We All Want Someone To Shout For

Good news Bloc Party fans. The band has signed to Frenchkiss Records, proving that they have not broken up, regardless of what the media says. Bloc Party frontman Kele posted the following message on their website this morning:

Hello Internet

It is with great pleasure that i would like to announce to the universe that Bloc Party have now signed to Frenchkiss Records. This signing has made Bloc Party very happy because not only do we know and love the people at this label but we know and love this label’s output. Frenchkiss has released some mighty fine music over the years, music that has gone on to influence this very band.

So here’s to some more mighty fine music…

Kele

We can expect a new album sometime soon. In the meantime the band has announced a summer tour of festivals. No New York date yet, but hopefully that will change this fall. Hit the jump for the dates.
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Fiona Apple played a live set at SXSW for NPR tonight, and she debuted a few new songs. One of them is titled “Anything We Want”, and Scott from Stereogum recorded it for us.

Head here to watch the clip.

Arctic Monkeys are the gift that keep on giving. New song “R U Mine?” graced the internet not too long ago, but the band is still rolling strong. They have announced that later this month they will release a new song titled “Electricity”.

It’s actually the b-side to “R U Mine?” which will be released as a limited edition purple vinyl as a part of Record Store Day on April 21.

The band is currently touring with The Black Keys, and will begin writing the new album during it. That’s exactly what you wanted to hear.

You know Ramesh Srivastava as the lead singer of Voxtrot. Well unfortunately they are no more. But we can all agree that a solo EP from Ramesh is most certainly long overdue, and now we can rest easier, as it’s finally here.

He’s going by just Ramesh as his artist name, as well as the self titled name of his EP. It’s 5 songs that are very similar to the type of sincere indie pop that he delivered earnestly with Voxtrot. Who are we kidding, that’s exactly what we were looking for. At least for now.

The EP is available to stream for free at Ramesh’s facebook page. It’s available to buy digitally over at Other Music.

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Best Coast have announced a new album titled The Only Place. It’s the follow up to their 2010 debut, Crazy For You. It will be released via Mexican Summer on May 15.

As reported Jon Brion produced the album, which is bound to sound a lot more cleaner and polished than the older lo-fi material that the band was once known for.

It’s reported that this album will see Bethany’s attempt to “grow up”. She has announced two sets of tour dates, which you can find over at Spin. She will be stopping by Terminal 5 on July 17, with support from Those Darlins.

Hot Chip have announced their new album, In Our Heads. They have left longtime label DFA, and are going to release the album on June 12 via Domino.

Standing in at 11 tracks, the album was recorded in London, produced by the band themselves.

New Hot Chip? You know I’m excited. Summer can’t come soon enough. Hit the jump for the tracklisting.
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The Drums have announced another U.S. tour that will kick off in late April. They will be joined by Craft Spells for all dates, except for Washington DC. It’s hard to argue a better pairing than these two 80s influenced  bands. They play NYC on April 22 when they take over Webster Hall. A fan presale goes live at their site tomorrow.

Find all the dates after the jump.
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Metric have announced a new album titled Synthetica. The album is due June 12 via Mom + Pop Music.

The Toronto band recorded it in their own studio, Giant, in Toronto as well as at Electric Lady Studios in NYC. The band’s very own Jimmy Shaw produced it. Lead singer Emily Haines described the album as:

It sounds like the culmination of everything we have done. We’ve always had a sound in our heads that we hoped to realize and we finally heard it coming back out of the speakers this time.

For more about the album, head to Metric’s website.

Bonnaroo have revealed their 2012 lineup, and its a good one. I went last year and had the time of my life, so I was impatient to finally see who is playing. They didn’t disappoint. Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, and The Beach Boys are the headliners. Then you got Bon Iver, Bon Iver, The Shins, Foster The People, The Roots, Alice Cooper, Black Star, Feist, and Ben Folds Five, which is something I’m truly excited for.

The other acts that I’m really excited to see are Two Door Cinema Club, Major Lazer, tUnE-YarDs, Flying Lotus, St. Vincent, Young The Giant, Battles, Dawes, The Black Lips, Phantogram, The Antlers, Kurt Vile, Alabama Shakes, The War On Drugs, Grouplove, White Denim, Here We Go Magic.

There’s definitely something for everyone, and there’s always Radiohead, which is definitely enough to sell me.

Bonnaroo will take place June 7 – 10 in Manchester, Tennessee. The see the entire lineup, head here.

Burial is back with a new EP titled Kindred, and it’s available to stream right now over at Hyperdub. Sitting in 3 songs deep, Burial delivers enough goodness to make you wish that it was an album instead.