, TN @ The Woods at Fontanel with Special Guests

August 1 – Richmond, VA @ Maymont Park w/The Milk Carton Kids and Special Guest

August 2 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/The Milk Carton Kids and Special Guest

August 3 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club w/The Milk Carton Kids and Special Guest

August 4 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

August 6 – New York, NY @ SummerStage, Central Park w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

August 8 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

August 9 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

August 10 – Burlington, VT @ Waterfront Park w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

August 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE w/The Lumineers

August 17 – Salem, VA @ Salem Civic Center w/The Lumineers

August 18 – Cary, NC @ Koka Booth Amphitheatre w/The Lumineers

August 19 – Charlottesville, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion w/The Lumineers & Pokey LaFarge and the South City Three

August 23 – Birmingham, AL @ Alabama Theatre w/The Lumineers & Milk Carton Kids

August 24 – Knoxville, TN @ The Tennessee Theatre w/ The Lumineers & Milk Carton Kids

August 25 – Atlanta, GA @ The Fox Theater w/The Lumineers & The Milk Carton Kids

Grammy-nominated Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods, has debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, and marks the highest chart position in the band’s career. The lead single “Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)” (HERE) is currently #9 with a bullet on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and is top 10 on both the BDS and Mediabase charts. Neck of the Woods was produced by the Grammy Award-winning Jacknife Lee (U2, Weezer, REM, Snow Patrol).

The band will be touring throughout 2012 and 2013 in support of the album.  Dates are listed below.

5/28 – Sasquatch Festival – George, WA

6/1 – Santa Barbara Bowl – Santa Barbara, CA

6/2 – Shoreline Amphitheatre – Mountain View, CA

7/5 – Moose’s Tooth Pub – Anchorage, AK

7/14 – Edgefest – Toronto, ON

7/20 – Firefly Music Festival – Dover, DE

8/8 – Richard L Berkley Riverfront Park – Kansas City, MO

9/1 – Xfest – Calgary, AB

9/2 – Sonic Boom – Edmonton, AB

More dates will be announced soon.  Keep an eye here:  http://www.silversunpickups.com/

Providence, RI’s Soul Control, are back with a five-song E.P. (with a bonus song available digitally).  Bore Core will hit stores on July 31 from Bridge Nine Records and new music will be posted online soon.  The band are also headed overseas for a July and August run.  Dates are below.

06/04/12 Pawtucket, RI @ The Met w/ Ceremony, Screaming Females, Raindance

07/14/12 Providence, RI @ Fete w/ Verse and others

22.07.12 Rokycany Czech Republic Fluff Fest w/ Verse, Ritual

23.07.12 Austria Wien Aera w/ Verse, Ritual

24.07.12 Germany Munchen Feierwerk w/ Verse, Ritual

25.07.12 Switzerland Zurich Dynamo Werk 21 w/ Verse, Ritual

26.07.12 Italy Vimercate Into The Pit Festival w/ Verse, Ritual

27.07.12 Germany Karlsruhe Gotec Hoffestival w/ Verse, Ritual

28.07.12 Germany Bausendorf Riez Open Air w/ Verse, Ritual

29.07.12 Germany Lichtenstein Jz Riot w/ Verse, Ritual

30.07.12 Germany Braunschweig B 58 w/ Verse, Ritual

31.07.12 Germany Berlin Bi Nuu w/ Verse, Ritual

01.08.12 Poland Warsaw Radio Luxembourg w/ Verse, Ritual

02.08.12 Germany Hamburg Hafenklang w/ Verse, Ritual

03.08.12 Belgium Knokke-Heist Zaal Ravelingen w/ Verse, Ritual

04.08.12 Germany Koln Allschools Fest w/ Verse, Ritual

Oct. 26-28 Gainesville, FL @ The Fest

Lemuria had an extremely good year last year.  Their Bridge Nine debut album, Pebble, hit stores in January of 2011.  More importantly, the band scored the cover of Ghettoblaster!  This year they’ve kept busy touring the globe and cut a 7” for Record Store Day.  Tracks from the 7”, Varoom Allure, can now be found online.  Check out “Cannonballs to Hurt” on RCRD LBL and “Varoom Allure” on Facebook.  For those of you not in the UK, you can pick up copies of the 7” in the B9 Store.

The band will be playing some dates this Summer.  Here they are:

June 3 Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas

July 6  Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary

July 31  London, UK @ Underworld

August 1  Southampton, UK @ Joiners

August 2  Exeter, UK @ The Cavern

August 3  Manchester, UK @ Night & Day Cafe

August 4  Leeds, UK @ Cockpit 2

August 5  Kent, UK @ Hevy Festival

August 6  Kingston, UK @ The Peel

October 26-28  Gainesville, FL @ The Fest

This July, Trouble (Sam Hillmer of ZS and Sculptor/Projectionist Laura Paris) and the Secret Project Robot Gallery bring the You Are Here Festival back to NYC at the Secret Project Robot Gallery in Bushwick Brooklyn. As with all You Are Here festivals the month will feature a gigantic life size maze that will house myriad performances and artists throughout the month.

This year’s festival will feature performances by: Laurel Halo, Miho Hatori’s New Optimism, Ann Liv Young, Dustin Wong, Zs, Win Win, Jack Quartet, Hunter Hunt Hendrickson’s Kel Velhaal, JG Thirlwell, Babycastles, Dome Theater, Nymph, Noveller, Extra Life, Mick Barr, Lucky Dragons, Larking Grimm, Amen Dunes, Diamond Terrifier, C. Spencer Yeh, Hieroglyph Thesuarus, Vaz, GDFX, Dan Friel, MV Carbon, Loud Objects, Bachanalia, Driphouse, Psychic Reality, Black Jeans, Fuckton, Phonetag and more.

