Live Daily — Alt-rockers The Hold Steady [ tickets ] have lined up summer and early fall headlining dates as they continue to back their fourth studio album, "Stay Positive," which surfaced last year. The Brooklyn-based crew kicks off the outing July 2 in Tamp... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Son Volt - Down To The Wire (MP3) Aquarium Drunkard: The new record seems like it's a combination of everything within Son Volt, all the way back to Trace [the band's 1995 debut] - it seems like something that... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — There’s no doubt about Jay Farrar’s legacy in modern music. As a co-founding member of one of its genre-defining bands, Uncle Tupelo, and then as the creator behind one of its certifiable masterpieces, Son Volt’s Trace, his body of work ranks a... more info

Rollo & Grady — Budos Band A.A. Bondy Album: When The Devil’s Loose (Due Out September 1st) Label: Fat Possum MP3: A.A. Bondy - When The Devil’s Loose Budos Band Album: III (Due Out June 23rd) Label: Daptone Records MP3: The Budos Band - The Proposition Son Vo... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Shockingly I actually don’t mind some country rock every now and again. Now remember it is country rock for a reason. I aint talken about that Garth Brooks bullshit. I am talking about the lines of Wilco, Drive By Truckers, Johnny Cash, Band Of Hor... more info

Live Daily — Son Volt [ tickets ] has a mapped a summer headlining tour that follows the release next month of "American Central Dust," the group's latest studio album. Following the band's previously announced jaunt with Cowboy Junkies--now expanded to 15 cit... more info

3hive — Oops. Looks like I missed posting anything in the month of May. Ah, how one gets lost. Which I guess is an apt comparison to my relationship with Son Volt. For an album or two in a previous century, Jay Farrar had what I was looking for. Grit, w... more info

Live Daily — Today's Song of the Day is by Son Volt [ tickets ]. The featured cut is "Down to the Wire," which appears on the group's forthcoming album, "American Central Dust." Son Volt news at LiveDaily All the latest news and festival reports from Live... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Birds of Avalon: "Your Downtime Is Up" [mp3] from Uncanny Valley (out July 21st) other Birds of Avalon posts at Largehearted Boy The Ginger Envelope: "All Pinned Down" [mp3] from Invitation Air (out June... more info

XLR8R — A new electronic music event is about to kick off, namely, Sweden's Volt Festival. DJ/producer HÃ¥kan Lidbo (of Pokerflat and Mille Plateaux fame), one of the artists involved in the planning, sent an email out earlier today indicating just wh... more info