San Francisco rockers The Dodos will release their sixth studio album on January 27 titled Individ and then they'll hit the road on a North American tour in support.
Arcade Fire's Will Butler will release his first solo album this spring and he'll stick with Merge Records to get it to the public.
Actress and singer Idina Menzel, best known these days as the voice of Elsa in Frozen, has just announced a big 2015 tour that will take her across North America from July through early October.
D.C. rockers Ex Hex have only been a band since last year but in a short amount of time they've worked and toured practically non-stop. They released their debut album Rips earlier this year (check out the album review HERE) and are heading back out on the road on a southern tour in January.
Hiss Golden Messenger weren't the only Triangle rising stars that hit the late night circuit recently. Last week Sylvan Esso made their second U.S. television appearance performing on Conan.
Florida indie rockers Hundred Waters will hit the road again in early 2015 in support of their latest album The Moon Rang Like a Bell (check out our review HERE) and the dates will bring them back to the Triangle.
British 90s alt rockers Bush released a new album last month titled Man on the Run and they have just announced an early 2015 headlining tour that will bring them to the Triangle.
Australian alt rock band The Church will release their 25th album in the U.S. on February 3 titled Further/Deeper and will be celebrating their 35the anniversary in 2015. The band has announced a month-long tour of North American in early 2015 that will end at the South By Southwest Music Conference in Austin, TX in March.
Country punks Lucero will team up with singer-songwriter Ryan Bingham in early 2015 for a monthlong co-headline tour that will bring the pair to the Triangle.
New York singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson will be setting sail on the Sail Across the Sun Cruise early next year but before she hits the sea she'll hit the road on a short continuation of the Lights Out: Stripped tour named after her latest album Lights Out.
Last night Hiss Golden Messenger made their network television debut and they showed up in New York ready to throw down.
English pop rockers alt-J released their sophomore album This Is All Yours earlier this year (check out a review HERE) and the band will hit the road on a brief North and South American tour in the spring in support of it.
Experimental rock band Swans just released a new double album earlier this year titled To Be Kind and they have just announced a new round of tour dates in early 2015 that will bring them back to the Triangle.
Just in case you thought that Merge Records' reissue of M. Ward's Transistor Radio on December 2 was going to be the last of their reissues celebrating their 25th anniversary, they have more coming your way on the same date.
Singer-songwriter Zola Jesus released her fifth studio album last month titled Taiga and she will hit the road on a big North American tour early next year in support of it.
Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan released her eight studio album earlier this year titled Shine On and she has just announced the second leg of the tour in support of the album that will commence in early 2015.
Now that Nickel Creek's 20th anniversary reunion tour has wrapped, singer-songwriter Sean Watkins will hit the road in 2015 in support of his latest solo album All I Do is Lie released earlier this year.
Indie hip hop artist Aesop Rock released a new album this week with fellow rapper Rob Sonic and DJ Big Wiz under their old moniker Hail Mary Mallon titled Bestiary. Rock and Sonic will hit the road in early 2015 in support of the album and they'll make a stop in the Triangle.
Chapel Hill rock club Local 506 has been teasing their big New Year's Eve show on their website for a few weeks tell folks to wait for the big announcement. Now we know that local favorites The Old Ceremony will be ringing in 2015 at the club on Wednesday, December 31, with Skylar Gudasz.
Folk rock duo the Indigo Girls will make their way back to the Triangle in the spring but this show will be very different that any of their recent stops in the area.
Singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson has been making quite a splash this year with his acclaimed sophomore album Metamodern Sounds in Country Music which has led to multiple late night talk show appearances and bigger shows. Simpson was just in town opening for Jason Isbell at DPAC and now he'll come back for his own show early next year.
New York indie rockers Parquet Courts released a new album in June titled Sunbathing Animal and they'll release another new album under the moniker Parkay Quarts on November 10 titled Content Nausea. The band will take their new albums on the road in early 2015 and will make a stop in the Triangle.
As you probably already know, local rockers Spider Bags released their first album with Merge Records earlier this year titled Frozen Letter and they have just released a new music video from the album.
Quirky Triangle folk pop group Bombadil will return with a new album in 2015 titled Hold On and they and their label Ramseur Records has shared the second track from the album titled "Amy's Friend." Check out the song below.
On November 18 a double-disc release celebrating the Chicago roots label Bloodshot Records will be released titled While No One Was Looking. Among the 38 artists who contributed to the release are Andrew Bird and Nora O'Connor, Ted Leo, Hiss Golden Messenger, the NC Music Love Army, Mike Watt and the Minutemen, Samantha Crain and Ben Kweller. Check out the full track list HERE.
Electro jam band Lotus released a new album earlier this year titled Gilded Age and the band are hitting the road in early 2015 in support of the release.
Singer-songwriter George Lewis Jr., better known as Twin Shadow, has been working on his third album, the follow up to 2012's Confess. Warner Brothers Records is expected to release the album in the new year. He'll hit the road in the spring and will return to the Triangle after playing SXSW in Austin.
Taylor Swift is on her way to break a few records with the first week sales of her new album 1989. and now she has announced her tour plans for the album that will run from the spring through next fall.
Superchunk frontman Mac McCaughan released a new recording to celebrate Halloween on Friday that is his stripped down, acoustic take on the title track from UK rockers Sisters of Mercy 1985 album First and Last and Always. Check out the song below.