New York City’s Kayo Dot have detailed their fourth full-length. The record is titled Coyote and it’s due out April 20, 2010 via Hydra Head. Once out, it’ll follow up 2008’s Blue Lambency Downward.

A song from the album entitled “Whisper Ineffable” can be heard at the band’s MySpace page.
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MTV is hosting a stream of a new song from The Hold Steady. “The Weekenders” comes from the band’s upcoming full-length Heaven Is Whenever, due out May 4, 2010. Check it out here.

The band will be supporting the record this spring and summer with a fair amount of touring, which begins tonight in Albany, NY.
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Chicago, IL pop-punk outfit The Scissors have posted a new video for “Let’s Go,” a track from the band’s new album, You Can Make It Dangerous.

Speaking of the album, it’s available for streaming at the band’s website.
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Our stream today comes from Portland, OR singer/songwriter Alexander Hudjohn. We’ve got a stream of the former Anchor Down frontman’s new EP, Acreage. If you like what you hear, it’s available for download at his Bandcamp page.

You can check it out on his Punknews.org page.
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Portugal. The Man have signed to Atlantic Records. Frontman John Gourley posted a lengthy statement on the band’s website explaining the move. Here’s an excerpt:

“Well, at the end of last summer we started getting calls from labels. Calls that we brushed off without thinking much of it. We voiced our concerns and stood by our love of what we do and what we have built. Some of these label people tired of it and others didn’t, eventually bringing us into meetings. At the end of this chapter we were offered an amazing opportunity to begin the next walk of life in this project. We were approached by Atlantic Records about seven or eight months ago and as of a couple of days ago have made a decision to join their family, and let them into ours. This decision was not made based on one or two talks, or without other labels contacting us, but based on history of the label and the history of our band. Atlantic Records has been home to so many of our favorite artists and has done so many great things for these groups. You can go down the list: Rolling Stones, Crosby Stills and Nash (and Young), Ray Charles, Otis Redding, The Coasters… and so on until today.”

The band had previously been in a distribution deal with Equal Vision Records, and last released The Satanic Satanist in 2009.
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No Idea Records announced today that in conjunction with this year’s Record Store Day, they’ll be releasing a new live 7″ from Hot Water Music. The record is titled Live in Chicago and features live editions of “Alachua,” “Remedy,” “Trusty Chords” and “It’s Hard to Know.”

Limited to 1000 copies, this release will be available at participating record stores on Saturday, April 17. More information on Record Store Day is available here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• Drive-By Truckers – The Big To-Do
• Broken Bells – Broken Bells
• Black Tambourine – Black Tambourine
• The Ergs! / The Measure [SA] – Split 7″ EP
• Apologies, I Have None – Sat in Vicky Park b/w Joiners & Windmills 7″ single
• Mixtapes – Maps
• Mutoid Men – Mutoid World 12″ LP
• Absinthe Rose – Digging Ditches & Escaping Holes
• State of Mine / The Octopussys – Split
• The Computers – Track Four single

You can check out any of our 9166 reviews right here.
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