Guardian Music — A prolific cyber-dreamer with a laptop cooing prettily to early-80s synth-pop – love it or loathe it?Hometown: Brooklyn.The lineup: Danielle Johnson (vocals, keyboards), James Morley (guitar), Justin Coles (bass), Chris Egan (drums).The background:... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The following is a guest post from our friends at Luckymag.com. The annual Bonnaroo music festival is right around the corner, taking place on June 9-12 in Manchester, Tennessee. And the lineup is stellar--some of our favorite acts include School of... more info

KEXP Seattle — Add this to your list of newly announced lineups: The Capitol Hill Block Party has added nine more bands to complete its 2011 roster. The festival, which runs July 22-24, is now also featuring in its 15th year local rising stars The Head and The Hear... more info

NME — Hear Skeeter Davis cover on NME.COM - before crunch time at 6pm today (May 21) more info

NME — Band announce addition of cat-loving vocalist to 'Radiosurgery' more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Best Coast at Bowery Ballroom (more by Bao Nguyen) In addition to their date supporting The Decemberists at the now sold-out Prospect Park benefit on June 14th, Best Coast has added a headlining NYC show. The band will team with... more info

BBC 6 Music — Lo-fi California surf thriving in the small venues more info

Stereogum — Blink-182 had a very good run around the turn of the millennium, with a personal brand that fell somewhere between Weezer and Jackass and made them icons to kids looking for goofy/smart alt.heroes capable of consistently churning out MTV-playlist dom... more info

Scotsman.com — BEST COAST THE ARCHES, GLASGOW *** more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Our colleagues over at Brand X on Thursday snagged an exclusive on the lineup for this year's Make Music Pasadena festival, which will take place on and around Colorado Boulevard downtown on June 18. Writes Brand X's Daniel Siegal: This... more info