Brooklyn Vegan — In honor of last night's Merge-heavy show, The Clean, Caribou getting to town, Shout Out Louds just leaving, and a free She & Him show this summer, I thought I'd post a link to the free Merge Records Sampler... more info

Abeano — There are many reasons to buy the amazing Caribou album ‘Swim’. A) It’s a total banger, an album of the year contender and b) if you buy it from the wonderful Rough Trade shops, you get an 60 minute mix CD that takes in Bollywood, Deep... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Clientele Merge Records is offering a free 14-song digital sampler on Amazon. The compilation features tracks from Let’s Wrestle, The Clean, Radar Brothers, Wye Oak, Shout Out Louds, She & Him, Alec Bathgate, Lambchop, The Clientele, Lou Barlow... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Frisicano DOWNLOAD: Laurel Halo - Embassy (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Laurel Halo - Metal Confection (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hounds of Hate - Head Anthem (MP3) DOWNLOAD: Hounds of Hate - I Like Triangles (MP3) Hounds of Hate Todd Pendu's "Tuesday Night... more info

XLR8R — The German capital city's annual music festival, simply called Berlin Festival, has just announced its lineup for the upcoming extravaganza. For two days in September, DJs and bands from far and wide will convene at the historic Tempelhof Airpor... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-03 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre &05-04 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon &05-05 Montreal, Quebec - Tulipe &05-06 Boston, MA - Middle East Downstairs &05-07 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg ^&05-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^&05-09 Phil... more info

Rollo & Grady — Origami Vinyl :: Current – Top 10 Records 1. KISSES “Berrmuda” 7″ 2. Caribou “Swim” 3. Rainbow Arabia / Nosaj Thing “The LA Collection Vol. 2″ 7″ 4. Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Moonrats “The LA Collection Vol. 1″... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — April has been a fairly quiet month with sub-standard albums from Plan B, MGMT and Kate Nash dominating the release schedules. Luckily May is shaping up to be the busiest month of all time.The best albums of April then:She & Him - Volume 2 (Album of ... more info

Pitchfork — -- Get your quarters up. Les Savy Fav guitarist Seth Jabour has created the soundtrack for a New York video game art project. Faile and Bast have turned a storefront on New York's Lower East Side into a functional video arcade, with old arcade games ... more info

Discobelle.net — 1. Brodinski – Arnold Classics (Egyptrixx remix) 2. James Blake – CMYK 3. Sinden & sbtrkt – Kinda Familar 4, Roska – Squark 5. Four Tet – Sing (Mosca Remix) 6. Caribou – Sun 7. Gold Panda – You 8. Nick Minaj – Massive Attack (feat. S... more info