Pitchfork — Rock warriors the Hold Steady have a new album, Heaven Is Whenever, dropping May 3 in Europe (via Rough Trade) and one day later in North America (via Vagrant). You can stream the whole thing over at NPR. And now the band is ready to take its new son... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-03 Los Angeles, CA - Grammy Museum05-04 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern #05-05 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey #*05-06 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore #*05-08 Honolulu, HI - HI Next Door05-22-23 Orlando, FL - The Social ^05-25 Savannah, GA - Live Wir... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-15 Cleveland, OH - House of Blues # 04-16 St. Louis, MO - Chaifetz Arena #04-22 Lincoln, NE - Rococo Theatre +05-05 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club *05-06 State College, PA - Allen Street Stage *05-07 Lansing, MI - Mac's Bar *05-09 Dekalb, MI - The... more info

Live Daily — One-man jam band Keller Williams [ tickets ], who has been pounding the pavement behind last summer's "Odd" since early November, won't stop touring anytime soon, as he's extended his schedule well into May. The self-taught Virginia native continu... more info

Live Daily — One-man electronic act RJD2 will spend the first part of the New Year visiting clubs throughout the US in support of his forthcoming release, "The Colossus." The tour gets underway Jan. 9 in Washington, DC--just a few days before the new album's J... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 01-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club01-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle01-11 Charlotte, NC - Visualite Theater01-12 Savannah, GA - Live Wire01-13 Orlando, FL - The Social01-14 Tampa, FL - Crowbar01-15 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder01-16 Atlanta, GA - Mas... more info

Live Daily — Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will continue on the group's spring and summer road trip of the US with two new band members and an album in the pipeline. The in-progress outing, which continues tonight (5/29) in Pittsburgh, will visit festivals and ... more info

JamBase — GRACE POTTER AND THE NOCTURNALS TO WORK WITH LEGENDARY PRODUCER T BONE BURNETT ON BAND'S THIRD ALBUM Potter & Burnett by James Minchin III On April 20, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals entered Village Recorder in West L.A. to begin work on the V... more info

JamBase — TELEPATH ANNOUNCES SPRING 2009 TOUR Spring Tour to Coincide with March release of CONTACT on 1320 Records Telepath Following their most successful tour to date, Telepath will be heading out on their 2009 Contact Spring Tour. Beginning Thursday,... more info

JamBase — WORLDY NORTH CAROLINA BOYS OUT FOR THREE MONTHS ON THE ROAD Toubab Krewe Toubab Krewe kicked off their spring tour yesterday in Champaign, IL, offering their unique sound to folks from the Midwest outwards to the East Coast and down to Florida be... more info