In celebration of a trio of new releases this year, Seattle’s Sub Pop Records is sending out Fruit Bats, Rogue Wave, and Chad VanGaalen in support of their releases Spelled in Bones, Descended Like Vultures, and Inifiniheart respectively.

Tour Dates
*Fruit Bats Only
#Fruit Bats & Rogue Wave Only
09/06: Boise, ID @ Neurolux/Crazy*
09/07: Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court Gallery
09/11: Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
09/12: Bloomington, IN @ Second Story
09/13: Newport, KY @ Southgate House
09/14: Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
09/15: State College, PA @ Zenois
09/17: New York City, NY @ Bowery Ballroom (Sub Pop CMJ Showcase w/ Holopaw, Kinski, Wolf Parade, and Constantines)
09/19: Washington DC @ Black Cat
09/20: Charlotte, NC @ Casbah at Tremont Music Hall
09/21: Lexington, KY @ The Dame
09/22: St. Louis, MO @ Duck Room
09/23: Columbia, MO @ Mojos#
09/24: Ames, IA @ Maintenance Shop#
09/26: Memphis, TN @ Young Avenue Deli*
09/28: Norma, OK @ Opalis Productions*
09/29: Dallas, TX @ The Cavern*
09/30: Houston, TX @ Mary Janes*
10/01: Austin, TX @ Parish*
10/04: Phoenix, AZ @ Modified*
10/05: Los Angeles, CA @ Spaceland*
10/06: San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop*
10/07: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge* w/Helio Sequence and Wet Confetti

*Fruit Bats
*Rogue Wave
*Chad VanGaalen
*Sub Pop Records
*Hear Rogue Wave on The PhiLL(er) Podcast
*Hear Chad VanGaalen on The PhiLL(er) Podcast

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This week’s energy drink: Whoop Ass

PLAYLIST
The Chicharones – “Intro” & “Pork Rind Discotheque”
from When Pigs Fly [review] on Camobear Records
Buy It: Midheaven Mailorder

Daikaiju – “Attack of the Crab Women”
from Daikaiju [review] on Reptile Records
Buy It: Amazon

Isobella – “Cardboard Igloo”
from Surrogate Emotions of the Silverscreen [review] on New Granada Records
Buy It: No Karma

Chin Up Chin Up – “Pillage the Village”
from Chin Up Chin Up [review] on Flameshovel Records
Buy It: Amazon | Insound

Chad VanGaalen – “Clinically Dead”
from Infiniheart on Sub Pop Records
Buy It: Amazon | Insound

Deerhoof – “Sealed with a Kiss”
from Apple O’ on Kill Rock Stars
Buy It: Amazon | Insound

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British group Elbow have recently announced tour dates for where else other than the UK. The dates, scheduled for mid-November, will be in support of their album Leaders of the Free World to be released in November.

Tour Dates
11/13: Portsmouth Pyramids
11/14: Bristol Academny
11/15: Birmingham Academy
11/17: Glasgow Academy
11/18: Edinburgh Queens Hall
11/20: Newcastle University
11/21: Sheffield University Foundry
11/22: Leeds Metropolitan University
11/23: Manchester Apollo
11/25: London Brixton Academy

Leaders of the Free World Tracklisting
01. Station Approach
02. Picky Bugger
03. Forget Myself
04. The Stops
05. Leaders of the Free World
06. An Imagined Affair
07. Mexican Standoff
08. The Everthere
09. My Very Best
10. Great Expectations
11. Puncture Repair

*Elbow
*V2 Records

In anticipation of the release of their album Plans, Death Cab for Cutie is “leaking” their album on MTVu.com. For a full week prior to the album’s release on August 30th, visitors to the site will be able to stream the album in its entirety. In addition to listening to the tracks, MTVu.com also has a link to watch the band perform the album as well.

Plans, the group’s second album on Atlantic Records is the follow-up to 2003′s acclaimed Transatlanticism.

*Death Cab for Cutie
*Death Cab for Cutie on MTVu.com
*The PhiLL(er): Death Cab for Cutie Announce Tour Plans
*The PhiLL(er): Death Cab for Cutie to Release Plans on August 30th

The Chemical Brothers have just announced six performance dates in the UK during the early part of December.

Peformance Dates
12/01: Newcastle @ Academy
12/02: Glasgow @ SECC
12/03: Belfast @ Ulster Hall
12/06: Bournemouth @ International Centre
12/07: Plymouth @ Pavilion
12/09: London @ Brixton Academy

*The Chemical Brothers