Pitchfork - Tours — 10-31 Norman, OK - Opolis11-02 Phoenix, AZ - Modified Arts *11-03 Los Angeles, CA - Echo11-04 San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern *11-05 Portland, OR - Holocene *11-06 Seattle, WA - The Vera Project *11-07 Missoula, MT - The Palace *11-08 Salt Lake Ci... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 10-20 New York City, NY - Cake Shop (Poptarts Suck Toasted Day Party) @10-22 Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium (Myopenbar Party) $10-23 Brooklyn, NY - Trash Bar (Breakthru Radio Day Party)10-23 New York City, NY - The Delancey (twosyllable records/Underwat... more info

Live Daily — After juggling an intimate club tour with opening duties for the Jonas Brothers, pop-rockers Honor Society [ tickets ] are spending the fall canvassing the nation behind their brand-new album, "Fashionably Late." The North American tour, which off... more info

All About Jazz — The Chicago-based instrumental "post-rock" band Tortoise (pictured), whose members are also involved in their hometown's sprawling improvised music scene, is coming to St. Louis* on Tuesday, September 29 to perform at the Firebird, 2706 Olive, just w... more info

Live Daily — New York indie rockers White Rabbits [ tickets ] will head out on tour this fall to support their second studio album, "It's Frightening." The six-member group kicks off the outing Oct. 17 in Washington, DC. Suckers, Local Natives and Glass Ghost ... more info

Live Daily — Ministry head honcho Al Jourgensen's latest version of Revolting Cocks [ tickets ] will launch their first headlining tour in more than 20 years in support of their fifth and latest studio album. Featuring mostly the same lineup that has been in p... more info

Guardian Music — Symphony Hall, BirminghamThis was a programme unlike any other, with a concerto each for oboe and contrabassoon, along with Berio's virtuoso Sequenza XII for solo bassoon, and was perhaps explained by Birmingham's hosting of the International Double ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Zechs Marquise smiling in Amsterdam, march 2009 Zechs Marquise took the "look how creepy we are" image a bit too far when they picked the cover art for Our Delicate Stranded Nightmare album. Led by Mar Volta member Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez this prog-r... more info

JamBase — WILLIAM FITZSIMMONS ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF SUMMER DATES "File next to: Iron & Wine, Sufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, Elliott Smith." -The Guardian, U.K. "an uncensored glimpse of one man's heartache from start to finish." -The Boston Globe William F... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Crocodiles @ Mercury Lounge (more by BB) A slightly bizarre scene played itself out at the Firebird [Wednesday night], where Thunderkid, Crocodiles and Spelling Bee were set to play a show. Thunderkid opened, and a crowd of 30 or so... more info