Pitchfork — This year's Øya Festival crashes down in Oslo, Norway August 10-14. And here's another list of bands that'll make you want to book a flight to Europe ASAP: M.I.A., Pavement, LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, the Stooges, Big Boi, the xx, Air, Jón... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Dominick Mastrangelo Midway through "We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed", Los Campesinos! lead-singer Gareth speaks the line, "I taught myself the only way to vaguely get along in love/ is to like the other slightly less than you get... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Generation Records (210 Thompson St. in NYC) has one of the busier Record Store Days this Saturday (4/17), with live sets from Cymbals Eat Guitars, Black Wine (ex-The Ergs/Hunchback who play April 25th at Mercury Lounge), Walter Schreifels (ex-Gorill... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-17 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *04-18 Laval, Quebec - Maison des Arts De Laval *04-19 Burlington, VT - Higher Ground Showcase Lounge *04-20 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre *04-22 New York, NY - Irving Plaza *04-23 Princeton, NJ - Terrace Club at Pr... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-20 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Theatre ^ 04-22 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza ^ 04-24 Boston, MA - Paradise ^ 04-30 Chicago, IL - Metro ^ 05-01 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue ^05-04 Asbury Park, NJ - The Wonder Bar05-05 Grantham, PA - Me... more info

Pitchfork — The folks behind Lollapalooza have spent the past week dropping hints about this year's lineup, announcing artists one letter at a time, via a sort of hangman or Wheel of Fortune game. And though it's been fun to hazard guesses about what bands will ... more info

Altsounds — _*US Tour Dates With Bear In Heaven & Freelance Whales*_ 3/31 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT 4/1 – Hi Dive – Denver, CO 4/2 – Replay Lounge – Lawrence, KS 4/3 – Turf Club - St. Paul... more info

Altsounds — After a busy and exciting 2009, releasing their debut EP and playing shows with the likes of Porcupine Tree, Explosions in the Sky and Cymbals Eat Guitars, North Atlantic Oscillation release their debut album, ‘Grappling Hooks’. ... more info

NME — Wilco, Cymbals Eat Guitars and The Low Anthem also play the September bash more info

Altsounds — March 1, Cymbals Eat Guitars will release a 7' single for "Wind Phoenix", a track from their debut album Why There Are Mountains, via Memphis Industries. The B-side to "Wind Phoenix" is this, a cover of Elliott Smith's "Ballad of Big Nothing" _... more info