Of Montreal

Plus: Rufus Wainwright, Cold Cave, Omni, Allah-Las, Yo La Tengo, Kamasi Washington, Zeke, and more just announced tours.

Village club Le Poisson Rouge is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of special shows including Thomas Bartlett & Nico Muhly, Olafur Arnarlds, Pere Ubu, Matthew Sweet, Marc Ribot, Vijay Iyer Trio & Mantana Roberts, and more.

For bands, The Savannah Stopover is a way to ease into the festival insanity that is SXSW, and for audiences it’s a chance to catch a lot of bands who are on their way Austin, but in a much more laid back atmosphere. Having the fest in Savannah’s downtown district, where you can drink on the street and take your beverage with you from venue to venue, is a nice bonus.

Plus: Kemba, Nikki Lane, Yonatan Gat, Zeshan B, Caroline Rose and more added.

New album White Is Relic/Irrealis Mood drops in March via Polyvinyl and you can hear the lead single ”Paranoiac Intervals/Body Dysmorphia” now.

The first round of acts revealed for the eighth annual Savannah Stopover festival include of Montreal, Shopping, Public Access TV, Ratboys, Michael Nau, The Nude Party, and more.

This week’s show features songs by Solange, The War on Drugs, Earl Sweatshirt, Morrissey, St. Vincent, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Alex Lahey, The Jesus Lizard, Protomartyr, Thom Yorke, Lil B, Interpol, the late great Charles Bradley and more.

Of Montreal like to stay on the road and have just announced September dates which are with with Showtime Goma (aka Jen of A Sunny Day in Glasgow) and Nancy Feast (aka Teeny of TEEN).

Last year, the inaugural Long Beach festival Music Tastes Good happened, and very sadly, its founder Josh Fischel passed away a week later due to liver disease. The festival returns this year, now billed as Josh Fischel’s Music Tastes Good…