Rollo & Grady — Gorillaz, Jay-Z, and Muse will headline Coachella, set to take place from April 16-18 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Other key acts scheduled to appear include The Soft Pack, Deer Tick, The Almighty Defenders, The Avett Brothers, Pavem... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dr. Dog's Brooklyn Bowl holiday show (more by Tim Griffin) Dr. Dog will be putting out their new record (and their first on Anti-), Shame, Shame, on April 6th (cover art pictured). Rob Schnapf, whose past work includes Elliott Smith... more info

Rolling Stone — Grammy-nominated Phoenix will travel from the Winter Olympics in Vancouver to their maiden journey into Mexico during a brief trek out West, Deer Tick and Dr. Dog plot out on a joint tour and Alec Ounsworth gets ready to mine material from both Clap ... more info

Troubled Souls Unite — 50 - 41 can be found here40. The White Stripes - Elephant (2003)While White Blood Cells established The White Stripes as a force of minimalistic alternative rock, Elephant showed a band who's repertoire went deeper than three power chords and a bas... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The lineup for this year's Bamboozle Festival already contains Girl Talk and Weezer, and, as the 20 artists they announced for the fetival today confirm, it's probably just downhill from there. That said, Tickets are on sale (@ noon).... more info

Live Daily — The population of Austin, TX, will swell in March when a swarm of artists, music-industry personnel and live-music fans descend upon the city for the 24th annual South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival, set for March 12-21. Though mostly ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dr. Dog @ Prospect Park in June (more by Eric Townsend) Dr. Dog's "July in Christmas" show at Brooklyn Bowl on December 11th is now sold out (though there are still tickets available to the show they play one day... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Here is the 11 Best Albums of 2009: 12-22 (Part 4):12. Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest13. Deer Tick - Born On Flag Day14. The Black Crowes - Before The Frost...Until the Freeze15. The Dead Weather - Horehound16. White Rabbits - It's Frightening17. T... more info

Uncut — Because, as I have just had pointed out to me, I have foolishly mistakenly read their name as MegaFUN, when the three members of MegaFAUN hove into view, led by a large bearded man with a banjo and a big grin, I somewhat feared they would prove to be... more info

Rollo & Grady — Quantic and his Combo Barbaro SXSW organizers announced over 230 showcasing bands for the 2010 festival. Some of the key artists include: Warpaint, The View, Japandroids, The Middle East, Deer Tick, Quantic and his Combo Barbaro, The Black Atlantic a... more info