The Walkmen have been releasing singles left and right in preparation of their new album, Heaven. Today, we have the stunning lead track for the album, "We Can't Be Beat." The song is filled with the harmonies and pathos that make The Walkmen such a fantastic band.

The band recently announced they will be moving the release date for Heaven up one week, meaning it will be released on May 29 rather than June 5. 

The Walkmen are also touring this summer, including some dates in support of Florence & the Machine. The band is also performing at this year's Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge in Washington and at Chicago's Lollapalooza. 

Heaven will be released via Fat Possum and Bella Union. Listen to "We Can't Be Beat" below.

The Walkmen tour dates:

May
03, Brooklyn, NY - Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival
12, Charlottesville, VA - Tomtom Founders Festival

27, The Gorge, WA - Sasquatch Festival

June
27, Louisville, KY - WFPK Waterfront Wednesdays

28, St. Louis, MO - Plush
29, Milwaukee, WI - Summerfest

30, Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue

July
20, Burnaby, British Columbia - Deerlake Park ^

21, Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater ^

22, Troutdale, OR - Edgefield ^

25, Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater ^
29, Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River Park ^

30, Cleveland, OH - Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica ^
31, Detroit, MI - Fox Theater ^

August
02, Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheater ^

03, Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival

05, Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
10, San Fransisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival

^ with Florence & The Machine

Not too long ago, we were clued in on a new Passion Pit album, arriving in July. Today we get the first new single.

"Take A Walk" is the opening track to the highly anticipated forthcoming album, Gossamer and it drives with a relentless head bobbing beat. Last month, Passion Pit performed some new tunes as a warm for the new release and "Take A Walk" was mixed in with each night's set. Check it out below.

Gossamer arrives July 24 via Columbia Records.




You can also catch Passion Pit on the road this summer at the following dates:

Tour Dates:

June
2 - Dallas, TX - Meltdown Music Festival
22 - Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
23 - New York, NY - Governors Ball Music Festival

July
15 - Cincinnati, OH - Bunbury Music Festival
16 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
17 - Knoxville, TN - The Valarium
19 - Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
20 - Norfok, VA - The Norva
21 - Dover, DE - Firefly Music Festival

August
3 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
5 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Festival
7 - Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater
10-12 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Music Festival

September
9 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl

November
4 - Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
 

Canada's electro-pop songstress Ariane Moffatt has released a new video for her latest single, "In Your Body," and we get to premiere it for you below.

The clip of the MA single features Ariane singing and dancing for the camera in a collection of black and white scenes. One could maybe call it interpretive dancing? Check it out below and decide for yourself.

MA is available right here.

You can also catch Ariane on the road at the dates below including a special performance at New York's Rockwood Music Hall!

Tour Dates:

May
23 Rockwood Music Hall – New York USA
25 The Drake Underground – Toronto CAN

June
10 Metropolis – Montréal, CAN

Los Angeles' HANDS decided to take a stroll into the Santa Monica mountains to deliver a special performance and below, we are sharing that with you.

Surrounded by the flower covered hills, the band performed "Forced Fascination" off their forthcoming (physical) EP, Massive Context, which you can pre-order right here. You can also catch the group on the road in the coming months with Maps & Atlases including a record release show at Origami Vinyl.



Pre-order a copy of Massive Context right here.

Tour Dates:

May
26 - Los Angeles, CA - Origami Vinyl (Record Release Show)

June
06 - San Diego, CA - Casbah
07 - Santa Ana, CA - Constellation Room
08 - Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
09 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
11 - Portland, OR - Bunk Bar
12 - Vancouver, BC - Media Club
13 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe     
15 - Boise, ID - Neurolux
16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
17 - Denver, CO - Hi Dive

The Frendly Gathering Music Festival has released a short video featuring festival producers Jack Mitrani and Danny Davis speaking about this year's festival.

FILTER has partnered up with The Frendly Gathering Music Festival in Windham, Vermont for three days of music, outdoors and friendship. 

Now in its second year, the grass roots festival will host 25+ artists, four stages, camping, skateboarding, hiking, swimming, live art and tons of other activities.



Artists for the 2012 Frendly Gathering Festival include SOJA, Deer Tick, Dr Dog, Railroad Earth, The Felice Brothers, Mason Jennings, DJ Z-Trip and more. 

See the full lineup and get your tickets right here.


Julie Ann Bee, aka Sea of Bees, has decided to share a tune with us from her latest album, Orangefarben, and we now get to share it with you.

The singer-songwriter's tune, "Gone," combines an upbeat groove to layered vocals, creating a floaty tune that would be the perfrect soundtrack on a summer day.

Stream and download "Gone" beow and then grab your copy of Orangefarben right here.

Sea of Bees, "Gone" by FILTER Magazine

FILTER friends Now, Now have a new video for their album title track, "Threads," which premiered today on MTV's website.

It's no secret that we are big fans of the Minneapolis-based trio (as you can tell from our tour blogs, multiple song downloads and premiers) and today we are very excited to share their new video with you all. Check it out via MTV below.

After enjoying the clip, you can grab a copy of Threads right here.

Los Angeles' Silversun Pickups are set to release their third album, Neck of the Woods, on May 8th via Dangerbird Records, but you can currently stream the album in full below.

After what seems like a lengthy hiatus, the L.A. rockers will tour surrounding the release of their album. Neck of the Woods features 11 tracks, and was produced by Jacknife Lee (Snow Patrol/U2). 

Stream Neck of the Woods below.

Silversun Pickups tourdates:

May

04, Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory

05, Irvine, CA - KROQ Weenie Roast

08, Los Angeles, CA - Jimmy Kimmel Live

09, San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Records

25, George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre

June

01, Santa Barbara, CA - KJEE Summer Round-Up

02, Mountain View, CA - The Shoreline

London's Michael Kiwanuka has released his debut album, Home Again, this week. And his song, "Home Again," is currently the featured single of the week over at iTunes. The song is featured as a free download, and you can grab it here.

Earlier this week, Kiwanuka released a new video for "I'll Get Along." Watch the video below and grab a copy of Home Again right here.

You can download his single, "Home Again," by visiting iTunes.



FILTER faves Sucré have unveiled their new video for "Light Up" and we felt compelled to share it with you.

From their debut album, A Minor Bird, Sucré decided to go the simple and honest route when creating their new video.

Check it out below and pick up their debut album right here.