Les Claypool and his Fancy Band are embarking on a major tour beginning in May and wrapping up in July. Up-and-coming rock duo Two Gallants will open most of the shows. The members of the Fancy Band haven’t been announced, but a good guess would be Skerik, Mike Dillon, Gabby La La, and Paulo Baldi. What else?

• The Vapour Brothers website features a video of Radiohead in the studio
• Greyboy Allstars, Lotus, and Galactic are among the bands that have been added to the Trancegression lineup
• Jethro Tull is hitting the states for some dates in the fall
• 17 Dots lists the 20 best Pavement songs
• Soulive has signed with the revived Stax label
• Chris Rockswell of Spank Rock talks with Pitchfork about new projects
• Former Grateful Dead handler, Rock Scully, has produced a one-hour oral history of the Summer of Love
• Little Stevie is getting the vibe that Bruce Springsteen is writing new material for a potential E Street Band album
• Lollapalooza tickets won’t have additional service charges
• Nine music videos featuring animals
• The Beach Boys lost a $60 million intellectual property lawsuit
• Polka Floyd presents an interesting twist on the music of Pink Floyd
• Phanfest 3.0 will be held at Mariaville, NY’s Indian Lookout Country Club
• Gothamist covers Iggy Pop and the Stooges at the United Palace
• Own a piece of the soon-closing Tonic, like an Espresso Machine
• The complete idiot’s guide to John Hiatt
• Check out this hilarious gossip item on The Police’s new album
• Robert Randolph & FB announced some spring and summer tourdates
• Less untz per capita: Disco Biscuits’ Barber goes solo on 4/26

Comprehensive, but let us know if we missed anything in this link dump…