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TAKING BACK SUNDAY  RELEASES NEW SINGLE OFF FORTH-COMING ALBUM, “NEW AGAIN” This weekend, Warner Bros. Records artist,  Taking Back Sunday , is dropping a brand new single on MySpace  “Everything Must Go.” The new album, aptly titled  “New Again”  due to the new band member, hits the streets on June 2nd, 2009. The newly rejuvenated group is excited to emerge with their new guitarist Matt Fazzi on board and a fresh new sound as a result. “We kicked around a bunch of different titles, but [New Again] always remained at the top of the list, and that’s because it really does feel like a new band,” says lead vocalist,  Adam Lazzara . And when it comes to the newbie, Lazzara can’t wait for the fans to get to know Fazzi, “His drive to get out there and play for people is just where it was with our first record; it’s like that energy, it’s like we bottled it. He brings an excitement and a fearlessness to working on music that really makes us feel even more so that we can do anything and still...

Amanda Palmer of the Dresden Dolls graduated from Lexington High School in 1994. Since then she has became a known artist in the punk-cabaret scene with her band the Dresden Dolls.www.dresdendolls.com/ Under Palmer's direction, her old high school will be performing an original play based on an indie rock staple(and a favorite of mine), Neutral Milk Hotel's 1998 album " In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". "It's thrifty, profound, high-quality theater that happens to have been created by high school students," says Palmer. The play is called "With The Needle That Sings in Her Heart" featuring and inspired by indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel's music. The play is about Anne Frank's reliance on her imagination to escape from the terrifying experiences in a concentration camp during World War II. According to Palmer, "The scenes underneath it are about creativity and how, as human beings, our creative impulse is one of the most subline ...

Coachella 2009 music festival starts today in Indio California. For all you New Yorkers who couldn't make it over to the West Coast this year, dont fret! Several performances at the music festival can be streamed live online courtesy of AT&T here The full Coachella lineup and set times can be viewed here . Coachella is an all-ages, three-day music festival featuring artists and bands from a variety of genres ranging from indie rock to dub and folk to hip-hop. Some of this year's biggest acts include Paul McCartney, M.I.A., The Cure, The Yeah Yeah Yeah's, and Vivian Girls. Stay tuned for the Coachella 2009 wrap up of the top rated performances.

The next Music Director of the New York Philharmonic , Alan Gilbert is returning to New York for 2 weeks of programs with the orchestra. Alan Gilbert will be taking over as Music Director in September of 2009. The last time Alan Gilbert conducted with the New York Philharmonic was in November 2008 at Carnegie Hall. Click Here to see a list of showtimes .