Altsounds — As we celebrate the release day of Crazy For You (Mexican Summer), our favorite LA-based lo-fi heartbreakers, *Best Coast*, would like to mark the occasion by announcing a slew of new dates added to their North American Tour. They will continue live... more info

Guardian Music — Lo! It is the return of Arcade FireIf you're reading Sleeve Notes today (Friday 30 July), you may or may not be excited about the new Arcade Fire album due on Monday. Either way, the return of the Canadian gloom-rockers with The Suburbs was met with ... more info

NME — Cat lover Bethany Cosentino is jealous of the band's new album sleeve more info

Guardian Music — (Wichita)A prolific marijuana smoker, Twitterer and cat enthusiast, young Los Angeleno Bethany Cosentino is interesting enough as a web entity alone – she also hosts a blog mainly consisting of YouTube clips of the TV shows of her youth. But as ha... more info

Stereogum — Bear In Heaven headlined L.A.’s the Echo, with Twin Sister and Beach Fossils opening. Photographer Andrew Youssef was there to document, and he was impressed. Beach Fossils (with Cloud Nothings’s TJ Duke on guitar) could easily fit in with L.A.�... more info

Guardian Music — Snacks the cat has appeared on record sleeves, T-shirts and even gets a credit on the band's debut album. But did the Best Coast singer's beloved pet really pick the tracklist?As a musician, maybe it's weird that I'm always getting asked to talk abo... more info

MTV.com News — The rapper was originally slated to drop his sophomore effort on September 14.By Mawuse Ziegbe Kid Cudi Photo: Astrid Stawiarz/ Getty Images Kid Cudi fans will have to wait a little longer for fresh tunes: A rep for Universal Motown confirm... more info

The Music Fix — First rate indie pop from out west. A bit like Lytham St. Annes. more info

DrownedInSound — To paraphrase the title of one of Bethany Cosentino's tracks she’s more “brat” than lovable mope. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Each have made opposite and near-perfect rock albums that, taken together, might be among the most inviting portraits of being young in Los Angeles in 2010. Ea... more info