March 22nd, 2011

Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie will celebrate the release of their eagerly awaited new album with very special performances at intimate venues in select cities acrossNorth America. “CODES AND KEYS” will arrive in stores and at all DSPs on May 31st.

Live4ever was lucky enough to catch dozens of memorable shows at the recent SXSW festival in Austin, Texas. For this week’s playlist, check out some official videos from eleven of the best bands we witnessed that took the festival by storm.

Britain’s exciting new act, The Vaccines, announce their first U.S. tour with the Arctic Monkeys this summer. Coming off the heels of a highly successful U.K. release, in which the band charted at # 4, The Vaccines will bring their unabashedly, energetic guitar- rock anthems to U.S. fans starting May 17th in Washington D.C. ending a 13 date run at Los Angeles Hollywood Palladium. This handful of tour dates will also include the bands U.S. release date of their critically acclaimed debut album “What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?” out May 31st on Columbia Records. The Vaccines will make their U.S. network television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday June 7.

Muse frontman Matt Bellamy has said the band may visit tracks from their second album ‘Origin Of Symmetry‘ for the last time when they headline this summer’s Reading/Leeds festivals.

Beady Eye, Paul Weller and Primal Scream will appear at a special benefit night to be held at the Brixton Academy next month aiming to raise money for the victims of the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

Belfast has been brought to its knees by a community of acts steadily rising and roaring since And So I Watch You From Afar first alerted the country to a scene then largely unrealised with their mini-festival A Little Solidarity just over two years ago.

Some bands just won’t sit still. Like fidgety schoolboys who can’t choose between doodling on the exercise book or staring out the window, Noah and the Whale have made new album ‘Last Night On Earth‘, the ultimate daydream record. At times they might as well be scratching their favourite bands into the desktop, but when it gets some momentum, this music is reaching for the stars.

This year’s Reading/Leeds festivals are set for a special double-headlining treat as The Strokes and Pulp will alternate billings over the course of the Bank Holiday weekend.