Its Getting Boring By The Sea — The best albums released in March 2010 were (in my opinion)... *Drum-roll please*Blood Red Shoes - Fire Like ThisGorillaz - Plastic Beach (Album of the month)Liars - SisterworldErrors - Come Down With MeLaura Marling - I Speak Because I CanDum Dum Gi... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-01 Portland, OR - Holocene04-02 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Café04-03 Vancouver, British Columbia - Media Club04-05 Provo, UT - Club Velour04-07 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive 04-09 Des Moines, IA - The Vaudeville Mews04-10 Ames, IA - The Maintenance Shop... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Brian Reilly It was a happy St. Patrick's Day for Spoon. The Austin, Texas, indie-rock band received a hero's welcome during its hometown show on Wednesday at the South by Southwest music festival. The group, this musical city's... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo "Hello, and welcome to Portland, Oregon," quipped James Mercer, as he and Danger Mouse greeted the freezing crowd at Mog Day Party on the final day of SXSW. A 40-degree drop in temperature from Friday caused flip-flops... more info

The Music Fix — Gig Review: Broken Bells in a car park, Chew Lips dancing on bars, it's all happening in Austin!...Broken Bells in a car park, Chew Lips dancing on bars, it's all happening in Austin! more info

Brooklyn Vegan — There's been a lot of buzz around the festival about Broken Bells, the new project of the Shins' frontman James Mercer and artist-producer Danger Mouse (aka Brian Burton). Now, reaction to the debut disc has been mixed (we thought... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson • Big Star’s Alex Chilton Dead at 59 • Rob Sheffield Remembers Alex Chilton • SXSW Day One Twitter Marathon: Catch Up! • Spoon, Broken Bells Shine at SXSW • Secrets of The Runaways: Inside the F... more info

DrownedInSound — The 38th weekly instalment in our content-related Spotify playlist, featuring Big Star, White Stripes, Jonna Lee, Broken Bells, Shy Child, White Hinterland and MANY MORE. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Rolling Stone — Broken Bells made a lot of noise the first day of the SXSW Music Festival with their “pop-up” show at a parking garage on Red River Street in downtown Austin. It took place at 1:00 pm and was packed to capacity. That trend continued at their Wedn... more info

NME — Band Of Skulls blow out their amps during raucous set more info