FN News Roundup: April 12, 2012

The world has turned and left us with some more awesome music news. Check it out!

• In what's guaranteed to be a concert experience that we'll remember for a long time to come, Icelandic atmospheric rock titans Sigur Ros are going on tour this summer in support of their upcoming album Valtari (out on May 29 via XL). We'll get to see / sit outside the ampitheater and listen to them in Brooklyn's Prospect Park on July 31 - get tickets at noon ET on April 20 or show up reeeeeally early to get a good picnic spot (Pitchfork)


• The legendary British music store Rough Trade recently announced that they'll be bringing their first-ever American outpost to Brooklyn this Fall, which will be even bigger than their beloved London flagship store. Thanks, England! (The Guardian) 


• In other "Oh Hell Yes We're Going To This" news, Wu-Tang Clan's own GZA has confirmed that he'll be performing his legendary solo LP Liquid Swords in its entirety at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 14. AmEx presale tickets are on sale now with a general sale tomorrow (4/13), you know what you have to do (BrooklynVegan) 


• Conversely... Nate Dogg is performing at Coachella? As a HOLOGRAM? No, dude, I can't even... no (SPIN)


• I'm cautiously optimistic about the return of Bloc Party, so a chance to see them at Terminal 5 in August with some new material on their belts should be a potentially rad time (Consequence of Sound)


• And stream "Chew," the new single from one of our favorite bands of 2011 Yuck, below the jump! Click that thang (Yuck)

Weezer, Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, Gene Ween & more will play the Weezer Cruise

In what appears to be some sort of weird surreal dream I might've had as a fifteen-year old high on NyQuil, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, Sebadoh, and Gene Ween will share the bill with many, many more, for the Weezer Cruise, which will take place from January 19-23 of 2012. The four day festival, which will also feature younger (and amazing) acts such as the Antlers, Yuck, Wavves, the Nervous Wreckords (featuring Brian Karscig of Louis XIV) and Boom Bip, will sail from Miami, FL to Cozumel, Mexico in one epic, unadulterated, wacky sea adventure in the name of indie rock. The website specifically states that bands will play multiple performances.

In addition to J Mascis and Lou Barlow performing in their respective bands, the two will perform solo sets throughout the cruise, meaning Lou Barlow will be pulling triple duty (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr, and solo). I hope the guy packs his Dramamine. You can get the exact details of the pricing scheme over at the Weezer Cruise website, but the most basics I can find are that tickets will be sold individually at $799/person or at $599/person if you travel as a group of four. Pricey for sure, but not when you consider the fact that you will be on a cruise ship with some indisputable rock gods. If I get to share a beer with Lou Barlow, and high-five Gene Ween, then it's totally worth it.

Below is the confirmed lineup so far, with more to be announced as the date nears. Props to the Backstage Rider for providing us this info, and for forcing us to seriously contemplate dipping into our retirement funds* to make it down there...