LargeHeartedBoy — Band of Horses frontman Ben Bridwell talks to the Bend Bulletin about the band's new album, Infinite Arms. Morning Edition gets summer reading suggestions from independent booksellers. RIP, Dennis Hopper. Oprah lists 10 great summer books to read rig... more info

Detroit Free Press — 1 Katy Perry (feat. Snoop Dogg), "California Gurls" 2 Usher (feat. Will.i.am), "OMG" 3 B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams), "Airplanes" 4 Miley Cyrus, "Can't Be Tamed" 5 Eminem, "Not Afraid" 6 Ke$ha, "Your Love Is My Drug" 7 Lady G... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - After two successful albums, South Carolina-based country rock group Band of Horses were riding high and, by all estimates, should have had an easy time finding money to make their third record. more info

Pitchfork — Billboard reports that LCD Soundsystem's This Is Happening, an album we like a bunch, sold 31,000 copies in its first week, enough to squeeze its way to number 10 on Billboard's Billboard 200 album chart.  Right behind the Iron Man 2 soundtrack! M... more info

MTV.com News — Rolling Stones, Black Keys make strong debuts on next week's top 200.By Gil Kaufman Photo: Columbia Records You'd think that the fourth "Glee" album within seven months would burn out the audience for Fox's runaway high school musical show. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Eddie Vedder w/ Ben Bridwell - May 21st @ MSG (via Karen Loria/Pearl Jam official) Tour closers always have a lot of hype and [Pearl Jam's May 21st MSG show] has already lived up to it. As "Band of Horses"... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pearl Jam w/ Ben Bridwell May 21st (via Karen Loria/Pearl Jam official) Tour closers always have a lot of hype and [Pearl Jam's May 21st MSG show] has already lived up to it. As "Band of Horses" is milling about... more info

Pitchfork — On Friday night, Band of Horses opened for Pearl Jam at Madison Square Garden. According to Steady Burn, six songs deep into Pearl Jam's second encore (!), the band invited BoH frontman Ben Bridwell to the stage to sing Chris Cornell's part on Temp... more info

Altsounds — Los Angeles based quintet, Darker My Love are proud to announce the release of their new album, ALIVE AS YOU ARE. Set for an August 17th release on Dangerbird Records, ALIVE AS YOU ARE was recorded at San Francisco's legendary Hyde Street Studios... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Video from David Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Carson Daly, below...... more info