Pitchfork — Deerhoof photo by Eric Landmark Double bills don't get much artier than this: Deerhoof and Xiu Xiu. The two weird-pop giants, who previously linked up to cover Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures at an Austrian festival earlier this year, will hit t... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-26 Mexico City, Mexico - Pasaguero %09-30 Ottawa, Ontario  - Capital Music Hall ^10-03 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace ^10-05 Bloomington, IN - Rhino's ^10-06 Cincinnati, OH - The Northside Tavern ^10-07 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop ^1... more info

NME — The soundtrack to Lisa Cholodenko's upcoming Sundance hit The Kids Are All Right has been announced on Facebook. 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

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Deerhoof quietly updated their myspace blog recently with info regarding the status of their new album. Just six days ago John Dieterich posted the following on the blog: We’ve started!  Finally!  It’s been a couple weeks since we’ve gotten ... more info

Pitchfork — This December, long-silent Canadian instrumental churn-rock titans Godspeed You! Black Emperor will return, curating and headlining ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas festival, which comes to Minehead, England December 3-5. Today, the ATP folks annou... more info

NME — December festival also features Deerhoof, Mike Watt and Scout Niblett more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Biltmore Cabaret *#05-28 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom *#05-29 George, WA - Sasquatch Festival05-30 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *#06-02 Oakland, CA - New Parish of Oakland *#06-03 Pomona, CA - Glass House *# 06-26 Minne... more info

Guardian Music — The Record Player, LondonThe Record Player's premise is simple: pick a year, and then base the entire night's setlist around it. Kicking off with the corker that is 1979, it'll be hard for their launch night to go far wrong. With the cream of punk, p... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 06-10 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *06-11 Reno, NV - Lincoln Lounge06-12 Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court06-13 Denver, CO - Hi Dive Club06-15 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar06-16 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway Night Club06-17 Columbus, OH... more info