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Pitchfork - Tours — 03-18 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market03-19 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom03-21 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom03-23 San Francisco, CA - Warfield03-24 Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter Devendra Banhart [ tickets ] will hit the road next month for a brief stretch of West Coast dates in support of his latest studio album, "What Will We Be." The freak-folker kicks off the five-city run March 18 in Seattle, and wil... more info

Guardian Music — Forget Lily, Pixie and Florence, this year's Brits should be about Male BondingReading the Brit awards nominations is a depressing affair. The major labels and their well-documented fiscal failings have served up another year's worth of vacuous, real... more info

Rollo & Grady — Devendra Banhart The Wiltern Wednesday, March 24th Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 29th @ 10am (buy tix) Devendra Banhart – Seahorse Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Live Daily — Indie electronica duo YACHT [ tickets ] has lined up a late winter run of headlining shows as the pair continues to back last year's "See Mystery Lights." The Portland, OR-based group--Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans, supplemented onstage by Rob Ki... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — A list of upcoming concerts across the Southland, with on-sale dates in parentheses. Palladium Megadeth, March 31 (Fri.) Gibson Amphitheatre Zac Brown Band, March 12 (Sat.) The Wiltern Tenacious D and friends, Feb. 2 (now); the National, May 22; Five... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — With the critical and commercial success of Jay-Z s The Blueprint 3 and Chef Raekwon s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2, the question is no longer whether 40-something rappers can prosper, but what path they ll take. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — With the critical and commercial success of Jay-Z’s “The Blueprint 3” and Chef Raekwon’s “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2,” the question is no longer whether 40-something rappers can prosper, but what path they’... more info

Guardian Music — Started as a means of releasing the music of his band Swans, Michael Gira's underground imprint now embraces psych-folk luminaries including Devendra Banhart and Akron/FamilyWriting about Young God being a classic record label feels a little like an ... more info