Stereogum — By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Sets from Jimmy Buffet and Bruce Springsteen bookended a day of mellow, familiar dadrock with more mass appeal than the inscrutable indie pop that dominated Friday. Backed by Elvis Perkins In Dearland, the ever hu... more info

Live Daily — The crowds grew substantially for day 2 of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on Friday (6/12.) Although scattered thunderstorms were in the forecast, the day was reportedly rain free (other than about 5 minutes during the evening.) Fans were trea... more info

Stereogum — By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh Not that it's a competition, but at any summer festival you'll be expected to answer What Was The Best Set So Far several times a day. We have a tie for Friday, at least from what we saw, between two Brooklyn band... more info

Stereogum — Today's Bonnaroo line-up's got Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Grizzly Bear, and TV On The Radio all back to back. So basically Brooklynroo. With its nursery rhyme melody and visceral cruel summer imagery, Animal Collective's "S... more info

My Old Kentucky — New videos from two of our favorite releases so far this year. While Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion holds down the number one spot for many cooler-than-yous, Woods' Songs of Shame may still be too under-the-radar to end up on many ye... more info

Stereogum — This post is a really big deal because we never ask questions like this. (We always ask questions like this.) But for real this time ... did Bitte Orca do it? Is this the one? It's almost December right? At SXSW, where Dirty Projectors debuted the... more info

Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell breaks down two of the year’s best indie records in this week’s New Music Report: the Low Anthem’s Oh My God, Charlie Darwin and the Dirty Projectors’ Bitte Orca. What do the bands have in common? They’re... more info

Rolling Stone — Who: Dirty Projectors, a Brooklyn five-piece led by mastermind David Longstreth whose unusual blend of blues and punk has captured the attention of David Byrne, Björk and TV on the Radio. Sound Like: The band’s latest album Bitte Orca mixes soul-i... more info

Said the Gramophone — Thanks to the late-breaking generosity of Domino Records, one of my favourite songs of the year so far - originally taken down at the label's request - is now back online. Go listen to the Dirty Projectors' "No Intention", read my mumblings, and the... more info

Rolling Stone — Leading the charge of new releases hitting shelves this week is the Black Eyed Peas’ The E.N.D., which stand for The Energy Never Dies. By now you’ve already heard the Hot 100-dominating “Boom Boom Pow,” and for good reason: As Jody Rosen wri... more info