JamBase — Deerhunter Rainwater Cassette Exchange EP Set For Multi Format Release Deerhunter Atlanta-based Deerhunter are set to release Rainwater Cassette Exchange, a new five-song EP digitally on May 18 and via retail on June 8. The recording will be ... more info

JamBase — OUTSIDE LANDS MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2009 LINEUP FEATURING: PEARL JAM, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, BEASTIE BOYS, INCUBUS, BLACK EYED PEAS, M.I.A. THE MARS VOLTA, THIEVERY CORPORATION, MODEST MOUSE, WEEN AND JASON MRAZ THREE-DAY EVENT RETURNS TO SA... more info

JamBase — AKRON/FAMILY ANNOUNCE MAY TOUR DATES, SUMMER FESTIVALS & "RIVER" FREE MP3 Akron/Family Akron/Family's Dead Oceans' debut, Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free arrives May 5, but a free download from the band's third proper LP, River, is available now. Fans... more info

MTV.com News — Singer talks about Spike Jonze's controversial film of Maurice Sendak's book.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Tom Thorogood The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Late last month, the Interwebs went berserk when the trailer for Spike Jonze's much-discus... more info

MTV.com News — Sneak peek confirms Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman Karen O's involvement in film's music.By James Montgomery Max Records in "Where the Wild Things Are" Photo: Warner Bros. By now, you've probably watched, rewatched, embedded, Tweeted, re-Tweet... more info

JamBase — White Rabbits To Release It's Frightening On tbd records Out May 19 Sophomore LP Produced By Britt Daniel / Tracklisting Revealed White Rabbits After spending the better part of two years on the road (including festival stops at Lollapallooza, ... more info

Its Getting Boring By The Sea — All of The Big Pink's good photo's won't upload on here and the rest are blurry and/ or rubbish so I'm going to have to embarrass Robbie Furze,one half of the band, by adding a picture of him with Lily Allen who he briefly dated last year. Sorry (E-m... more info

Stereogum — So far this week the NoisePop festival's brought us a taste of new St. Vincent and Deerhunter. Now we have the old performed in a new way: Hüsker Dü/Sugar frontman (and, now, Anti- solo artist and DJ) Bob Mould joined No Age onstage to do a... more info

Stereogum — Earlier we posted a couple new songs St. Vincent debuted at NoisePop last week. The folks at Wolfgang's Vault captured Deerhunter's set in its entirety from "Born To Run" to a bits from Cryptograms and Microcastle through to the extended exeunt, w... more info

Pitchfork — Drum roll: The fourth annual Pitchfork Music Festival will take place in Chicago July 17-19. So cancel that "screw the recession" European vacation ASAP-- it's not worth it. The Pitchfork Music Festival, on the other hand, is definitely worth it. No... more info