Photo by Natalie Kardos-- Wilco have joined the list of bands showing love to indie retailers on Record Store Day. On April 18, indie record stores will start selling copies of Ashes of American Flags, Wilco's DVD document of their winter 2008 tour. The rest of the world gets it two weeks later. Frontman Jeff Tweedy tells Billboard all about it...

-- Dallas Broken Social Scene fans, this is not your day. The Canadian indie rock powerhouse just canceled their show at Dallas's House of Blues tonight, January 30, due to illness. Please don't blame the messenger. Refunds and rescheduling info will be posted on the band's site. The current BSS tour-- in support of Something for All of Us...--...

Langerado Music Festival, the perennial early bird on the yearly festival circuit, has announced the initial lineup for its seventh annual event.So far, that lineup includes Death Cab for Cutie, Snoop Dogg, Public Enemy, Broken Social Scene, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Girl Talk, Tortoise, Bad Brains, the Pogues, George Clinton & Parli...

H.R., legendary frontman of Bad Brains, will be releasing his new solo album "Hey Wella."

Do we need to spell out that D.C. is filled to the brim with bad brains? Now the punk band of the same name are returning to their hometown to perform for the first time in 20 years since they was banned there.