Altsounds — MTK: Music To Know Festival announced its inaugural line up headlined by *Vampire Weekend* on Saturday, August 13th and *Bright Eyes* on Sunday, August 14th. Other confirmed bands include *Matt & Kim*, *Cold War Kids*, *Chromeo*, *Tame Impala*, *Ra ... more info

Stereogum — A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Matt Hires (born August 5, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Music, an im... more info

ContactMusic — Paul Simon can't wait to get back on the road with longtime partner Art Garfunkel, insisting the tour the duo was forced to cut short in 2010 when the Bright Eyes singer fell ill was one of their best. Simon insists fans could tell the feuding pai... more info

Stereogum — Alongside rote one-dimensional characters and an overly familiar critique of wealthy liberals, Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom features plenty of clunky indie rock references, including mentions of Ben Gibbard and Jack White and an analysis of a Bright ... more info

Guardian Music — (Mercury)The Airborne Toxic Event's 2009 debut pitched itself perfectly between Bright Eyes, the Killers and the Strokes. This time, they've muscled up, nodded to the blue collar and emerged somewhere between Bruce Springsteen, U2 and the Pogues. Fro... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako Big Audio Dynamite As you know, Arcade Fire played a balloon-filled headlining show on Saturday, and Odd Future made their presence known to crowd members, security and those watching Lil B, but other exciting stuff, like... more info

Stereogum — While we wait for Kanye’s Super Secret Surprise Guests (Rebecca Black?), let’s glance back at yesterday’s highlights. AnCo, Erykah Badu, Arcade Fire, Big Audio Dynamite, Bright Eyes, Cults, Suede, Glasser, Mumford & Sons, and many more were on ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — For much of his Saturday night sundown set at Coachella, Conor Oberst of the seminal indie rock band Bright Eyes sang with his eyes shut. It wasn't due to relaxation though -- his face was taut, almost contorted -- and... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes and more. more info