In a brief, very uninformative thread over at Absolute Punk, it was noticed that there’s a pre-sale going on for 1 show in Atlanta for a Sunny Day Real Estate show. Although there hasn’t been any major press release (or at least that I’m familiar with) from the band’s label or PR, I’m assuming this is legit considering it’s Ticketmaster. My guess is that some over-zealous college intern was supposed to wait on the news and accidentally posted it between bong rips.

Either way, I’m sure that a ton of people are going to be excited, as there’s already speculation on what this means in the long run. Is this the dawn of a new era for the band or were they just bored and decided to really mess with people’s expectations and play 1 show to earn a little bit of pocket money? We’ll keep you posted with details.

Update: Looks like they just posted another one for SF @ The Fillmore through our good buddies Live Nation.  My apologies to the intern that was hitting the bongpipe… keep ripping it.

Super Duper Update: Full tour dates after the jump.

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I’ve been wondering what’s been up with Rage Against the Machine’s ultra awesome guitarist Tom Morello recently. It turn out he’s, yet again, out forming super groups, this time with Boots Riley from the hip-hop group The Coup. To save you the TL;DR content found in the press release, the two are going to be heading out this summer with Nine Inch Nails and Jane’s Addiction. If you’re thinking about getting all mid-90’s nostalgia on me, check out the dates below.  Full press release after the jump.

Street Sweeper Social Club Tour with Nine Inch Nails & Jane’s Addiction
May 8 2009       Cruzan Ampitheatre - West Palm Beach, Florida
May 9 2009       Ford Amphitheatre - Tampa, Florida
May 10 2009    Lakewood Amphitheatre - Atlanta, Georgia
May 12 2009     Frank Irwin Center - Austin, Texas
May 14 2009     Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, New Mexico
May 15 2009     Cricket Wireless Pavilion - Phoenix, Arizona
May 16 2009     Cricket Wireless Amphitheater - Chula Vista, California
May 18 2009     The Pearl - Las Vegas, Nevada
May 20 2009    Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - Irvine Meadows - Irvine, California
May 21 2009     Santa Barbra Bowl - Santa Barbara, California
May 22 2009    Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, California
May 24 2009    Sasquatch Festival - The Gorge, Washington
May 26 2009    Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre - Englewood, Colorado
May 27 2009    Starlight Theatre - Kansas City, Missouri
May 29 2009    Charter One Pavilion - Chicago, Illinois
May 30 2009    Verizon Wireless Music Center - Noblesville, Indiana
May 31 2009     DTE Energy Music Theatre - Clarkston, Michigan
Jun 2 2009        Moison Amphitheatre - Toronto, Ontario
Jun 3 2009        Comcast Center - Mansfield, Massachusetts
Jun 5 2009        Tweeter Center at the Waterfront - Camden, New Jersey
Jun 6 2009        PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, New Jersey
Jun 7 2009        Nikon at Jones Beach Music Theater - Wantagh, New York
Jun 9 2009        Merriweather Post Pavilion - Columbia, Maryland
Jun 10 2009      Post-Gazette Pavilion - Burgettstown, Pennsylvania
Jun 12 2009      Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, North Carolina

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Luis Dubuc, the brains and brawn behind Texas’ The Secret Handshake,
has been putting out some quality electronic pop-rock since about 2004, and it looks like there’s no stop to his current project anytime soon. Dubuc is just about ready to drop his latest release,y Name Up In Lights, which is set to come out on April 21st via Triple Crown. Appropriately, he’s heading out to spread his love in early May for an East coast tour.

As Luis Dubuc aka The Secret Handshake prepares to release his sophomore record My Name Up In Lights (Triple Crown Records - Out April 21st) - he’s also announced preliminary dates for his headlining “No Parents, No Rules” tour which kicks off May 3rd in Waco, TX. More dates will trickle in over the next week or so too including a Dallas, TX release show/party.

The elements that comprise The Secret Handshake’s new album, My Name Up In Lights, aren’t complicated or out of the ordinary. Instead Dallas musician Luis Dubuc has built a collection of songs that embraces an unabashed pop sensibility, drawing on the ‘90s to inspire the disc’s feel-good energy and playful mood. The record follows the success of The Secret Handshake’s previous album—2007’s One Full Year—with more streamlined intent and clarity of vision. “My first record was 14 songs and it was all over the place,” Dubuc says. “It was like looking in my brain. It was full of ideas and all the songs sounded different. This record is really narrowed down. It’s really influenced by Family Matters and Step By Step and the Ninja Turtles and Len and Spacehog and awesome ‘90s radio music. I just narrowed all those influences down and put them into a record.”

The video for “All For You,” the first single off My Name Up In Lights was shot in Brooklyn this past weekend with Chell Stephen and is a tribute to Luis’ obsession with 90’s pop and TV culture. Look for the video to drop in early May.

On another note, Dain brought in ribs today, so +1,000,003 internet points to him.

Tour dates after the jump.
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Photos by Brittini Zacher, 4/1/09

In news that’s both shocking and still somewhat appropriate, vocalist/ female badass Bjork has been officially named Led Zeppelin’s new vocalist.  The group has been searching for a new singer after Robert Plant made a statement saying despite their reunion show last year, he will not be with the group for their tours. Short statement from Bjork’s camp:

Björk has accepted the position of lead vocalist for legendary Led Zeppelin, but it was evident that their world tour was in turmoil after original singer Robert Plant decided to concentrate on live work with Allison Krauss. They have been looking for new singer to tour and record with as reported in the media.

Björk has though put forward her wish that they only cover with her songs from album I and IV, among them pure classics like:

“Good Times Bad Times”, “You Shook Me”, “Dazed and Confused”, “Your Time Is Gonna Come”, “Black Mountain Side”, “Communication Breakdown”, “I Can’t Quit You Baby”, “Black Dog” , “Rock and Roll”, “The Battle of Evermore” and “Stairway to Heaven”.

The tour kicks off in June after Björk has fulfilled her other engagements.

If I were you, I would greatly encourage you to grab your tickets HERE, as they’re sure to sell out, especially only being about $20 a piece before all those stupid Live Nation fees.

Papercuts
You Can Have What You Want
Gnomonsong

Blending synthetic pop into a delectable void of hope and anguish comes Papercuts, the brainchild of San Francsico’s Jason Robert Quever. You Can Have What You Want spans a gamut of despondently pensive moods, allowing feelings both high and low to prevail amid Quever’s mature arrangements; organ and strings are never out of place and tasteful percussion lends perfectly to a soothing tenor pitch enveloping the whole. “Once We Walked In The Sunlight” and “A Dictator’s Lament” are enough to meat-hook any fan of Spiritualized or Grandaddy for the duration of Papercuts’ ride and, perhaps, may cause some listeners to unexpectedly climb an altitudinous ridge or mountain with the zombie-like notion that spiritual awakening lies atop a snowy peak.
Jacob Sprecher

Once We Walked In The Sunlight
A Dictator’s Lament
The Machine Will Tell Us So
A Peculiar Hallelujah
Jet Plane
Dead Love
Future Primitive
You Can Have What You Want
The Void
The Wolf