The maze will be in operation from Thursday through Saturday every week for four weeks beginning July 12. In addition to show times, the You Are Here curatorial team will be presenting a gaggle of performance and time based artists during gallery hours from 2pm til 8pm Thursdays through Saturdays as well.

This is the third maze installation mounted by Trouble in NYC. Click here to view images.  For more information, visit:
www.troublemaze.com
troublestuff.tumblr.com

Rock The Bells 2012

Boost Mobile, in association with Guerilla Union, have announced the return of the Rock The Bells 2012 Festival Series. The world-class platform will feature an array of seminal and flourishing artists over an expanded two-day period in four major North American markets, including headliners Kid Cudi, J Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Atmosphere and more, with special guests Bone Thugs-N-Harmony.

The touring hip-hop festival will kick off in San Bernardino, CA on August 19 and 20 at the NOS Events Center. The festival will then make its way to Mountain View, CA on August 25 and 26 at the Shoreline Amphitheatre and will wrap on the east coast in Newark, NJ on September 1 and 2 at PNC Arts Center.

Rock The Bells and non-profit organization Hip Hop and Hope for Haiti have joined forces to shine light on the disaster-stricken country and to provide continued relief efforts; that of which have progressively decelerated.

Podcasts from 2012′s Bridgetown Comedy Festival have hit the internet.  Here they are, available for your  download and enjoyment:

improv4humans

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/live-from-bridgetown/

Kevin Allison’s Risk!

http://risk-show.com/podcast/live-from-portland/

Wired’s coverage of “The Humor Code” panel discussion with Professor Peter McGraw, Joel Warner, Pete Holmes, Mary Mack, Myq Kaplan and Jordan Morris

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/04/humor-code-podcast/

Who Charted?

http://www.earwolf.com/episode/42012-two-charted-11/

Comedy Film Nerds

https://store.comedyfilmnerds.com/2012-Summer-Movie-Preview.html

Roast the Week with Mike Bridenstine

http://sideshownetwork.tv/shows/roast/2382

Gelmania

http://www.earwolf.com/show/gelmania/

Doug Loves Movies

Saturday taping: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/doug-loves-movies/id281816774# (look for the Matt Besser episode)
Sunday taping: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/doug-loves-movies-back-in/id520289880

Passion Pit have announced the tracklisting and release date for Gossamer, their sophomore effort.  Gossamer arrives July 24 on Columbia Records.  Here is the tracklist:

Gossamer:

1. Take a Walk
2. I’ll Be Alright
3. Carried Away
4. Constant Conversations
5. Mirrored Sea
6. Cry Like a Ghost
7. On My Way
8. Hideaway
9. Two Veils to Hide My Face
10. Love Is Greed
11. Its Not My Fault I’m Happy
12. Where We Belong

DeLuna Fest has added 10 more acts to their September 21 to 23, 2012 lineup. The newest artist additions include Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff, Bob Mould plays Copper Blue, Trampled by Turtles, Blackberry Smoke, OFF! and Red Kross. Also added to the lineup are late night DJ sets from Diplo, 12^th Planet, Paper Diamond and AC Slater. Last month, the third annual music festival hosted on Pensacola Beach announced headliners Pearl Jam and Foo Fighters with Florence and the Machine, Band of Horses, Dwight Yoakam, Ben Folds Five, Guided By Voices, DJ Jazzy Jeff and many more. A third headliner will be announced in mid-June. For a complete listing of artists announced so far, see below.

A limited quantity of advanced price festival weekend passes are available for $159.95 and can be purchased at www.delunafest.com. Once tickets at the advanced price level are sold-out, passes will then go on sale at the regular price of $199.95. VIP ticket packages are also available online for $849.95. VIP pass holders enjoy premier stage viewing, access to the VIP Beach Club Lounge and more.

For information on DeLuna Fest including lodging, shuttle services and VIP packages, visit www.delunafest.com.

WHAT:                                          DELUNA FEST 2012
WHEN:                                          FRIDAY, SEPT 21 – SUNDAY, SEPT 23, 2012
WHERE:                                        CASINO BEACH BLVD., PENSACOLA BEACH, FL
TICKETS:                                      $159.95 ADV 3-DAY GA PASS / $849.95 VIP PASS
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT:           delunafest.frontgatetickets.com
FESTIVAL WEBSITE:                   http://www.delunafest.com

Confirmed artists confirmed include: 
Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
Florence And The Machine
Band Of Horses
Jimmy Cliff
Dwight Yoakam
Ben Folds Five
Diplo
Guided By Voices
DJ Jazzy Jeff
The Joy Formidable
The Gaslight Anthem
The Wallflowers
Superchunk
Bob Mould plays COPPER BLUE
Joan Jett And The Blackhearts
Bad Brains
City And Colour
Trampled By Turtles
Band Of Skulls
OFF!
The Wood Brothers
Walker Hayes
Redd Kross
Kermit Ruffins And The Barbecue Swingers
12^th Planet
Blackberry Smoke
Mike Doughty
The Corin Tucker Band
Paper Diamond
Rebirth Brass Band
Fishbone
Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk
The Silos
Motopony
Anders Osborne
Twothirtyeight
AC Slater
Bonerama
The Parlotones
Ben Sollee
Washboard Chaz w/ Tin Men
Eric Lindell
Mishka
Charmaine Neville
Chris Thomas King
Lights Resolve
Antoine Knight
The Villains
Kitt Lough
Hip Kitty
Deadly Fists Of Kung-Fu
Paloma
DLP
Pioneers! O Pioneers!