Brooklyn Vegan — Beirut @ Sound Fix (more by Kelly Bruce) It's been a memorable five years on Bedford Avenue, hasn't it? Raise your hand if you were there on our opening night when the Mountain Goats performed. Now we're getting ready to... more info

Stereogum — Zach Condon and Beirut's Perrin Cloutier contributed this sweet, ostensibly Parisian-themed instrumental track "The 11th Arrondissement" to the Paper Heart soundtrack. As the song fades gently to black, you might be left wanting Condon to break in... more info

Totally Fuzzy — spacedsaviour said...lord buckley - his royal hipnesspinebox - i dig anarchyallen ginsberg - howlanton levay - satanic masskim fowley - i'm badgrateful dead - anthem of the sun (original mix)grateful dead - aomoxomoa (original 8trk sessions)screamers... more info

L.A. Times - News — Ayatollah Ali Khamenei formally approves a second presidential term for Ahmadinejad, who is scheduled to be sworn in by parliament on Wednesday. Some officials boycott the Khamenei ceremony, which is not shown on state television. ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Where is the music that challenges listeners? Standing in Union Park a few weeks ago, the second day of the Pitchfork Music Festival, the sun low, shadows cree... more info

Music For Ants — When I first saw Beirut, I was completely blown away by Zach Condon and his group of spirited young guys playing songs you would imagine coming from a Balkan folk band in Eastern Europe. That was three years ago and now the band sound like seasoned p... more info

Spinner.com — Fanfarlo are a London-based five-piece who sound like an unruly collision between Belle & Sebastian, the Arcade Fire and Beirut.They are fronted by Swedish-born singer Simon Balthazar, a man whose formative years in Gothenberg helped create the achin... more info

Persona Sauna — NPR listeners came out of the woodwork to cast their votes for the year's best music thus far, and Animal Collective took the top spots in both Best Album and Best Song.Best Singles of 2009 (so far)1. "My Girls" Animal Collective2. "Two Weeks" Grizz... more info

Music For Ants — Final Fantasy may seem at first like an odd choice for the Pitchfork main stage, except for an brief appearance by Beirut trumpeter, Kelly Pratt, Owen Pallet stood alone on stage depdending solely on looping violins and keyboards for instrumental acc... more info

Stereogum — Princeton is from Los Angeles, but the quartet -- twin brothers Jesse and Matt Kivel with Ben Usen and David Kitz -- look East Coat Ivy League and, after all, wrote an EP about Virginia Woolf and her Bloomsbury Group crew. Thing is, they actually got... more info