DrownedInSound — Sometimes there is nothing more repelling than hype. Not because people aren't to be trusted, especially when it often appears to be a gigantic weight of them, but more because the crushing of heightened expectation is never fun and you'll never rega... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Mikey from Blackbird Blackbird just sent over this new track called "Letting Go" -- the first song to drop from the upcoming odd-and-ends EP called Rarities, which a little birdie tells me will be available shortly. In the meanwhile, get down with t... more info

Addict Music — LA trio Best Coast have announced a London headline show for 1st December, with further UK dates to be announced soon. more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 08-12 Brooklyn, NY - Cinders Gallery (Sonny Smith solo set)08-19 San Francisco, The Independent &08-30 San Francisco, Amnesia10-26 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^10-28 Portland, OR - Holocene ^ 10-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Coba... more info

Altsounds — Mexican Summer (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103603718208&s=223&e=001V8Zc063gOE7IIyMMRpMGXo5dAm2p5SNK_Ocka28uzSHfFZ0CKeGEcIHp4XoEbNfk75R8SHEbGCn90kPT8GkcDFnNot5rjnvitgRYGR5d29NRcyItG-uuTg==) is pleased to announce that everyone's favorite California... more info

Guardian Music — "This year's been brilliant for new music," said New Band of the Day writer Paul Lester, when filing his 173,294th column. Before we could admonish him for engaging in idle chit-chat when he should have been scouring the blogosphere for hot talent, w... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 09-04 Los Angeles, CA - F Yeah Fest 09-07 Philadelphia, PA - 1st Unitarian Church 09-08 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel 09-09 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Fest 09-10 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn # 09-11 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light # 09-12 Nashville, T... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offAloe Blacc I Need a Dollar Here, Blacc manages to make the story of begging for money to buy whiskey and wine sound almost glamorous. The Marvin and Curtis-inspired trimming... more info

Guardian Music — Cargo, LondonThere is no shortage of young American groups producing lo-fi garage-pop, but only Best Coast are fronted by Bethany Cosentino. She gives the Los Angeles trio's debut album, Crazy for You, its achingly romantic slant – but it's on stag... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — The close-harmonizing boys in Los Angeles indie-folk outfit Local Natives took some time during this year's Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago to record this side-of-the-train-tracks performance with Yours Truly-- then, they witnessed an alleged rob... more info