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Atlas Sound and Deerhunter frontman Bradford Cox announced tour dates in support of Atlas Sound’s 2011 album Parallax, our fourth favorite album of 2011. Ten of the thirteen dates are in the U.S., with one in Tokyo (2/19) and two in Canadia (Toronto 3/6 and Montreal 3/7). Cox will kick the tour off at Binghamton

Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger released her first solo album, Last Summer, this past July to glowing reviews. It featured an all-star cast of Matt Asti (MGMT), Ahmed Gallab (touring member of Yeasayer & Caribou), and John Eatherly (Be Your Own Pet & Turbo Fruits, as well as many excellent songs -- like "Heaven". She released the video for that one in particular today

Legendary British group Talk Talk are being honored for their excellent career with a book this spring, entitled Spirit of Talk Talk. It’s a collection of illustrations and written accounts from some prominent names that were influenced by Talk Talk, who are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year. James Marsh, who illustrated many Talk Talk

Fair Ohs have been drumming up some press lately with a plethora of East African-inspired garage punk releases, ranging from 7" singles to distributed cassettes. Despite their East African influences, Fair Ohs' sound isn't too distant from the recent alternative pursuits of Male Bonding, Women, and Real Estate

White Denim unveiled a slew of new tour dates, 15 to be exact. Most of them are on the East Coast and Midwest, with dates in major cities like Dallas, St. Louis, DC, NYC, Philly, and Boston. The psych-infused garage-rockers also visit Toronto on 4/16, after playing in Hoboken two days earlier. The Austin-based group

of Montreal are offering a full stream of their upcoming album Paralytic Stalks, out February 7th. Check out Spin for the stream, and a very helpful track-by-track account by frontman Kevin Barnes. Polyvinyl said that Paralytics Stalks contains “an infinitely more personal nature than anything Kevin Barnes has written since 2007′s Hissing Fauna, Are You

Marissa Nadler has another album on the way, this one called The Sister. It will be released on May 29th through her own Box of Cedar Records. As it is aptly titled, the album is the “sister” to her self-titled release last year, which was our 36th favorite album of 2011. The eight new songs

Lambchop released a track last week off their upcoming album Mr. M, out February 20th. “Gone Tomorrow” is a pleasant seven minute epic of two parts, the latter half more subdued and retrospective and the former providing the exhilarating alt-inspired trademark of the Nashville-based Lambchop

Sharon Van Etten announced more tour dates in support of her upcoming album Tramp, out 2/7 on Jagjaguwar. She opens in Philly on 2/10 with a sold out show at Johnny Brenda’s, and stops pretty much everywhere afterward — including three dates in her native NYC, and an SXSW appearance in March. Openers throughout the

Just last week Bruce Springsteen announced details of his upcoming album Wrecking Ball, out March 6th. Its first track, “We Take Care of Our Own” was also made available. The Boss had previously announced a bunch of European dates stretching from May to July, but it was obvious that U.S. dates were on their way.