Z2 Entertainment is proud to present Mike Doughty at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, April 1st.  Tickets go on sale Friday, January 27th for $22.00Mike Doughty and his book "The Book of Drugs." He'll read gleefully dark, haunted, and funny stories about addiction, the rise and bitter collapse of his band Soul Coughing, playing songs in between.

Heartless Bastards will be releasing their new record, Arrow, through Partisan Records on February 14, 2012. Already the home to such indie luminaries as Deer Tick, Mountain Man, Dolorean and Middle Brother, among many others, the artist-friendly, Brooklyn-based label is the perfect home for the Austin, TX-based band.Arrow was produced by Spoon drummer and co-producer Jim Eno at his Public Hi-Fi home studio in Austin.

Amy Ray, with her impressive body of solo material, has clearly established herself as the "rock" half of Grammy-winning folk duo Indigo Girls. While the heart is clearly the favorite in the pantheon of body parts romanticized in song (See: All Pop Songs), the lung is as overlooked and misunderstood as a gangly feminist at a beauty pageant.

This Saturday, January 21st on PBS Stations across the nation, Austin City Limits presents an extraordinary performance by Joanna Newsom!

Paper Bird’s backbone is their songwriting, musicianship and a general allergy to all limitations and trends. With eight members and no leader, possibilities are ever unfolding, with fluctuations in style and mood akin to weather patterns.When asked what genre of music they play, they answer “joyful.” The eight-piece band consists of three female singers, accompanied by banjo, guitar, stand-up ...bass, percussion and trombone.

Contrary to the rumored explanations that abound like urban myths about one Los Angeles collective's peculiar name, there is no 'Edward Sharpe.' Frontman Alex Ebert insists that the moniker is not an alter ego, that he's not playing a character.

In support of their upcoming new album, "Awkward Breeds," out February 21st on Red Scare Industries / Really Records, Columbus indie-punk band The Sidekicks have premiered the first new single from the album entitled "Grace" currently streaming exclusively at AltPress.com.The band has also added additional live dates to the previously announced March US tour with Cheap Girls, full itinerary below.About The Sidekicks:It's not often that pe

Following winter dates supporting Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, WATERS has announced a lengthy new run of spring tour dates supporting Delta Spirit. The tour will travel throughout the US and into Canada, and launches on March 19th at the Revolution Music Room in Little Rock, AR, before wrapping up on May 11th at The Music Box in Los Angeles, CA.

Following the release of their new self-titled full-length album out now on No Sleep Records, and their year-end shows with Thursday and Screaming Females, Albany, NY's indie-punk hybrid Aficionado have announced a string of US tour dates supporting Electric Six. Taking place this March and April, the dates will also follow the band's return from Europe where they're currently touring the continent with friends End Of A Year Self Defense Family.With ten songs produced and recorded with AJ Mogis (Bright Eyes, M.

Ten years in the making, folk rocker Mike Acerbo's debut album, The Search, is set to release on February 14th, 2012. The Search is at once intensely personal and universal - rich with themes of love, loss and the search for self.