Loon - 30

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Ryan Adams North American dates
• SummerStage in New York news
  
• Bonnaroo schedule revealed
• Camera Obscura summer dates
• Rolling Stones summer dates
  
• VHS or Beta U.S. tour
• Jaime Stewart solo dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Rooney - Calling the World, July 17
• Junior Senior - Hey Hey My My Yo Yo, Aug 14
• Kanye West - Graduation, now out end of August
  
• Land of A Thousand Rappers Vol. 1: Fall of the Pillars
• The Parkas - Put Your Head in the Lion's Mouth, June 19
  
• VHS or Beta - Bring on the Comets, Aug. 28

and some extra news...
Sam the Record Man to close Toronto superstore on June 30

myspace.com/eveningrooster - 28

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Bonnaroo! Keep yourselves updated at the link
• Choke final Canadian tour
• Pitchfork Music Festival news, lineups
  
• Wakestock 2007 news
• Shapes and Sizes North America tour
  
• Victoria Ska Festival news

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Hard-Fi - Once Upon a Time in the West, Sept. 3
• The Aliens - Astronomy for Dogs, June 19
  
• 50 Cent - Curtis, date changed to Sept. 4

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Athens Band Play the Music of REM

Video of the Week - 25

Just a heads up:
Next month has 5 Friday's in it! I've decided that any month with 5 Friday's in it deserves a theme. So the theme for June will be SPIKE JONZE. I'm sure you already know what to expect :)

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Radiohead "Just"


So stay tuned in June for SPIKE JONZE month!

My baaaadddddd.... - 23

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• White Stripes extend tour
• Mystery Jets cancel North American tour
  
• The Black Keys U.S. dates
• Bonde Do Role Canadian dates
  
• More Peter Bjorn and John dates
• The Besnard Lakes U.S. dates
  
• Monolith festival news
• 311 U.S. summer tour
  
• Monster Bobby joins Pippettes tour
• Willie Nelson extends North American tour
  
• Andrew Bird adds more dates
• Handsome Furs cancel some dates
• Pink Martini North American dates
  
• Fiona Apple U.S. dates
• Elton John Europe dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Blacks Keys The Live EP, available on their MySpace
• Get Him Eat Him Arms Down, June 5
  
• Ani DiFranco Canon, Sept. 11
  

really delayed NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Legend of Johnny Cash Vol. II
Von Sudenfed Tromatic Reflexxions
Wheat Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square
N. America
Young Jeezy Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer
Maroon 5 It Won't be Soon Before Long
Jeff Buckley So Real: Songs of Jeff Buckley
Beach Boys The Warmth of the Sun
Espers Dear Companion
Ozzy Osbourne Black Rain
Dustin Bentall Streets with No Lights
Wheat Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square
Handsom Furs Plague Park

They don't love you like I love you - 17

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Interpol U.S. dates
• Erasure tour world
  
• Some Múm US dates
• Girl Talk North American dates
  
• Mooney Suzuki U.S. dates
• Wheat U.S. dates
  
• Siren music festival news
• Simian Modile Disco tour world
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Best of Van Morrison Volume 3, June 11
• Animal Collective Strawberry Jam, September
  
• Múm Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy, Sept. 25
• Victoria Bergsman Open Field, June 18
  
• Athens Band Play the Music of REM, May 29
• Wheat Everyday I Said a Prayer for Kathy and Made a One Inch Square, May 22 and May 21 in the U.K.
  

Everyday when I wake up, they are waiting - 14

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Polyphonic Spree North American tour (!!!!)
• Crowded House North American tour
• Emm Gryner Canadian dates
  
• Smashing Pumpkins "residencies" gigs
  
• Peter Frampton U.S. dates
• Ted Leo adds dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Buffalo Tom Three Easy Pieces, July 9

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
N. America
Satellite Party Ultra Payloaded
Wilco Sky Blue Sky
Rufus Wainwright Release the Stars
Crickets: The Best of the Fading Captain Series
Dungen Tio Bitar
Ozma Pasadena
Tim Buckley My Fleeting House
Betty Davis They Say I'm Different

How did we end up here? - 11

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Explosions in the Sky cancel U.K. dates
• the Nighwatchmen (Tom Morello) extends summer tour
  
• the Hives Europe dates
  
• Erasure U.S. dates
• Thin Lizzy U.K. dates
  
• Battles North American dates
• Ted Nugent summer tour
  
• Meat Puppets U.S. dates
• In-Flight Safety Canadian tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• the Pipettes Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me, June 5
• Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Highway Companion reissue, June 5
  
• Ferraby Lionheart Catch the Brass Ring, Sept. 4
• Dustin Bentall Streets with No Lights, May 22
  
• Betty Davis They Say I'm Different reissue, May 15
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• Shout Out Louds Our Ill Wills, Sept. 11 & Tonight I Have to Leave It EP, June 5
  
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• Mirah Share This Place: Stories and Observations, Aug. 7
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VIDEO OF THE WEEK
the Dears "Ticket to Immortality"

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Can't blog, trying to make a bag out of a shirt.

