Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Jason Isbell at Governors Ball 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Former Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell just played Beacon Theatre with Damien Jurado over the weekend (anyone go?), and now he's expanded his tour. The new dates include two..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2015 edition of Arts & Crafts' Field Trip Festival happens June 6 & 7 in downtown Toronto. This year's lineup features Alabama Shakes, My Morning Jacket, The War on Drugs, De La Soul, Purity Ring, Father John Misty,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Alabama Shakes at T5 in 2012 (more by Tracy Allison) Tickets for the two Alabama Shakes dates at Beacon Theatre are on AmEx and Internet presales. For the Internet presale, use the password SHAKES. General on-sale starts 11 AM... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alabama Shakes will be releasing a new album in 2015. While there are no details on that just yet (soon they promise), they have announced that they'll be on the road this spring for a short tour. Dates start... more info

Nialler9 — The Great Escape, the new music festival in Brighton has announced its first 150 bands its 10th anniversary from the 14th to 16th of May across 30+ venues. Bands include Alabama Shakes, SOAK, Girl Band, Jack Garratt, Laura Doggett, Real Lies, Tobias... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Robert Plant at Brooklyn Bowl in 2014 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Upstate NY jam-centric music festival Mountain Jam returns in 2015 from June 4-7 at its usual location of Hunter Mountain. This year's lineup includes festival co-founder ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Oh Land is playing Knitting Factory on Monday, July 7. Tickets for that show are on sale now. Tickets for the Suffocation, Kataklysm, Jungle Rot, Pyrexia and Internal Bleeding show at Gramercy Theatre are on sale now. Tickets for... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Alabama Shakes at Firefly 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Blues rockers Alabama Shakes only have a couple upcoming dates at the moment, and one of those is a chance to see them for FREE in NYC on July 24.... more info

NME — Keyboardist Tanner has a record label with The Civil Wars’ John Paul White more info