Live Daily — Alt-rockers The Verve Pipe [ tickets ] will support their just-released set, "The Family Album," with a scattering of US shows that run through the end of February. The spread-out excursion focuses on the Midwest through mid-December. Following a ... more info

Detroit Free Press — 311: with Kottonmouth Kings, 6:30 p.m. Nov. 19. The Fillmore Detroit, $26. Frank Vignola: with Hot Club of Detroit, 8 p.m. Nov. 19. The Ark, $20, $27. Jean Luc Ponty: 8 p.m. Nov. 19. Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts, $32-$52. more info

Live Daily — Indie-folk act Blind Pilot [ tickets ] continues its exhausting tour schedule into the final months of 2009, with the band still supporting its debut album from last year, "3 Rounds and a Sound." The Portland, OR, duo of Israel Nebecker and Ryan D... more info

Live Daily — Blues-rock singer/songwriter Delbert McClinton [ tickets ] will head out on the road later this month for a late-year run of headlining dates in support of his latest studio effort, "Acquired Taste." The veteran Texan performer launches the trek N... more info

Detroit Free Press — Escape the Fate: 6:30 p.m. Nov. 5. The Eagle Theater, $13.50. Earthtones: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 5. The Ark, $15, $35. Free Energy: 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Majestic Cafe, $18. MSTRKRFT: 8 p.m. Nov. 5. The Crofoot Ballroom, $20. State Radio: 8 p.m. Nov. 5. Blind Pig, ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Expunged Records Indie Americana duo Blind Pilot is on tour. They share the bill with The Low Anthem on the first leg: 10/25 Plush - Tucson, AZ * 10/27 Bronze Peacock at House of Blues - Houston, TX * 10/28 Granada Theater - Dallas, TX *... more info

Live Daily — Freak-folk singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart [ tickets ] will play a few dates in the Northeast and upper Midwest this fall after releasing his latest studio effort. The eight-city outing gets underway Nov. 16 in Chicago, and includes stops in Bo... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 11-16 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre 11-17 Ann Arbor, MI - The Ark 11-19 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground 11-20 Boston, MA - Berklee 11-22 New York, NY - Town Hall 11-24 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory 11-25 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club 11-27 Toronto, Ont... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Mike Dougthy can write a song about anything, but he it gets better when he is pissed off or wants to hammer home some truths. His new album Sad Man Happy Man starts with yet another songs about a Nectarine, but the rest of the album has more mea... more info

Guardian Music — This week's warblings from the tweet-hedge see Jon McClure saving music's soul by sounding off at NME, plus more depressing hip-hop homophobiaSheffield's loudest bigmouth, the Reverend Jon McClure, known on Twitter as plain old JonMcClure – no... more info