Osheaga Music & Arts Festival 2010 Lineup Announced

This years Montreal based Osheaga Music & Arts Festival has some serious heavy hitters. The festival will take place the weekend of July 31-August 1 and features the return of the Arcade Fire, recently re-united indie-rockers Pavement, The Black Keys and many more.

Lineup:
Arcade Fire
Weezer
Pavement
Metric
The National
Deadmau5
The Cat Empire
The Black Keys
Stars
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jimmy Cliff
The Gaslight Anthem
Charlie Winston
Beach House
Jamie Lidell
Robyn
Sarah Harmer
Frank Turner
Blitzen Trapper
Avi Buffalo
Bahamas
Amanda Mabro
Ian Kelley

Pearl Jam Announces 11-Date Midwest & East Coast Tour

Today, pivtol Seattle grunge-rockers Pearl Jam announced a somewhat mini-tour consisting of only 11 dates. Band of Horses, who are releasing a new album called Infinite Arms will be opening every show except for Madison Square Garden on May 20. This show will be opened by the Black Keys who are also releasing a new album titled Brothers.

Public tickets go on sale Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. (Check local concert listings.)

PEARL JAM'S 2010 U.S. TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
05.03 - Kansas City, MO - Sprint Center
05.04 - St. Louis, MO - Scottrade Center
05.06 - Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena
05.07 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
05.09 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena
05.10 - Buffalo, NY - HSBC Arena
05.13 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube Live
05.15 - Hartford, CT - XL Center
05.17 - Boston, MA - TD Garden
05.18 - TBD - TBD
05.20 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
05.21 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

The Black Keys Announce New Album

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, the members of The Black Keys have been extremely busy as of late. Dan and Patrick both released solo albums, as well as a hip-hop album called BlakRoc which featured some of the biggest superstars in the rap game. Word on the street is, they've already begun recording another BlakRoc album, but before that will be released, the Key's are putting out another album on May 18 via Nonesuch Records. Brothers will be the sixth Black Keys album and will feature 15 songs, one of which is produced by Danger Mouse. This summer the guys will be playing Bonnaroo and Central Park Summerstage. Expect more tour dates to be announced as the summer approaches.

Brothers:

01 Everlasting Light
02 Next Girl
03 Tighten Up
04 Howlin' for You
05 She's Long Gone
06 Black Mud
07 The Only One
08 Too Afraid to Love You
09 Ten Cent Pistol
10 Sinister Kid
11 The Go Getter
12 I'm Not the One
13 Unknown Brother
14 Never Gonna Give You Up
15 These Days

Wanee Music Festival 2010

While there seems to be more and more music festivals being launched every year, few bring the heat like the Wanee Music Festival does. This year's festival will take place on April 16 & 17 and the lineup includes:
The Allman Brothers band (2 Nights)
Widespread Panic (2 Nights)
Gov't Mule
Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band
Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman & Jay Lane Are Scaring the Children
Stephen Stills
The Black Keys
Dr. John
Hot Tuna Electric
7 Walkers Feat. Bill Kreutzmann & Papa Mali
JJ Grey and Mofro
Johnny Winter
George Clinton & Parliment Funkadelic
The Funky Meters
The Wailers
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
North Mississippi Allstars
A Family Affair w/ Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk performing Sly & the Family Stone
Jaimoe's Jasssz Band
Chuck Leavell w/ The Randall Bramblett Band
Particle
Oteil & Kofi Burbridge w/ the Lee Boys
Col. Bruce Hampton
Devon Allman's Honeytribe
Scrapomatic
Bobby Lee Rodgers Trio
Bonobos Convergence

BlakRoc Live On Fallon

BlakRoc continue on the late night television circuit, this time playing Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. Last night's pairing with Wu Tang Clan's RZA, and the group throws down a medley of "Dollaz & Sense" and "Tellin' Me Things".

BlakRoc Music Video

Here's the new music video from The Black Key's hip hop project, BlakRoc. The song's called "Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo). Personally, I think the track feels a bit too busy with 3 different voices on it. Mos Def's singing also a little off key, but to be fair, he is a rapper and not a crooner. Anyways, judge for yourself.

The Black Keys Reveal New Hip-Hop Album

The Black Keys are always up to something, and 9 times out of 10 its great. Following their last release Attack and Release produced by Danger Mouse, the Keys have just announced that their next album will be a hip-hop album. While the Keys will provide vocals and instrumentals, they won't be doing the actual rapping. Instead, the boys have enlisted some of the heaviest names in hip-hop to spit on their tracks. Jim Jones, Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, Raekwon, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, NOE, Nicole Wray, Billy Danze and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard will all be heard on the project which is ironically titled Blakroc. The album will be released on November 27. Check out the album trailer