Live Daily — San Francisco's 18th annual Noise Pop Festival went off without a hitch again this year, bringing a stellar lineup of indie favorites to the Bay Area last week (2/23–3/1). Due to the event's popularity, additional venues such as Oakland's F... more info

XLR8R — Late April's Donaufestival in Krems, Austria, will see a fascinating collaboration between the depressive pop of Xiu Xiu and the manic rhythms of Deerhoof. The two groups will be combining forces to perform the entirety of Unknown Pleasures, the... more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — You can't argue with a free Mad Decent mixtape, especially when it comes from Kingston-via-Florida dancehall production duo South Rakkas Crew. We've even got a bonus track for you, the Bounty Killer-featuring "Love Warlord", which you can pick up bel... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Stewart is joined by new full-time band member Angela Seo on piano, synth, and drum programming; with production handled by Jamie and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. Together they've crafted a fully grown sound for Dear God, I Hate Myself with elements... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Heidi Greenwood Emanuel and The Fear take on The Perfect Me, the Deerhoof cult classic written by John Dieterich, Satomi Matsuzakis and Greg Saunier. MP3: Emanuel and The Fear: The Perfect Me » deerhoof.killrockstars.com » emanueland... more info

Rollo & Grady — Redd Foxx – Merry Christmas Morphine – Sexy Christmas Baby Mine Neko Case – Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis Deerhoof – The Little Drummer Boy White Stripes – Silent Night (Meg White) Ryan Adams – Hey Parker, It’s Christmas ... more info

NME — Devendra Banhart and Fuck Buttons also play in Minehead more info

Pitchfork - TV — The experimental rockers offer a tumbling tune about bouncing orange balls in this security-cam video live from ATP NY 2009. more info

Rock Sellout — Me either. I'll be honest I think I might of came across this show a while ago when it was still running, but haven't seen or heard anything about it till today. This was also pure conicendce. I was searching for No Knife on youtube.com and came acr... more info

Stereogum — "Coca Cola"'s the lead track from Brooklyn songwriter Pepi Ginsberg's forthcoming East Is East, the ten-song followup to 2008's Red. (You might recall, "The Waterline," "Son.") She's said the new collection was inspired by wanting to discover "what t... more info