71 Lily Allen 87 Amadou & Mariam 68 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 54 The Answer 60 The Appleseed Cast 72 Arbouretum 73 India. Arie 75 Art Brut 69 Asobi Seksu 80 Dan Auerbach 68 The Bad Plus 77 Bat For Lashes 71 Beirut 75 Bell Orchestre more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Desert Sun recaps Coachella 2009. Decider Denver interviews Yuki Chikudate of Asobi Seksu. RIP, author J.G. Ballard NPR's All Things Considered lists the least-known novels to win the Pulitzer Prize. Five Chapters is serializing a new short story... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Leia Jospe "at yann tiersen, irving plaza with, probably, every french person in new york city." - Soraya Darabi "the good news is that we got there early enough to watch the whole thing in the very front!... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Rosebuds @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Dese'Rae Stage) tonight in NYC * Questlove @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * The Rosebuds, Megafaun @ The Bell House * Yann Tiersen, Asobi Seksu @ Irving Plaza * Throbbing Gristle @ Brooklyn Masonic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Rosebuds @ Bowery Ballroom (more by Dese'Rae Stage) tonight in NYC * Questlove @ (Le) Poisson Rouge * The Rosebuds, Megafaun @ The Bell House * Yann Tiersen, Asobi Seksu @ Irving Plaza * Throbbing Gristle @ Brooklyn Masonic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the recently added Grizzly Bear show at Music Hall of Williamsburg. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the Phoenix show happening at Terminal 5. Tickets are on sale (@ noon) for the... more info

Altsounds — Asobi Seksu's creative core explored music at an early age (leadvocalist/keyboardist Yuki Chikudate got standing ovations at child prodigy recitals when she was 8; guitarist/vocalist James Hanna bounced between sludgy hardcore and Mogwai-schooled pos... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Telepathe - So Fine (Lauren Flax remix) (MP3) photos by Tim Griffin Crocodiles came through town and played Bowery Ballroom on Thursday (4/2) with Tyvek and Asobi Seksu, and a show two days later at Pianos with Tweak Bird.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin Asobi Seksu headlined the Bowery Ballroom in NYC on Thursday night (4/2). The great triple-bill featured both Crocodiles and Tyvek as openers. The pictures in this post, of the headliner only, are from that show. Currently... more info

My Old Kentucky — San Diego's Crocodiles are about to release their debut album, Summer Of Hate on Fat Possum, and are out on a pretty extensive U.S. tour right now to promote it. The band draws comparisons to Jesus and Mary Chain, Velvet Underground, Spacemen 3 and ... more info