Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis DOWNLOAD: Beaters - Fishage (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Nodzzz - True to Life (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Dom - Jesus (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Golden Girls - Newports (MP3) The Soft Pack @ Cake shop in Feb (more by Gabi Porter) The Soft... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The three-day festival in Tennessee has gained traction in its second year by featuring genre-jumping sounds that might include art-rock, jazzy ragas and classical-pop hybrids. ... more info

Pitchfork — Photos by Tom Breihan; Above: Fucked Up Ryan Dombal's SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri | SatAmy Phillips' SXSW Reports: Wed | Thu | Fri |Sat Fucked Up [Red 7 Patio; 1:15 a.m.] Things you don't want to hear when you're waiting for D... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — *Friday, March 19, 2010* BrooklynVegan Free Day Party Presented by DailyMotion @ Club DeVille - 900 Red River St, Austin, TX (NOON - 6 PM) *free and open to the public, no RSVP necessary Main stage: 12:00 Princeton 12:45 Twin... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-12 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space *&03-13 Santa Fe, NM - Corazon *03-14 Lubbock, TX - Nume House *03-15 Norman, OK - Opolis ^*%03-16 Dallas, TX - Lounge on Elm Street ^*%03-17-21 Austin, TX - SXSW04-22 Nottingham, England - Spanky Van Dykes* with Abe V... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-06 Oakland, CA - 21 Grand ^03-07 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^03-09 Santa Cruz, CA - Crepe Place ^03-10 Los Angeles, CA - Echo ^ 03-11 San Diego, CA - Bar Pink Elephant ^03-12 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space ^03-13 Santa Fe, NM - Corazon ^03... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Couple of good ones today, starting with an epic 11 minute track from Southampton's Band Of Skulls. As you probably read in last week's mag the band are currently killing the US on the back of the 'New Moon' soundtrack and trying to achieve the same ... more info

Spinner.com — Rumors that iconic Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot died raced across Twitter earlier today, and soon found their way onto several newspaper websites. However, the stories -- which quoted Lightfoot's longtime friend and fellow music legend... more info

CNN Showbiz — Between her cameo with Abe Vigoda in a Super Bowl commercial for Snickers, costarring with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the romantic comedy "The Proposal," and being recognized for lifetime achievement by the Screen Actors Guild, Betty White i... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 03-22 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *03-23 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater *03-25 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater *03-26 Chicago, IL - Riviera Theater *03-27 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre *03-29 Columbus, OH - The LC Pavilion *03-30 Toronto, Ont... more info