Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller confirms performance on Craig Ferguson; on tour now

ATO Records is pleased to announce that Ben Kweller will perform a song off of his latest release, the country leaning Changing Horses, on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on June 19th. Kweller is also in LA to perform at the El Rey Theatre. He and his band are in the middle of a June tour that started in Denver, CO, and finishes in his new hometown of Austin, TX.Changing Horses conjures imagery of lazy days and raucous nights. "His dusted-off roots more than shine through now," proclaims Alternative Press. Spin also praises the release, claiming, "Kweller's boyish...

Flunk - Inbox: Flunk

For this week's Inbox, XLR8R catches up with Ulf Nygaard (pictured above, center), producer for Norwegian trip-hop group Flunk, while he sails on a fjord outside of Oslo (no, seriously). Nygaard reveals his Regina Spektor and Nespresso addictions, the pitfalls of touring rural Scandinavia, and his penchant for headier things, such as Dostoyevsky and Sartre. Flunk’s latest album, This is What You Get, is out now on Beatservice.

Ulf Nygaard: Regina Spektor’s “Laughing With"�"many times a day, disturbingly. It’s this year’s finest tune by miles!

I never quite got over a critic who once slagged off...

Cursive - Music Video: Cursive - “I Couldn’t Love You”

Yesterday, Cursive premiered their new video for “I Couldn’t Love You” on AOL Music’s Spinner blog. Visit the Danny Drysdale-directed (The Killers) video, which features actress Tania Raymonde (”Lost”). “I Couldn’t Love You” is the second single off Cursive’s new album, Mama, I’m Swollen, which was released March 10th on Saddle Creek. Watch the

Moby - Moby � Wait For Me

A resolutely DIY effort, Moby recorded the album in his home studio ("although ’studio’ always seems like an overly grand word for a bunch of equipment set up in a bedroom."), drew the album artwork with a black sharpie on copy paper, asked his friends to record the vocals ("working with friends is almost always nicer than working with rock stars").

The songs also sound best when listened to as a cohesive body of work. While each track stands on its own merit, 'Wait For Me' was recorded and arranged to be listened to from start to finish. In today’s single-driven...

Massive Attack - Beardyman joins Reworks Festival

REWORKS Festival, the sun-filled music and arts gathering which takes place in Thessaloniki, Greece every September, is excited to announce the first live performers and DJs for this year�s boutique festival, which offers 7 different stages and around 100 acts of live music, DJs and performance.

This year REWORKS takes place on 18 � 19 September 2009, and is celebrating its fifth birthday.

Previous highlights have included Future Sound Of London, Massive Attack�s Daddy G, Luciano, Tiga, DJ Hell , Agoria, Pilooski, Booka Shade, M.A.N.D.Y, Joe Clausell, Ellen Allien & Apparat, Aeroplane, Michael Mayer, Swayzak, Tiefschwarz, Dixon, Prins Thomas, Zombie Nation, Pfandfinderei,...

Beck - Beck Launches DJ Mix Series

American songwriter Beck has added to his series of pretty cool downloads by launching a new mix series.

Beck is a busy man right now. After overhauling his website the 'Odelay' singer felt that a bit of experimentation was in order. Launching his 'Record Club' Beck set about covering some of rock's finest albums.

Tackling 'The Velvet Underground & Nico' first, in the future Beck plans to involve some superstar friends including MGMT. With two tracks available right now, Beck has added a surreal, ramshackle element to one of indie rock's core texts.

Not content with this, Beck has also volunteered...

Air - Live Footage of Immortal from Tuska Open Air Metal Festival

Fan-filmed video footage of reunited Norwegian black metallers IMMORTAL performing at the 12th annual Tuska Open Air Metal Festival on June 26, 2009 at Kaisaniemi in Helsinki, Finland can be viewed below.

Neil Young - Maximo Park Praise Neil Young

Maximo Park singer Paul Smith has praised Glastonbury headliner Neil Young for a very subtle 'tribute' to Michael Jackson.

Maximo Park were given the honour of breaking new ground at this year's Glastonbury. The group were chosen to open the William Green Stage, becoming the first band to play at this summer's event.

The band invited fans to pick their set list, cramming the show with as many rarities and B-sides as possible. Due to the sheer mass of fans trying to get to the stage Maximo Park's show was delayed, with the group eventually playing a rip roaring...

Bjork - Bjork Releases “Voltaic” CD/DVD Set

Iceland’s musical princess, Bjork, is one of those artists that you will either love or hate and I happen to adore her.  Post, which was released in 1995, is probably one of my favorite albums of all time and her performance in Dancer in the Dark was nothing short of amazing (as was the soundtrack) �" she even won the “Best Actress” award at the 200 Cannes Film Festival.

Yesterday she released the Voltaic CD/DVD set which is a compilation of live recordings from her Volta tour at the Olympic Studios, in Paris and in Reykjavik. ...

Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan to appear on Beastie Boys album

BOB DYLAN is set to make an appearance on the new Beastie Boys album.

Members Ad-Rock and Mike D were stunned to hear the legendary folk singer discussing their music on a satellite radio show he hosts.

So they decided to sample what he said and use them on their next release, Hot Sauce Committee Pt 2.

Speaking to website DrownedinSound.com, Mike D, aka Mike Diamond, said: "Bob Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of all time. When you think songwriter, you think of him, Gordon Lightfoot; there�s not many others.

"He played one of our songs and was talking about us; he�s...