In the meantime, check this out!

Lulu - 9

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Queens Of the Stone Age Europe dates
  
• Download 2007 news
• All Smiles U.S. tour with Menomena
• Econoline Crush Ontario dates
  
• Charalambides Europe + N. America tour
• Ziggy Marley adds to spring/summer tour
  
• Fujiya & Miyagi summer tour

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Metric Grow Up and Blow Away, June 26
  
• The Go! Team untitled album, Sept. 10
• Hot Hot Heat Happiness LTD., Sept. 11
  
• Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth reissue, July 2 (UK) and Aug. 7 (N. America)
• Circus Devils Sgt. Disco, July 24
  
• Okkervil River The Stage Names, Aug. 7

Maurix is a cool name - 7

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• The Horrors cancel on Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
• Incubus summer dates woooooo
  
• Ghosthorse & Stillborn cancel some dates
• Ten Years After U.S. tour
  
• Reel Big Fish U.S. tour
  
• Projekt Revolution tour

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Guilt by Association, Aug. 28
• UNKLE War Stories, July 24
• Juliette & the Licks Four on the Floor, July 24
• Mattheah Baim Death of the Sun, June 12

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
Groove Armada Soundboy Rock
Travis The Boy With No Name
The 1990's Cookies
Manic Street Preachers Send Away the Tigers
Bjork Volta
Black Francis Threshold Apprehension
N. America
Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara
Jason Collett Prodigals digital EP
Travis The Boy With No Name
Chromeo Fancy Footwork
Clientele God Save the Clientele
Shannon Wright Lead in the Light
Lavender Diamond Imagine Our Love
Jay Lib Champion Sound
Karen Ann S/T

Yes - 4

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Snow Patrol North American dates
• Sage Francis U.S. tour
• Genesis North American tour
  
• Karen Ann North American dates
• Tool extend tour
  
• No Age U.S. + Europe dates
• Smashing Pumpkins to preview Zeitgeist in Paris
  
• Anticon. artists dates
• Middlesbrough Music Live news
  
• Marnie Stern summer tour
• Danny Masterson U.S. clubs tour (with a friend)
  
• I'm From Barcelona Europe tour

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Karen Ann S/T, June 4 (U.K.) and May 8 (N. America)
• Ben Harper Lifeline, Aug. 28
• Dungen Tio Bitar, May 15

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists "Bomb.Repeat.Bomb"

See them live if you can... seriously, wow.

Ted Leo rocks my face - 3

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• The Icarus Line U.K. dates
• Interpol dates/Fratellis dates
  
• Albert Hammond Jr. expands U.S. tour again
• Black Halos west coast dates
  
• Download Festival in the U.S.
• Buck 65 cancels Iowa show
  
• Land of Talk U.S. tour
• Spinal Tap play Live Earth
  
• Great Lake Swimmers U.S. + Europe tour
• Maroon 5 U.S. dates
  
• Califone U.S. tour
• Hootie & the Blowfish U.S. tour
  
• Low reschedule some dates
• Funeral for a Friend North American dates
  
• Some Gang Gang Dance dates
• Sponsored by WHO?! bahaha...!
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• The Polyphonic Spree The Fragile Army, June 19
  
• The Icarus Line Black Lives at the Golden Coast, June 11
• Against Me! New Wave, July 10
  
• Pearl Jam Live at the Gorge 05/06, June 26
• MXPX Secret Weapon, July 17
  
• Great Lake Swimmers Ongiara, May 8
• They Might Be Giants The Else, July 10
  
• Turbo Fruits S/T, July 17

Happy May Day - 1

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• COACHELLAAAAAAAA
• Some Ani DeFranco North American dates
• Download festival news
• Dweezil U.S. tour
  
• The Zombies reunite for anniversary tour
• One Dinosaur Jr. London show
  
• Deftones U.S. tour
• Jill Barber Canadian dates
  
• G Love and Special Sauce U.S. tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Lavender Diamond Imagine Our Love, May 8
  
• New Pornographers Challengers, August
• Clientele God Save the Clientele, May 8
  
• Lupe Fiasco The Cool, October 31
• Shannon Wright Lead in the Light, May 8

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
Client Heartland
Ade Fenton & Gary Newman colab Healing
N. America
Spiderman 3: the Official Soundtrack
Fall of Troy Manipulator
Frog Eyes Tear of the Valedictorian
Elvis Costello - first 11 albums become digital on iTunes
Toris Amos American Doll Posse