After teasing us with lineup addictions day by day over the past few days, the full lineup of Austin City Limits 2012 is finally here. Check it out below....

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We just posted about Austra who's coming back to North America (including 9/19 at Music Hall of Williamsburg) after a tour of Europe. She's also one of many artists playing the 2012 Osheaga Festival in Montreal which happens August 3 - 5. Tickets are still available for the three-day event.

In addition to Austra, Osheaga plays host to The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Justice, Metric (who play Radio City Music Hall soon), Sigur Ros (who play Prospect Park and are streaming their new LP), Florence & The Machine (who plays Jones Beach this summer), The Weeknd, Passion Pit (who play Governor's Ball soon), The Jesus & Mary Chain, MGMT, Santigold (who just played Irving), Zola Jesus (who just played the Guggenheim) and many many more.

Full Osheaga lineup is below.

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Lollapalooza (more by Grant MacAllister)

Chicago Sun Times reports:

Lollapalooza has revealed its official 2012 list of performers -- a typically wide-ranging smorgasbord of genres and styles topped by nearly a dozen mainstage headliners: the Red Hot Chili Peppers, freshly reunited bands Black Sabbath and At the Drive-In, the Black Keys, Jack White, Florence + The Machine, the Shins and Passion Pit, plus spotlighted electronic music including Swedish house titan Avicii, French dance duo Justice and DJ-producer Bassnectar.

The annual music festival is scheduled for Aug. 3-5 in Chicago's Grant Park.

Rumored lineups have circulated widely, as they usually do, and Lollapalooza itself stoked the speculation in recent weeks via a series of CTA and online advertisements that seemed to hint at who would be playing.

The ads featured lyrics from such acts as Sigur Ros, Santigold, Jack White, Kimbra, Twin Shadow, the Weeknd, Bloc Party and more -- all bands that wound up on the bill.

Check out the full list below...

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Two Door Cinema Club at Coachella (more by David Andrako)

"We've decided to do one last tour before we take a little time off to finish the second album. We're very excited to be heading back out to the USA and Canada in September! It's probably the best line up we've ever had with support coming from Bombay Bicycle Club and The Lonely Forest." - Two Door Cinema Club

Last time it was with Tokyo Police Club. Now Two Door Cinema Club will return with Bombay Bicycle Club... and The Lonely Forest (no club). The September tour hits Terminal 5 on September 15th. Tickets are on sale. Two Door also visits North America in August to play Lollapalooza. They recently played Coachella. All upcoming dates are listed below.

Meanwhile The Lonely Forest will support Death Cab for Cutie on the tour later this month that includes the uber-sold out Bowery Ballroom on June 1st. Death Cab For Cutie is also scheduled to play Williamsburg Waterfront on August 2 as part of their later tour with Frightened Rabbit.

All tour dates below...

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by Bill Pearis

Brit band Bombay Bicycle Club are set to make their American debut this March in Their early show at Mercury Lounge on March 14 with Jonquil is already sold out, and have just added a late show that same night which just went on sale (no opener listed). They are also playing an all-ages show the day before (March 13) at Knitting Factory with Jonquil which still has tickets. They're then off to Austin for SXSW.

The quartet from London were originally known for being from the same scene -- and high school -- as Cajun Dance Party, another hotly tipped band of youngsters. (Cajun Dance Party broke up, two of which went on to form Yuck.... who are flying here as we speak after missing their Mercury Lounge gig last night.) Though they formed in 2006, pretty sure none of them are old enough to drink in America.

Musically, Bombay Bicycle Club have gone through some changes. Their first album (2009's I Had the Blues But I Shook Them Loose) was energetic and post punky, but last year's Flaws found the band dabbling in pretty, pastoral folk not unlike Noah & the Whale (who have two NYC shows coming up). The band are about to record their third album -- what sound will be next? A few Bombay Bicycle Club videos are after the jump.

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photos by Chris La Putt

Blood Red Shoes @ MHOW

After Chris left the BV Loft Party all the way back on Friday, October 22nd, he headed over to Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Blue Flowers-presented CMJ showcase for a lineup of mostly UK bands including Chapel Club, Everything Everything, and Blood Red Shoes (who toured North America with Sky Larkin in October). Pictures from that show are in this post.

The occasion (to post these belated pics)? SXSW has already announced an initial lineup of bands playing in Austin from March 16-20, 2011, and Chapel Club is on that list (and I wouldn't be surprised of the other 2 mentioned bands end up coming too). Also on the list: Lia Ices, Braids, Asobi Seksu, Wye Oak, Suuns, Sun Airway, A Place to Bury Strangers and more. Full list under the rest of the MHOW pictures, below...

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