Here Comes The Flood — The Decemberists will release their new album The King is Dead on January 18th. They will be on the road in the USA in January and February. Europe is next, in March. Live dates: 01/25 New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre * 01/28 Boston, MA @ House ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Morning Edition interviews Andy Stack and Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak about their new My Neighbor/My Creator EP. The Telegraph lists the top 10 music documentaries. Matador Records announced ticket prices and on-sale dates for its three-day 21st anniversa... more info

Rollo & Grady — ‘Manager Spotlight’ is a recurring feature on Rollo & Grady in which we speak with rising stars in the music management business. This week we caught up with Ian Wheeler of indie outlaw management in Brooklyn, New York. His clients include Deer T... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-18 Richmond, VA - Brown's Island07-17 Providence, RI - Jerky's07-19 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's07-20 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *07-21 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar07-22 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *07-23-24 Floyd, VA - Floyd Fest07-25 ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Lou Barlow + the missingmen - Losercore (MP3) Lou Barlow + the missingmen (guitarist Tom Watson and drummer Raul Morales - Lou's touring band who do great things with Mike Watt too) have released a new... more info

Pitchfork — Indie long-timer Lou Barlow is best known as the bassist for fuzz-rock legends Dinosaur Jr. and the frontman for Sebadoh, but he's also been known to release solo records, both under his own name and as Sentridoh. Lately, Barlow has been touring ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-10 San Diego, CA - The Casbah 06-11 Tucson, AZ - Plush 06-12 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewing Co. 06-14 Austin, TX - Mohawk 06-15 Dallas, TX - The Loft 06-16 Norman, OK - Opolis 06-17 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar 06-18 Denver, CO - Larimer Loun... more info

Pitchfork — Five years ago, Baltimore's art-damaged Wham City collective started running their Whartscape festival at the same time as Artscape, a gigantic free arts festival that takes over Baltimore every summer. This year, though, the Wham City folks have ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the Night Marchers @ Fun Fun Fun Fest 2009 (more) The Village Voice, the nation's largest alternative weekly newspaper, is excited to announce the addition of THE NIGHT MARCHERS, CYMBALS EAT GUITARS, EARL GREYHOUND, SCREAMING FEMALES and WYE OAK to..... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Shearwater - Castaways (MP3) Jonathan Meiburg @ All Points West 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Wye Oak's Andy Stack @ Pianos - BV CMJ 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Shearwater, who released their The Golden Archipelago LP... more info