LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new Thermals album, Personal Life (out September 7th). The Book Lady's Blog interviews Adam Ross, author of the novel Mr. Peanut. Album Tacos The Rumpus interviews author Shalom Auslander. Built to Spill frontman Doug Martsch tal... more info

Guardian Music — You get two bands for the price of one (one noisy, one quiet) from these London youngstersWho are they?Yuck are Londoners Daniel Blumberg (vocals), Max Bloom (guitar), New Jersey's Jonny Rogoff (drums) and Hiroshima-born Mariko Doi (bass). Their Yu(c... more info

KEXP Seattle — Finally, today you can pick up the brand new Live at KEXP Volume Six! With 16 exclusive live recording from a variety of bands and artists near and dear to KEXP listeners’ hearts — how can you go wrong? Yeasayer, Built to Spill, Animal Collective... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Built to Spill @ Outside Lands 2009 (more by Chris Graham) Built to Spill played Irving Plaza on Wednesday, July 28th. Download their set recorded by NYC Taper. One day later later they played a show in Long Island (at... more info

Pop Candy — Certain albums will always have a place on my iPod, and Built to Spill's note-perfect Keep It Like a Secret is one of them. Though I've listened ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offREM Fall On Me I somehow overlooked 1986's Lifes Rich Pageant at the time, but now I can't stop playing it. This is one of the more direct tracks – it wouldn't have been o... more info

All About Jazz — The Pygmalion Music Festival has just added of Montreal, Janelle Monae, Cut Chemist, Plastician, Darren Hanlon, Unwed Sailor, Turbo Fruits and Light Pollution to this year's lineup, solidifying 2010 as Pygmalion's most exciting year to date. As previ... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 07-13 San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop 07-15 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern 07-16 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge 07-17 Boise, ID - Neurolux 07-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge 07-19 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive 07-24 Omaha, NE - MAHA Festival 08-01 Council... more info

Pitchfork — WHAT: RoskildeWHEN: July 1-4WHERE: Roskilde, DenmarkWHO: Prince, Pavement, Gorillaz, Vampire Weekend, LCD Soundsystem, the National, Robyn, Patti Smith, Dirty Projectors, Titus Andronicus, Beach House, Drake, Them Crooked Vultures, Van Dyke Parks... more info

Perfect Porridge — moe. announced the first round of artists for their annual Labor Day weekend festival, moe.down. Joining moe. will be: The Black Keys, Built to Spill, Tortoise, Ryan Montbleau Band and The Brew. That’s some high quality over quantity, right ther... more info