Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant (MP3) Deer Tick @ SXSW 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Another NYC New Year's Eve option: Deer Tick, J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Dead Confederate, and Virgin Forest are taking... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Deer Tick at Webster Hall (more by Amanda Hatfield) As previously discussed, Diamond Rugs is the new "supergroup" featuring members of Black Lips, Deer Tick, Los Lobos and Dead Confederate. To be more specific, they are:John McCauley- Vocals, Guitar ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — In support of the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial and the CSRA Wounded Warrior Care Project, several Athens, Ga.-based artists have contributed tracks to a digital compilation helping both organizations. The charity album features trac... more info

Stereogum — Ben Wigler has been all over the indie rock landscape; an alum of the band Arizona, he’s also performed backing vocals for Dead Confederate, Samantha Crane and the Indigo Girls. With his new outfit, New Beard, he crafts deluxe, swirling indie odes ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Georgia band Dead Confederate will take on Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night"... tonight (9/22) at Brooklyn Bowl. FREE before 7pm, though note there are two opening bands and the whole show starts at 8pm. If you want to win... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The second edition of the Hangout Music Festival is held on the Gulf Shores, Alabama - May 20-22. The organizers have added a fifth stage. All stage are located directly on the beach. The lineup is pretty varied, with Paul Simon as being the only s... more info

Altsounds — *Dead Confederate *return to the UK with a brand new, double A-side single, *Run From The Gun* and *Quiet Kid*, released 28th February to coincide with a 7 date UK tour with *The Whigs*. *Run From The Gun *and *Quiet Kid* perhaps best sums up w... more info

Guardian Music — Dee Dee and her Dum Dum Girls return with their dreamy lo-fi pop around the release of forthcoming EP, He Gets Me High (1-6 Apr, tour begins at Dublin Whelans, ticketmaster.co.uk) …Nottingham gets a new new hardcore, punk and rock cross-town festiv... more info

DrownedInSound — Two of Athens, Georgia's finest exports, Dead Confederate and The Whigs have announced a co-headline tour of the UK during the last week of February. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Addict Music — Dead Confederate and The Whigs have announced a co-headline tour that will see the two Athens, GA bands play the UK in late February 2011. Dead Confederate and The Whigs For Co-headline Tour is a post from: Music News, Album Reviews, Live Reviews, ... more info