April 23, 2013 – Nearly a year ago, Lower dropped their propulsive Walk on Heads EP, and now the Danish punks have thrown a tight-fisted new single, "Another Life," our way. Backed by barreling drums and a lithe guitar line, frontman Adrian Toubro lets out panicked yelps: "I'll show you what it takes / To shake your balance."Lower are set to release their debut full-length in the fall, and have announced their first-ever North American tour with fellow Danes, and Escho labelmates, Iceage.

April 23, 2013 – Unlike some iconic British rock bands, a full-blown U.S. tour from Led Zeppelin isn't a foregone conclusion, so for now, Zepp heads will have to settle for Robert Plant's latest project, Robert Plant Presents the Sensational Space Shifters.The "Whole Lotta Love" wailer will trek across the States, making a total of 21 stops, beginning with a performance in Dallas on June 20, and ending with a gig in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on July 27. Between those two shows, Plant and his Sensational Space Shifters will play California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.According to an official announcement, the Sensational Space Shifters grew out of Plant's tenure with his Strange Sensation band, which supported the singer on two albums: 2002's Dreamland and 2005's Mighty ReArranger.

April 23, 2013 – Jane's Addiction — who are notably not playing this year's Lollapalooza — Alice in Chains, Coheed and Cambria, and more will hit the road together for the fourth annual Rockstar Energy UPROAR Festival, organizers have announced.

April 23, 2013 – The three members of Bambara — twin brothers Reid and Blaze Bateh, and childhood friend William Brookshire — have been making music together since the seventh grade, which probably explains how the noise punks’ clobbering sound and art-grime aesthetic could already be so fully formed. DREAMVIOLENCE, the proper full-length follow-up to 2010’s debut EP, Dog Ear Days, arrives on April 30 (through the trio’s own Emerald Weapon Records label), and the 13-track collection manages to contain Bambara’s stormy thrashing — all hollowed-out vocals, fits of distortion, and a rusty seesaw rhythm section — while leaving room for the Brooklyn-by-way-of-Athens, Georgia unit to rage so freely. Hear it below, pre-order it here. 

April 23, 2013 – Two of Baltimore’s best — Bruce Willen of now-defunct noise punks Double Dagger and William Cashion of synth-pop outfit Future Islands — have joined forces to form Peals, an intimate instrumental project set to release its first full-length, Walking Field, on May 14 via Thrill Jockey. Fitting then that “Blue Elvis,” a meditative sparkler off Peals’ upcoming debut, is getting the remix treatment from fellow Charm City luminary Dan Deacon. The hyperkinetic electro-wizard doesn’t overdo the enthusiasm on this alternate take, opting instead to speed it up just enough to encourage listeners out of their dimly lit rooms.Peals 2013 tour dates:May 14 - Baltimore, MD @ Sound GardenMay 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Dead HerringMay 18 - Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Museum of ArtMay 19 - Washington, D.C.

April 22, 2013 – "It has to be fun," the Knife's Karin Dreijer-Anderson recently told SPIN, talking about the Swedish duo's upcoming live show. "I think we will show some humor in our live show."Now we now what that "humor" will entail.

April 22, 2013 – Vampire Weekend and Steve Buscemi's surreal partnership continues with another promotional video for the New York foursome's upcoming April 28 webcast concert, which will be directed the Boardwalk Empire kingpin as part of American Express' Unstaged series. After attending an Easter Sunday parade with the longtime character actor, the Ezra Koenig-led band teamed with Buscemi for a pair of wonderfully uncomfortable trailers teasing the anticipated event. Now we've got the third entry in the series, and Nucky must have pulled some political strings to book this clip's surprise co-star, New York City Public Advocate (and mayoral candidate) Bill de Blasio.Vampire Weekend will release their "from-the-gut" third album, Modern Vampires of the City, on May 14 via XL Recordings.

April 22, 2013 – CocoRosie may channel Dr. Dre's "The Next Episode" on "After the Afterlife," the latest single from Bianca and Sierra Casady's upcoming fifth album, Tales of a Grass Widow (out May 28 via City Slang), but the hip-hop-inflected track's official video is a pitch-perfect visualization of the sisters' psychedelic worldview. Directed by Mike Basich and shot in CocoRosie's one-time home state of Hawaii, the dreamy clip collects images of the duo swimming underwater (or is it the sky?), playing with fire (that one's more literal), and befriending a horned monster. No joke. 

April 22, 2013 – If all the skateboarding and blood-sucking in Muse's "Supremacy" video wasn't enough to make right-wing pundit Glenn Beck rethink his unrequited love for the English arena rock trio, then the band's just-released clip for "Panic Station" should do the trick. The neon-colored short recasts the space rock three-piece as Japanese pop stars and reimagines the dystopia behind 2012's The 2nd Law as a sci-fi dance party where men cross-dress as Catholic schoolgirls, Muse troll the streets of Tokyo and engage in lewd conduct, and a cartoon octopus leads an animated T-Rex in a conga line. Oh, and Muse are decked out in studs, Technicolor jackets, and Spandex leggings. Nice to see these normally self-serious guys cut loose — especially if it's too loose for their more conservative admirers.

April 22, 2013 – A couple of months back, Best Coast teased "Fear of My Identity," the A-side from the California duo's Record Store Day 2013 exclusive 7-inch, and, now that the annual vinyl celebration is behind us, the latest track from SPIN cover girl Bethany Cosentino and bandmate Bobb Bruno has washed up online. As SPIN noted originally, this fuzz-filled ode to growing up and getting older (not necessarily the same thing) hews closer to the sunglasses-clad power-pop of 2010's Crazy for You, not the open-hearted balladry that dominated last year's The Only Place. On the new song, Cosentino's vocals owe more to Ronnie Spector than Neko Case — a welcome taste for sun-starved fans waiting for Best Coast's upcoming EP.