MVSW — Mogwai, Dead Meadow  @ Orpheum Doves, Wild Light @ Wiltern The Brian Travis Band record release, Karma, The Brendan Hines, The Jane Does, Megan Jacobs @ Hotel Cafe Grouch & Eligh, Afro Classics, Rootbeer @ Key Club Soulive @ Key Club more info

Stereogum — Last night Doves picked up where they left off in 2005, opening their US tour in the city that closed it last time through. Photographer Andrew Youssef was there, and he tells us that "Pounding" was restarted due to Jez missing his guitar part, bu... more info

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat — Lead singer Jimi Goodwin talks Newsbeat about getting old, being beaten to number 1 by Lady Gaga and the industry's 'unreasonable expectations' for new bands. more info

BBC News - UK — Lead singer Jimi Goodwin talks Newsbeat about getting old, being beaten to number one by Lady Gaga and the industry's 'unreasonable expectations' for new bands. more info

Guardian Music — Three British indie veterans are to headline a stage usually associated with launching new talent and breaking bandsJarvis Cocker, Doves and Echo and the Bunnymen are to headline the John Peel stage at this year's Glastonbury festival. Their performa... more info

NME — Echo And The Bunnymen also confirmed more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The British band Doves took its sweet time making its newest album, "Kingdom of Rust," but the wait was worth it. It's a sprawling effort with epic guitar squall, big production washes and high-lonesome melodies that recall some other, marginally m... more info

Guardian Music — It must be distressing for an artist if another is profiting from a tune you believe you created. But ultimately, shouldn't a song be allowed to exist on its own merit?Yusuf Islam, the artist formerly known as Cat Stevens, is now the second person to... more info

Stereogum — What started as a mutual admiration uncovered by Dirty Projectors' cover of "Hyperballad" for Enjoyed crystallized into an unforgettable evening of Bitte Björka at Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo on Friday. Our very own Brandon Stosuy worked tirel... more info

Stereogum — We're heard two songs from present-day Dirty Projector Angel Deradoorian's debut solo EP so far. Stream those and rest of Mind Raft at her Muxtape page. The EP's out today, and there's a release party at Cake Shop in the LES tonight. Should be fun. M... more info