Pasta Primavera — While Baltimore was where it was at last night, it seems DC and Philly have taken over for Saturday.  In DC Harlem Shakes, The Subjects, and The Positions (UPDATE ***Harlem Shakes have CANCELLED due to a family emergency***) play what is sure to b... more info

71 Lily Allen 87 Amadou & Mariam 68 ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead 89 Animal Collective 52 The Answer 80 Antony And The Johnsons 60 The Appleseed Cast 72 Arbouretum 73 India. Arie 69 Asobi Seksu 80 Dan Auerbach 68 The Bad Plus 71 Beirut more info

Idolator — If you just decided that you would see Paul McCartney, Morrissey and Beirut at Coachella on Friday and skip out on the festival's other two days, 30,000 people must have beaten you to the idea: Single-day tickets for Friday have sold out. Three-day ... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I was a latecomer to electronic music. Instead of Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin, I jumped onto Ratatat, E*Vax, Clue To Kalo and electro-jazz stuff from St. Germain and Soel. With the relatively new "blog house" movement dominating what gets pimpe... more info

All About Jazz — Beirut, Chris Botti, Jackson Browne, Pink Martini, Ornette Coleman Quartet, Maria Schneider, King Sunny Ade and Femi Kuti and The Positive Force, Wayne Shorter Quartet, The Lost Fingers, Gary Burton Quartet Revisited with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow a... more info

JamBase — THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS, DEVENDRA BANHART, ETIENNE DE CRECY THE ORB, MURDER CITY DEVILS, BUSY P AND PLUMP DJs ADDED TO THE COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL 2009 APRIL 17, 18 AND 19 Coachella 2008 by Dave Vann The Chemical Brothers (DJ ... more info

The Newsroom — Nothing in her life fated Lynn Fatouh to a career as a rap singer. Born into a consrvative Muslim family in Beirut, the 23-year-old is now recording alongside stars like 50 Cent, Eminem and Snoop Dogg. Her first album, attests to her ability to cut t... more info

Music Mule — A quick word - the below review is from Joe who won his ticket to see Crystal Stilts through the MusicMule mailing list. Sign up here for a chance to win in future competitions - I have Animal Collective and Beirut tickets to give away in the coming ... more info

Persona Sauna — I'm having some feed trouble and my posts have been messing up, apologies for that. I'll be getting back into the groove of things when I get everything worked out and figure out the answer to "what are you doing for your bday?!" I've missed so much ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, Exclusive, Holy HellAs the Fray and Explosions in the Sky can attest, having a song featured in a television show can surely help make you a house hold name. Which is what has happened for Brooklyn based gypsy-folk act Beirut ... i... more info