Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info

Guardian Music — Listen now – before the sun goes away – to the gorgeous sounds of Washed Out, leading proponents of chillwaveThe sultry weather demands some kind of response – and so it is that we bring you the debut album from Washed Out. Since June 2009, Ern... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Young bands including Animal Collective, Blues Control and others are incorporating sounds from the much disparaged genre.In late 2009, noise-pop group Animal Collective followed up its critics-poll-topping album "Merriweather Post Pavilion" with a s... more info

DrownedInSound — Let's not beat around the bush here - this is preeeeeety late. Er, yes, sorry about that, but hey ho - remember when there used to be ATPs in May? If not, here's a reminder! Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — Bono and the boys are in the headline slot at Worthy Farm on Friday… but should they be?Kitty Empire, Observer pop criticLast week, Glastonbury supremo Michael Eavis griped that booking the Wombles to play the legendary pop festival had been a mist... more info

Guardian Music — August 2000: Number 42 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicThe noughties phenomenon of blog-rock wasn't born with a bang – for certain, no Strokes-style changing of the guard took place. Yet it was unquestionably one of ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Panda Bear at Governor's Island in 2010 (more by Erez Avissar) Panda Bear is playing Music Hall of Williamsburg on July 3, a venue much smaller than last time. According to MHOW's website:"This show will be will call only. No... more info

Stereogum — We’ve got new videos from Rihanna, UNKLE, The Grates, and WU LYF this week. I especially like the Ford & Lopatin video because it’s the human version of those Friskies ads. The ones where the cat hallucinates and believes that turkeys, fish, and ... more info

Persona Sauna — ...then I'd advise you give a listen to a lovely little band called Fair Ohs.With influences of "West African funk, 60′s Psychedelic Rock, Eritrean Guayla music and a whole heap of Fleetwood Mac," this band is definitely on my radar.Their debut a... more info

Impose Magazine — Saturday at Primavera Sound Fest in Barcelona with Fleet Foxes, Animal Collective, and PJ Harvey. See more images from this post. more info