Pasta Primavera — Tonight in Baltimore the Talking Head is the place to be because the great Thrushes are playing their hometown with Let’s Wrestle and Baby Aspirin opening.  Down in DC you can catch the hype with N.A.S.A., Lil’ El, Jackie O, Nacey, and Steve S... more info

JamBase — PETE YORN REBOOTS CREATIVE PROCESS FOR BOLD NEW ALBUM BACK AND FOURTH SET FOR JUNE 23 RELEASE ON COLUMBIA RECORDS MIKE MOGIS (BRIGHT EYES, RILO KILEY) PRODUCES WITH ADDITIONAL CREATIVE CONSULTING FROM RICK RUBIN Pete Yorn On June 23, Columbi... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — Not content with being in The White Stripes/ Raconteurs/ Electric Six (Remember that?), producing Loretta Lynn and working with Beck Jack White has branched out again. The Dead Weather features Dean Fertita from Queens of the Stone Age, Jack Lawrence... more info

Idolator — Suspicious blogger wonders if do-gooder Beck is actually using upcoming benefit concert as platform for Evil Scientology Propaganda. No idea if this rumor/conjecture/pet theory/linkbait has any validity — and he could be secretly shilling for the C... more info

The Late Greats — Back in 2006, Melissa McClelland impressed me with Thumbelina's One Night Stand. A Canadian who has mastered Americana, Melissa is back in 2009 with Victoria Day. Her third studio album, produced by fellow Canadian and husband Luke Doucet, should be ... more info

Ryan's Smashing Life — PLANET EARTH: Thought I would share this with you all readers... I have recently been finding odd messages on the screen when I return home... Lots of unusual warnings... Nothing too serious, ever - but the growing frequency of these issues was beg... more info

Music For Ants — I’ve been hearing about Sara Lov, a singer/songwriter formerly of the band Devics, for a while now but never actually gave her a listen until her album arrived in the mail this week for her to grab my attention. Her music is dark, melancholic... more info

Idolator — Win Butler from the Arcade Fire, called out for pomposity by supposed good guy Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips, fired back late yesterday what's shaping up to be the Musical Beef Of March 2009. (It's at least on par with some of the great beefs of th... more info

Stereogum — This morning, out of nowhere, Flaming Lips ringleader Wayne Coyne tore the Arcade Fire a new asshole, accusing the beloved Canadian indie rockers of being pompous pricks who treat everybody -- crew, fans, Oklahoman psych-pop bands -- like shit. Bl... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Kirstie Shanley Some might hear an Arcade Fire song-- all that sweeping sincerity and gusto!-- and guess that the band is a little pompous in real life. They're rock'n'roll saviors, dammit! Well, according to Flaming Lips front man Wayne C... more info