Guardian Music — Pukkelpop music festival in Belgium hit by storm. Five die when stage collapses and more than 70 are injured across siteFive people have been killed and more than 70 injured at a music festival after a stage collapsed during a heavy storm.The Chateau... more info

ContactMusic — A third stage collapse at a major festival in a month has claimed the lives of two music fans. Rockers Smith Westerns were performing at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium on Thursday (18Aug11) when the stage gave way beneath them. Reports suggest sev... more info

KEXP Seattle — Three people are reportedly dead after the collapse of yet another festival music stage, this time at Belgium’s Pukkelpop Festival. Onstage were Smith Westerns, who tweeted “Stage collapsed max almost got crushed by the tress. I hope pukkelpop ha... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Belgian music festival Pukkelpop Festival was hit with a severe storm today, which appears to have hit during or around the time of the Smith Westerns' set. Frontman Cullen Omori intially tweeted "Stage collapsed max almost got crushed... more info

Impose Magazine — No extra information beyond this, tweeted moments ago on Smith Western/frontman Cullen Omori's Twitter account: more info

Guardian Music — Blending the Beatles, Beefheart and Beck, this Kiwi newbie creates lo-fi yet luxuriant freak-funk and psych-popHometown: Portland, Oregon.The lineup: Ruban Neilson (vocals, guitar), with Jake Portrait (bass) and Julien Enrlich (drums) for live perfor... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Arctic Monkeys at Summerstage in May (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin) Arctic Monkeys, who just headlined Summerstage, are back for another North American tour late this summer and early fall. First they'll play a run of August dates which include... more info

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Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Toby Tenenbaum Yeasayer @ Terminal 5 Yeasayer ended their tour with Smith Westerns and Hush Hush back home at Terminal 5 on Saturday (6/18). If the pictures below don't speak for themselves, Toby describes opener Hush Hush as... more info

Altsounds — *THE LOUD* met through a shared love of modern & 60s psych & garage sounds...think T.Rex scrubbed up via a post-punk facelift, mixed with The Yardbirds, The Monks, The Spencer Davis Group, 13th Floor Elevators & The Beatles, through to BJTM, Smith We... more info