Chicago Tribune — Riot Fest: For the first time the annual punk festival expands outdoors for two days in Humboldt Park (opening night will be indoors at the Congress Theatre), and the lineup has some of its heaviest hitters yet, including Iggy and the Stooges, Elvis... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield Beck/Phantogram/Devendra Banhart at Governors Ball - 6/24/12 "But the real agenda of Sunday's Governors Ball was a day of crescendos. Separated from Saturday -- a day of computerized repetitions and volume control and equali... more info

Consequence of Sound — Ten cuts for the road. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Built to Spill at BV SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Barkan) The Hopscotch festival in Raleigh, North Carolina will celebrate its third year from Sept. 6-8, 2012 in downtown Raleigh, with 175 bands in 15 venues. The initial lineup, released... more info

Guardian Music — Which acts are getting people tweeting?Unlike guardian.co.uk/music's Tim Jonze and Rebecca Nicholson, most of us aren't able to hop on a plane and head to Austin for SXSW. And with so much going in the Texan capital over the course of the festival, i... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — click HERE for a bigger version of the above flyer. Hinted at and posted in some form on SXSW's website recently, but now offically announced... BrooklynVegan had the honor of helping put together what will be a very special... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on sale for the Squeeze show at Roseland Ballroom. Tickets go on sale at 11am for the NJ show. Governors Ball tickets are now on sale (Passion Pit, Beck, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, etc). The Cranberries... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — As posted last night, Modest Mouse are playing Governors Ball on Randall's Island during the weekend of June 23-24 (same weekend as Orion), but they are just one of many artists that are now announced, and listed, along with... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Built to Spill have confirmed their first tour dates for the New Year tp support of the current release, THERE IS NO ENEMY (Warner Bros Records). The Boise, ID rockers' tour begins Feb 23 in San Francisco... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Please, Please, Please: A Tribute to the Smiths features covers by Tanya Donelly, The Wedding Present, and Built to Spill's Doug Martsch. In a slim release week I can also recommend Charlotte Gainsbourg's new album Stage Whisper, which contains... more info